Social observation in the mould of WATCHING THE ENGLISH - a witty anthropological journey in search of the quintessential English eccentric. The English eccentric is under threat. On his entertaining and thought-provoking quest to discover the most eccentric English person alive today, Henry Hemming unearths a large array of delightfully odd characters. He asks what it is to be an eccentric. Is it simply to thrive on creativity and non-conformity, and where does this incarnation of Englishness stem from? Hemming concludes that this tribe is, in fact, in rude health, as essential as ever to the English national identity.