Pressure is mounting as Peter is forced to hide his fugitive brother. But with gossip spreading rapidly through Market Shipborough, how long can Peter keep his brother's reappearance a secret?

Simon Kingdom is in police custody. Unable to represent his brother, Peter decides that for once Simon must face the consequences of his action. Meanwhile, Lyle makes an exciting discovery.

Peter assumes that he is in Cambridge to deliver a speech, nothing more. But Barkway has ulterior motives; a college biologist, Dr Mary Goodyear, has died and some of her research has been stolen.

As Simon's trial is fast approaching, he finally manages to talk to Peter about the possible consequences. One thing is for certain, with a jail sentence likely, Simon needs to get his life in order.

Crop circles have started appearing around Markey Shipborough and the sci-fi community are abuzz. But how is this connected to the series of pub quiz Peter has organised?

Peter tries to help a mother and daughter, on separate sides of the animal testing debate. Meanwhile, he tries to live down Beatrice earning money by operating a sex line out of his office.

While packing for a well-earned holiday, Peter is rudely interrupted by a camera poking through the window. It's part of a police surveillance system that has Peter worried about the town's privacy.

Despite a stay in hospital, Peter has decided that whatever the tests he's taken are going to bring up, he's perfectly happy to go on being Peter Kingdom and accordingly he buries himself in work.

Local farmer Jack Thriplow is accused of stealing an Eastern European woman's baby, but there's far more to the case than first meets the eye. Meanwhile, well-meaning Beatrice is causing havoc.

When an explosion sinks their trawler, fisherman Tom Case and his son narrowly escape with their lives. The insurance company refuses to pay out and it looks like a saboteur may have been at work.

Lyle is helping Herb Griffiths to lease a nearby field for his prize racehorse, and the whole town has gone gambling mad. Meanwhile, Peter has to deal with the return of sinister debt collector Hill.

Lyle is feeling undervalued so Peter gives him some more responsibility. But as Peter prepares to judge the rudest vegetable contest for the Harvest Festival, Hill arrives with some troubling news.