Inhabitants of a block of flats in a poor area of Glasgow fall ill with a mysterious disease. As doctors and social workers try to uncover the cause, they discover that the truth behind the illness is more sinister than expected.

In England, the Pakistanis Yasmin lives two lives in two different worlds: in her community, she wears Muslin clothes, cooks for her father and brother and has the traditional behavior of a Muslin woman. Further, she has a non-consumed marriage with the illegal immigrant Faysal to facilitate the British stamp in his passport, and then divorce him. In her job, she changes her clothes and wears like a Westerner, is considered a standard employee and has a good Caucasian friend who likes her. After the September, 11th, the prejudice in her job and the treatment of common people makes her take side and change her life.

God-fearing Noah and his wife Emmy work a farm in a barren landscape with their married sons Shem ,Ham and Japheth and their wives and naïve teen-aged son Kenan. On a visit to the pleasure loving city Kenan falls for the hedonistic life-style of Sabba, daughter of Noah's atheist friend, wealthy trader Paul, and he visits her on a nightly basis. When an angel tells Noah to build an ark because his world will soon be engulfed by a huge flood Noah takes the news seriously but his family do not believe him and when he tries to warn the citizens he is reviled and pelted with rocks. Eventually Emmy shames the boys into helping Noah and the ark is completed though there is no sign of rain. Godly fugitives from the city arrive and, when the flood comes, are welcomed on board with a host of animals and birds but Kenan elects to stay with Sabba and they are drowned along with the other unbelievers. After the flood has abated the angel reappears to show Noah a rainbow, a symbol of hope.

在肖恩（罗伯特·卡莱尔 Robert Carlyle 饰）和戴斯（斯蒂夫·艾弗茨 Steve Evets 饰）的童年里，彼此之间坚实而又单纯的友谊是他们最美好的回忆。没有生活的压力，两个年轻人肆意放纵着自己的青春，在极小的范围之中尽情享受着难能可贵的自由。 然而，肖恩和戴斯终将为他们的不羁付出代价，肖恩获得了开除学籍的处分。内心的怨恨无处发泄，愤怒的肖恩点燃了学校里的话剧舞台，当滚滚浓烟将他和戴斯淹没之时，他们才发现事情已经无法挽回。在警车的追逐下，肖恩丢下了戴斯独自逃跑，没想到戴斯却被警车撞倒，失去了双腿。内心充满愧疚的肖恩担负起了照顾戴斯起居的责任，在相互依靠之中，他们又无法自控的彼此折磨着。