Case: Probate and inheritance: Peter mediates between two brothers after their mother’s death while Sidney challenges a proposed road.
Continuity: Establishes Simon’s disappearance, Beatrice’s return from rehabilitation and the telephone call that proves the mystery is not settled.
Themes: Grief · Family obligation · Inheritance
Guests checked: Lynsey de Paul — Sheila Larsen
Open research lead
Swaffham Market Place and Oakleigh House are strong candidates for the town and practice exteriors, but this episode has not yet been matched shot by shot.
Published cast summaries associate Lynsey de Paul with Sheila Larsen; the exact form and duration of the appearance still needs an end-credit and scene check.
Case: Peter and Lyle challenge an insurer after a fishing boat explodes, complicated by the owner’s previous fraud conviction.
Continuity: Peter follows Simon’s financial trail to Christopher Waller’s parents and the payments they received.
Themes: Second chances · Evidence · Loyalty
Guests checked: End-credit transcription still required.
Open research lead
Wells-next-the-Sea is a plausible candidate for harbour material because it supplied Market Shipborough’s maritime geography, but the trawler scenes are not yet location-verified.
The explosion and insurance story may combine practical location work with controlled production material; no behind-the-scenes source has yet established the split.
Case: A family considers action against Cambridge University after their daughter is refused a place.
Continuity: Peter learns that Simon approached his former Cambridge tutor for money shortly before disappearing.
Themes: Ambition · Privilege · Bereavement
Guests checked: Richard Wilson — Peter’s former tutor
Open research lead
The story is set partly in Cambridge, but the guide has not confirmed that every Cambridge exterior was filmed in Cambridge rather than doubled elsewhere.
Richard Wilson’s guest role is well published; the character description “Peter’s former tutor” is used until the exact credited character name is checked.
Case: Peter advises a married couple after the wife discovers her husband wears women’s clothes; Lyle becomes uneasy about the side he represents in a dispute involving travellers.
Continuity: Peter pays Simon’s gambling debts but discovers that the threat surrounding the family may continue.
Themes: Identity · Prejudice · Professional conscience
Guests checked: Robert Bathurst — client in the marriage case
Open research lead
Published sources identify Robert Bathurst with the episode-five marriage story, but the exact credited character name remains to be transcribed.
The travellers’ site has not been matched to a named Norfolk property or public location.
Case: Peter’s cases connect an injured dog, a threatened lighthouse and rival burger vans as the new series re-establishes Market Shipborough.
Continuity: Honor and Daniel have become part of Peter’s household, Beatrice learns she is pregnant, and Simon’s return overturns the family’s fragile stability.
Themes: Return · Parenthood · Rivalry
Guests checked: End-credit transcription still required.
Open research lead
Happisburgh Lighthouse is a published candidate for the lighthouse story; the exact scenes and access points have not been logged.
Case: Peter advises on a disputed relationship between an older man and his younger nurse while questions of capacity, affection and family interest overlap.
Continuity: Simon conceals cash in the office, Beatrice leaves before giving birth, and the police discover that Simon is alive.
Themes: Capacity · Trust · Consequences
Guests checked: End-credit transcription still required.
Open research lead
The office exterior is consistent with the established Oakleigh House location; interior and exterior continuity has not been separated scene by scene.
Case: Peter helps an aristocrat worried about his brother’s drug use while Lyle investigates pollution in a river.
Continuity: Peter is diagnosed with diabetes and discovers that he and his younger siblings did not share the same father.
Themes: Identity · Health · Inheritance
Guests checked: End-credit transcription still required.
Open research lead
The aristocratic residence and river locations are not yet tied to named properties; the final parentage revelation remains deliberately unresolved by the programme.
