Patrick Glover, a writer of trashy thriller novels finds himself bringing up his two irrepressible daughters, Karen and Ann, following his divorce from their mother, Barbara. Cue misunderstandings caused by the age and gender gap, as sixties dolly-birds Ann and Karen get up to mischief  much to the consternation of their father. Holding it all together is the put-upon housekeeper, Matilda Nanny Harris and the familys St Bernard dog, H G Wells.