Charles Battle has been 'hammered' in the London Stock Exchange, to the point where he may be bankrupted.

A shy, awkward Scottish lad secretly carries a torch for a local lass.

Mr. Shrigley, a small businessman dealing in office equipment, believes that the recession happens to other people. Unfortunately he is wrong, and, when it catches up with him, he comes up with a plan for some unusual cutbacks.

A private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearance of a young girl. Soon, however, he begins digging up the girl's dark family secrets.

A family move into an old house, which turns out to be haunted by the ghost of a soldier.