Graduates Thomas Simpson and Susan Lambert are young lovers who are about to embark on married life. But their happiness is tempered by a deep trepidation. Social worker Susan is black, and out-of-work engineer Christopher is white… and breaking the news of the marriage to their respective families is only the beginning of their problems! Exasperated by the anxieties of both sets of in-laws, the newlyweds decide to take up an offer of accommodation from Christopher’s sympathetic Aunt Dorothy the only relative who believes the marriage will actually work…