Peter repeatedly becomes Beatrice’s protector, even when her choices overwhelm his ordered life.
Characters & cast
The people of Market Shipborough
Meet the family, colleagues and local residents whose lives pass through Kingdom & Kingdom.
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Simon’s disappearance, return and secrets drive Peter’s private investigation.
Peter gives Lyle difficult cases until the younger solicitor begins to choose Market Shipborough for himself.
Gloria provides practical and emotional steadiness inside Kingdom & Kingdom.
Auriel mixes family authority with an ability to puncture Peter’s formality.
Sidney’s campaigns repeatedly draw Peter into disputes about property and local change.
Yelland connects the practice to criminal and public-order matters.
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Character
Peter Kingdom
Played by Stephen Fry
The Cambridge-educated country solicitor at the centre of the practice and the town’s stories.
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Character
Beatrice Kingdom
Played by Hermione Norris
Peter’s half-sister, whose return makes family life at Kingdom & Kingdom considerably less orderly.
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Character
Lyle Anderson
Played by Karl Davies
A young solicitor learning that Market Shipborough rarely offers a straightforward case.
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Character
Gloria Millington
Played by Celia Imrie
The practice secretary and an essential source of steadiness, knowledge and humanity.
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Character
Simon Kingdom
Played by Dominic Mafham
Peter’s half-brother, whose disappearance drives the programme’s continuing family mystery.
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Character
Sidney Snell
Played by Tony Slattery
A memorable local client whose disputes repeatedly reach the Kingdom & Kingdom office.
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Character
Aunt Auriel
Played by Phyllida Law
Peter’s formidable aunt and one of the programme’s recurring family presences.
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Character
DC Yelland
Played by Gerard Horan
The local police contact linking criminal and public-order matters with Peter’s legal work.
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Character
Nigel Pearson
Played by John Thomson
A relationship counsellor who becomes a recurring presence during the second and third series.
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Character
Emily Cartwright
Played by Kate O’Flynn
A paralegal introduced during the third series and connected to Peter’s changing personal story.
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Character
Honor O’Sullivan
Played by Kelly Campbell
A recurring figure in the first two series whose arrival transforms the continuing Kingdom family story.
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Character
Scott Millington
Played by Angus Imrie
Gloria’s son, whose own disputes sometimes draw the practice into local tensions.
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