A seemingly clumsy woman who is about to commit suicide by hanging herself in a hotel room is interrupted by a black-clad hit-woman who is there to complete her latest "job".
A hairdresser who crosses paths with a bank robber on the run from the police decides to help him by driving him all the way to Scotland, but things do not go as planned.
Mrs Hat is shocked when she bumps into Mrs Red, and ends up following her home. She finds herself literally stepping into her shoes and taking over her luxurious lifestyle.
It's 1946 and the village of Skinton is subject to severe post-war food rationing. Sisters Lily and Iris Wood-Newton still seem to live comfortably - thanks to their late mother. This has raised the attention of the local butcher.
Surgeon Kate Marshall tries to kill the wife of an ex-patient in order to prevent her from exposing her secret. But when the victim survives, Kate finds herself become the doctor operating on her.