Clive James returns home to Australia to explore his home town of Sydney. He revisits old haunts and discovers new ones.

Clive James recalls his experiences in 1960s London and trades anecdotes with Victoria Wood, Terence Donovan, Peter Cook and Michael Caine along the way.

Clive James makes his first visit to the Middle East, where he explores the pyramids, tries to buy a camel and talks to Omar Sharif about his love for Cairo's traditions of tolerance and cosmopolitanism.