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Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.

In London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.

When the man who left a package in his care is murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, he sets out to unravel the mysterious plot.

Rob Bell examines the history of the Central Line, which at 46 miles is the longest in the Tube's network and connects east with west - transporting 260 million passengers a year. Rob learns that Bank's platforms are curved to avoid the Bank of England's vaults, and investigates a disaster during the Second World War in which 173 people were killed at Bethnal Green station while trying to shelter from an air raid.