'Present Laughter' follows a few days in the life of self-obsessed actor Garry Essendine (Peter Wyngarde), as he prepares for a touring commitment in Africa.
Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost.
'The Vortex' focuses on sexual vanity and drug abuse among the upper classes. Florence (Margaret Johnston), an ageing socialite, has extramarital affairs with younger men. Her talented son Nicky (Nicholas Pennell), meanwhile, struggles with cocaine addiction and repressed homosexuality.
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.