Charlie's Place

Set in the early 1990s Charlies Place is a thriving modern truckstop on the south coast of England with parking for over 100 trucks and entertainment six nights a week. All built from the proceeds of a lifetimes criminality by owner Charlie Wheeler. But life is finally catching up with Charlie. The taxman is hot on his heels and a lengthy prison sentence is staring him in the face. Charlie plans to do a runner secretly plotting to sell the truckstop to a local entrepreneur for mega bucks and flee to a life of luxury in the sun. The first his family will know about it will be a postcard from Spain. His dysfunctional family is the truckstops oppressed workforce. His wife Carol has turned to the Lord to help her through a stressful marriage and two arsy kids. Debbie his eldest daughter has turned to men to seek the love shes never had. And eighteen-year-old Penny turns to her first love Killer and discovers a new world. When a proposed by-pass threatens to close the truckstop and put an end to the deal Charlie quickly discovers his green credentials and with Penny and Killers help recruits a motley crew of eco-warriors to stop the by-pass. Descending on the truckstop the warriors bring sex drugs and rocknroll to the quiet English countryside. Along with the worlds media.