Bradley (Braydie) Neilson, a thirtyfiveyearold gay man, works for a charity in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath, on the river Avon. He belongs to a group of seven known as the 'CC circle' headed by seventyfiveyearold Clarence Collier, a Bathonian, who is a rather eccentric but loveable old man who entertains in a rather lavish house full of antiques.