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With only two days to go until Christmas, the officers are hoping for a silent night at Sun Hill.

Rickman innocently goes on a blind date with a good-looking City gent - who is later arrested for dabbling in drugs and tries to get himself off the hook by implicating her.

It is all work and little play for the Sun Hill officers as manpower is stepped up to deal with an anticipated rise in crime on the eve of the new millennium - when it's likely a few over-enthusiastic revellers could see in the year 2000 behind bars.

PC Smith ventures into the dangerous world of feuding drug-dealers, going undercover as a contract killer - and is seriously disconcerted to discover the identity of the target he is supposed to eliminate.

Part one of two. Burnside takes on an undercover operation in Newcastle.

A new midwife joins the team as the area is rocked by power cuts and blizzards. The new arrival is delayed by the weather and falls ill as soon as she arrives. However, she is quickly dragged from her sick bed to assist with a difficult birth. Nurse Crane and Dr Turner treat an elderly cancer patient who faces losing her house due to slum clearances, and try to convince Sergeant Woolf to allow her

Valerie's friend Marjory goes into labour while Lucille is on duty, and the new recruit successfully delivers the baby. However, when Marjory's health takes a turn for the worst, her racist mother Mae accuses Lucille of incompetence. The nurses rally round to protect their new colleague, and convince her that she is welcome in the community. Sister Winifred comes up with a plan to get fathers more

Feature-length period melodrama set in Victorian times, charting the relationship between feisty Newcastle rag-woman Aggie Winkowski and 10-year-old orphan Millie Forester. Determined to protect Millie from the seamy world of prostitution, Aggie resolves to take the youngster under her wing. Starring Honeysuckle Weeks, Perdita Weeks, Val McLane, Alec Newman, Crispin Bonham-Carter and Patrick Ryeca

Sister Reginald's incorrigible brother Alfie Lynch, a habitual thief, turns up at the nunnery seeking help. He is put up at Mrs Clams's guest house. At an art exhibition in the local gallery, egocentric artist Gerry Ardwell features himself as the main exhibit. The next morning, Ardwell is found dead, bludgeoned by a brass statue, while a valuable painting has been stolen. Alfie Lynch is missing a

Part one of two. Campion and Lugg agree to help a prominent British family protect the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet, from a gang of international thieves. Peter Davison and Brian Glover star in the mystery drama series based on Margery Allingham's stories.

Harry and Fergus take on a disturbing case - a serial killer targeting random victims and leaving a coin in their mouths.

The accidental fatal shooting of a Polish teenager in an armed police operation sparks a series of murders, which links Turkish gangsters, a grieving family and a fractured firearms unit. As the inquest delivers a lawful killings verdict, IPCC investigator Rachel Sharpe calls on the Lyell team to investigate the connection between the events and review the police evidence, but Sharpe's relationshi

The inclusion of a letter in a late actor's biography reopens an old case for the team - but reliving the past threatens to be too much for the widow who was accidentally responsible for his death. DAC Strickland's cocky nephew lends his assistance, but his affections for Sandra bring out the worst in Gerry and Brian. Dexter Fletcher guest stars.