Jim Whelan

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up cause havoc in their village in the Yorkshire Dales.

A commune of hippies invoke squatters' rights on a row of holiday cottages, causing dissension in the village, and Vernon sees potential for profit in a potter's wheel.

A series of petty thefts seem to lead back to a local nursing home - but has Blaketon uncovered something more sinister to investigate? Meanwhile, Bernie is unsurprised when David's first day at a new job goes horribly wrong.