Due to a major redevelopment, Royal Ascot has relocated to York for the next two years.

This gives four Geordie lasses the chance of a lifetime: Instead of nipping down the bookies for a fifty pence each way bet on some nag, it's time to stretch the overdraft, cash the child benefit, put on that frock, hire a big hat and head off to York to meet the Queen.

Under surveillance from the outset by a crack team of Stealth Bailiffs, our girls are undeterred in their quest for a bit of the high life. Borrowing a chauffeurs uniform and employing the driving skills of one of their husbands, our four lifelong thirtysomething friends leave their hard gritty existence behind them as they embark on a 'Ladies Day' experience that may change their lives forever.