Prince Nikolas, a White Russian visits Lord Ashfordly for the weekend, and Vernon is employed as his bodyguard. A visit to the Ashfordly Arms, gives the Prince a bad case of gout...

Mike and Ventress investigate the scene of a serious car accident, where things don't quite add up.

Vernon wins a limousine in a card game and plans to start up a taxi service, but doesn't have a phone, and decides to share a line with a chatty neighbour.

Vernon and Bernie start selling 2nd hand sports cars and find Blaketon the car of his dreams but things go wrong when it transpires that Vernon's supplier isn't as reliable as he seems.

A number of surprises are in store when Lady Patricia visits her Brother Charlie at Ashfordly Hall and Caroline from London visits the Bradleys. A local post strike makes Vernon go into mail delivery and Bernie digs out an old motorbike of Greengrass's.

Jackie is assigned to act for a businessman accused of raping a fellow hotel guest during a conference, but she is not sure whether to believe he is innocent or not.