A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
Barry, a mild mannered dimwit from somewhere the Northwest of England, attempts to elicit the help of his former lover, Linda, in a local social club after brutally murdering his grandmother with a hammer. After much cajoling, Barry treats Linda and the local punters to a surreal bovine display.
The first time Jack ever meets Richard, his biological Dad, is two hours before Richard's funeral, where he's been asked to wash and dress the body. When Richard's lifeless body starts talking back to him, Jack realises he's got a second chance at a first meeting.
Burdened with looking after his Uncle, who has severe dementia and who raised him after his mother died, Jack longs for a normal life, one where he can build relationships and express himself.