Gemma Perkins (Connie Fisher) seeks solace in her secret passion – Elvis Presley. She’s obsessed with the rock and roll legend. He never lets her down, unlike every other aspect of her life. Living at home with her overbearing step-mother (played by Geraldine James) and down trodden father (Jim Carter), Gemma has a boring, and low paid job emptying car park meters. She’s just waiting for something amazing to happen, for her life to really begin. But then her life takes a dramatic turn when she finds an easy way to fund her obsession with Elvis Presley, and that spending gives her a sense of thrill she’s never experienced before. Gemma starts to dip into cash from the parking meters and goes on a spending spree with Elvis memorabilia top of her shopping list. But the spending spirals out of control, and Gemma is in serious danger of being caught in a trap.