Heartbeat

In the mid-1960s, Police Constable Nick Rowan leaves London to move north, full of hope and high expectation. But both he and his doctor wife, Kate, face hostility from the locals on their new patch. Kate confronts male bigotry from the village doctor, and Nick has to deal with fighting mods and rockers and a mysterious prowler terrorizing a local woman.

Nick becomes irritated by drunken hikers and pursues a moorland flasher. Meanwhile, Kate encounters a woman who is suffering abuse from her husband and finds that she is still having problems working with Dr. Ferrenby.

The record department in Charlie Denby's shop in Aidensfield is a magnet for the local teenage lads, but when Denby becomes subject to a malicious campaign from a number of the villagers, Nick Rowan is sent to investigate. Meanwhile, Greengrass is up to more mischief when he sees an advertisement in the local shop window requesting a gardener to help out two elderly women living on their own.

PC Nick Rowan is sent on a mission to solve two mysterious barn fires, where he finds that both incidents are linked by the sound of a motorcycle. He is left with only one other clue: a necklace discovered at the scene of the second fire. Dr. Ferrenby is angry when he discovers that Kate has invited an unmarried woman to a family planning clinic.

When Nick and Kate's marriage is thrown into confusion, Radcliffe and Blaketon give advice. Meanwhile, lead thieves are rife in the area, and Kate becomes unexpectedly involved.

Nick and Kate find themselves unwillingly involved in a 20-year-old feud between two neighbors, which then escalates into a full-sized war. There is good news for Kate, as Dr. Ferrenby formally asks her to join the practice.