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Kevin Whateley (Inspector Morse), Amanda Burton (Silent Witness) and Simon Shepherd (Chancer) are GPs working in a surgery in the fictional town of Cardale in Derbyshire Peak District.

Jack and Beth have gotten married almost a year ago now, but the anniversary gets off to a bad start when Jack forgets to mark the occasion. That appears to be the least of their problems, as they each tries to deal with their personal grieves respectively. Things are no less clear for the newly divorced Will and Sarah, as the complexities of their feelings sometimes threaten to take over…

• Light at the End of the Tunnel Jack is faced with the job of trying to free a group of trapped school children, whilst at the same time overcoming his own claustrophobic fears
• Tender Beth is devastated when her oldest friend, Isabel de Gines, confides in her that she’s dying of cancer. This is a secret that Isabel has kept from her for some time
• Coming Out When a young boy starts to show signs of developing meningitis, Beth rushes him to hospital. She later sees another lad with similar symptoms and wonders if there’s a connection
• Losing Out When Jack is called out to attend a road traffic accident, he discovers that one of the victims is heavily pregnant. The impact has sent her into labour and Jack has no alternative other than to start delivery then and there
• To Have and to Hold Jack leaves Beth, the Beeches and Cardale behind to return to his beloved Africa to help set up a new clinic. Still feeling disillusioned about the way he’s been treated, he looks forward to the new job
• Fighting Chance As medical supervisor of the British Boxing Board, Will cancels a fight for a young boxer after the lad experiences blackouts. Believing his boxing career to be over the teenager resorts to desperate measures…
• Family Ties Jack returns from Africa and is thrown in at the deep end by attending an attempted suicide. Will takes his new girlfriend to see a rugby match, but one of the players gets badly injured
• Ill Wind James is savagely beaten by a mysterious thief at the Manor. His wounds are series and a life-saving operation is necessary
• A Normal Life One of Kim’s former teachers is feeling a bit under the weather. Pupil Josie Davies is behaving very strangely. Could there be a connection?
• Walking Away Dr. Andrew Attwood has barely set foot in the Beeches when his enthusiasm and traditional values manage to lose a vital contract for the practice
• Bedside Manners Trevor is worried about an impending visit from the Independent Medical Advisor. Andrew is in trouble again when he misdiagnoses a life-threatening aneurysm
• Giving Up James and Chloe ask Jack for advice on becoming foster parents. They would love another child, but Chloe’s chemotherapy has reduced her chances of becoming pregnant again
• Nobody’s Fault Andrew is baffled by the behaviour of David Frankland, who appears to be a self-harmer. When he takes an overdose Andrew tries to help, but it’s not as easy as it seems
• Life and Soul Trevor surprises Jack and Beth when he agrees to look into the costs of building an ear, nose and throat clinic next to the Beeches
• Other Lives Inspired by Will’s decision to further his career elsewhere, Beth starts to think about her own future at the Beeches. She begins to wonder whether it’s time for both her and Jack to move on to pastures new