Mary and Sam embrace change at home and in business, despite a looming national recession. Joe, Liza and Harry try to find their way in the world. The Fitzherberts welcome a guest: Emma's mother.

A man has thrown himself off the Tyne Bridge and is found dead on a pile of rubbish... or so it seems. Gently knows it's murder, but who would want to kill a man who was apparently loved by all?

It's Christmas Eve; Gently is enjoying the festive cheer until he gets news that a bank has been robbed and there's work to be done. Gently's hunt for the gunmen takes him into the world of skinheads.

It's spring 1939; Tristan is a qualified vet and James enters a new stage of his life with Helen. However, with war looming, everyone has to consider their purpose in Darrowby and beyond.

Everyone is trying to get along as best they can in the face of changes at Skeldale House, and Helen has moved into the bedsit upstairs with James.

Siegfried receives some difficult news and Helen gets a new insight into how hard James works, but she feels reluctant to help him by asking her father to take on the unpopular TB testing scheme.

James is finally succeeding with the farmers' uptake of the Ministry of Agriculture's TB testing scheme, and Tristan takes Florence Pandhi, the daughter of Siegfried's rival, out on a date.

When Murdoch and Ogden are abducted, a newly-appointed Inspector Crabtree's first order of business is finding them.

Conflicted about exonerating a murderer to save their daughter, Murdoch and Ogden abduct a socialite to face justice.

When the suspect in a theft of the Mona Lisa is murdered, Murdoch's investigation leads to artist Emily Carr.

Murdoch suspects that the stabbing of a man at an oyster bar is linked to a former case involving prostitutes who have been sold into marriage.

Odgen, Watts and Effie attend a health retreat run by a charismatic leader where a fellow guest dies mysteriously.

A man has thrown himself off the Tyne Bridge and is found dead on a pile of rubbish... or so it seems. Gently knows it's murder, but who would want to kill a man who was apparently loved by all?

It's Christmas Eve; Gently is enjoying the festive cheer until he gets news that a bank has been robbed and there's work to be done. Gently's hunt for the gunmen takes him into the world of skinheads.

Marian arrives in Westminster dazzled by its splendour and power; Rob gains Little John's aid in the forest, but the Sheriff's hunt intensifies dramatically after a Norman noble is killed.

Mary struggles with an overbearing teacher at her evening classes. A slow start at the new Hardacre shops leads to tension between Sam and Joe. Liza has a visit from Captain Blackwood.

After Cassandra presents Mayor Christie Holman with proof of corruption, Holman asks for 24 hours but then announces her resignation later; that night, she is attacked in her backyard.

Joan falls for Boisie who recognises her innate talent, enjoys the spoils of crime in glamorous Spain, and faces scrutiny over her role as a mother.

Mary struggles with an overbearing teacher at her evening classes. A slow start at the new Hardacre shops leads to tension between Sam and Joe. Liza has a visit from Captain Blackwood.

A man has thrown himself off the Tyne Bridge and is found dead on a pile of rubbish... or so it seems. Gently knows it's murder, but who would want to kill a man who was apparently loved by all?