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...

Fresh out of high school, Zach gives up a full scholarship in the arts to look after his five-year-old nephew, sister and disabled father. Now restless and isolated, the gifted youth toils at a local diner; that is until he meets Shaun, a confident young writer. As the two hit the Californian surf and Shaun's mattress with equal enthusiasm, Zach begins to develop the courage he needs to follow his passions. find out more...