这部10集的历史剧主要描述百货业先驱者哈里·戈登·塞尔弗里奇（1858-1947）的传奇经历。塞尔弗里奇是美国出生的英国商人，1906年来到英国，开始在伦敦牛津大街建造塞尔弗里奇百货商店。该店于1909年开业，成为百货商店的「始祖」。后来，情妇和赌瘾让塞尔弗里奇失去了巨额家产，在穷困潦倒中死去。与塞尔弗里奇有染的著名女性包括：伊莎朵拉·邓肯（Isadora Duncan），现代舞的创始者，使舞蹈成为人类肢体与感情的自然表达方式，因披肩卷入跑车轮胎中而意外身亡；安娜·帕芙洛娃（Anna Pavlova），俄罗斯芭蕾舞演员，当代著名的舞蹈家，为传播和普及芭蕾舞艺术做出重大贡献。
Janet gets in touch from New York. She tells Laura that she has found somebody else and is contemplating a divorce, even sending an estate agent to have the house valued. Laura tries to reconcile her parents but in vain as Janet informs her that she is staying in New York but will provide Laura with a flat. Jamie and his parents are evicted and move into a mobile home which til...
Whilst Clive Reader celebrates his taking silk but Martha hits the bottle, angry that inspector Wright has lied in court to convict her client Johnny Foster. Later David, the teen-aged son of chambers head Alan Cowdrey, is arrested for causing the death of a policeman , one of six who kettled him during a demonstration. Martha believes David has been bullied into pleading guilt...
《罗马三贱客第二季》故事虽然设定在古代，但都是旧瓶子装现代酒，里面各种生活细节都同现代社会挂上钩。三个不羁少年的爆笑生活，步步揭晓。
Comedy follow up to Twenty Twelve, as former Olympic head of deliverance Ian Fletcher begins his new job as the BBC's head of values.
