Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as Hamish and Dougal, with Alison Steadman as Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird. "Gambling Fever" sees Hamish becoming addicted to gambling after winning a Sporran Cosy in the Glen MacLottery, while in "There's Something About Mrs Naughtie", the lady comes into an inheritance and attracts the advances of Hamish, Dougal and the Laird.
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.