Henry Pratt, back home from National Service, is a man at last. As eager to prove it as he is to please, he is in at the deep end in his chosen profession - cub reporter on the " Thurmash Evening Argus." As trams and typewriters chatter to the echoes of Suez and Hungary, Henry finds himself in an exciting if bewildering world. His first scoop about a stolen colander is not quite as straightforward as he hopes, as Henry manages to fall foul both of typwriters and attrative women. And , in a profession not noted for kindness to the diffident, he is as prone to accidents as practical jokes. Nothing ever goes quite right for Henry. So when the scoop of a lifetime comes his way it threatens to upset the family and complicate further his ever-hopeful love life.