Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.

James Booth
as Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor
as Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear
as Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage
as Bridgie Gooding

Brian Murphy
as Jack

George Sewell
as Bert

Barbara Ferris
as Nellie Gooding

Griffith Davies
as Chunky

Murray Melvin
as Georgie

Arthur Mullard
as Ted
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Well it all starts rather inauspiciously with Barbara Windsor singing the Lionel Bart penned title song. Good? Well, no - not very. Thereafter we discover that she ("Maggie") used to be married to "Charlie" (James Booth) who has just returned from being at sea. Thing is, their marital house has been...