The police deal with a spate of thefts of Christmas trees, while Insp. Longton considers her career options in light of her failed bid for promotion.

Insp. Longton is held up on her way to an interview for the post of Chief Inspector of the Juvenile Board, as she has to deal with a deranged woman threatening to harm her own children.

Local residents complain about a gang of youngsters asking for work.

Insp. Longton investigates an alleged affair between a teacher and one of his pupils.

An army major asks Insp Longton to help him find a deserting corporal.

A man detained overnight for being drunk and disorderly reports seing a young girl in chains.

Hartley Police Station prepares for a visit from the Chief Constable.

The police have to contend with a hymn-singing religious fanatic and a sleepless lay preacher. Insp. Longton has a heart-to-heart with D.C.I. Perrin.

Insp. Longton suspects the involvement of animal rights activists when a butcher and a pathologist are subjected to harassment.

Insp. Longton discovers that one of her colleagues is a thief.

A series of video thefts leads to an investigation of a rather more serious crime.

Insp. Longton finds that the demands of the job take their toll on her personal life, when responding to a report that an intruder has entered her friend's house.

Sgt Beck and PC Sparks respond to a call to a break-in, but the suspect makes good his escape. Beck suspects a courting couple near the scene of involvement.

Insp. Longton informs a woman of the death of her daughter from a drug overdose, but the mother seems to be hiding something.

Two brothers-in-law, on opposite sides during the miners' strike, are at loggerheads.

A gang, disguised as a shooting party, take the wife of a bank manager hostage.