Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium deposits. As their four-week window for digging starts to close, trouble soon starts amongst the group and there are some sinister 'accidents'... It is obvious that one of the party is trying to sabotage the expedition; but who?
Eight youngsters are cut off by the East Anglian floods in a farmhouse with no grown-ups to help them. The story tells how they deal with the situation until they are rescued.
Aviators Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison, playing themselves, cause havoc in a small village when Mollison runs out of petrol and he is forced to land in a field. Their planes are quickly surrounded by inquisitive fans and, after refuelling, a woman and a young boy are taken for a flight.