Fact1: W.C. Boggs & Son In is having no end of trouble bathroom ceramics factory, Fact2: Bolshy and lazy union representative Vic Spanner stirs up trouble in works to irritation of co-workers and management, Fact3: Sid Plummer is site foreman bridging gap between workers and management shrewdly, Fact4: W.C. struggling firm has to admit is in debt to banks, Fact5: Vic 's dim stooge provides bumbling assistance in both union machinations and attempts to woo Sid 's daughter
Output: In bathroom ceramics factory W.C. Boggs  Son, the traditionalist owner W.C. Boggs Kenneth Williams is having no end of trouble. Bolshy and lazy union representative Vic Spanner Kenneth Cope continually stirs up trouble in the works, to the irritation of his coworkers and management. He calls a strike for almost any minor incident – or because he wants time off to attend a local football match. Sid Plummer Sid James is the site foreman bridging the gap between workers and management, shrewdly keeping the place going amid the unrest. Prissy floralshirtwearing product designer Charles Coote Charles Hawtrey has included a bidet in his latest range of designs, but W.C. objects to the manufacture of such dubious items. W.C. will not change his stance even after his son, Lewis Boggs Richard OCallaghan, secures a large overseas order for the bidets. It is a deal that could save the struggling firm, which W.C. has to admit is in debt to the banks. Vics dim stooge Bernie Hulke Bernard Bresslaw provides bumbling assistance in both his union machinations and his attempts to woo Sids daughter, factory canteen worker Myrtle Jacki Piper. She is torn between Vic and Lewis Boggs, who is something of a playboy but insists he loves her. Sids wife is Beattie Hattie Jacques, a lazy housewife who does little but fuss over her pet budgie, Joey, which refuses to talk despite her concerted efforts. Their neighbour is Sids brassy and lascivious coworker Chloe Moore Joan Sims. Chloe contends with the endless strikes and with her crude, travelling salesman husband Fred Bill Maynard, who neglects her and leaves her dissatisfied. Chloe and Sid enjoy a flirtatious relationship and are sorely tempted to stray. Unusually for Sid James, his character is a faithful husband, albeit a cheeky and borderlinelecherous one. Sid and Beattie find that Joey can correctly predict winners of horseraces – he tweets when the horses name is read out. Sid bets on Joeys tips and makes several large wins – including a vital £1,000 loaned to W.C. when the banks refuse a bridging loan – before Sid is barred by Benny Davy Kaye his bookie after making several payouts. The strikers finally return to work, but it is only to attend the annual works outing, a coach trip to Brighton. A good time is had by all with barriers coming down between workers and management, thanks largely to that great social lubricant, alcohol. W.C. becomes intoxicated and spends the day – and it seems the night – with his faithful, adoring secretary, Miss Hortense Withering Patsy Rowlands. Lewis Boggs manages to win Myrtle from Vic Spanner, giving his rival a beating, and the couple elope. After arriving home late after the outing and with Fred away, Chloe invites Sid in for a cup of tea. They fight their desires and ultimately decide not to have the tea fearing that neighbours might see Sid enter Chloes home and get the wrong idea. At the picket lines the next day, Vic gets his comeuppance – partly at the hands of his mother literally, as she spanks him in public – and the workers and management all pull together to produce the big order to save the firm.