Outwardly, successful local businessman Jack Newby is on the verge of cosy middle-age. Good looking wife, academically successful children, nice house in the country outside the small market town where he was born. Beneath the surface though, a vague unease gnaws at his complacency. Marriage means nothing but small talk at mealtimes. Jack senses that his life needs a new direction and purpose. He is asked to become a governor at a special school in a nearby industrial town. He meets younger, attractive Jenny Blunt, who seems to hold out the promise of more than just a professional...

A PERFECT RETIREMENT By turns comic, serious and satirical, A Perfect Retirement takes a sly glance at what life is like when, no matter how hard you try, some bits keep getting fatter and other bits just won't work any more. We follow the fortunes of Percy Scrimp as he tries, desperately, heroically and unsuccessfully, to keep at bay the technological exigencies of modern life, to say nothing of the antics of his fellow residents. All the while preserving his dream of an idyllic retirement in Woodmeadow Retirement Village cultivating his pot plants. One Cowslip Close neighbour lusts after...