Highland Cops - Episode Guide

In remote Sutherland, a 32-year-old father of two has been missing for 48 hours. Being a bushcraft expert, he went out with only a small amount of provisions and the clothes on his back. With little information about his planned route, the local officers unite with mountain rescue and coastguard to trawl the area, leaving no stone unturned. The weather was mild when the missing man set out, but the unpredictable Scottish weather is due to turn, with a blizzard on the way.

Sixty miles away, in Thurso, a suspicious package smelling strongly of cannabis has been intercepted in the post, and it falls to Sgt Andy McKay and his team to investigate. With a warrant to search the address, the team get kitted up. In Inverness, roads police respond to complaints of antisocial driving at a nearby shopping centre, and a check on the system shows one of the culprits' vehicles already has an Asbo - but he is not ready to surrender.

Elsewhere, a car containing two dead deer is pulled over, and it falls to wildlife officer Dan Sutherland and his team to investigate whether the driver is an illegal poacher.

A man is reported missing in the vast, rural Golspie region. Search dogs scan the forest, and multiple agencies are alerted in an attempt to find him before he comes to harm. His vulnerable state puts him at high risk, and no stone is left unturned in the search. However, three days in, the case takes a turn as police discover he is wanted for questioning by another police force.

Meanwhile, the county lines drugs epidemic has reached its new frontier of Inverness. Specialist CID officers go undercover to raid two properties suspected to be hubs for dealing Class A drugs. On Skye, ex-Glasgow policeman Sgt Gordon McKay comes to the rescue of a stranded tourist who has injured her ankle on a trail in the hills.

An experienced hiker has not returned from the top of a mountain on Skye, and a multi-agency response of police, mountain rescue and coastguard is enlisted to find him before nightfall and fog firmly set in.

An unusual call comes in to sergeant Steve Cooper in Glencoe, with reports of a campervan driver whose windscreen has shattered by what he believes to be a bullet. Could this be related to growing tensions between locals and tourists? Was a bullet really fired?

A drugs warrant in Dingwall exposes a concealed attic containing evidence of a cannabis-growing operation. Elsewhere, a driver is pulled over about his MOT and finds himself breathalysed. Despite only having one drink earlier at lunch, the reading is over the limit – a cautionary reminder that the drink limit is lower in Scotland than in the rest of UK.

Officers Katy and Stephen work a busy night shift in Inverness as they attend a scene with a persistent drunk man desperate for a lighter and an abusive spitter in the centre of town.

In Ardnamurchan, it falls to officer Joan MacIver to police her patch of 50 square miles. An area with a low crime rate, hers is a different type of policing, patrolling the beat to act as a visible deterrent from travelling criminals. Travelling hundreds of miles each day, we follow her as she ensures the often single-track roads are clear from live electrical cables and fallen boulders.

Officers on Skye struggle to keep a royal visit from the future king under wraps. With all officers on Skye enlisted to help the visit go smoothly, once the royal couple arrive, it's the job of Sgt Gordon Gray to manage crowd control, along with any other calls which come in across the island.

A man has been reported missing by his employer after failing to return after the weekend. Searching the area, officers find his car and enlist a mountain search team. Raised in the area, Sgt Steve Cooper knows all of its nooks and crannies, leading him to search an abandoned property.

Elsewhere, roads officers are on the trail of a speeding van, which they pursue at speed until they eventually catch up, recognising the driver as a wealthy local landowner.

In Kyle of Localsh, the local shinty team are given a police escort into town. They are wanted for good behaviour, having won the prestigious Camanachd Cup for the first time in the club's history. However, despite the celebrations, Sgt Donnie is still on the clock and takes the opportunity to remind the young revellers to avoid drink-driving.

Officers conduct a raid after they are tipped off about a Skye resident suspected of possessing an illegal weapon, while high winds cause a road traffic incident on Harris in which a car has flipped over several times. In Kirkwall, PC Simon Hay watches over the Horse March, an Orcadian tradition going back centuries that sees up to 100 horses and riders gather from across the island.

On the Isle of Skye, experienced climber Frank has gone missing in the mountains. As the weather closes in, police desperately search for clues to discover his exact route.

The county lines drug epidemic has taken further hold in Inverness, bringing increased violence and drug deaths. Specialist CID officers bust down doors in search of the gangs.

Detectives race to the scene of a violent attack on an island in the Hebrides, cops settle a dispute between two crofters, and an arrest is made in Shetland for a hate crime.

Officers in Kyle of Lochalsh conduct a search warrant on a flat of an elderly neighbour who they suspect is dealing Class A drugs.

Cops search for a young man lost in the foothills of the Cairngorms. In Inverness, a shocking hit-and-run sparks a hunt for a man and woman on a violent crime spree.

Torrential rain hits the Highlands, flooding roads and fields. As conditions worsen, a missing person search becomes a desperate manhunt.

On the Isle of Lewis, a police officer confronts an angry fisherman who he suspects has been illegally poaching salmon. In Fort William, police respond to reports that a young woman is attacking a man with a knife.

Armed police target the operations of a violent county lines drug gang in Inverness. And in Glencoe, PC Stephen Cooper has to track down and detain a high-risk missing person.

Police in Inverness raid a flat and discover a laboratory containing a number of dangerous chemicals and electrical circuitry. They evacuate the area and call in the bomb disposal team.

PC Stephen Cooper co-ordinates a desperate search for two missing hillwalkers in Glencoe, and, in the Cairngorms, cops investigate a suspected shotgun attack on the nest of a protected bird of prey.

A team of police travel to the Outer Hebrides to search through the snow for a missing 16-year-old. In Shetland, the cops have to deal with Viking revellers and a drunk driver.

Police investigating the disappearance of a popular barman find human remains near Aviemore. In Caithness, cops are shocked to discover tropical animals in a derelict house.

Police deal with a tragic accident on the A9, one of the Highlands' busiest and most dangerous roads. Meanwhile, officers hunt for a wanted man in the dark forests near Fort William.

Police on Skye plan to raid an abandoned house that intelligence suggests may be a cannabis farm operated by a major drugs gang.

Elsewhere on Skye, officers must deal with a nasty three-car collision that has resulted in multiple injuries, cars on fire, and the island's main road being blocked for hours. And officers in Inverness give chase to a man who jumps out of a window.

On Lewis, officers are fighting the drug trade. Acting on intel, they raid a suburban home which they suspect is connected to dealing. In Inverness, a man with a knife has barricaded himself in his home, and police need to respond before it gets out of control. In Ardnamurchan, police intervene as tensions mount between a protester and a fish farm.