一个不合群的警探 Buchan 因为搭档被一个他们俩长期追踪的黑帮分子杀害，陷入抑郁和酗酒中。一天收到一本犯罪作家 Harvey 还未出版的新书，扉页写着 To Clara，促使他去找他的前妻 Clara，现在是 Harvey 的妻子。我们看到 Buchan 家里满墙贴着 Clara 的照片，还时不时有闪回俩人的过去。但他们俩之间的过去在片中一直是个未解释的谜团，似乎有什么不可告人的秘密。

Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.

凯特（Andie MacDowell 饰）是英国小镇上一所女子学校的女校长，年届40岁、事业有成、受人尊敬，却始终独守空闺。每周一她都会和她两个同样叱吒职场的成功女性密友：莫莉（Anna Chancellor 饰）和詹宁（Imelda Staunton 饰），一起喝琴酒、吃巧克力、聊哪里有好男人，决定谁是他们Sad Fuckers Club当周的「No.1苦情花」（Saddest of the Week）。 某天凯特意外邂逅年方25岁的男子小杰（Kenny Doughty 饰），并与他发生关系。她正困惑著究竟该如何告诉她的姐妹淘们，一旦莫莉和詹宁知道她和年纪如此不相称的男人展开姐弟恋，真不晓得她们会作何反应，她们会否觉得她将自此挥别苦情，而离她远去呢？ 纸包不住火，终于莫莉和詹宁还是知道了，她俩怒火中烧地不停揶揄：「老牛吃嫩草」、「简直自取其辱」之类的话语，并对凯特展开激烈的抗拒，不料一切无情的话语和攻击，反而让凯特与阿杰两人爱得更加无悔无惧。直到后来，当这对恋人喜孜孜地宣布他们即将结婚的计画时，凯特竟意外撞见莫莉和阿杰，顷刻间凯特不禁鼻酸，满地都是心碎的声音…

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.

A mystery in Shakespeare's sonnets is explored... 2005年BBC「莎翁重现」特别单元里的剧集之一，共有五篇，其中四篇是将一组经典名剧做了第N次的改编，只是将故事背景放至现代，而这部「A Waste of Shame」则是唯一原创的，灵感来源于莎士比亚一段始终扑朔迷离的生平经历，如果说莎翁的作品值得一遍遍的反复探究，那他这些并不为人所知的过往才更是吸引现代观众猎奇心理的关键，故事是从莎士比亚闻名于世的十四行诗开始的（剧名也出自此处~），编剧William Boyd创作的绝妙剧本在新鲜的观点中糅合了历史的细枝末节，给那些多如繁星的疑问和猜测一个可信的注解~

We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.