When Arthur Blenkinsop (Eric Sykes), foreman at Lillicrap Ltd., gives a job to the half-Irish, half-Pakistani Kevin O'Grady (Spike Milligan), the existing workforce don't take kindly to a new "wog" in their midst.
When all he wants to do is an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, Kevin has trouble understanding the work-shy and heavily union-based ethics of his colleagues.