 When Mr Pedelty (Joseph Tomelty) leaves his firm, he is given a television set as a retirement present.At first he enjoys all the attention from his neighbours, but soon the attraction wears off, and he sells it on to a young married couple the Nortons (Jack Watling and Peggy Cummins) living in the flat above him.They soon encounter the same problems, and again the set is passed on to several different characters all with the same results.