Bernard Black is owner of small old-fashioned bookshop that barely breaks even, mostly thanks to Bernard’s customer service skills... that he has none. He hires Manny to help around the shop, but his happy-go-lucky attitude really gets on Bernard’s nerves.
Dr. Caroline Todd is about to start a job in hospital, but everything goes wrong for her - she has to sleep in the car, all the people she meet treat her brusquely and she has doubts if she is in the right place. But her problems comparing to rest of the staff are actually quite trivial.
In small village of Cresdon Green, somewhere Buckinghamshire, life goes on as usual. Well, except for the alien race that have invaded the village and isolated it from the rest of the world.
