Lee Chandler és un solitari encarregat de manteniment d'edificis de Boston que està obligat a tornar al petit poble natal després d'assabentar-se que el seu germà Joe ha mort. Allà es troba amb el nebot de setze anys, del qual s'haurà de fer càrrec. De sobte, Lee es veurà obligat a enfrontar-se a un passat tràgic que el va portar a separar-se de la seva dona Randi i de la comunitat on va néixer i créixer.
Patrick Dennis és un nen de 10 anys que s'acaba de quedar orfe. La seva tia, "Tia Mame", una dama que viu per sobre de les seves possibilitats, li ensenyarà a Patrick a sortir de forma extravagant dels paranys de la vida. La millor amiga de Tia Mama és Vera Charles (Coral Browne), una cridanera actriu de Pittsburg, mentre que el testaferro es diu Patrick (Fred Clark), i no comparteix gens la forma de vida de la tia del petit.
El jutge William “Billy” Priest, és un bonàs, vidu i molt dedicat a la seva feina, viu tranquil·lament en una regió del sud dels Estats Units. La seva tranquil·litat es veurà afectada per un dels casos més difícils de la seva carrera i les noces del seu tímid nebot.
Yuen is a music teacher as well as a househusband. He meets, falls in love, and marries an optimistic TV scriptwriter, Ting, in a rush. Unfortunately, before they can adjust to the newlywed life, they suddenly become “parents” of five nephews and nieces. Yuen and Ting move from a small family into a big house to live with five nieces and nephews. Although their personalities and principles in teaching the children are complete opposites, they can always manage to solve any problems with their love. However, the children find out that their father’s death has been covered up. They divert their anger to Yuen and Ting and run away from home. Eventually, Yuen and Ting find them back. When the children start to treat them like real parents, their marriage is in a crisis. Will the children have to face another major change at home?
The story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured servitude. Compelled to do the right thing, they take the girls with them as they continue their perilous trek across the frontier, followed by a vicious gang of killers sent by the whorehouse madam who originally paid for the girls. Broken Trail weaves together two historical events: the British buying horses in the American West in the late 19th century and Chinese women being transported from the West Coast to the interior to serve as prostitutes.
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy.
