An account of the colourful life of the infamous British fascist Oswald Mosely, concentrating on the period between the end of WW1 and his imprisonment at the beginning of WW2. The series was directed by Robert Knights, from a screenplay by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, both better known for their television comedy series. It was based on the books Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley, Mosley's son.