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.
A traffic policewoman is recruited to go undercover as "Whoopi Stone" in order to catch three American drug dealers. Things take an unexpected turn when she has to prove to them that she isn't a cop.
The head of a TV News obituary department fakes the death of a has-been rock star in order to save her position from being eliminated by the station's new management.