Hugh meets an obsequious barber and chooses a suitably short poem for the modern reader who's pushed for time, while Stephen interviews a man who claims to be able to bend spoons.

A man with an unpronounceable name calls on his local constabulary and a weathly man has a disagreement with a begger over the quality of his harmonica playing.

Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie doesn't notice and two men go out for a meal at a Greek restaurant.

A teacher takes a pupil to task over his prize-winning poem, a drug dealer tries to get a bank loan, and there's a discussion about madness.

Stephen confuses lavatories with cars, fridges and estate agents. Meanwhile, in court, a woman is cross-examined by a very peculiar Counsel.

Hugh and Stephen discuss the important issue of imitative behaviour and violence. Meanwhile, a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.