Newly-weds Arnold and Vera Basket find themselves mixed up with a sinister case of sabotage when they honeymoon in Pluritania.

Baron Hubert and Lady Isobel, the keepers of possibly the most decrepit castle ever, are caught on the hop when a new castle inspector pays a visit.

Dedicated Royalists Sir Jethro and Lady Kate Houndsbotham are dismayed when they receive a visit from Oliver Cromwell.

Queen Elizabeth I. seeks advice from her good friend, Sir Francis Drake, following a surprise proposal from Philip of Spain.

Worthy knight Ethelred accompanies the inventor of a new secret weapon, a monk by the name of Athelstan, to the battlefields at Hastings to deliver the device to King Harold himself.

When Lord Peter Flimsy receives a telegram from his friend, Amelia Forbush, which indicates that there is trouble brewing, he heads off with his trusty sidekick, Punter, to offer his help.