Fiskerieksperten Dr. Alfred Jones lever et liv i stille frustration. Hjemme ignoreres han af sin karriereorienterede kone og på arbejdet plages han, af sin ufremkommelige chef. Hans liv tager en ny drejning, da en meget fiskeri-passioneret sheik kontakter de britiske myndigheder med henblik på at realisere sin drøm - at indføre laks i Yemens lejlighedsvis tørre flodlejer.
Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.
A series of ten one-hour documentaries which explores Arab history, culture and society from within through the lives and opinions of Arabs today.
