Ron Jessop is a thief, a fraudster, a black marketeer and he may be a drug smuggler as well, his wife is an evil scheming Chinese prostitute, his true love is a Yorkshire dressmaker and his best friends are hired killers. And he's the kind and sympathetic hero of Buying the Programme. Ron is fixated on the idea of providing a good life for his beloved mother while his father is away during WWII and after his father's death on D Day, he works hard to try an establish himself as a businessman and we watch as he tries and tries again to realise his dream and is thwarted time and time again. We...

Nina is serious trainee teacher, a science expert and a socialist. Her biggest hate is all forms of warfare. She takes her political views onto the streets in demonstrations during the late 1960s. Alex is a professional soldier, a sniper and believes everyone should stand on their own two feet. He thinks people who aren't satisfied with the world the way it is a lazy Bolshie. When you put them together the unexpected happens. They fall in love. But just as Alex gradually comes around to Nina's point of view and begins to question his chosen profession, she becomes frustrated with the tactics...

A story of the life and many loves of Sergeant David 'Smudge' Smith - the hero of The Falklands. The book tells the story of Smudge growing up in Sheffield, his early working life, his time in the Army and his work with children after demob.