史蒂芬斯先生（安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins饰）是一个忠实的仆人，他曾经当过英国著名爵侯的管家。目前正一心一意打理新主人达林顿勋爵的公馆，成为这里的大管家。
这里来了一个女管家基顿（艾玛·汤普森 Emma Thompson饰），她精明能干，操持起家务来比史蒂芬斯更灵活，起初斯蒂芬斯常常与她有些小矛盾。但是随着相处日子渐长，善良的基顿还是暗暗打动了史蒂芬斯。尽管基顿一再流露真情，举手投足间泄露了爱意。但是每到动情关头，史蒂芬斯都隐忍着自己的情感，对基顿的爱化作一段埋没在静默中的故事。
基顿忍痛告别这段无果之爱，远走他乡嫁为人妇。当时光荏苒，二人再次会面，心里的爱意仍然说不出口，浓浓思念化作车站道别的一句祝福。
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.
