The narrative of a set of siblings pretty much abandoned by their own parents, surviving by their wits - and - comedy - on a Manchester council estate that is rough. Whilst they wont admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and exceptional family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who fights to come of age in the context of his father, closeted pornography celebrity acquaintances sister along with brother.