The Abortion Act of 1967 is yet to be implemented; Gently and Bacchus are given an insight into the complexities of this emotionally-wrought world when the adopted child of a couple is kidnapped.

It's springtime in the Dales; James returns to Darrowby with an impossible decision to make and Helen on his mind, while Tristan must figure out whether the truth is always the best option.

When Murdoch's investigation into a woman's death at a reformatory is stalled, he sends Ogden undercover as a prisoner.

While investigating a stabbing, Murdoch and Brackenreid inadvertently discover spy Terrence Meyers' hidden civilian life.

It's springtime in the Dales; James returns to Darrowby with an impossible decision to make and Helen on his mind, while Tristan must figure out whether the truth is always the best option.

Sam and Joe set out to prove themselves at the docks, and Mary navigates Lady Emma's plans for a charity tea party.

The Abortion Act of 1967 is yet to be implemented; Gently and Bacchus are given an insight into the complexities of this emotionally-wrought world when the adopted child of a couple is kidnapped.

When Higgins' sister-in-law is kidnapped, he's dispatched with the ransom and disappears, leading Murdoch to a manhunt.

When a political cartoonist is shot at an awards ceremony, Murdoch suspects that the murder is tied to a city development.

The death of a foreign ambassador draws Eliza into a high-stakes investigation; at the behest of the Governess, Eliza teams with Blake and a formidable woman whose intellect matches her own.

Tristan helps Siegfried deal with a difficult client and reminds him of the man he used to be, and James hopes to make progress with Helen at the local spring dance.

Sam and Joe set out to prove themselves at the docks, and Mary navigates Lady Emma's plans for a charity tea party.

When Murdoch, Ogden and their associates spend Christmas at a country estate, someone - or something - is out to kill them...

The murder of a man with compromising film images of Mary Pickford leads Murdoch to suspect that the actress is involved.

When Judith Potts witnesses a murder and local police are reluctant to believe her story, she decides to carry out her own investigation.

When an underworld figure that Gently sent down years ago is cleared on the grounds that evidence was fabricated by Gently himself, Gently is suspended from duty.

Ten strangers are invited to an isolated rock off of the Devon coast. As the mismatched group wait for the arrival of the hosts, the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilisation.

A memorial hike in Emery Mountain State Park turns deadly when one woman is found mauled and two others vanish into the wilderness; what begins as a suspected bear attack shifts to homicide.

When Murdoch, Ogden and their associates spend Christmas at a country estate, someone - or something - is out to kill them...

The murder of a man with compromising film images of Mary Pickford leads Murdoch to suspect that the actress is involved.

A memorial hike in Emery Mountain State Park turns deadly when one woman is found mauled and two others vanish into the wilderness; what begins as a suspected bear attack shifts to homicide.