Peter Ferris

A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars and joyride around the city, causing havoc among the nearby Protestants and local Irish Republican Army members, all of who are outraged by the youths' nihilism. The gang, led by ace thief Sean (Marc O'Shea), is connected with the IRA but couldn't care less about the group's politics. But things turn serious when an IRA member captures one of the boys, Marley (Michael Liebmann), in an effort to end the mayhem.

A girl named Lydia gives shelter to a young boy who has probably met with an accident. She takes him home for help. However, things change for Lydia as the boy murders her father. Shocked and grief-stricken she runs to the local church.

When Danny is sent over to London from Belfast his parents hope he'll leave the Troubles behind him. But how will he come to terms with a strange city, the local lads and his feelings for his cousin Kathy?

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.