When Tony Cuckins finds his London life going down the pan, he decides to shake things up a bit and escape for the summer and get a job behind the scenes of that great British experience, a holiday camp on the south coast. After all, what could be better than a summer job filled with sun, sea, and sand to get him back on track? What he finds when he reaches the holiday camp is not quite what he expected, however. Others like him have decided that the south coast is the place to be to forget their troubles. Together, this rag-tag bunch of misfits must somehow work together to ensure that all the guests who come to escape for the summer are kept entertained - without their personal lives getting in the way. As Tony and the rest of the staff battle against both the holiday punters and the holiday camp's management, there are times when the summer job seems more trouble than it's worth. At such times, it is the relationships formed by such a band of strangers that gets them through the day. Who knows, it may even be enough to help Tony forget why he left London in the first place.