Mark Bishop, a reclusive Yorkshire farmer with no living relatives, meets Pauline Grainger, a tax accountant, herself emotionally scarred from a disastrous relationship. A time machine, left by a traveller from the future, allows Mark to travel into the past. Despite initial qualms and antagonism towards each other, Mark and Pauline travel together to pursue their mutual desire of one another and to learn more about life in Victorian times. They take...