The Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey step out again for the second series of the Whitehall waltz.

Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, the Minister for Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.

If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...

Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...

18世纪英国乡间班纳特家有五个女儿，班纳特太太整天焦躁不已，最大的心愿就是将女儿们一个个嫁出去。一日年青富家子宾利先生搬进城内的消息传来，令班纳特太太兴奋不已，希望大女儿简能获取宾利先生青睐。舞会上宾利果然看上了最漂亮的大小姐。而宾利的老友达西（柯林·菲尔斯 Colin Firth 饰）却天性傲慢，直言难与平民交往，更不屑与老二伊丽莎白跳舞（詹妮弗·艾莉 Jennifer Ehle 饰）。可不久达西对她活泼可爱的举止产生了好感。达西虽然欣赏伊丽莎白，却无法忍受她母亲及妹妹们粗俗无礼的举止，劝说宾利放弃娶简。宾格来和简因为误会，关系危在旦夕，伊丽莎白也因为这件事迁怒于达西。最终班纳特能否顺利嫁出五个女儿，宾格来与简、达西与伊丽莎白会不会从迷失中走来，缔结幸福良缘？

成长于英国南部田园风光中的玛格丽特（丹妮拉·丹拜-阿什 Daniela Denby-Ashe 饰）因为作为牧师的父亲辞了工作，一家人搬到了全然陌生的北方小镇米尔顿。不同于南方的温暖舒适，处于工业革命时期的米尔顿阴冷又脏乱。路上不再是芳香花草，取而代之的是粗鲁的工人，棉絮 飞舞的纺织车间。除了新环境的不适应，还有来自纺织厂的厂主——年轻的实业家约翰桑顿（理查德·阿米蒂奇 Richard Armitage 饰）的盛气凌人及对工人的苛刻，这让玛格丽特对桑顿的第一印象极其糟糕。
随着米尔顿生活的加深，玛格丽特渐渐认识到工人粗鲁暴脾气背后的温柔和疾苦，坚定的站在他们一边。和其立场相反的雇主桑顿则对玛格丽特一见钟情，但不善表达的他似乎在无形中把玛格丽特越推越远。二人如同南方与北方，截然相反但又紧密相连……

The series begins with the mother-less child, Lin Daiyu - whose beauty and intelligence surpasses all, moving into the family compound of her maternal grandmother in the capital. There, the child meets numerous relatives, one of whom is Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew and male protagonist. Baoyu was born with a piece of jade in his mouth and, so, is treated like a fragile egg and spoiled by his grandmother. He often spends his time with his female cousins and maids instead of tending to his studies.