Series 3 largely steps away from Simon as we are now aware that he has died. Instead, this series focuses more on Peter's life, Beatrice and her new baby (Petra), Lyle, and Gloria, the receptionist. Toward the end of the series Peter begins to suffer from small blackouts. He has some minor tests done to find out the cause of the problem. It is revealed in the last episode that Peter has Type 2 diabetes. When Peter asks the doctor whether he should tell Beatrice and Petra to get checked out, the doctor revealed that diabetes isn't the only thing they discovered. In the final scenes Peter reveals that he has found out that he has no blood relation to Beatrice or Simon, and that therefore "their" father was not in fact his father.
STARRING: Stephen Fry (QI, St. Trinians, V For Vendetta), Hermione Norris (Spooks, Wire In The Blood), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones Diary)
CREATED BY: Simon Wheeler and Alan Whiting
(Wire in the Blood)
PRODUCER: Georgina Lowe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Simon Wheeler, Stephen Fry, Alan Moloney and Gina Carter
Kingdom, Series 3, aired on ITV1 in June-July 2009 with ratings of an average of 4.9 million viewers.
Episode 1: 5.3 million viewers, 19.2% market share.
Episode 2: 4.7 million viewers, 20.5% market share.
Episode 3: 4.7 million viewers, 18.9% market share.
Episode 4: 5.0 million viewers, 21.2% market share.
Episode 5: 4.9 million viewers, 20.0% market share.
Episode 6: 5.1 million viewers, 20.8% market share.