Barlow loses a case against a known criminal. He believes the man is guilty but he is ordered to re-investigate the crime and finds a problem he doesn't want to face.

It's time for the share-out from one of Newtown's holiday savings clubs. £18,000 is in club funds. John Watt has to give protection to the money overnight. PCs Walker and Foster take turns in standing guard, but when the dawn comes and the money leaves for the share-out all is not well.

It's all very well taking in a stray, but Sgt. Blackitt thinks this one might bite the hand that feeds it.

Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.

A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.

The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.

Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?

Continuation of the previous episode 'Distance'. Skinner has been shot dead and the Murder Squad have taken over the case. So why is Haggar meeting a mate halfway down the M6?

Continuation of the two previous episodes 'Distance' and 'Ritual'. The hunt for Skinner's murderer has moved away from Newtown. So why is a London detective on his way there, in secret?