Interspersed with a commentary by a female narrator,who at times assumes their roles,the father,mother and daughter and son of a black,South London family commence their day and we follow them through it in all its mundanity until it climaxes in a random act of violence,killing one of the family and taking up the after-math.

Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.

湯姆克利任教於匹茲堡高中歷史部門,由於預算的不足,使他面臨被解僱的困境.他的一名凶橫無理的學生向他挑戰,要他坦白他的過去,瑪麗-湯姆的妻子,面臨精神崩潰的危機,湯姆在失望的情緒下,希望能達到抒解,並得到學生的認同,於是將過去充滿了性醜聞及年輕時闖的禍,包括同伴-佛萊迪溺死,瑪麗的墮胎,哥哥的自殺等,一一呈現在學生面前.....