Kingdom (2007)
Respected country solicitor Peter Kingdom, with the assistance of his apprentice Lyle and secretary Gloria, runs a small legal practice in Market Shipborough for the eccentric people of Norfolk. Peter lives with his slightly crazy sister Beatrice, and recently lost his half-brother Simon under mysterious circumstances.
Cast: Stephen Fry, Karl Davies, Celia Imrie, Tony Slattery, Hermione Norris, Phyllida Law, Gerard Horan, Dominic Mafham
Episode #3.6
Peter is briefly admitted to hospital for tests and, on discharge, is engaged by David Morston, whose older brother Lord Robert, a mad ex-junkie, is selling off parts of the family estate and its titles when not cavorting nude in the fountain or shooting at people.
Episode 5
Lyle goes home to Stockport with his mother to prevent the council from selling off local allotments for a golf course. Lyle's younger twin brothers do not help the situation with their 'guerilla gardening' tactics but the discovery of a lady's slipper orchid growing in the allotments does.
Episode 4
Grumpy but promiscuous judge Jeremy Harding is sent compromising photographs of himself with a young woman and blames Beatrice. She denies it before exposing him as the father of her her daughter, Petra. Harding asks Peter to find the blackmailer, who turns out to be very close to home.
Episode 3
Widowed Nicky Laker, a doctor at a research lab which uses animal testing, asks Peter to defend her daughter Donna, who has vandalised the unit to expose it and lose her mother her job.
Episode 2
Farmer Geraldine Merrick suspects vandalism when crop circles appear in her wheatfield and plans to harvest immediately but widowed ufologist Terry is convinced it is the work of aliens and a site of scientific interest, requesting Peter to stop her.
Episode 1
Whilst Peter helps soldier Tony Gillespie, who lost a leg in Iraq, get decent compensation, Lyle acts for Tony's girlfriend Kate, who files a case of sexual discrimination when Tony's regiment turn down her application to enlist. Lyle suspects a revenge motive and is right but for the wrong reason.