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When Philip is asked to baptise the children of a local gypsy, a pair of tenants ensure that he's the one to be immersed in water first.

A broken fan belt, a dud TV, and the dent in a can of talcum powder are all clues when Philip is called upon to investigate theft and loneliness in an old people's home.

First-night nerves grip a prospective groom. The cure includes an unexpected train trip, an overdose of liquid courage, and a full bottle of Desmond's special formula.

Philip is called in to investigate a poltergeist. The resulting manifestations include a headless dog, a phantom toilet roll, and the miraculous cure of an old faker.

Gambling fever is something that should be resisted at all cost, but when £30,000 are involved, even Philip begins to weaken.

A gang of con men are victimising the local elderly. Philip thinks he can tell the sheep from the goats, but that's before the intervention of the Divine Brotherhood of the Celestial Beacon.