A long hot summer on a housing estate in South London. Jamie is bunking off school whilst his mother Sandra juggles job promotion & her relationship with hippy-dippy boyfriend Tony. Next door lives sassy Leah who spends her day listing to Mama Cass records. In the same block Jamies class mate Ste although sporty & popular at school is bullied by his drunken father. One-day Steve seeks refuge in Sandras flat & ends up sleeping head to toe with Jamie....