Carl is a cleaner at the local university. When he masquerades as a lecturer, he discovers a newfound confidence.

A stressed-out English teacher heads for a breakdown as he copes with an impossible workload and a particularly unruly pupil.

A hard-up single mother reconnects with the father of her inquisitive nine-year old daughter, triggering a bitter custody battle.

A former homeless addict turns her life around and volunteers at the local shelter in an attempt to 'give back' and reconcile with her family.

A couple who struggled to conceive their twins through IVF are informed that they still have embryos at the clinic, but their shelf-life is limited.