Heartbeat: Down to Earth

Vernon buys a batch of topsoil for his new compost-producing business, little suspecting it is from a contaminated landfill site. The shady dealer who sold him the soil winds up dead - as do a number of local cows - and Vernon is soon fighting for his life. Elsewhere, seductive sergeant Nokes sets her sights on Steve Crane, and Bellamy wonders whether Gina will return to Aidensfield and marry him. Geoffrey Hughes, James Carlton and Mark Jordon star