Heartbeat (1992) s04e01 Episode Script

1
Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?
Heartbeat, why does a love kiss
Stay in my memory?
Wriggly pat and sing
to me love's story
And bring to me love's glory
Heartbeat, why do you ♪
Come on!
DOG BARKS
WHISTLING
Hi there.
Good boy!
- Now, then.
- All right?
I've three ewes gone up 'ere.
- Two on Apsley Fell.
- Well, where do you think they've gone?
Well, they're not much
for packing their bags.
They know their patch.
We had some bad weather.
I'll lose a few that way
when winter sets in.
But I'll still find the dead 'uns.
This is five ewes vanished
into thin air.
- Rustlers?
- I dunno.
I found most of 'em
in Apsley Bottom.
Old bracken and bog.
It took me half the morning
to bring 'em back up.
It's not somewhere they'd
be if they'd not been frit.
- Dogs, then.
- Maybe.
You best come back
to the farm with me.
I've a ewe injured,
and another with a rotten
leg I've had to put down.
MUSIC: '(There's) Always Something
There To Remind Me' by Sandie Shaw
SEAGULLS SQUAWKING
I walk along the city streets
You used to walk along with me
And every step I take recalls
How much in love we used to be
Oh, how can I forget you
When there is always
Something there to remind me?
Always something
there to remind me
I was born to love you
And I will never be free
You'll always be a part of me
Whoa-oo-oh-oh ♪
When shadows fall
I pass a small cafe where
we would dance at night
And I can tell recalling how it
felt to kiss and hold you tight
Oh how can I forget you
When there is always
something there to remind me
Always something
there to remind me
I was born to love you
And I will never be free
You'll always be a part of me
Hello.
Are you very ill?
- I don't think so.
- Oh.
I am. I've got chickenpox.
No, you haven't.
I made your chickenpox better.
You have measles now.
Jennifer, Susan, what are you doing?
- Oh, Kate.
- Hello.
I wasn't expecting you to
Well, come in.
You two, upstairs now.
- Sorry, I didn't hear the bell.
- Don't worry.
Come through.
- She's not ill.
- No, Mrs. Rowan's a doctor, too.
- She doesn't look like a doctor.
- I said upstairs.
I want to show Doctor Rowan
round the surgery.
If you'd wait in here.
Kate
I'm very glad that you've
decided to join me.
If you should find
You miss the sweet and tender
love we used to share
Just come back to the places
where we used to go
And I'll be there
Oh, how can I forget you
When there is always
Something there to remind me?
Always something
there to remind me
Always something
there to remind me ♪
They look fragile.
But it takes a lot to get
a sheep to break a leg.
It must have been running
like there were no tomorrow.
You'll see she's a gash
on her shoulder.
There's a few things
could have done it,
especially if she were in a panic.
Bit of barbed wire,
or there's a vicious stretch of rock
going down from Apsley Fell.
And if she were running
hell for leather
Richard!
'Ey, steady down, you two.
DOG BARKS
Could a dog have done that?
It'd have to be a ruddy big 'un.
MUSIC: 'I Leave To My Soul'
by The Animals
One of these days
And it won't be long
You're gonna search for me
And down the road I'm gone
Cos I believe
Oh, yes, I believe ♪
Claude?
I believe to my soul ♪
Claude, come on, open up, it's me.
You're tryin' to mess
around with me, babe. ♪
Where have you been,
you dirty stop-out?
Come on, get inside.
Get in. Get to bed.
Is this a social call?
I'm trying to do you favour,
if that's what you mean.
Mind your head.
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought I
saw a pig coming in to land.
Oh, very good, Claude.
Now, listen.
I don't know how many letters
you've had from the taxman,
but they mean what they say.
There's a bailiff coming
here on Wednesday.
Now, I'm down to come with him,
make sure he gets in.
They're wasting their time.
I've got nowt worth taking.
And I'm surprised at you.
I thought you were supposed to
protect people, not persecute 'em.
They're coming on Wednesday,
Claude, rain or shine.
Now, you'd make life a
lot easier for yourself
if you got this sorted out,
all right?
MUSIC RESTARTS
Come on, son.
And this is Christine's domain.
- Your receptionist?
- Without whom
If I tell you quite how
much I rely on her,
you might think she's the
better bet for a partner.
But you know how it is.
I only wish I did.
I'm working without a receptionist
at the moment.
I don't believe that's possible.
It isn't.
So usual sort of stuff.
Patients' records, paperwork,
more paperwork and more.
And then
the surgery.
As I say, just one at the moment.
It's a far cry from what
I've got in Aidensfield.
Good.
So
if you want to mooch about on
your own, open a few cupboards,
see what a mess it really is.
Would you mind if I stayed for
some of your evening surgery?
- I'd really like to see
- What sort of a doctor I am?
No, of course not.
I just want to get a
feel of the practice.
Good idea.
In fact
why don't you see the first
few patients on your own?
- I
-It'll give me a chance
to read the girls a bedtime
story right through.
Last night, we left Aslan
tied up on the stone table.
Very uncomfortable.
- Doctor.
- Christine, this is Kate Rowan.
Kate, Christine Ferguson,
who can tell you everything about
everyone who comes in here.
Nice to meet you.
- Doctor Rowan.
- Call me Kate.
Well, I'm sure you two are
going to get on famously.
Kate is going to stay and
take the first few patients
while I read the children
a bedtime story.
I'll be back when I've sorted out
Aslan and the wicked Queen.
I didn't intend to muscle in,
but I suppose it's one way to start.
- I'll get you a coat, Doctor Rowan.
- Honestly, call me Kate.
The patients feel happier
with a little formality, Doctor.
Then they know who's who.
So, we've a report of sheep missing
from a farm above Bridesdale.
Here.
Then sheep savaged by a
dog, or dogs above Salton.
And now, Aidensfield.
So
do we have a pattern?
Were there any carcasses at Salton?
One dead ewe, two never found.
Well, one of the local farmers,
Phil Cunningham,
thinks it smells like rustling.
Yes.
Well, his sheep were
badly frightened.
They'd run halfway to Aidensfield.
- And?
- Well, one of them had a nasty gash.
It could have been attacked by
a dog or something pretty big.
Exactly.
- Big.
- Or maybe more than one dog.
A pack of dogs would have been seen.
Precisely. You see, that's not
what the pattern is telling us.
I don't know about a pattern, sir,
we're looking into a
number of incidents.
But we're not in a position
to relate them.
Sheep being savaged doesn't
tie up with sheep disappearing.
Unless, of course, something's
killing the sheep for food.
The way a leopard pulls a
wildebeest up into a tree.
A leopard, sir?
You may not be aware that a number
of irresponsible individuals
have released large
cats into the wild.
You see, they get them as pets,
and then they can't cope.
In one case, a puma was
tracked and shot in Surrey,
after having lived off local livestock
and pets for several months.
Well, that's very interesting, sir.
But I think we're better off
looking at the more obvious.
I am aware that rural policing
is struggling with any concept
not concurrent with the horse-drawn
plough, Sergeant Blaketon.
But if you look, you'll see clear
parallels with the Surrey case.
I also have to tell you that a
neighbour of Mr. Appleton's,
I interviewed her myself,
saw "a very large,
pale cat-like animal,"
"close to Appleton's fields
on the night in question."
Well, I'm sure we'll find this
information very useful, sir.
Won't you, Rowan?
MUSIC: 'I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman'
by Whistling Jack Smith
'Ey, 'ey, get back in. Get back in!
What's the matter with you?
MUSIC CONTINUES
Sit down.
BARKS
Half for them, half for us, eh?
HE CHUCKLES
Don't look at me like that.
You'll be glad enough
to eat the biscuits.
BARKS
CHUCKLING: Shut up!
MUSIC CONTINUES
Oi!
Open your mouth.
Oh, you have got a temperature.
It's a bit of flu, that's all.
HE SNIFFLES
I wouldn't bother you,
but this pain
Can you hold out your
arms in front of you?
Now, turn them round.
Does it hurt now?
HE SNIFFLES
Aches a bit.
It's up in my leg, an' all.
You can put your shirt back on.
This should help.
There is some flu about
at the moment,
so that's probably what's
causing the muscular pain.
Stay indoors until your
temperature comes down.
And drink plenty of liquids.
But if the pain persists,
come back, all right?
HE SNIFFLES
Oh, this'll do the trick.
- Ta.
- Bye.
INTERCOM BUZZES
Could I have the notes for
the next patient, please?
That was the last one, Doctor.
I thought there were a few more.
They were expecting
to see Doctor Radcliffe.
And they didn't seem too keen,
so I thought it best not to push.
Obviously, it'll be different
when you've settled in properly.
DOOR CLOSES
Alfred, come 'ere.
What's the matter with you?
Well, it's daft.
I mean, there's enough can happen to
a sheep without inventing monsters.
Well, that's what we've
been told to look for.
That, or anything odd.
Well, the only thing
odd tonight is Claude.
Happy as a sand boy.
He reckons he's got the
taxman off his back.
Right, lad. I'll see you, then.
Night.
'Ey. Don't forget, don't be late
on Wednesday, Constable.
- Come 'ere.
- See what I mean?
George?!
Same again, please, Gina.
Hey, there was a story
just like that
about the panther in
The Twilight Zone.
Of course, it came
from another dimension.
ALFRED WHIMPERS
Alfred! Come 'ere!
Come 'ere, you daft apeth!
Alfred!
MUSIC: 'Don't Being Me Down'
by The Pretty Things
I'm on my own
Just wanna roam
I tell you baby
Don't want no home
I wander round
Feet off the ground
I even go
From town to town
I think I said this rock is grand
Say I'll be your man
SHEEP BLEATING
TYRES SCREECH
- Wasn't a car, was it?
- No.
I've never seen a ewe
mauled this bad.
Whatever it is, it's powerful.
MUSIC: 'Sunny Afternoon'
by The Kinks
The taxman has taken
all my dough ♪
- Alfred!
- And left me in my stately home ♪
Where's that damn dog? Alfred!
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I've got
All I've got's this
sunny afternoon
Save me, save me, save me
from this squeeze ♪
You can keep your eyes off that.
I gotta big fat mama
trying to break me ♪
EXHAUST BANGS
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime. ♪
I don't know what to think now.
I feel a bit, daft driving around
with tales of the beast
of the ruddy moors.
So you're not sure?
Oh, we're gonna have
to warn people.
I'll get over to Ashfordly and
sort things out at our end.
Aye, we can't take chances.
Jane and Richard are out.
- Where are they?
- They just went off.
Towards Apsley Woods, I think.
You know what they're like.
They wander all over.
They're not in any danger, are they?
Well, we'd best get
them in by the house.
- I'll go and have a look.
- Yeah, I'll come with you.
Richard?
Richard?
Richard?
Richard?
Richard, I'm here.
RUSTLING
It's me. Come on. Only me.
Caught you.
Richard, you pig!
- I knew it was you!
- Yeah, but I still got you.
GRUNTING
What were that?
Let's see.
All right.
Richard?!
All right, if you two
you take the track.
I'll go this way.
I'll see you at the top.
Alright. They'll pop out of nowhere.
Richard?!
Jane?!
Richard?!
Jane?!
Richard?!
GROWLING
Urgh.
Wait for me!
Hey!
Hey, copper!
- There was something
- In there. In the bushes.
Sounds big, huge!
- Whereabouts?
- Just back there.
All right, well, your mum and
dad are looking for you two.
Come on, let's get back.
There were a dead sheep, an' all.
And another one, running off.
Kate?
That thing you saw run
across the road last night
It was just a movement.
Out of the corner of my eye.
Not one of the sheep?
No, definitely not.
You don't think Crossely's
right, do you?
No, not really,
but I'm reliably informed
it happens all the time
in The Twilight Zone.
Are you going to even
the score today, then?
- What?
- Your receptionist.
She doesn't know
what she's taken on.
DOOR OPENS, THEN CLOSES
FOOTSTEPS
Christine.
- Cup of coffee, Doctor Rowan?
- No, thanks.
I think I can fit in a few home
visits for James before I go back.
What have we got?
Well, there's only two, really.
There's, erm Mrs. Sullivan,
baby's had whooping cough.
It's pretty much cleared up, but
you know how the cough lingers.
- Mm-hm.
- She's still a bit worried.
And Mrs. Dolby. Four months
pregnant, she's slipped a disc.
- Have you got the notes?
- Yes.
- Was this morning a normal surgery?
- Fairly quiet.
Quieter than my morning
surgeries in Aidensfield.
And I've got a quarter
of the patients.
Oh, I think Doctor Radcliffe
has them all well-trained.
They certainly don't waste our time.
I'll drop these in on my way home.
Thanks.
Mr. Greengrass, you
can't just leave this here!
- Can't I? I've already done it.
- But it's completely irregular!
- Besides, it's not enough.
- In't it?
Well, you'd better come outside
and get the rest, then.
HE LAUGHS
Well, don't just look
at it, pick it up!
Right, then, there it
all is and here he is.
SNORTING
He's not won owt yet,
but he's like me,
he's a lovely mover, you
want to put him into training.
We cannot accept payment
in this fashion.
And we certainly can't
accept payment in kind
Here, cup hold, now you've
got all my worldly goods
and you're the first woman
I've ever said that to.
But the Inland Revenue has
no facilities for livestock.
You can tell the bailiffs
if they want this truck,
they'll have to come and get it.
But just remind 'em I've gotta
survive a hard winter with nowt
and I'm nearly an
old-aged pensioner.
Mr. Greengrass, this has
to be done properly!
Come back!
ALFRED BARKS
The first thing to remember
is that we are here to
reassure the public.
So panic must be
avoided at all cost.
Yorkshire farmers aren't noted
for their panicking, sir.
I'm sure they're not, Sergeant,
but I think they might appreciate
a more high profile
approach than usual.
We now know that there's
something on the moors.
Some sort of wild animal,
probably of the feline variety.
Did these children give
a clear description?
Not really, no, they heard noises
and thought they saw something.
Could have been a sheep.
But we are talking about
something pale.
Something fast and pale.
I have here a number of
photographs of large cats.
Pass them on. Lion
lioness
tiger
leopard
and puma.
You'll see that the lion
is a fairly pale animal,
although it does have a
very distinctive mane.
A lioness is a candidate.
A lioness did escape from a
private zoo in Penzance last year.
We're a long way
from Penzance, sir.
It's just an example, Bellamy.
You see, it's knowing the possible
that leads us to understand
the probable.
Now
I think the tiger is an
unlikely candidate
because it's far too distinctive.
And likewise, the leopard,
which leaves us with the
lioness and the puma.
But the descriptions we have suggest
something smaller than a lioness,
which leaves the puma. So
We will need assistance from
the firearms-trained officer.
Um er involving this will cause
more panic then reassurance, sir.
We're already telling 'em
to keep their children by.
And to bring in any stock
they can from off the hills.
I recognize that this is outside the
scope of your experience, Sergeant.
So uh, you best leave
the planning to me.
Now, the first thing we need
to organise are night patrols.
All around the Aidensfield area.
I'm sure I can rely on you
to organise that, Sergeant.
With a little help from the man
on the ground, eh, Rowan?
- All right, Dave?
- Oh, wotcha, Stevie.
Pint.
It's gonna be a wild
night with you, then.
I'm still feeling a bit low.
You should've gone
to see Doc Radcliffe.
Women doctors are all right, you
know? Well, for women's stuff.
It's just flu, I don't
need a specialist.
All right, keep your hair on.
Cheers.
- Up yours.
- Oh, great. Middlesbrough?
Yup, says he'll take two
more, cash up front.
Tomorrow.
Means we're going out again tonight.
HE SIGHS
I'll have a brandy, then.
One last brandy.
[indistinct]
She's perfectly polite and helpful.
I just ??? she's been
straight with me, somehow.
Well, it is her territory.
Or at least it was.
You do take a bit
of getting used to.
Thank you very much.
- Radcliffe's okay, though?
- Fine.
- I've hardly seen him.
- What, it's been busy.
I've been lucky.
He said this evening's
surgery was packed out.
- When did his wife die?
- A couple of years ago.
It must have been
tough on the kids.
Well, it all sounds great.
- Well, all the facilities.
- Absolutely.
And there really is room to build
up a fully-fledged health centre,
with all the things that people
should have access to.
Nurses and health visitors.
Antenatal clinics.
That's what we could be talking
about in a few years' time.
Well, what about Aidensfield?
Aidensfield will be okay.
I'm only going to be in
Whitby two days a week.
Well, the main thing I'm worried
about is you being called out
and the distance.
Look at last night.
You can be sure I won't be stopping
to pick up any stray cats.
I'm worried about you.
Your area is three
times the size it was.
You've got a far greater distance
to cover than I have
and they haven't even
guaranteed you a car yet.
So what are we gonna do?
- While off.
- Yeah.
And watch out for rampaging pumas.
Do you really have
to go out tonight?
Yeah, I'm afraid so.
There's definitely
something going on.
But whether it is the
"Beast of the Moors"
What?
Well, Crossley gave an
interview to the gazette.
- That's what they're calling him.
KNOCK ON DOOR
That's for me,
the "Beast of Whitby".
All set then, Rowan?
Dr. Rowan.
Good evening, Mr. Crossley.
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
SHEEP BLEATING,
DOG BARKS
HE STRAINS
Get 'ere, you daft bit!
Get off! Heel! Here with you!
Come on.
That's good. Come on, come on.
Come on, Dave, she's getting
worse every time we go out.
I know.
There's blood all over her.
Had to get her cornered,
she's not a sheepdog, is she?
Come on.
So are you gonna be
out there all night?
Most of it.
You're very brave.
Don't make me laugh,
I've got a bad lip.
There's nowt out there
that wouldn't run a mile
if you said so much as boo at it.
Yeah, well, that's not the
information we have, Claude.
Well, you coppers are
all the same, aren't you?
"Send reinforcements,
we're going to a dance."
Good luck. I'll be thinking of you.
Oh, right.
- Right, well, best get on, then.
- Ta-ra.
- Whoo.
- You're in a good mood again, Claude.
It's the lilies of the field, George.
There's nowt more beautiful
than money can buy.
And the good Lord
gives us them for nowt.
And I'm skint, so get 'em in.
THEY LAUGH
HE COUGHS
Oh, give us a pork pie.
She is nice.
Gina.
- Oh, wait.
- Oh, heck.
Right, lads, you know what to do.
If you see a tiger, or a leopard,
or a puma, you arrest 'em.
And if you do I'll eat my cap.
You won't need this, Ventress.
The greedy beggar.
So we take this section
of moorland here.
We divide it into quadrants.
The quadrant being
the basic patrol area.
It's defined by the nearest roads
and then the quadrant
itself is divided into
Sir. That's Sam Ditchley
up at Beck Farm.
Something's been at his sheep.
Right. Let's go.
- You be careful.
- Yeah.
SHEEP BLEATING
- There it is, over there.
- Where?
Top end of t'field.
Hang on, hang on. That's Alfred.
- Alfred?
- Yeah. That's Greengrass' dog.
- Got it.
- I said hold on!
The evidence against
Mr. Greengrass' dog
really leaves very little
room for argument.
What are you talking about?
He'd run a mile if a sheep
so much as baaed at him.
ALFRED BARKS
I accept that your dog has been of
previous good character, Mr. Greengrass,
as far as we know.
It's Ditchley who ought
to be in the dock, in't it?
Going around shooting his
gun off, the murdering swine.
You've had your say, Mr. Greengrass,
and we have listened.
Even Constable Rowan had
expressed his surprise
at Alfred's sudden viciousness.
But he was at Beck Farm
on the night in question.
We've heard Mr. Ditchley's evidence.
We've also heard
evidence of an animal
similar in colour to
the dog in question
being in the vicinity
of other incidents.
The coppers all thought it
looked like some big cat!
Does he look like a big cat?!
If you continue to interrupt,
Mr. Greengrass,
I shall have you removed
from the court.
The evidence before
us is clear enough.
We have established that your dog had
been absent from your place of abode
for several nights.
Despite some very dubious
testimony on your part.
This is a farming community.
We have to take attacks on
livestock very seriously indeed.
I'm sure local farmers will be
very impressed by the speed
and efficiency of Inspector
Crossley's operation.
ALFRED BARKS
After careful consideration
we're making an order
under the Dogs Act 1871
that the dog be destroyed.
MURMURING IN THE COURT ROOM
- What?
You touch one ear of his
head and I'll have you.
Next case.
This is all down to you,
in't it, Blaketon?
You can't get at me, so you
have to get at the dog!
Greengrass, outside!
Rowan, get rid of him.
Oh, yeah, give him
the dirty work to do.
I'll get this off to the
lab straight away.
You should be feeling better by now.
One minute, I'm fine, the next,
I'm sweating like a pig.
Stay at home in bed.
If you ring tomorrow, either I'll
come round or Doctor Radcliffe.
Don't mind either.
Good.
Old cross features said if I
wanted to wait till tomorrow,
I'd see Doctor Radcliffe.
I said I'd rather take
my shirt off for you.
I'd better see my next patient.
Oh, that was the last one, Doctor.
I'm in a bit of a rush,
I'm going to the pictures, so
Don't worry, I'll lock up.
Right.
- Goodnight.
- Night.
- Hi.
- Hello.
Don't know how you get through
them so quickly, Kate.
There doesn't seem to have
been that many to get through.
I've certainly pulled
the short straw.
It was packed in here last
night and this morning.
Think I might start bussing
them over to Aidensfield.
Last meal, old son.
Er-argh. Argh!
The evidence was heard, Rowan.
The magistrates heard it.
And they made their decision.
You don't really believe
it was Alfred?
That dog's as big a
villain as his owner.
That's not an answer, Sarge.
Maybe not, but Inspector Cross
is happy with the outcome
and that's all that matters.
Now, you put his back up!
Telling the court that
you had some doubts.
So if I were you, Rowan,
I'd leave it at that.
Now he knows he went over-the-top
with his tigers and his leopards,
and his pumas,
but he's sorted that out.
We've yet to see if this sheep
trouble really has stopped, Sarge.
It has stopped for three days.
Which means it could've been
Alfred savaging the sheep,
he is a lurcher.
That's a bit hard on him
if it does start up again.
And what will he get?
Posthumous pardon?
Rowan,
there is a time to be born
and there is a time to die.
And there's a time
to take on the brass.
And there's a time to
keep your head down.
Understood?
Yes, Sarge.
The condemned dog
didn't eat a hearty supper.
Come 'ere. Come on.
We're famous.
Pillocks, eh?
Means tonight's a
good night to go out.
All the shepherds tucked
up with their papers.
Suppose so.
You're not still ill, are you?
Not exactly.
I'm not quite over it, though.
He says he'll take four more
carcasses if we can get 'em.
At a fiver each.
Let's see if we can
leave it at four, eh?
Eh?
I don't want it going to
Dizzy's head, you know?
Some of the dogs go
on the chair for her.
HE LAUGHS
Oh, it's you. You better come in.
I've sent it all to the taxman.
Money, furniture,
the horse, the lot.
Well, that must have pleased 'em.
Mind you, they threatened
to send the furniture back.
And I've had a letter, look.
Under the circumstances,
no bailiffs.
Cost three bob a week
out my dole money.
I think you know
why I'm 'ere, Claude.
What, ain't it to do with this?
Someone broke into Ashfordly
Police Station earlier this evening
and removed Alfred.
Never.
There's not many people
queueing up to do that.
No, well
perhaps he dug a tunnel.
Look, we know you've got
him here somewhere.
But I have to tell you
that Blaketon says
he's gonna throw
the book at you.
Yeah, what's new?
Knowing it, proving it is
another matter, in't it?
SHEEP BLEATING,
DOG BARKING
Oh, they're daft animals!
He's taking them through the gate!
Well, stop 'em, then!
She's not getting any better!
What's that?!
- Let's get out of here!
- Eh?!
MUSIC: 'Wild Thing'
by The Troggs
Get on!
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing ♪
- It were a copper.
- It were a copper?
He's not gonna catch us, is he?
HE GRIMACES
What is it?!
The pain! Me arms.
I don't think he's gaining.
Can't see his light.
I'm gonna have to stop, Dave.
We'll lose him first.
It won't take long.
Easy.
Wild thing ♪
His light's back. Further off.
Me arms
Steve!
Good evening.
Do you mind if I take a look
in the back of your van?
They've both been
taken into custody.
I must say I wouldn't mind
a look at young Cameron.
There's nothing to see.
I might not see another case.
- What was it, again?
- Louping ill.
It's actually spread by sheep ticks.
Not often transmitted to humans,
but very painful when it is.
Most people who work with sheep
for a lifetime won't pick it up.
Well, better get on with my calls.
- See you later.
- Bye.
- Bye, Christine.
- Doctor Radcliffe.
Hello.
- Could I have a word, Christine?
- Yes?
Through here.
Will you close the door, please?
- Very light surgery again.
- Mustn't complain.
I'm not sure.
When a new doctor joins a practice,
there's always some prejudice
to be overcome.
Patients get used to certain
faces, certain ways.
They'd still rather come in when
the doctor they know is on duty
or see the doctor they know at home.
That's something we've
got to deal with.
But it wouldn't be helped by
a receptionist who suggested
that patients might prefer to leave
it till their old doctor was in.
And who cheerfully moved
appointments around
because she thought the
cases might be better handled
by the established doctor.
And felt that the only suitable
home visits for the new doctor
were pregnant mothers and toddlers.
I don't know what you're
talking about, Doctor Rowan.
I haven't mentioned anything
to Doctor Radcliffe of course
but I don't expect my next surgery
to leave me with the morning off.
- Shall we start again?
- Doctor.
I'll see the first patient now.
Inspector Crossley, please.
Sergeant Blaketon, Ashfordly Police!
Oh, er, Inspector.
Yes, I just thought
I'd like to fill you in
regarding the sheep rustling.
That's right, I did say "rustling".
You see, certain events
have come to light,
which have enabled us to ascertain
exactly what did happen.
No, sir.
Alfred's been returned
to its owner.
Alfred.
You know, the puma
I mean, the dog.
Mr. Greengrass?
It all depends who's asking.
And this is your dog?
Oh, he's a bit more
than that, but yeah.
I just thought you might like to
know that your damn mongrel
found his way onto two of my
pedigree English Setter bitches.
Broke through a wire
fence to do it as well.
I threw a tin of emulsion over him
the first time, but he still came back.
Oh, you're the one, are you?
Have you come to
do the second coat?
My dogs are worth a
hell of a lot of money.
Just give me one good reason
why I shouldn't sue you.
I've got no brass.
- That's not what I've heard.
- Really?
Well, you've missed the bus,
you're a bit behind the times.
Look, I should be suing you.
You've had the services of
my dog at stud for nowt.
I mean, he's not just an
ordinary sire, you know.
He happens to be the
Beast of the Moors!
LAUGHTER
What's he going to
do for a living now?
I've got no idea.
But whatever it is,
I'll try not to catch him at it
until his back on his feet again.