There is a theory that man is born with half a per mille too little. That alcohol in the blood opens the mind to the outside world, problems seem smaller and creativity increases. We know it well; after the first glass of wine, the conversation lifts, the possibilities open up. Martin is a high school teacher. He feels old and tired. His students and their parents want him terminated to increase their average. Encouraged by the per mille theory, Martin and his three colleagues throw themselve 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...
Ep 2; The Gig and the Girlfriend. Simon takes Tara to a gig at a pub, Jay attempts to score some blow and Will freaks out.
Ep 3; Will's Dilemma. It's Neil's eighteenth birthday party and Simon arranges a double date for Will with Tara's extremely tall and rapacious friend Kerry.
Ep 4; Trip to Warwick. Tara suggests to Simon find out more...
