Where the Heart Is - Season 6

Tom Beresford returns to Skelthwaite 20 years after a bitter family row, lured by the offer of a managerial position at Goddard's, and it's not long before he and his good-looking son are setting tongues wagging. Karen breaks all the rules to help two families come to terms with the consequences of a transplant operation, but her ill-advised actions backfire. Vic decides the time has come for a younger man to captain the Scorpions and an emotional Simon proposes to Anna.

Vic makes a shock announcement about his future, Tom proves his worth in a crunch match for the Scorpions and Karen and Beth help reunite an estranged family after a baby girl goes missing.

Jess fears she may be pregnant and Karen nervously prepares for a visit by one of David's old flames, the glamorous Evelyn Parrish. Joe makes a clumsy attempt to seduce Anna's nanny and winds up with egg on his face, while Kath is discovered unconscious and rushed into hospital, putting everyone else's problems into perspective.

A humiliated and jealous Evelyn exacts revenge by spreading the sordid secrets of Karen's past around Skelthwaite and patients soon refuse to be treated by her, leaving it up to Anna to discover why a teenage epileptic continues to suffer attacks despite his medication. Simon struggles to cope with the preparations for his forthcoming wedding and proves easy prey for Evelyn, who seems intent on wreaking as much havoc as she can.

The locals bid an emotional farewell to Vic and Lucy, and Simon's problems continue to mount as his business crumbles and he is consumed by guilt over his fling with Evelyn. Elsewhere, a dishy gardener steals the heart of a wheelchair-bound patient, while Tom and Beth take advantage of a drunken Joe's incapacity and steal a kiss.

The Skelthwaite Scorpions play a crunch match against rival team the Bridlington Trawlers, but fare badly, prompting David to demand a return engagement. Meanwhile, Anna's distress at her split with Simon is compounded by the financial hardship of running a business single-handed - but just as disaster looms, a shady businessman makes her an offer for the factory.

Karen is subjected to a horrific assault by the grandson of a pensioner in her care, while Luke gets into trouble at school and responds by running away, plunging Anna into a panic. On a happier note, Tom clinches an important business deal with German client Herr Gruber, while Joe contemplates moving in with Beth

Anna receives a poignant reminder of her painful break-up with Simon and the Lampards agonise over whether to let Oscar's real dad see him, afraid of the emotional consequences. Joe takes Beth's rejection badly, while Karen has a traumatic encounter with Garth at Tessie Banks' funeral - and later finds herself forced to save his life in a tense scene on the edge of windswept Blackscar Top.

The new head of the primary school upsets Beth by suggesting that a much-loved teacher's erratic behaviour may be down to a drinking problem, but when pupils are put at risk the nurse realises there could be an even more serious explanation. Meanwhile, the Scorpions face a difficult match and Anna fears she's jeopardised the factory's future when she gives an unhelpful bank manager a piece of her mind.

Anna faces every parent's worst nightmare as baby Amy is rushed to hospital with signs of meningitis and when the diagnosis is confirmed, panic sets in among the townsfolk. Anna keeps vigil by her daughter's side, while Luke plays truant from school, sending Karen on a desperate mission to find him. Beth and Tom give in to their feelings for each other.

Beth and Karen hunt for a hit-and-run motorcyclist after finding an old man lying injured by the road - but are they on the right track? Joe reacts badly to Tom's admission about the true nature of his relationship with Beth and the men of Skelthwaite set out to make the perfect curry, but find they can't manage without the culinary expertise of eight-year-old Molly.

Anna tries to help new factory worker Linda Sargent, a single mother afraid she'll lose custody of her five children if it becomes known that she has Parkinson's disease. Meanwhile, Beth agonises over whether to accept the offer of a job in Holland, uncertain of how such a drastic move would affect her relationship with Tom - and paradoxically, it takes a rugby match to help her decide.