When cash strapped slob Eddie Baird is told that he has the chance to be told the winning lottery numbers he is naturally surprised. What shocked him even more was that the mysterious character telling him was inside his own television set. In exchange for the numbers Eddie is set six tasks to complete for each number. Is this all a hoax or is the TV going to change his life for good?

Neville Rumble is a man who struggles to fit into society, but sees it more as the world's problem than his own. His life takes a very strange turn when he meets Lucy Springer at a people skills training course.