Where the Heart Is

A new family arrives in Skelthwaite, putting Anna's nose out of joint; David is shocked when Karen is contacted by a figure from the past; Beth thinks it's time Tom made their living arrangement official; a fundraising idea is put in motion.

Having moved to the village to be closer to ailing father Alan, the Boothe family tries hard to settle in; Sally is taking a nursing position at the health center and husband Billy is starting a new job at the paper factory.

David is devastated when Karen follows her runaway son to London; Sally and Anna deal with a single father who is struggling to cope with his son's cystic fibrosis; Alan enters the men in a talent contest to raise money for the rugby team.

Karen decides to concentrate all her efforts on helping Russell battle his heroin addiction, even at the risk of destroying her marriage; she arrives in London to find her troubled son living in a squalid bed-sit.

Heartbroken that Karen has left Skelthwaite to take care of her heroin-addicted son in London, a dejected David yearns to leave the village and take Jess with him; he soon discovers his daughter has made a happy life with her new boyfriend, Joe.

A line dancing champion whisks Anna off her feet and takes her out to dinner; the course of true love doesn't run smooth, and she's soon pining to be rescued from the predicament.

Unable to put the tragic loss of her baby behind her, a heartbroken Beth calls off the wedding; the Scorpions decide to pose for a nude calendar to raise funds for the club's floodlights.

Beth and Tom prepare to tie the knot, but not without a few last minute hitches; Joe suddenly decides he can't be the best man; the bride worries over whether to invite her father.

A retired mountainee still grieving his son's death in a climbing accident gets a pleasant surprise when his daughter returns for the holidays.