Dora spends a lot of time watching the mobile of the planets above her daughter's cot and listening to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Her relationship with Steve has been stretched to its limits by the death of their baby girl. Tom is in crisis - he's been sacked from his teaching job in a North London comprehensive for a forbidden relationship. And now it seems the girl is pregnant, though she denies the child is his. Brought together by their respective siblings, Dora and Tom spend a night together in Wales that changes their perspective on their own problems...
