Heartbeat

The annual funfair in Aidensfield causes a proprietor of a nearby caravan site to complain about the noise and the mess. Soon afterwards, a five-year-old boy goes missing.

Special Constable Hector Cowley mysteriously disappears after a row with a pig farmer, and his uniform is found in the pigsty- sparking rumours in town.

When Den is repeatedly absent from school, Nick and Jo visit his house and are horrified to find his mother's body at the bottom of the stairs- and no Den.

The Ashfordly police are frustrated that they cannot gain enough evidence on a group of handbag snatches, and Jo argues with her mother over Nick.

Greengrass is forced to provide temporary accommodation for an old acquaintance with a van load of stolen cigarettes.

Nick and Sgt Blaketon unravel a mysterious past when a woman is stalked, and Greengrass's attempt to make a profit from some tourists backfires.