Frank Marker is buzzing again being an enquiry agent. However writing reports in triplicate is not his forte and he seems dissatisfied with his new boss.
Marker would like to set up on his own but he just does not have the finances. His landlady is willing to help though.
In the meantime Marker is unhappy to make money from a woman who wants to find her teenage daughter Judy. She has run off to the stage. The smell of greasepaint beckons.
It turns out that the woman is actually Judy's aunt. Judy has joined up with an old music hall comedian Billy Raybold. Someone past his sell by date who warns Judy that life on the stage is not all bread and roses.
Raybold bumps into Marker when he is looking for Judy. Raybold tells Marker that he has not seen Judy when he has actually offered her a job.
This is a good character piece on Raybold He is wonderfully portrayed by Joe Melia. Full of jokes, chatter, old stories and a third rate act. There is sadness behind the smiles.
It is true that Leslie Dwyer seems to be wearing the same clobber that he would have in Hi de Hi.