"Everybody can't be big."Geordie (initially played by Paul Young, then Bill Travers) is a wee laddie (as they say in Scotland), long on knowledge, but short on stature. He gets fed up with everyone calling him wee and enrolls in a correspondence course to build himself up. And against all the odds so it does. Watched over all the time by Jean (Norah Gorsen) who holds a romantic candle for him, which Geordie is blissfully unaware of. Meanwhile Geordie shows a talent for hammer throwing and is selected for the Olympic games.
A charmingly delightful look at a Britain that probably never was, but that all older Brits hanker for. It may come across as simple and twee, but follow the story closer and there are clues to the politics of the day, and some very barbed comments intertwined through the piece.
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