Stolen cars and a murder inquiry. Some old crimes but lots of new names, new faces and a few new problems. The new Divisional Commander, Don Henderson , arrives to find not only that his office is not ready - his building isn't either!
PC Barker's first body and a hijack at a bio-engineering factory. Don Henderson gets attacked across the conference room table, then takes his wife out for lunch but ends up at a siege.
Don locks horns with the ACC (Ops) and Mike and Jane hunt sheep rustlers. Ronnie gets his first arrest and leaves Smithey feeling sheepish.
More bodies in bin bags for Frank, Mike and Jane to worry about - while Ronnie is worried about his new bike.
A fraud squad raid hits Fallows and Mike. Don gets media attention, while Smithey pays too much attention to Madeline.
Ronnie is injured in the line of duty; Don and June have a dinner date with the Fallows; and Mike, Jane and Frank catch a big fish in their net.
Don needs to see the ACC (Ops) but he is seeing the Russians. Frank has to watch Hagland because Mike and Jane have the wine store robbers under surveillance - in the Lake District.
Don moves house with June and finds a new home for his division; Ronnie has his first court appearance; and Madeline is decoy in the skip murders.
The lads are kept busy by pirates on the river - PC Ronnie Barker is engaged in hot pursuit.
An old crime is given a new twist when armed robbers take to the air.
Ronnie tries to crack a mortgage mystery.
The bin bag murders turn up quite a different sort of body.
A murder fraud has the squad undercover - while Ronnie loses his hair.
A trip to Rhodes and racist attacks on a newsagent.
A beach murder leads Jackie and Jane to an offshore acid party.
A partial solution to the bin bag murders - and Ronnie confronts the racists.