A lecturer is asked to shadow an engineering firm's managing director for Industry Year. Despite initial hostility, they come to understand each other's perspectives.
Dr Robyn Penrose is a lecturer in English at Rummidge University. Vic Wilcox is the Managing Director of Pringle's, an engineering firm in Rummidge. They meet when Robyn is told by her Head of Department to "shadow" Vic as part of Industry Year. They are initially hostile to each other but gradually come to understand each other's point of view.—Martin Underwood <imdb@martinunderwood.f9.co.uk>