Bob Jefferson (Robert Beatty), the Editor of the Daily Post newspaper is fed up with his incompetent staff who keep making mistakes, including Timothy Blake (Michael Medwin) who is given one last chance to prove himself. Timothy takes a break and sets off on a bird-watching trip to a remote village in Ireland where he stays with the local jack of all trades Terry Roche (Joseph Tomelty) and his niece Shelasgh (Virginia McKenna). They already knew he was coming though and Tim soon discovers that a local house conceals a water well where an Oracle lives who can predict the future. The villagers use the oracle to predict the weather, best fishing spots and various trivial matters but Tim sees the benefit of using the Oracle on a larger scale. He sends weather and horse racing predictions to his boss at the newspaper and at first his information is dismissed and Tim is sacked. When Bob realises that Tim's predictions are coming true he quickly reinstates him and then publishes the racing tips in the newspaper. With the winners coming thick and fast, the racing industry soon falls into decline so Bob turns his attentions to other predictions without seeing the errors of his ways. The villagers eventually cry enough and Tim is granted just one last question for the Oracle which the paper decide should come from the public. What will the question be though and will Bob see the errors of his ways before it goes to print? (5/10)