The 1970's is both the hero and the villain in this episodic voyage through the decade that linked the optimistic swinging London of the 1960s to the explosive and despairing inner city riots of the 1980s. What was it like to have lived through those tumultuous years when events and changes occurred that would rock the capital and transform the country's social and political landscape forever? This is one version seen through the eyes of civil servant Raymond Quest and his circle of friends, colleagues and family in London.