In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Lawrence Drake, a rich ex-racing driver, asks Ken to watch his wife, Pamela, whom he suspects is having an affair. Lawrence feels that he has nothing to offer Pamela because he is now crippled after an accident on the racetrack. Pamela and her boyfriend, Alex Cavendish, are robbed at gunpoint while driving home from a restaurant late at night. Pamela's jewellery is stolen and she receives a blackmail request: "pay up and you'll get the jewels back". She starts to gamble heavily and tries to borrow money from loan sharks in order to raise the blackmail money. Rocky assists teen Pandora help track down her long-lost father who abandoned her and her mother shortly before she was born. Harry has problems trying to organize a Christmas party at The Drum when it becomes apparent that none of his friends will attend.

• Anthony Stewart Head
• John Sessions
• Maurice Denham