故事发生在十九世纪的英国，霍布森（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）经营着一家鞋铺，辛辛苦苦拉扯着三个女儿玛姬（布伦达·德·班泽 Brenda De Banzie 饰）、爱丽丝（达芙妮·安德森 Daphne Anderson 饰）和维奇（普鲁内拉·斯凯尔斯 Prunella Scales 饰）长大，一转眼，三个姑娘都已经到了谈婚论嫁的年纪，但吝啬的霍布森并不准备支付女儿们的嫁妆。
玛姬爱上了鞋匠威利（约翰·米尔斯 John Mills 饰），尽管霍布森极力的反对这段不合时宜的感情，但独立好强的玛姬还是同威利结了婚。在玛姬的帮助下，威利的事业蒸蒸日上，很快便成为了霍布森最强劲的商业对手，与此同时，玛姬还帮助两个妹妹解决了嫁妆的难题。
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
A fictional village confronts a bizarre dilemma when their cemetery runs out of burial space, leading to uproarious situations as the townspeople unite to find creative solutions.
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis).
The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
