Syd Brisbane

Doctor Blake suspects foul play after a migrant worker dies using a machine at a shoe factory.

Something odd is happening in Nompton. Gardens have been wrecked, property vandalised, and the Gnome Queen has mysteriously vanished, along with Berty Henrickson.

Crowds of terrified tourists speed away in their vehicles, only to find that the Nompton Bridge, the town’s only link to the outside world, has mysteriously collapsed and everyone is trapped.

Zayn arrives home just in time to help Rosie fight off a killer gnome. Meanwhile, Nompton is in turmoil, as swathes of tourists and the scandal-ridden TV weatherman Brant Sanders converge on the town.

What’s left of Nompton’s finest are on the verge of another onslaught, when Zayn, Rosie, Dylan, and Jenny arrive, decimating the horde of gnomes with weedkiller from the super-soakers.

Arnold and Ellie rescue Josie from Tobias who has gone full Buffalo Bill, but the Gnome Queen is now inside the factory, waking gnomes by the hundreds.