G.H. Moresby-White

It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. (imdb)

Reg is a scientist who invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry. (imdb)

Archie Burton is a horse trainer who has entered one of his horses, Take A Chance, into the Gold Cup. But his wife is irritated by his mood towards her so becomes friendly with another man whose real objective is to learn the secrets of her husbands stables.