Student accommodation is expensive in London, but Peter needs to find a way to keep his landlady happy and his rent low. Admire his prowess and negotiating skills as he and his fellow inhabitants benefit year after year from a convenient, if somewhat unconventional, arrangement. Tim, short in stature but big in ideas, joins Peter in taking their different fields of scientific research into the world of commerce. Follow them as they jet from one exotic international meeting to the next. With success comes risk and they may need to call upon flatmate Richard for help just as soon as he has joined the police force. Computer skills from the fourth flatmate, Ian complete the household team and may be critical. Over the years, female visitors to the flat are many and varied but who will be there at the end and who will be attached to whom? And whose heart will be broken?