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Roy Mallard travels to Nottingham to spend a day with Peter Wilson, Managing Director of Zenotec - a company fighting to keep afloat in the stimulating environment of Surface Mount Technology. It's a difficult day during which there's a visit from some important Japanese clients and an employee is sacked.

Roy Mallard spends a day with Levick's Estate Agents-a small family firm in Lewes, Sussex. 'It's no surprise that estate agents are so often compared to synchronized swimmers. A glimpse beneath the surface of the underwater lipstick, however, can reveal a different story,' says Roy.

Roy Mallard gets more than he bargained for when he spends time on duty with PC David Knight in Northampton. A routine day is transformed into a tense roof-top drama when an insurance company employee threatens to commit suicide.

Roy Mallard visits Nicola and Graham Broadbent who together run a small firm of solicitors in Cheshire. The firm specializes in matrimonial cases but as it transpires Nicola and Graham have a matrimonial case of their own!

Will Rushmore is a Winchester based freelance photographer. He has given up a safe job in town planning to devote himself to his art. Today could be make or break when he goes for an interview at a smart London art gallery. Could this be the start of something big? Roy Mallard is there to find out.

King Henry the Seventh is a comprehensive school run by head teacher Stuart Symonds. Roy Mallard is with him on the day when there are interviews for an important post in the school and follows the fortunes of three candidates.