Squire Haggard and his son Roderick, together with servant Grunge attempt to find an heiress to help them with their financial troubles.
Granny Acorn's love potion is doing the rounds in the area causing many to succumb to their passions. Unfortunately for Haggard and his plans, it is not always the right person who takes the potion...
Haggard's next plan to get hold of money is to marry Roderick off with Fanny, but as ever nothing goes to plan as a pair of rogues arrive in town...
Haggard and Grunge are stuck in the local tavern as the plague reaches the area. Faced with certain death, salvation comes in the form of a passing preacher who urges everyone to confess their sins and hand over their money for the good of the poor. As ever Haggard plots to make off with the money...
Fanny's father plans to marry his daughter off scuppering Haggard's plans to inherit the fortune, leading him to seducing Fanny's aunt in attempt to allow the young couple to elope.
Haggard has run up a large bill in a London tavern and devises a series of con tricks to pay his way...
Haggard, Roderick and Grunge return to Haggard Hall but find themselves under house arrest. Colonel Barrington visits Haggard to finalise a duel. Can Haggard make his escape again?
The second series begins as Haggard tries to get his hands on the family inheritance. Standing in his way is his senile relative Pelham.
A visit to the area by the Prince of Wales gives Haggard the chance to make some extra money by claiming to be an acquaintance of the next in line to the throne. However, when he goes to the tavern instead, Haggard's plans are thrown into jeopardy.
Desperate to make money, Haggard turns to gambling. But in the process loses a valuable ring owned by his cousin Jack. When Jack loses his entire fortune on a horse, he takes the drastic action of taking his own life...
Celebrated playwright Milton Scroop has arrived in the area to perform his new drama. However Haggard's arrival turns the play into more of a farce than tragedy...
Charles Askam descends on Haggard's estate looking for his missing daughter Arabella. Haggard finds her having eloped with Roderick and knowing her father would not approve, arranges for them to be wed. However an interruption in the form of a young woman with a baby leads to heartbreak for Arabella and wedding bells for Grunge...
Haggard is intent on regaining his lost fortunes and plots to marry Roderick off to a lady with good connections. When an invite to a ball comes from Arabella Askham, Haggard thinks he is in luck until his plan falls foul of a devious plot involving a wicked lady...
In the last episode of the series, Haggard in imprisoned for an armed robbery he didn't commit. Facing the death penalty, Roderick and Grunge come to his rescue. But as their escape attempts fail, Haggard's fate seems extremely bleak...
