Louise Randall is an independent woman whose "glass is half full" mentality was passed onto her from her father. Louise hopes that those around her, especially her children, have that same ethic of life. Louise learns that if she is ever to find true love in her life, she will have to have a special man who has the same outlook, and that she can't mold others to that mentality. She finds such a man in the form of Harold Pierson, her second husband who most see as being unreliable and non-driven. But together, Louise and Harold and their children try one business venture after another, some with success, some without. World events such as World War I, the Great Depression and World War II affect what happens to the family and their ventures.
Ralph Richardson
/ The Crypt Keeper Geoffrey Bayldon
/ Guide Joan Collins
/ Joanne Clayton (segment "And All Through the House") Martin Boddey
/ Husband (segment "And All Through the House") Chloe Franks
/ Daughter (segment "And All Through The House") Oliver MacGreevy
/ Maniac (segment "And All Through the House") Ian Hendry
/ Carl Maitland (segment "Reflection of Death") Susan Denny
/ Wife (segment "Reflection of Death") Angela Grant
/ Susan (segment "Reflection of Death") Peter Cushing
/ Grimsdyke (segment "Poetic Justice")
