Seymour Strangely, aided by Doris Macallan and impeded by Tufty MacNicol, sets up a local radio show called The Radio Blackhaven News and Chat Show. Its first broadcast features Brigitta Bovril’s existential horoscopes, Fergus Lamentable’s theory of salesmanship, and the village crime statistics from Inspector Macyard.  Biggles the cat maims everyone on principle.