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4 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
55 mins
DI Helen Weeks, pregnant by boyfriend and colleague Paul Hopkins, returns with him to her home town of Polesford, where Stephen Bates, husband of old school-mate Linda, is chief suspect in the disappearance of schoolgirls Abigail Toms and Poppy Johnston, being the last person to see Poppy alive. When Abigail's body is found there is evidence that she had been in Stephen's car and that he watched child porn. Though not officially on the case Helen is keen to support Linda. Searching the woods where Abigail was found Helen surprises taxi driver Gavin Sweeney, boyfriend of another school-mate Paula whilst ex-cop turned pub owner Trevor Hare is convinced of Stephen's innocence. Then Helen gets a shock phone call regarding her unborn child's paternity.
Episode 2
57 mins
The possibility that her unborn child's father may be Adam Perrin, a colleague with whom she had a brief fling, adds to Helen's concerns. There is some good news though when pathologist Phil Hendricks arrives from Manchester with new theories about Abigail's murder, giving a possible lead that implicates Gavin Sweeney, though it proves to be a dead end. Then teenager Aurora "Rory" Harcross comes forward to give Stephen an alibi for the murder. This also gives Helen unpleasant memories from the past when she and Linda were sexually abused by Rory's grandfather and leads her to admit her affair with Adam to Paul. From her talk with Rory, Helen works out who abducted the two girls and is able to save Poppy and unmask the killer. However, her private life is now less easily resolved.
Episode 3
58 mins
Now reconciled, Helen and Paul return to Manchester but their happiness is short-lived when he is killed in a shooting. Meanwhile, a gang of youths, including the reluctant Theo, are killing and robbing passing motorists, and Helen visits Sarah Rushton, who survived one of their attacks. She also discovers a link between Frank Linnell, a businessman of dubious reputation, and Paul, and finally confronts taxi driver Ray Jackson, whom, along with the powerful Kevin Sherwood, she believes knows the full facts about Paul's fate.
Episode 4
57 mins
Helen is approached by Sherwood, who tells her Paul's death was caused by someone "younger and blacker", leading her to suspect that it was concerned with the turf wars responsible for the drive-by shootings. She makes enquiries among local youths, including Theo, on the run after his other gang members are shot dead. Following a break-in at her flat she learns that Paul was working undercover to unmask corrupt officers passing information to mobsters whilst new evidence links Sarah to Paul's death though she is too scared to admit who blackmailed her into taking part. A further tip-off identifies the man who put Sarah up to it, using gang members as cover. Now Helen must seek Theo's help in more ways than one.