《凤游龙门》围绕豪门内斗展开，讲述了身份低微的落魄秀才之女，阴差阳错嫁入人丁不旺的富豪之家，机缘巧合得掌大权，却遭来寡妇的愤恨，从而引起一连串家族纷争。

　　The eighth series has been confirmed to air starting on Friday 6 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9pm. However creator Tony Jordan has said that this will be the last for at least a while and the last with the current cast. Guest stars featuring this season will include Sheila Hancock, Martin Kemp and Paterson Joseph.Peter Polycarpou and John Barrowman have also revealed on Twitter that they will have guest roles in series eight. This will be the third series to be filmed in Birmingham, the fifth in HD and the fourth series featuring all of the current cast. Adrian Lester is also set to direct an episode, in which Mickey is kidnapped.Other cons will see the team take on the world of slimming pills and pull off a gold heist. Jaime Murray reprised her role for the final episode.

　　经过九死一生的锤炼，为了揪出杀害父亲的真正凶手，化艾米丽·索恩（艾米丽·范坎普 Emily Van Camp 饰）在诺兰（加百利·曼恩 Gabriel Mann 饰）的陪同下，再次返回了没有社交女王维多利亚•格雷森，却仍危机四伏的海滨小镇汉普顿。此时此刻，夏洛特（Christa B. Allen 饰）涉嫌吸毒被带走询问，返回的维多利亚（玛德琳·斯托 Madeleine Stowe 饰）和白头人似乎正策划新的阴谋，阿曼达（Margarita Levieva 饰）腹中那个身份未决的婴孩。乱云怒海之下，是艾米丽追查真相从未停止的决心，和蓄势待发、随时随地展开无情复仇的獠牙。深仇大恨与贪欲私心，裹挟着所有的相关人落入无法抽身的漩涡……
　　本片根据大仲马的经典名作《基督山伯爵》改编。