First broadcast 3rd April 1994.

With Fisher at a conference for a week, Henry is free to concentrate on planning a gourmet evening for a group of prospective Japanese investors in the town but gets side-tracked when he sees supposedly long dead villain Vince Palmer, now using an assumed name.

Richard Griffiths ... Henry Crabbe
Maggie Steed ... Margaret Crabbe
Malcolm Sinclair ... Freddy Fisher
Bella Enahoro ... P.C. Cambridge
Joe Duttine ... Steve Turner
Alison McKenna ... Linda
Ashley Russell ... John
Nick Raggett ... Henderson
Denise Stephenson ... Zelda Bishop
Dave Hill ... Brian Perkins
Michael Coles ... Vince Palmer
Susannah Elliott-Knight ... University Librarian
David Lyon ... Tom Watson
Philip Ralph ... D.S. Dave Andrews
Bill Moody ... Eric Mist
Paul Jesson ... Chief Constable Stokes
Lord Robartes Regiment of Foote ... Themselves