Dir.: Chris Oxley; Script: Barbara Machin; Cast: Helen Baxendale; Prod.: Sheryl Crown, September Films, c/o Channel Four, 124 Horseferry Road, Londres SWIP 2TX (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: 171 306 8785, fax: 171 306 8353; Sales: Channel Four Sales, 124 Horseferry Road, Londres SWIP 2TX (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: 171 306 4444, fax: 306 8353 .

Staff Sergeant Caroline Meagher casts a critical eye over her squadron as she makes her way to her office. As she sits down, two Special Investigating officers burst through the door. Their entrance will change the course of her whole army future. Flashback to when Caroline is 22, a young "redcap". She is both respected professionally and liked personally. Her sound performance leads her to be offered an appointment within Special Investigations, the undercover plain clothes branch of the military police. This branch deals with serious crimes such as murder and theft, but it also deals with homosexuality. The SIB have heard reports of a so-called "ring of lesbians" operating in an army base and Caroline is send to investigate. She and a male SIB officer pretend to enjoy a night out in a pub, secretly watching the suspects' behaviour, especially that of a young private. The SIB subject her to a cruel interrogation. The private breaks down and confesses she has slept with women. Caroline is shaken by the brutality of the interview and pours out her worries to her friend Chrissie, questioning the enforcement of army policy. Chrissie reveals that she herself is a lesbian and that it's simply a matter of not getting caught. Then, after a raid on an accommodation block of 80 women, a distraught Caroline breaks down in front of Chrissie and they end up making love. Chrissie is Caroline's first lesbian partner but their relationship doesn't last. Caroline moves back to a uniform post in the military police and tries dating men but eventually meets and falls in love with Louise, a teacher from Edinburgh. Caroline begins to face a choice between conscience and equity on the one hand and her career on the other. But it is a choice that will eventually be made by others.