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6.9/10(36 votes)
#1 - Desperate Measures
S9:E212/13/2000
Roy Brooks gets a suspended prison sentence for horse theft, but later in the evening a racing horse is stolen from Lord Ashfordly and his estate manager is seriously knocked down. Bernie Scripps happens to tell Greengrass that he once was psychic.
Director:Roger Bamford
Writer:Neil McKay
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Director:Roger Bamford
Writer:Neil McKay
7.0/10(46 votes)
#2 - Red Herring
S4:E910/30/1994
A Russian defector is on the run. A Russian ship docks in Whitby and a fight amongst the crew breaks out in a local pub. One sailor thinks he's killed his skipper and asks Nick for Political asylum. When Nick and Alf take him to the immigration office he makes a run for it and they lose him. Blaketon is not impressed but when the sailor finds out that he didn't kill the Skipper he says he needs to get back on the ship. Nick and Claude arrange a plan to sneak the sailor back onto the ship and it works. During all of this Greengrass has been trout poaching with a priest! Dr Radcliff's daughter goes missing on a cliff side and a search is mounted for her - she is found unharmed.
Director:Ken Horn
Writer:Michael Russell
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Director:Ken Horn
Writer:Michael Russell
6.9/10(30 votes)
#3 - The Medium Is the Message
S16:E207/8/2007
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Director:Adrian Bean
Writer:Mark Holloway
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Director:Adrian Bean
Writer:Mark Holloway
7.0/10(36 votes)
#4 - The Middle of Somewhere
S18:E125/24/2009
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Director:Roger Bamford
Writer:Michael Eaton
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Director:Roger Bamford
Writer:Michael Eaton
7.1/10(42 votes)
#5 - Home to Roost
S11:E812/16/2001
Mr. Lawson, the owner of some disused houses, is furious when a commune arrives and takes them over. Lawson is suspected of breaking into the houses. One of the girls in the commune is pregnant, but Oscar persuades Lawson to allow her to stay there with the baby. An undercover journalist was responsible for the break in.
Director:Diana Patrick
Writer:Jayne Hollinson
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Director:Diana Patrick
Writer:Jayne Hollinson
7.1/10(29 votes)
#6 - Shadows from the Past
S14:E235/15/2005
Peggy sets aside her pitchfork for glamour in the hope of charming a wealthy widower. The local community is up in arms when a famous homicide case is reopened for investigation - but Sergeant Miller ends up with more murder than he bargained for.
Director:Gerry Mill
Writer:Peter Gibbs
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Director:Gerry Mill
Writer:Peter Gibbs

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7.1/10(29 votes)
#7 - Deadlier Than the Male
S18:E198/8/2010
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Director:Dominic Leclerc
Writer:Peter Gibbs
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Director:Dominic Leclerc
Writer:Peter Gibbs
7.2/10(38 votes)
#8 - Kindness of Strangers
S9:E911/21/1999
An old man is very obsessed with his son who fell in World War II near the German border, a real war hero. A young couple is caught shoplifting but she simulates yjat the borth of her baby has started. Greengrass seizes a sudden opportunity to be the arranger of a local rally.
Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:James Stevenson
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Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:James Stevenson
7.2/10(33 votes)
#9 - Blind Justice
S10:E131/21/2001
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.
Director:Paul Walker
Writer:Neil McKay
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Director:Paul Walker
Writer:Neil McKay
7.2/10(30 votes)
#10 - Unchained Melody
S10:E203/11/2001
Jackie gets a visit from her old friend Caroline. She is surprised to learn that Caroline has a baby. Caroline needs a day off from motherhood and leaves the baby with Jackie and Mike while she goes to York to see some friends. Mike leaves the baby in a pram outside the police house, but when Jackie comes home from an errand the baby is gone. Jackie is not the only one who has a visitor. Lady Patricia visits her brother at Ashfordly Hall together with an old family friend Lord Hal Tadcaster. Well "together" may not be the proper word, because she would rather see him leave than stay. And with good reason since the CID suspects Tadcaster of being a drug dealer and asks the police in Ashfordly to keep an eye on him. The post office in Whitby goes on strike. Vernon Scripps gets the idea to start a courier service. And for once he does the dirty work himself.
Director:Gerry Mill
Writer:Susan Wilkins
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Director:Gerry Mill
Writer:Susan Wilkins
7.2/10(30 votes)
#11 - Pretty Woman
S16:E612/3/2006
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Director:Jonas Grimås
Writer:Mark Holloway
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Director:Jonas Grimås
Writer:Mark Holloway
7.2/10(28 votes)
#12 - Every Dog His Day
S14:E245/22/2005
A group of young offenders come to stay at Ashfordly Hall, but soon find themselves under suspicion after a spate of disturbances in the village. Meanwhile, Blaketon and Ventress go on the hunt for a spinster's missing dog, and a £50 reward gives Peggy an idea.
Director:Andrew Morgan
Writer:Susan Wilkins
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Director:Andrew Morgan
Writer:Susan Wilkins
7.3/10(32 votes)
#13 - Second Chances
S11:E162/10/2002
Helen Jones returns home walking her dog and surprises a young intruder who strikingly resembles her run-away husband decades ago. Later David finds him in Vernon's barn, and soon Vernon is involved in the wine processing business.
Director:Diana Patrick
Writer:Douglas Watkinson
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Director:Diana Patrick
Writer:Douglas Watkinson
7.4/10(57 votes)
#14 - A Chilly Reception
S3:E510/31/1993
A local woman is getting prepared for her wedding, but someone it seems is trying to sabotage the event. An old boyfriend of the woman's then turns up still expressing feelings for her. The church is then sabotaged and Nick and Kate find that the culprit for the recent acts of sabotage is the bride to be's old boyfriend. A old friend of Greengrass' turns up and passes on to him a load of stolen sea food, which Claude then sells to the bride's family for the reception, which gives the her father food poisoning. Meanwhile, Kate's aunt Eileen pays her a visit telling her that she has some money that her Uncle Henry had left to her in his will. Kate initially refuses it, which puzzles Nick. Kate later explains that when she was young she found her uncle in bed with another woman, and he then tried to bribe Kate into not telling her auntie. However Eileen tells Kate that she was aware of her husbands affairs and lived to accept it. Kate then accepts the money and donates it to charity in me
Director:Catherine Morshead
Writer:Eric Wendell
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Director:Catherine Morshead
Writer:Eric Wendell
7.3/10(30 votes)
#15 - Duty of Care
S14:E225/8/2005
A young boy is shot at the Hall and Lord Ashfordly comes under investigation for employing child labour - but Bellamy discovers that the truth is rather more complicated. Peggy turns her hand to the tourist industry.
Director:Ian Bevitt
Writer:Ming Ho
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Director:Ian Bevitt
Writer:Ming Ho
7.4/10(51 votes)
#16 - Gone Tomorrow
S5:E810/22/1995
This episode is a strange but good one! Alf is witness to a UFO sighting but canâ€˜t remember what happened. Maggie suggests that Alf should see a hypnotist to fill in the missing moments. Blaketon is keen to cover it up and puts Alf on sick leave. Nick argues that there's nothing wrong with Alf. Alf however is worried that his experience might put his job on the line. Nick encourages Alf to stick to his guns and helps him stand up to the authorities that wanted to put it down to his imagination. Eileen and Blaketon have a game of golf, and they spot an unusual triangle shaped mark on the green! Everything is sorted out in the end. Greengrass has won a cruise, but is terrified of sailing so he ends up selling it.
Director:Graeme Harper
Writer:Freda Kelsall
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Director:Graeme Harper
Writer:Freda Kelsall
7.3/10(29 votes)
#17 - Mountains and Molehills
S13:E112/29/2004
Steve finds himself in trouble when a maid at Ashfordly Hall takes more than a shine to him. David invents a novel way to rid the estate of moles, and makes a new friend in the process.
Director:Adrian Bean
Writer:Susan Wilkins
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Director:Adrian Bean
Writer:Susan Wilkins
7.3/10(29 votes)
#18 - Icon
S14:E153/20/2005
Bellamy and Walker hunt for a batch of stolen Russian icons, and suspect the victim of an assault at the Aidensfield Arms might be involved when they discover his criminal connections. Vernon embarks on another harebrained scheme when he meets an Italian truffle salesman, while Helen is puzzled by a youngster's baffling medical history.
Director:Noreen Kershaw
Writer:Tracy Brabin
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Director:Noreen Kershaw
Writer:Tracy Brabin
7.3/10(27 votes)
#19 - Rustlers and Hustlers
S14:E215/1/2005
A young girl is injured in a horse riding accident, leading the police to stumble upon a sinister series of animal thefts. Helen tries to tell Rob she doesn't want a relationship with him, but worries about hurting his feelings. Meanwhile, Oscar catches Peggy and David hosting a poker tournament in the Aidensfield Arms and bars them from the pub.
Director:Anne Rose
Writer:Brian Finch
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Director:Anne Rose
Writer:Brian Finch
7.4/10(42 votes)
#20 - Trouble in Mind
S4:E710/16/1994
Mr Parker comes to Aidensfield unable to recall the last 7 years of his life. It is suggested that when he left the village back then, he left his family and disappeared after collecting his employers payroll. Kate contacts his wife Helen who agrees to see him. Complications occur when another woman turns up claiming to be his wife. Claude goes to see 'strangers on a train' at the cinema, he then receives a strange proposal from a man who took the plot of the film a bit too seriously. It involved strangers carrying out each others crimes. Greengrass isn't interested in getting involved in such a scheme but the stranger keeps pestering him. Claude still refuses but soon finds out his barn had been burnt down shortly after he admitted the insurance was worth more than the barn itself. The stranger kidnaps Alfred, Nick and Greengrass go to investigate, and Alfred is found much to Claude's relief.
Director:Tim Dowd
Writer:Johnny Byrne
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Director:Tim Dowd
Writer:Johnny Byrne
7.4/10(35 votes)
#21 - The Angry Brigade
S8:E181/17/1999
Barry Dixon is released from prison but is followed closely by an insurance detective. Lord Ashfordly has closed a pathway to a waterfall, but that decision meets strong opposition when a couple of tourists, Mr and Mrs Tidy, is stopped somewhat brutally. Bradley and Jackie Lambert, an attractive lawyer, develop common ground.
Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:Peter Gibbs
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Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:Peter Gibbs
7.4/10(32 votes)
#22 - Always a Copper
S9:E711/7/1999
The Chief Constable makes Blaketon organize a crime prevention committee. A burglar spills some blood when leaving a site of his crime, and Greengrass is a tourist 'guide' for Norwegians looking for Viking items.
Director:Paul Walker
Writer:Michael Jenner
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Director:Paul Walker
Writer:Michael Jenner
7.4/10(32 votes)
#23 - Consequences
S10:E223/25/2001
PC Bradley has been sent to investigate a break-in when he witnesses an explosion. It is the car of ambulance driver Frank Metcalfe which exploded when he turned on the ignition, and it looks like attempted murder because he has received anonymous phone calls and a threatening letter a couple of days earlier. The grocer Mr. Dale is attacked under similar circumstances. But they have nothing in common. The only lead is a blue Ford Transit van seen on both occasions and that the attacker has military training and access to the local arsenal. Pete Atkins fits these requirements, but he claims his innocence. Oscar Blaketon also receives anonymous phone calls. Is he the next victim? Rev. Meeks represents a foundation which offers Lord Ashfordly to finance the renovation St. Judes Church on his lands, and his lordship hires Vernon Scripps and David to do work for him. Meeks especially asks them to be on the lookout for a particular baptismal font from the church.
Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:Johnny Byrne
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Director:Gerry Poulson
Writer:Johnny Byrne
7.4/10(28 votes)
#24 - The Dear Departed
S13:E123/7/2004
A recently widowed woman arrives in Aidensfield wanting to bury her late husband in the family grave, but the dead man's brother refuses to co-operate because of an old feud. Vernon and David pay a visit, hoping to persuade him otherwise - only to find themselves held at gunpoint - and when it emerges the coffin is full of money and the deceased is alive and well, a shocking case of fraud is uncovered. Meanwhile, Oscar is among the locals under suspicion when a widely disliked, hardened criminal returns to the village - and soon ends up murdered.
Director:Andrew Morgan
Writer:Brian Finch
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Director:Andrew Morgan
Writer:Brian Finch
7.4/10(28 votes)
#25 - Bin Man
S14:E266/5/2005
Gina discovers a severed hand in her dustbin.
Director:Judith Dine
Writer:Jane Hollowood
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Director:Judith Dine
Writer:Jane Hollowood