- Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape …
- Stephen Fry returns to his boarding school and befriends a new shy pupil, Bunce and helps him throughout the first term. Fry is often caned by his headmaster for visiting a village sweet shop, which is "out of bounds." On one occasion, Fry convinces Bunce to take the blame, but he cannot bring himself to lie …
- The first time Sarah tries drugs is the first time she goes out with Tim, who was a customer of hers in the Dew Drop Inn Cafe. Tom is sweet and cool and after one night, she moves in with him; leaving behind her alcoholic mother and younger sister, Karen. For a while life is great and drugs are just part of the deal an…