About this season
In the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.
Episodes (16)
1. Happiness
Aired 22 April 2001 • 60 min
Some disturbing news arrives for Vic. A perfect family struggle to come to turns with a troubled past leading to help comng from Anna and Karen. Karen turns 40.
2. Runaways
Aired 29 April 2001 • 60 min
Jess dissappears leaving Karen and David worried. Stephan gets an offer from a former girlfriend that could drastically change his life and an elderly patients wife is put into care.
3. Sanctuary
Aired 6 May 2001 • 60 min
Jess gets a job while Stephan gets a new one. Karen visits a rather odd house.
4. Choices
Aired 13 May 2001 • 60 min
Jess falls for a new bloke leaving Henry heartbroken. Anna has a dilemma of her own but tries to help a young couple with a life changing dilemma of their own.
5. The Ties That Bind
Aired 20 May 2001 • 60 min
Anna finally finds the courage to tell Simon that she is pregnat and a galmorous blonde arrives and cause mayhem.
6. Home to Roost
Aired 27 May 2001 • 60 min
A breath of fresh air is brought to the health centre by a new pretty young nurse.
7. Faith
Aired 3 June 2001 • 60 min
Karen and Anna believe that a patients treatment is being put at risk by a faith healer and are angry about it. The room over the pub is a little too noisy for the new nurse Beth.
8. Pound of Flesh
Aired 17 June 2001 • 60 min
A mysterious young man causes havoc when he comes to Skelthwaite looking for his long-lost father.
9. Damage
Aired 24 June 2001 • 60 min
Luke and Oscar continue to cause trouble as Karen readies for a life-changing journey. Dick and Cheryl confront Oscar.
10. Too Much Too Young
Aired 1 July 2001 • 60 min
A schoolgirl confides her pregnancy in Anna.
11. Temptation
Aired 8 July 2001 • 60 min
Karen and her mother have a strained reunion after which her mother atys for a few days at Karen's house.
12. As Time Goes By
Aired 15 July 2001 • 60 min
One year after Peggy's fatal car crash, loved ones hold a memorial service.
13. Declaration
Aired 22 July 2001 • 60 min
A dreaded letter arrives for Beth. Linda is still staying with Karen and it's election time.
14. Sticks & Stones
Aired 29 July 2001 • 60 min
An attractivr new employee at Goddard's sets hearts a-flutter, but what secret does he hide? Karen's mother has devastating news.
15. Cats & Dogs
Aired 5 August 2001 • 60 min
The nurses get more than they bargain for when Anna organises a darts match in The Skelthwaite Arms.
16. The Team
Aired 12 August 2001 • 60 min
David is caught up in a lucrative scam while Glenn wants nothing to do with Marie or her baby.