It's just two weeks before PC Mark Mylow marries beautiful blonde Julie Mitchell, and he doesn't have a best man.

He asks Dr Ellingham who flatly refuses to entertain the idea. But he finds Al Large is willing to step into the breach. But does Al know what he has let himself in for when Mark outlines the idea for his stag weekend? Mark wants to sleep rough in the woods, under the stars.

Not surprisingly the men of Portwenn, including the doctor, would rather have a few beers than camp out in the wilderness.