Series 2 (2008)
| No. | Title | Writer | Director | Viewers (millions) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | "Episode 1" | Alan Whiting | Andrew Grieve | 5.80 | 13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) |
| The story picks up about a year after the first series. Two sisters whose dog has been injured in a cliff-path fall consult Peter about suing the council. The Women's Institute enlists Peter's assistance to save a lighthouse which is threatened with demolition. Honor and her baby are now living at Peter's where Honor gives music lessons. Peter and Beatrice interrupt Honor and Lyle sharing a kiss, after which Honor fears that she has ruined things as Lyle avoids her. He, meanwhile, is embroiled in a feud between two burger-van owning brothers who battle one another from lay-bys on opposite sides of the same stretch of road. Beatrice discovers that she is pregnant. When she and Peter return home they find Simon waiting there. | |||||
| 8 | "Episode 2" | John Moloney | Andrew Grieve | 6.16 | 20 January 2008 (2008-01-20) |
| Simon is reunited with Honor and is introduced to baby Daniel. It is clear that Simon is up to no good, as it is revealed that he is secretly hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash in the Kingdom offices. Meanwhile, Peter must keep his brother hidden from the gossiping locals and DC Yelland. Auriel draws Peter's attention to Mr Wright, a resident at her retirement home, whose relationship with his much younger nurse Heather has caused a fall-out between him and his daughter. Mr Wright's daughter suspects Heather is only with her ill father to collect his fortune upon his death. Beatrice announces that she is leaving Market Shipborough until the baby is born. Simon's cover is blown when Yelland arrives at the Kingdom offices and he is arrested. | |||||
| 9 | "Episode 3" | Jeff Povey | Andrew Grieve | 5.41 | 27 January 2008 (2008-01-27) |
| The magistrates set Simon's bail at £100,000. Simon is not worried and expects his brother to go as far as mortgaging Kingdom and Kingdom to raise the money. Peter and Lyle investigate a nearby USAF base after a woman asks Peter to inform a pilot there that he is the father of her unborn child. The Americans at the airbase claim to have never heard of the man, and Peter investigates further. After a talk with Lyle, Honor leaves Market Shipborough. Lyle discovers some of Simon's hidden money, and pays his bail. | |||||
| 10 | "Episode 4" | Alan Whiting | Edward Hall | 5.23 | 3 February 2008 (2008-02-03) |
| Simon returns to work at the Kingdom & Kingdom offices, and Peter investigates cricket captain Nigel Pearson (played by John Thomson), who appears to be refusing to honour sponsorship contracts made with local companies. Simon, meanwhile, proceeds to have an affair with Pearson's wife. Lyle represents a local activist (played by Miriam Margoyles). | |||||
| 11 | "Episode 5" | Guy Burt | Edward Hall | 5.65 | 10 February 2008 (2008-02-10) |
| Peter is invited by his old Cambridge professor, Barkway, to speak at a college conference. Barkway is also trying to recover some stolen research by a recently deceased college biologist and Peter and Simon agree to help, but Barkway hasn't told them the whole truth. Back in Market Shipborough, Lyle is in charge of business with the help of Gloria's son Scott. Lyle is trying to buy a G-Wiz car from a local car salesman, Mr Matthews, whose son Dave is trying to buy a house with his girlfriend. Matthews offers his son the money, but Dave refuses, as he knows the only way he will be able to pay his father back is by agreeing to work for him for the rest of his life, and Dave has dreams of his own. Lyle offers legal advice and tries to keep the peace between father and son. | |||||
| 12 | "Episode 6" | Alan Whiting | Edward Hall | 5.69 | 17 February 2008 (2008-02-17) |
| The residents at Auriel's home put on a performance of Shakespearean play The Tempest (with Lyle as Miranda) just as a storm hits Market Shipborough. Simon plans to run away from the mob that is hunting him down, and reveals to Peter that the money hidden in Kingdom & Kingdom is their father's. Simon then drives off in the rain, but after the storm, Peter discovers his body on the beach. |
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