The unravelling of an Edwardian couple's cosy and conventional life begins with the expulsion of their youngest son from the Royal Naval Academy. The boy is accused of stealing - prompting his enraged father to take the matter to the highest court in the land. Drama based on the play by Terence Rattigan, starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Guy Edwards and Rebecca Pidgeon.

In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.