Sandy is a loud, abrupt, forthright geologist, used to being listened to and more than capable of handling herself in a man's world; Hiromitsu is a Japanese businessman and possible client, and when they find themselves, at his insistence, journeying deep into the Australian desert, Hiromitsu's disdain for his opinionated host becomes quickly apparent. As events unfold the pair's mutual dislike slowly transforms into a friendship, but an unforeseen event is about to shatter both Hiromitsu's and find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...