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So, you sit down to watch [[Creator/{{ITV}} [=ITV=] 1]] on a Sunday night and the sponsored by clip is that of the channel's lower-level crime dramas, declaring that "Talk Talk sponsors ITV Mystery Dramas".

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So, you sit down to watch [[Creator/{{ITV}} [=ITV=] 1]] on a [[SundayEveningDramaSeries Sunday night night]] and the sponsored by clip is that of the channel's lower-level crime dramas, declaring that "Talk Talk sponsors ITV Mystery Dramas".
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** It would be a ''really lovely'' weekend though.

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* HouseSquatting: One of Lyle's clients is an elderly Holocaust survivor facing eviction by the local council because he hasn't paid rent in years. He'd been shut in for so long, he thought Peter's late father was still his solicitor and has avoided opening his mail for most of that time to dodge rent bills and other notices. Lyle finds that the circumstances ''just'' manage to qualify the man to assert "squatter's rights" and claim ownership of the property.



* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Most episodes feature two parallel storylines, typically the ongoing saga of Peter's family and his work for client-of-the-week. Among other things, it emphasizes just how much the man has to juggle day to day.

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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Most episodes feature two parallel storylines, typically the ongoing saga of Peter's family and his work for the client-of-the-week. Among other things, it emphasizes just how much the man has to juggle day to day.
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* WidowWoman: Gloria; her husband had died a little less than a year before the first episode of the first series.
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He has a lawyer trainee with him, Lyle Anderson (Creator/KarlDavies), who is the funny man of the show, getting into the more comedic scrapes, including having to deal with about 20 cats, and getting drenched in nearly every episode of Season 1.

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He Peter has a lawyer trainee with him, an articled clerk, Lyle Anderson (Creator/KarlDavies), (Creator/KarlDavies) who is the funny man of the show, getting into the more comedic scrapes, including having to deal with about 20 cats, and getting drenched in nearly every episode of Season 1.
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Welcome to ''Kingdom'', where CrimeAndPunishmentSeries meets English planning law, and "TheyFightCrime" in a genteel, laid-back fashion, with plenty of breaks for SceneryPorn.

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Welcome to ''Kingdom'', where CrimeAndPunishmentSeries meets English planning law, and "TheyFightCrime" they fight crime in a genteel, laid-back fashion, with plenty of breaks for SceneryPorn.
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* SuicideBySea: Simon walked into the sea some time before the series started. Peter trying to come to terms with his brother's death is a major thread of Series 1. It seems Simon did it to escape from debts and unsavory connections, but he survived and lived under an deceased client's name before returning to Market Shipborough for Series 2.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: Lyle suggests marrying an immigrant client to help her remain in the UK and fight for custody of her son. This results in Peter dangling him off the balcony and threatening to let go the next time he has such an idea.

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Creator/StephenFry (10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag) plays Peter Kingdom, lawyer for the small firm of Kingdom & Kingdom, in the fictional town of Market Shipborough, Norfolk. Every week, he has to investigate some argument between people over a will, planning issues or something like that. He also must deal with the town's most sue-happy citizen, his long-suffering secretary, and his [[TalkativeLoon loopy sister]].

He has a lawyer trainee with him, Lyle Anderson, who is the funny man of the show, getting into the more comedic scrapes, including having to deal with about 20 cats, and getting drenched in nearly every episode of Season 1.

While at first it might seem that the other Kingdom in "Kingdom & Kingdom" is Simon, Peter's younger brother (who has disappeared and is presumed dead at the beginning of the series and shows up again in Series 2),[[note]]and dies for real later[[/note]] Peter informs us that Simon is actually ''neither'' Kingdom. The first Kingdom is their late father (who naturally never shows up) and Peter is the second. Sadly the series was cancelled after 3 series and ended with... a bit of a WhamEpisode.

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Creator/StephenFry (10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag) plays Peter Kingdom, lawyer for the small firm of Kingdom & Kingdom, in the fictional town of Market Shipborough, Norfolk. Every week, he has to investigate some argument between people over a will, planning issues or something like that. He also must deal with the town's most sue-happy citizen, citizen Sidney Snell (Creator/TonySlattery), his long-suffering secretary, secretary Gloria Millington (Creator/CeliaImrie), and his [[TalkativeLoon loopy sister]].

sister]] Beatrice (Creator/HermioneNorris).

He has a lawyer trainee with him, Lyle Anderson, Anderson (Creator/KarlDavies), who is the funny man of the show, getting into the more comedic scrapes, including having to deal with about 20 cats, and getting drenched in nearly every episode of Season 1.

While at first it might seem that the other Kingdom in "Kingdom & Kingdom" is Simon, Simon (Creator/DominicMafham), Peter's younger brother (who has disappeared and is presumed dead at the beginning of the series and shows up again in Series 2),[[note]]and dies for real later[[/note]] Peter informs us that Simon is actually ''neither'' Kingdom. The first Kingdom is their late father (who naturally never shows up) and Peter is the second. Sadly the

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So, you sit down to watch [[Creator/{{ITV}} [=ITV=] 1]] on a Sunday night and the sponsored by clip is that of the channel's lower-level crime dramas, declaring that "Talk Talk sponsors ITV Mystery Dramas".

Then you spend an hour watching lovely [[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia East Anglian]] countryside, Creator/StephenFry being a lawyer and no-one gets the slightest bit murdered. There's actually a lot of comedy.

Welcome to ''Kingdom'', where CrimeAndPunishmentSeries meets English planning law, and "TheyFightCrime" in a genteel, laid-back fashion, with plenty of breaks for SceneryPorn.

Creator/StephenFry (10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag) plays Peter Kingdom, lawyer for the small firm of Kingdom & Kingdom, in the fictional town of Market Shipborough, Norfolk. Every week, he has to investigate some argument between people over a will, planning issues or something like that. He also must deal with the town's most sue-happy citizen, his long-suffering secretary, and his [[TalkativeLoon loopy sister]].

He has a lawyer trainee with him, Lyle Anderson, who is the funny man of the show, getting into the more comedic scrapes, including having to deal with about 20 cats, and getting drenched in nearly every episode of Season 1.

While at first it might seem that the other Kingdom in "Kingdom & Kingdom" is Simon, Peter's younger brother (who has disappeared and is presumed dead at the beginning of the series and shows up again in Series 2),[[note]]and dies for real later[[/note]] Peter informs us that Simon is actually ''neither'' Kingdom. The first Kingdom is their late father (who naturally never shows up) and Peter is the second. Sadly the series was cancelled after 3 series and ended with... a bit of a WhamEpisode.

Not related to ''Series/Kingdom2014'', a FamilyDrama about MMA fighters, or ''Series/Kingdom2019'', a historical fantasy involving zombies.
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* ActorAllusion: Fittingly for the host of ''Series/{{QI}}'', Peter evidently writes the questions for the Market Shipborough pub quiz.
* AuthorAppeal: The balloon ride in Series 3 Episode 2 may have been one; Stephen Fry had taken his first balloon ride in North Carolina for ''Stephen Fry in America'' in 2008--a few months before the shooting for Series 3 began--and appeared to rather like it after an initial bit of terror.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The second series shows Peter starting to lose his temper with the various misbehaviors he runs into, especially [[spoiler: Simon]]
* BitingTheHandHumor: "''Is'' there an [=ITV4=]?"
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Simon keeps a duffel bag full of cash around for a good chunk of Series 2. Lyle takes £100,000 of it in a briefcase to post bail after Simon gets arrested, [[spoiler: and the duffel bag floating in flood waters at the end of Series 2 is the first sign to the viewers that Simon is really dead. He also claims that the money actually belonged to the late Mr. Kingdom, and that there's more stashed in the house.]]
* BritishBrevity: A particularly good example, with only three series of six episodes each. You could watch all of ''Kingdom'' in one weekend.
** It would be a ''really lovely'' weekend though.
* ButICantBePregnant: Beatrice at the beginning of Series 2. She accumulates a drawerful of "broken" pregnancy tests before seeing a doctor for a more definitive exam.
* ButtMonkey: Lyle. Lyle Lyle Lyle. He's saddled with all the menial work at Kingdom & Kingdom, regularly suffers embarrassing accidents, and generally gets very little respect from the people around him.
* CelebrityParadox: In Series 3 episode 2, the one with the CropCircles, Peter encounters a man standing in a field dressed as the [[Series/DoctorWho Fourth Doctor]], doing a pretty good impression of Creator/TomBaker. In the ''same episode'', Creator/ColinBaker AKA the Sixth Doctor plays a local resident. May also be a CastingGag.
* CelibateHero: Peter shows no romantic/sexual interest in either gender.
* CharacterFilibuster: Series 3 Episode 1 has Peter talk about the debt the country owes its soldiers, irrespective of whether or not the war they fight is popular. The creators, including Stephen Fry, are known to be of this opinion, arguably making this a small AuthorFilibuster as well.
* ChaseScene: Involving Peter's CoolCar and a guy on a bike. Lyle [[DiegeticSwitch puts on]] "[[Music/RichardWagner Flight of the Valkyries]]."
* CoolCar: Peter has a gorgeous older car (an Alvis [=TE21=]). Don't forget to WatchThePaintJob (as we learned that one time it disappears).
* CoolOldLady: Aunt Auriel, who is unapologetic about enjoying life, including sex, and always has a supply of good advice.
* CrazyCatLady: Several clients keep excessive numbers of pets, though they're not necessarily restricted to cats. One keeps dogs, another has stuffed cats, and one hoarder makes do with a single cat.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Lyle and Peter having pints in the pub. Lyle, being flippant, calls Peter "P.K."
--> '''Peter''': Although everything you just said makes no sense whatsoever, I do find myself inclined to agree with it. Though call me "P.K." again and I'll [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal pull your pancreas out with a pair of pliers]].
* DoubleEntendre[=/=]InnocentInnuendo: When Peter buys his bait for his fishing trip in Scotland:
-->'''Peter''': I've penciled myself in for five days of unadulterated peace and quiet. Just me and my rod.
* FakingTheDead: Simon Kingdom
* FiveFiveFive: 01632, the UK version.
* AFoolForAClient: Simon is forced to represent himself after being arrested, as Peter can't work for a family member. He playacts "consulting with" and "advising" himself during an interrogation. [[spoiler: The charges are dropped because of questions about his mental state when he walked into the sea and a lack of evidence; quite a break for Simon since his legal skills are shown to be rather rusty when he accompanies Lyle.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Peter certainly acts more responsibly than the other two Kingdoms, who are much more impulsive and unstable. However, he also comes off as rather controlling and self-important, which Simon and Beatrice confront him on later in the series.
* GeekyTurnOn: In the last episode:
-->'''Emily''': Anything exciting?
-->'''Lyle''': ''(getting up, slightly husky)'' Strict liability negligence polluted river case. No win, no fee.
-->'''Emily''': God, I love it when you talk dirty.
* HiddenDepths: Simon can speak...''Norwegian''???
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Lyle after the balloon ride in Series 3, episode 2. "That is quite a lot of brandy." "That was quite a lot of balloon."
* IntoxicationEnsues: Peter should never have eaten that mushroom omelet prepared by sci-fi fans at an impromptu con.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: Simon, most of the time. He only rarely notices that his actions affect the people around him, or demonstrates any remorse for his selfishness.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Simon at the end of the second season]]
* MrFanservice: Lyle, considering that he walks around in a suit and how much he gets drenched.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Druids vs. golfers. In formation. There's even a ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' reference.
* NoLongerWithUs: In series 2, Lyle encounters a cat lady who needs his help seeing that her cats are taken care of "after she's gone," and "can't take them with [her] where [she's] going." He assumes she wants to set up a trust fund to ensure they're cared for, and also distributes the cats among clients who saw an ad for free will preparation services. [[spoiler: It turns out she's moving to Norwich to live with her son, who's allergic to cats.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Lyle, more or less. He could pass for someone at least five years younger. Lampshaded by Beatrice: "When did you stop being twelve?"
* OnceAnEpisode: In season one, Peter dodging Mrs. Thingy when she goes walking past.
* OopNorth: Lyle is from Stockport.
* ThePigPen: Sidney Snell has virtually no sense of personal hygiene. That said, he gets better about it in Series 2, after [[spoiler:he starts dating Gloria]].
* RousseauWasRight: For the most part. And you know what? They manage to not only make it work, but also believable.
* RunningGag
** Lyle getting drenched (in Series 1).
** Lyle never quite getting with the girl (in Series 2).
** Mrs... er... Thingy (in Series 1).
* SamusIsAGirl: Lyle's motorcyclist client in Series 2, Episode 3.
* SceneryCensor: Beatrice's pregnancy, plus much of the nudist episode.
* SceneryPorn: The shots of the Norfolk countryside and coast are ''really, really nice''.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Sidney Snell]], believe it or not, for Gloria. It doesn't last past their trip to Norway, but the breakup affects both of them.
* ShortRunInPeru: For some reason, Series 3 aired in Belgium ''six months'' before airing in the UK. Why? Why ''Belgium'' of all places? ''Nobody knows''.
* TalkativeLoon
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Most episodes feature two parallel storylines, typically the ongoing saga of Peter's family and his work for client-of-the-week. Among other things, it emphasizes just how much the man has to juggle day to day.
* WhamEpisode: Each series ends with a dramatic change in Peter's circumstances:
** Series 1 has Simon returning to Market Shipborough.
** Series 2 has Simon's death, either by assassination or drowning in the floods.
** Series 3 has Peter suffer a serious health scare, leading to a diagnosis of late-onset type-2 diabetes, and discovering that [[spoiler: he is not related by blood to Beatrice or Simon, who believed they were half-siblings, and Auriel knows something about this.]]
* WidowWoman: Gloria; her husband had died a little less than a year before the first episode of the first series.
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