Season 4 - Episode Guide

Nurse Anna Kirkwall is late on her first day. Simon tries to pursuade Ruth to come home from Australia with Alfie. Jake's Christening plans are well under way.

The arrival of Skelthwaite's new male nurse creates a stir among staff and residents alike, while Simon Goddard stews over his wife 's decision to remain in Australia with their son. Out on the rounds, the medics offer guidance to a woman clearly struggling to cope with the burden of family life.

The survival skills of the Skelthwaite health centre nurses are put to the test when they become stranded on the moors, while Cheryl and Dick receive some long-awaited news

Stephan has a nerve-wracking first day back at school. Chris's bedside manner is a little friendly putting his job in danger. Peggy has to go to Leeds to hear about a possible promotion.

Sister Anna helps a prisoner to get leave to visit his sick father, Simon moves in with Henry, and Peggy reconsiders the nursing manager's job.

A momentous day dawns in Skelthwaite as Peggy prepares to leave her job at the health centre, while Cheryl and Dick nervously anticipate their first encounter with adopted son Oscar. Grateful of any excuse for a party, the residents are soon letting their hair down to the sound of a salsa beat.

Anna treats a boy for epilepsy. The Scorpians go to France to play against their twin town. Chris falls for a hitchhiker and Simon has a fling with a french business woman

Cheryl and Dick welcome their adopted son Oscar home for the first time, and Peggy and Lucy fight for their lives after a runaway horse causes a horrific road accident.

A glamorous blonde turns up in Skelthwaite to see an old frien d, only to find the town in mourning for Peggy, and another new arrival causes a farming family to celebrate.

As a grief-stricken Vic and Lucy struggle to come to terms with Peggy's death, life goes on at the health centre, where a man turns nasty when his wife refuses to continue her IVF treatment. Meanwhile, Karen joins the team, but isn't exactly welcomed with open arms, while her husband David starts work at the Goddard's.

Tension mounts between Karen and Jacqui, and an elderly patient confides in Chris, while David comes t o Henry's aid at Goddard's - much to Simon's displeasure. Elsewhere, a patient suspected of having cancer tries to persuade his daughter to accept the new love in his life.

The Snows battle on with life, knowing it will never be the same again without Peggy, but at least a little light relief is on the horizon in the form of the school production of The Wizard of Oz. Meanwhile, Dick and Cheryl finally get through to adopted son Oscar, who has been more of a handful than they ever expected.

Henry and Jess' meal together proves productive, Simon and Anna go out on a date and Karen worries about an elderly patient's grand-daughter

The threatened closure of Goddard's following the outbreak of a virus among the children of Skelthwaite prompts Vic to speculate on the real source of the contamination. Meanwhile, Simon and Anna have relationship problems.

Intrigue and frustration are the order of the day as Anna and Karen come to terms with the possibility that a patient may be suffering domestic abuse. Jess finally gets what's coming to her, while Dick, Cheryl and Oscar struggle to settle into family life.

Preparations are underway for the Skelthwaite fête bring Anna and Simon's relationship to the boil. Stephan and Jacqui decide to marry in secret.