Nicki Johnson (Madeleine Hinde) suffers with a guilt complex because she thinks she was responsible for the accidental death of her father (David Lodge). Now a teenager, she regularly plays truant from school with her boyfriend Peter (Dennis Waterman). Nicki's mother, Anne (Renée Asherson), drops a bombshell by announcing she intends to marry her gold digging young boyfriend, Harry (Patrick Mower).