Mayday

School girl Hattie Sutton disappears on her way to join her village's May Day celebration as its queen. Her uncle Steve Docker, who organised the event, gets together a search party of locals and they end up in the Magic Circle, an area of woodlands popular for teen-aged meeting places.

As the search for Hattie continues Steve confronts Seth over his obsession with stealing pointless items from houses,his latest haul being the Hills' daughter's cuddly toy.

After Malcolm has hanged himself in the woods James gets Gail to erase all links between him and Hattie before the police arrive. They put up a united front but,after Hattie's father accuses them of hiding his daughter,they deduce that Malcolm was not a bird watcher but a voyeur,spying on youngsters having sex.

Fiona is aghast to find Charlotte is not in her bed but catches up with her hiding in the shed and claiming she is worried about her father.The Hills argue but Alan appeases his wife and child.

Linus goes home and accuses Everett of killing Hattie,as well as his mother but Everett explains that the mother died when she tripped over one of Linus's toys, a fact he has always kept from the boy to protect his feelings.