Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with Tristram Shandy narrating his life story as he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humour, Shady's warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family and household, inadvertantly revealing far more about himself than any conventional autobiography.