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 and Tristan are left in charge when Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past, and Jenny reveals to Helen that she has made a big decision about her future.

Mr Dundas and his wife prepare to move into the Kintbury vicarage, and the question of Isabella's future continues to occupy Cassandra as she learns the truth about Isabella and Lidderdale's past.

When the mysterious body of a glamorous blonde is found in the library at Gossington Hall, Dolly Bantry knows she will need all the help that she can get to clear her husband Arthur's name.

While travelling in the woods, Dr Ogden, Violet, Effie and Louise encounter a troop of girl adventurers whose leader was killed by a madman.

Murdoch investigates the shooting of a local construction company owner who was executed in a barbershop.

It's Jack's first day as Book's assistant; a nearby excavation and the murder of Harkup, a local chemist, make Jack realise that his new employer has an unexpected side job: solving murders.

As the radio reports that Britain is standing on the brink of war, James discovers a case of TB at Heston Grange, but Richard begs him not to report it to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Mr Dundas and his wife prepare to move into the Kintbury vicarage, and the question of Isabella's future continues to occupy Cassandra as she learns the truth about Isabella and Lidderdale's past.

Murdoch's investigation into the stabbing of a Scottish dancer at the Highland Games reveals old clan rivalries.

When a body is found in an alley with a death tarot card, Murdoch suspects that it is linked to a contested psychic event.

The investigation into Harkup's death continues and Book discovers something surprising about the bombsite skeletons found during the excavation; he will need all his ingenuity to solve these cases.

No-one seems surprised when Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the local vicarage; red herrings abound, especially when his widow and her lover both confess to the murder.

Rob and his growing band of outlaws target the Sheriff's reward money in a bold heist; the daring plan could change their fortunes forever... if it doesn't first get them all killed in the attempt.

When Dylan Cooper is apprehended, his associates launch a plan to break him out; Blake and new detective George Willows must endure a long and tense night as Cooper's allies attempt an escape.

When a body is found in an alley with a death tarot card, Murdoch suspects that it is linked to a contested psychic event.

Rob and his growing band of outlaws target the Sheriff's reward money in a bold heist; the daring plan could change their fortunes forever... if it doesn't first get them all killed in the attempt.