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 start looking back on her childhood, and when her mother suffers another stroke she returns to old haunts. Meanwhile, Al meets an old flame.

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 has his sights set on seducing Davina.