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A compilation of ten interviews conducted by Selwyn Toogood in London:
1. Rupert Davies talks about his work on the television series Maigret.
2. Actor, Clive Dunn, is interviewed in the dressing room of the London Palladium. He talks about Dad's Army, his career playing old men and the song 'Grandad.'
3. Violinist, Alfredo Campoli, interviewed in London about the promenade concerts he performs in, and their appeal to the younger generation. He has performed in New Zealand six times.
4. Toogood visits Callandar in Scotland, filming location of TV's fictional Tannochbrae. He speaks to Mary Ingalls, proprietor of a souvenir shop in the town, and Mrs McIntyre, provost of Callander, who lives in the house used for the exterior shots in Dr Finlay's Casebook. They talk about the positive impact filming and the resultant tourism has had on the town.
5. Veteran athlete, Larry Lewis of San Francisco, is interviewed at age 104 years about his jogging. He still runs several miles a day through Golden Gate Park. He has been running for 95 years.
6. New Zealand conductor, John Matheson, talks about his work.
7. Wanganui-born pianist, Colin Horsley, is interviewed in England. He talks about living in the English countryside and playing in orchestras all over the world - except behind the Iron Curtain.
8. Toogood visits the Theatre Royal in London's Haymarket. The play he saw was a first night performance of A Voyage Around my Father. He found the audience at the theatre to be scruffy in the extreme. He realised that his wife was the most elegant woman in attendance.
9. Comedian, Frankie Howerd, talks about his career, censoring his own work, learning his lines and never ad-libbing.
10. Actor, John Le Mesurier, talks about the history of his surname and the differences between working on the theatre, television and films.