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Episode · S01E01The Prodigal ReturnsStill troubled by the disappearance of his half-brother Simon, Peter Kingdom tries to bring order to other people’s lives. He mediates a dispute between two brothers over their late mother’s estate while Sidney Snell challenges plans for a new road. Peter’s unsettled half-sister Beatrice then arrives after leaving rehabilitation—and Simon’s supposedly abandoned telephone unexpectedly rings.
Episode · S01E02DebtsAn Estonian woman asks Peter to help recover the baby she says was taken by her former employer. As Market Shipborough prepares for its traditional dyke-leaping competition, Peter traces the mysterious call to Simon’s telephone and uncovers a troubling connection between Simon and a deceased client named Christopher Waller. Meanwhile, Beatrice creates havoc in the office.
Episode · S01E03Home to RoostPeter and Lyle represent a father-and-son fishing team whose insurer refuses to pay after their boat explodes. Evidence of an earlier fraud conviction complicates the claim, while Beatrice becomes involved with a local artist. Peter’s investigation into Simon’s finances leads him to Christopher Waller’s parents and the regular payments they received.
Episode · S01E04Cambridge or NowhereThe parents of a disappointed applicant want to sue Cambridge University after their daughter is denied a place. Peter’s return to Cambridge reveals that Simon sought money from Peter’s former tutor shortly before disappearing. Gloria struggles with the anniversary of her husband’s death, Sidney battles another development, and Peter becomes concerned about Beatrice’s unfaithful boyfriend.Episode · S01E05Sartorial DiscordPeter advises a couple whose marriage is threatened when the wife discovers her husband wears women’s clothes. Lyle initially represents a horse owner in a disagreement with a group of travellers but begins to question whose side deserves his support. Peter pays Simon’s gambling debts, only to learn that doing so may not end the danger surrounding them.Episode · S01E06Out of the House and HomeWhen Lyle considers accepting a job in London, Peter gives him the emotionally demanding case of an elderly Holocaust survivor facing eviction. The experience changes Lyle’s view of his future in Market Shipborough. Peter’s investigation reveals that somebody else tried to settle Simon’s debts, before a pregnant woman named Honor arrives and says Simon is the father of her unborn child.Episode · S02E01Lighthouse and Lay-bysA year later, Peter has embraced life with Honor and baby Daniel. His cases include an injured dog, a threatened lighthouse and two feuding brothers operating rival burger vans. Beatrice discovers that she is pregnant, Honor and Lyle struggle with their feelings for one another, and Peter returns home to find the supposedly dead Simon waiting for him.Episode · S02E02Seen and UnseenSimon meets Honor and his baby son, but his return creates immediate danger for Peter. While Peter handles a dispute over an elderly man’s relationship with his younger nurse, Simon conceals a large quantity of cash in the Kingdom & Kingdom office. Beatrice leaves town ahead of her baby’s birth, and Simon is arrested when the police discover that he is alive.Episode · S02E03Dereliction of DutySimon’s bail is set at £100,000, placing the future of the family practice at risk. Peter and Lyle investigate the identity of an American serviceman after a pregnant woman asks them to contact him, but the nearby airbase denies knowing him. Honor leaves Market Shipborough, while Lyle discovers Simon’s hidden cash and uses it to secure his release.Episode · S02E04Brother's KeeperSimon returns to Kingdom & Kingdom as Peter investigates a local cricket captain accused of breaking sponsorship agreements. Simon complicates matters by beginning an affair with the cricketer’s wife. Elsewhere, Lyle represents an outspoken local campaigner and finds himself drawn further into Market Shipborough’s unconventional disputes.Episode · S02E05The Truth Will Set You FreePeter and Simon travel to Cambridge after Peter’s former professor asks them to recover a dead biologist’s missing research, although the professor is concealing part of the story. Left in charge of the practice, Lyle becomes involved in a disagreement between a car dealer and his son, who wants an independent future rather than accepting money that would bind him to the family business.Episode · S02E06TempestAs a severe storm reaches Market Shipborough, Aunt Auriel’s retirement home stages The Tempest, with Lyle unexpectedly joining the cast. Simon prepares to flee the criminals pursuing him and tells Peter that the hidden money originally belonged to their father. Simon drives away into the storm; afterwards, Peter finds his body on the beach.Episode · S03E01Combat WoundsPeter represents a soldier who lost a leg in Iraq and is seeking fairer compensation from the Ministry of Defence. Lyle takes on a sex-discrimination case involving the Blues and Royals, while Gloria’s difficult father obstructs a couple attempting to navigate their canal boat through his lock. The cases explore duty, dignity and the consequences of entrenched attitudes.Episode · S03E02Crop Circle CaseA farmer asks Peter to investigate crop circles that she believes were created by vandals. Lyle challenges a compulsory purchase order threatening a family’s home and meets Emily, an appealing young paralegal. Professional rivalry soon becomes personal interest as they find themselves working around the same dispute.Episode · S03E03A Worthy CauseShort of money for Petra’s school fees, Beatrice starts a telephone sex line and receives a deeply unwelcome call from Petra’s father. Lyle helps Nigel Pearson defend a community of nuns facing eviction from their convent. Peter attempts to reconcile a medical researcher and her daughter, whose personal conflict has become entangled with their work.Episode · S03E04Blackmailing the BenchA judge turns to Peter after becoming convinced that somebody is blackmailing him, drawing Beatrice into the investigation. Lyle represents a group of druids who believe a new golf course interferes with important ley lines. Both cases require the solicitors to look beyond their clients’ eccentric appearances and discover what is genuinely at stake.Episode · S03E05Family PressureLyle returns to Stockport when his mother asks him to oppose plans to build on local allotments. His troublesome twin brothers become involved through guerrilla gardening and a police chase, before an endangered plant offers a lawful way to protect the land. Back in Market Shipborough, Peter handles a dispute involving a young cellist, but his worsening health ends in his collapse.Episode · S03E06InheritanceDespite continuing blackouts, Peter assists an aristocrat who suspects that his brother is taking drugs, while Lyle investigates pollution in a local river. Medical tests reveal that Peter has diabetes, but they also uncover a more profound family secret: he is not biologically related to Beatrice. Aunt Auriel confirms that Peter and his younger siblings did not share the same father, leaving Peter to question his identity as the series ends.CharacterPeter KingdomPlayed by Stephen Fry. The Cambridge-educated country solicitor at the centre of the practice and the town’s stories.CharacterBeatrice KingdomPlayed by Hermione Norris. Peter’s half-sister, whose return makes family life at Kingdom & Kingdom considerably less orderly.CharacterLyle AndersonPlayed by Karl Davies. A young solicitor learning that Market Shipborough rarely offers a straightforward case.CharacterGloria MillingtonPlayed by Celia Imrie. The practice secretary and an essential source of steadiness, knowledge and humanity.CharacterSimon KingdomPlayed by Dominic Mafham. Peter’s half-brother, whose disappearance drives the programme’s continuing family mystery.CharacterSidney SnellPlayed by Tony Slattery. A memorable local client whose disputes repeatedly reach the Kingdom & Kingdom office.CharacterAunt AurielPlayed by Phyllida Law. Peter’s formidable aunt and one of the programme’s recurring family presences.CharacterDC YellandPlayed by Gerard Horan. The local police contact linking criminal and public-order matters with Peter’s legal work.CharacterNigel PearsonPlayed by John Thomson. A relationship counsellor who becomes a recurring presence during the second and third series.CharacterEmily CartwrightPlayed by Kate O’Flynn. A paralegal introduced during the third series and connected to Peter’s changing personal story.CharacterHonor O’SullivanPlayed by Kelly Campbell. A recurring figure in the first two series whose arrival transforms the continuing Kingdom family story.CharacterScott MillingtonPlayed by Angus Imrie. Gloria’s son, whose own disputes sometimes draw the practice into local tensions.