Justin Turing - an Englishman abroad - is a very depressed fellow. He works in New York for a TV advertising agency; his expertise is in his 4th dimension radio valve gifted to him by his great uncle. The valve invented in the early days of WW2 has the ability to slip a minute fraction of time. With the help of his wife Jane a TV creative he discovers he can extend this minute time-slip. A series of secret interviews with past dignitaries are planned which they intend to go public with - but disgruntled Mafioso Leon Patruci has other ideas.