Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.

• United British Artists (UBA)
• The Cannon Group
• Oliver Reed
• Amanda Donohoe
• Georgina Hale
• Frances Barber
• Tony Rickards
• Todd Rippon
• John Sessions
• Virginia Hey