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Nick is committed to his struggling jazz quartet despite the apathy of his sister, drummer Lauren, trombonist Horace and the philandering Jason. Then a tramp, Homeless Pete, shows them a lift which is actually a time machine, whisking them back to 1926 where they attract - largely unwanted - attention until aristocratic twins Victoria and Ralph book them to play at their birthday party. More concerned with returning home Nick enlists the aid of crazed boffin John Logie Baird, who accuses him of being a spy and imprisons him though he escapes to join the others at the party. However they are pursued through time by the hulking Curtis, angry that Jason has been sleeping with his girlfriend.
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Whilst the other band members enjoy the high life with Victoria and Ralph Nick, desperate to get home, ends up at psychiatrist Dr Braithwaite's centre for mental wellness. The others locate him but find he has happily signed up for a eugenics experiment in Paraguay to produce the perfect specimen and he has to be forcibly rescue, Curtis becoming an unwilling replacement. Meanwhile Ralph, in love with an indifferent Lauren, decides to join the French Foreign Legion.
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Ralph sends Lauren all his money from Algeria, which she uses to trounce Victoria's snooty friends at the gaming table before ingratiating herself with them, to Nick's dismay - though when the money runs out they no longer want to know her. Meanwhile Nick discovers that put-upon butler Langley has a fine operatic voice so Victoria releases him to pursue his dream. Unfortunately this leaves him jobless and angry with Horace replacing him. So Nick is very pleased when an elegant and wealthy Langley, now a head-lining crooner, returns to thank him.
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Lauren grows tired of having to mask her sex for the band to succeed and so she feels liberated when a group of feminists led by the adoring Rose recognize her, elevating her to fame and leading to her forming her own band. Whilst the others panic Nick plans a way to get her back on side, using Rose as his weapon.
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The band is relaxing at Victoria's country mansion where Horace has devised a murder mystery game. It goes ahead without Jason , who is fleeing when a vengeful Curtis reappears but when Curtis collapses Jason is sure he has killed him . Calmed by Lauren he returns to the house to make his confession but no body can be found. This is not surprising when it is revealed what really happened.
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Horace wants to go back in time to prevent his Grandmother slipping on the stairs, but time-travel with Homeless Pete is far from an exact science and the band find themselves in 1958.
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The band move in with Victoria, Nick wants to open his own Jazz club - which Lauren sees as a new business venture. A mysterious woman called Janice is following the gang - is she a spy?
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Horace has his journal published and it turns into a best selling science fiction book. Victoria thinks it's time for her and her son to marry into money.
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Horace goes on TV and tells everyone he is from the future, that his book is fact, not fiction. He becomes pursued as a fraud by the science fiction fans.
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Nick's idol General Hands visits and Nick invites him to stay. They find out he is leaving with more than he came with. Horace thinks he has bad Karma and joins a group of Baptists to get baptized.
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