Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.

A disillusioned husband and wife take a trip across the Channel, hoping to find themselves. In fact they find the French are not what they expected.

Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.