Reg Varney is Sherry, an entertainer at a dingy holiday camp. Sherry has delusions of once being a big name, even meeting the Queen. Though his wife Mary (Diana Coupland) knows the truth and that he is grinding out a living at the end of his career. She has had enough of him and his delusions and is getting ready to shack up with Charlie (Lee Montague).
Sherry's life begins to fall apart as he embarrasses himself and his son (Michael Hadley) in front of his future in-laws. When he finds out Mary is leaving him he has a meltdown and the end is in sight...
Perhaps against expectations the film is wonderful, capturing the shambles and grim sadness of Britain in the 1970s more than most films. Appearances by young Johnny Briggs, Jane Seymour and George Sweeney who would one day be very well known also entertain.
