Mr. Botibol is a timid, middle-aged bachelor who feels he has achieved nothing in life.
He constructs a small concert hall in his house where he conducts imaginary recitals to gramophone records.
He also purchases a grand piano with keys that do not emit musical notes when struck, fantasising that he is a great musician-composer as he "plays" the instrument.
In a music shop he meets Lucille Darlington, a fellow music-lover, who eventually accepts his invitation to play the role of pianist in one of his "concerts".
Nevertheless, when these two stories were adapted for television's Tales of the Unexpected, the same actor, Jack Weston, played "Botibol" in both episodes.