An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.

The story of a family house through four generations