Davina Jackson has hit 61 but still looks great, as does her husband. Having downsized, they have cash for a new lifestyle, but with a dysfunctional son, not everything is rosy.

A chance meeting with an old schoolfriend prompts Davina to look back on her childhood, and when her mother suffers another stroke she returns to old haunts. Meanwhile, Al meets an old flame. Show more

Eminent writer Robert Ringwald is over from the States to judge a book prize. While Al struggles to write an article on "what makes a classic", the crafty Ringwald sets his sights on seducing Davina. Show more

When Roger fires his piano teacher for making eyes at his wife, Veronica, Davina is shocked. She hires the teacher to give lessons to her husband Al, but then the teacher starts making eyes at her.

Davina worries that her brother-in-law, Roger, wants to start an affair with her. It's only after the unexpected arrival of Roger's son and the liberal use of a class C narcotic that the truth is out. Show more

Al is losing everything. First it's his car radio, then his newspaper column and then his wife, Davina. But even after all that, there's a still greater loss to come.