 They have three children, Penny, who has been frequenting a disco called" Downmarket", Hannah, whose teachers say is depressed, and Sam, whom Colin fears Kate is encouraging to be gay.Colin teams with a womanising hack writer named Mike McCord to work on "Coastwatchers", who hates the idea, but wants his name on the film as co-writer because it's an instant status boost in the industry, even though he is primarily just typing dictation.When he hears of Kate's problem, he prank calls Ian Wall, accuses him of racism, and threatens that a group of militants will mob the publishing house if he doesn't publish "Black Rage".