In the early 1950s, a young army officer and a student nurse fell in love. Thirty-eight years later, they meet again. Can the old magic last or are they are too old and set in their ways?

Oscar winner Judi Dench stars with Geoffrey Palmer in this evergreen comedy by Bob Larbey, one of Britain's finest, funniest, and most successful scriptwriters.

Jean (Judi Dench), now a widow, owns a secretarial agency. An irascible new client needs sorting out, so she sends in her fiesty daughter Judith (Moira Brooker). Lionel (Geoffrey Palmer) invites Judith over to dinner. And as mother and daughter share a house, the inevitable happens - Lionel and Jean are reunited.

As the two try and recapture a lost romance, they find much has changed. Can they move in together, can they live with each other's irritating habits, is marriage really necessary at their age? Things were so different when they were young!