Heartbeat

Nick finds himself in the midst of feuding mods and rockers in Whitby, while a gold hunt is triggered when part of a robbery haul surfaces in the village.

The race is on to find Nick when Kate goes into labour. Meanwhile, teenagers are running riot in the village and a spirited traveller puts a hex on Greengrass.

Nick and Kate return to Aidensfield with their newborn baby girl, but even amidst all the excitement and joy Nick and Kate seem distant and distracted - although no one yet knows their tragic secret.

In the middle of his mourning, Nick struggles through full-time fatherhood and sends for his mother. Greengrass is visited by his entrepreneurial nephew.

Eddie King is under suspicion for vandalizing Martin Shepherd's home bought at auction. Nick's mother Ruby sets her sights on Sergeant Blaketon.

A young German arrives in Aidensfield to visit his father's grave but soon learns he is an unwelcome guest after the villagers realize he is the son of the German bomber pilot who dropped a bomb on the Tyler family cottage, killing both Jo Tyler and his wife.

Schoolteacher Barry Jackson's wife is murdered in a home fire and her widower suspects arson. Malcolm Brown checks into the Aidensfield Arms with his daughter Vicki.

Alf is convinced that he was witness to a UFO sighting during a dangerous electrical storm, but he can't remember what happened. Maggie suggests that Alf should see a hypnotist to fill in the missing moments.

Gina is awakened by a masked intruder known as the Be-Ro Man, who has been breaking in all over North Riding. Claude Greengrass makes a new singer-songwriter friend who looks suspiciously like Bob Dylan.

While celebrating Katie's christening, Nick receives a visit from an old girlfriend of his to inform him that they will be investigate the criminal activities of the owner of a well known gambling club.

A burglar gets more than he bargained for when one of his victims has a heart attack and dies, putting him square in the crosshairs of the dead man's widow.

Hired to dig up a plot of land for Ventress and his wife, Greengrass and Stockwell discover a 500kg explosive from WWII, putting the whole town in danger and forcing Rowan to organize an evacuation.

When Professor Brigstock passes away in his home, a stranger finds his body and makes off with his papers.

A young man named Danny, who turns out to be Nurse Bolton's brother, helps PC Rowan go undercover as a DJ at the illegal radio station operating from a ship off the coast of Whitby.

A deadly virus threatens the village; Nick finds romance.