Set in Cardiff, Punters follows the ups and downs of the glamorous lives of Wales's media moguls. When a new Welsh soap opera brings a famous novelist and scriptwriter to town, hearts are inevitably broken amongst the intrigue and corruption of glossy TV and PR companies. Nevertheless, suburban housewife Kate Dawson finds that there if more to life than boredom and adultery, even if some of her illusions about her literary idol, Ted Sloane, are shattered along the way.