The series revolves around five different characters from different parts of England: David Sowerbutts, a serial killer-obsessed man-child who still lives with his mother Maureen; Mr. Jelly, an embittered one-handed children’s entertainer; Oscar Lomax, a blind millionaire who collects stuffed toy animals; Joy Aston , a midwife who treats a practice doll as if it is her real child; and Robert Greenspan, a panto dwarf in love with his Snow White who believes he has the power of telekinesis.