• Air date: 22 Oct '00 24 episodes
      Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
  • List of Episodes (24)
    • 1. Chalk and Cheese

      22 Oct '00
      Celia Hanson has just retired as teacher and lives now in a small house in the countryside. Her nearest neighbor, a Long time farmer has absolutely no understanding for her need of peace and quiet. As Blaketon tries to mediate, things get even worse.
    • 2. Smile For the Camera

      29 Oct '00
      David makes Bernie Scripps and Greengrass arrange a military funeral, and Jackie Bradley is the object of an unknown individual's phone calls at night and day, and the intense use of a photo camera.
    • 3. Dog Collar

      05 Nov '00
      As Edith Benton has to leave for a family visit Greengrass and David get the job to lead her poodle through the Ashfordly Championship Dog Show. A couple of valuable candlesticks are stolen from the church and The Reverend's daughter is in love with a young man that her mother is hostile to.
    • 4. Gabriel's Last Stand

      12 Nov '00
      A retiring politician returns to his estate with his wife only to find out that his long time lover has moved in as neighbor and is now on friendly terms with his wife. He refuses to let a village party take place on his land even if it is an old tradition. Bellamy invites Gina to the movie.
    • 5. War Stories

      19 Nov '00
      Very much to Blaketon's surprise some old Commando veterans arrives at Aidensfield Arms to salute Ventress, but a son to a fallen hero joins the party. An inventor who wants peace and quiet complains to the police of noise from the pub, and Greengrass most unwillingly experiences an alternative 'fishing method'.
    • 6. The Fool on the Hill

      26 Nov '00
      Craddock's mother observes an assault through binoculars but the victim dissappears. A strange theft takes place in a married couple's home as a guest is the only victim. Greengrass has a hot tip on a horse race.
    • 7. The Traveller

      03 Dec '00
      Nat Coopeer is a 'traveller'. He and a mate tries unsuccessfully an armed robbery and they soon leave each other on their own. Greengrass gets involved in organizing horse races on open country roads.
    • 8. Child's Play

      10 Dec '00
      Sue Driscoll surprises Bellamy with a sudden visit. Stanley Leroy and John Wilson are mystery guests at Aidensfield Arms. Edna, a psychic, warns that something terrible is going to happen and a headmaster is evasive about a boy's disappearance.
    • 9. Fallen Heroes

      17 Dec '00
      A local cricket team volunteered at World War I and now their sole survivor of the battles refuses to pay taxes because their old club's house is to be demolished. A car is crashed in a single accident and lot of money disappears from the car, an soon a 'Robin Hood' helps the War Veteran and his mates' families.
    • 10. Cold Turkey

      24 Dec '00
      A new bank manager is very unwilling to lend out money and his son moves away from home in sympathy with the empty-handed. Bellamy and Gina prepare expensive luxury as Christmas gifts to each other.
    • 11. Sylvia's Mother

      07 Jan '01
      Maggie Bolton has returned from her vacation with Graham Rysinsky. She helps Sylvia in taking care of her very sick mother. Jack, who wants to marry Sylvia, is very dissatisfied with her brother, Tony, who owns 3 'Smith's and Chips'. When one of them is put on fire Jack is suspected.
    • 12. Safe House

      14 Jan '01
      Greengrass has a sister in the West Indies. She has won very much money and she has invited him to a very long stay there. He has leaft his property and Alfred to David's protection. Vernon Scripps, Bernie's stepbrother, arrives, but Bernie prefers Vernon's heels better than his toes. However, Vernon grabs another possibility to stay in Aidensfield. The Bradleys get a dangerous and secret task.
    • 13. Blind Justice

      21 Jan '01
      Craddock dates his dance teacher at the 'North Riding Police Dance' but her son is a ruthless fast speed driver. Bernie is off to Northallerton to comfort a widow, so Vernon and David takes the job to repair Lord Ashfordly's Bentley.
    • 14. Home Truths

      28 Jan '01
      Edwina Lambert visits her daughter, Jackie, but she can't hide she's more keen on seeing some of her old friends, the Henderson's who as employers neglect security duties. Vernon contacts a promoter of a pop concert to get a foot into catering.
    • 15. Not So Special

      04 Feb '01
    • 16. The Long Weekend

      11 Feb '01
    • 17. Who's Who?

      18 Feb '01
    • 18. Gin a Body, Meet a Body

      25 Feb '01
    • 19. Killing Me Softly

      04 Mar '01
    • 20. Unchained Melody

      11 Mar '01
    • 21. Truth Games

      18 Mar '01
    • 22. Consequences

      25 Mar '01
    • 23. The Buxton Defence

      01 Apr '01
    • 24. Still Water

      08 Apr '01