Maurice Braddell

En 1936, malgré les mises en garde de pacifistes comme John Cabal, une Seconde Guerre mondiale est déclarée. La métropole d'Everytown, en Angleterre, n'est pas épargnée par les combats et Cabal a tout juste le temps de quitter la région. 1966. Les violents affrontements n'ont laissé que ruines à Everytown et la ville est dirigée par le Patron, un homme aux pouvoirs et à l'influence redoutable. C'est à ce moment que Cabal reparaît aux commandes d'un astronef. Détenteur d'une nouvelle technologie, il parvient à l'imposer à ses contemporains malgré les tentatives du Patron pour l'en empêcher. 2036. L'humanité a atteint un nouveau stade de développement. Mais déjà, la révolte gronde lors de l'envoi d'une fusee dans la Lune.

A New-York, Joe, un marginal, se prostitue pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille, tandis que Geraldine, sa compagne, mène une vie parallèle avec une autre femme se prénommant Patti.

Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.

A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent leading to a series of mix-ups and her eventual decision not to get divorced.

In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex roles, Shepherd leaves Jane when she accepts a teaching post at Oxford. He later changes his views, and the couple is reunited.

Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women are oppressed in contemporary American society. And Holly is a nymphomaniac who has come to loathe men, despite her attraction to them. Together, they join a militant feminist group, P.I.G. (Politically Involved Girls), but their newfound liberation doesn't make them any happier.

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.