George Woodford, 80, sets off from his cottage on the moors on his vintage motorbike, Lord Ashfordly decides to open the Hall to the public, and the police investigate an art theft.
George Forrester is an eighty year old veteran art thief. As his health begins to fail he feels the need to have one last dalliance with danger and the opening of Ashfordly Hall to the public provides the perfect opportunity. Vernon's grand tours of the Hall are part of the service provided by the newly-created Noble Endeavours Ltd. George joins a tour for the chance to browse around, and nab a series of Constable sketches. He phones an old contact, Bill Weatherby, to see if he can sell the sketches only to find out that he has died and his nephew Steven Collier has taken on the business. Steven has no interest in what George has to offer him. The alarm is raised that there has been a theft at Ashfordly Hall. Amongst the suspects are Eileen Jepson, the programme seller and George's friend and cleaner, and a mysterious Robert Price who has been taking a keen interest in the price of Ashfordly's valuables. However Craddock is soon on to another lead after Blaketon recognizes George Forrester from photographs taken on the first tour. Mike and Tom are sent to question Forrester but Mike is forced to turn back to tend to another case. Tom goes on alone and enters the house to see George mugged and bound to a chair. As he valiantly goes to rescue George, he gets a brief glance at Steve Collier before he smashes a heavy vase over Tom's head and runs out with the sketches. Tom is stunned but finds the blow is less painful when Tricia comes to his aid. The sketches aren't in George's house. Craddock interrogates him to find out exactly what has happened much to the annoyance of Tricia who has sharp words with Mike about George's delicate health. Her words are soon proved to be correct when, under heavy questioning George has a heart attack and later dies in hospital. At the funeral Ventress gently talks to Eileen Jepson discovering that she has hidden the sketches in George's allotment in an attempt to protect George. She also tells Ventress about George's phone call to Steve Collier. They hastily track him down and arrest him in Whitby. Craddock is still perplexed about Robert Price, the rather shifty character that has been hanging around the Hall. All becomes clear when Price announces that he is in the insurance business and that if Ashfordly's wants to continue to open the Hall to the public his insurance will rise ten-fold. Needless to say Ashfordly swiftly decides to close the Hall to the public and Vernon is left to explain to the people eagerly awaiting his next tour.
George Woodford removes the cover on his bike
A one last ride around the Yorkshire countryside
Craddock ask for volunteers to guard Lord Ashfordly's painting tour
PC Tom Nicholson volunteers, only to be held back
Vernon was surprised to see Alf as the only security for the tour
The special tour soon began as the coach arrived
Mike gets ready to go to Calston
Tom and Mike are soon speeding their way
The police soon stops to help George
Mike tells George if he doesn't want the bike, he can sell it to him
Alf and Eileen enjoy a chat, abandoning his job
George sneaks inside and joins the cavalcade
A smarty press soon questions the painting's historical background
George splits with the tourist and goes to the wine cellar
George soon enjoys his lunch in the cellar
Tom smashes a bottle of prawn cocktail sauce near Phil
Roy develops the photographs from the tour today
Lord Ashfordly congratulates Vernon for the success of the tour
Vernon suggest Lord Ashfordly for an expansion of the tour
Phil tells Tom to fetch an air freshener in one of the cells
Tom looks around the cell for the air fresheners
Someone in HQ locks Tom inside
Tom knows this was a plan to keep himself from trouble
George sneaks out of the cellar that evening
George quietly takes the painting on display inside Ashfordly's study room
Tom finds himself released by an unknown saviour
George makes a successful getaway
Bernie, David, and Vernon soon adds more attractions for the tour
Charlie and Vernon soon finds 4 drawings are missing
George contacts Bill Weatherby only to find that Bill has passed away
Bill's nephew took over the business but has no interest
George soon finds himself stuck with four drawings with no buyers
The missing drawings are soon reported to the police
Eileen is soon questioned by the police
Eileen is soon indisposed until the matter has been solved
Charlie cancels all tours for the day
The police interviews Vernon for what he knows
George puts the drawings in a small spot near the fireplace
Vernon soon gives out one suspicious bloke in the tour yesterday
Eileen decides to pay George a visit
Eileen has surprised to see the drawings in George's hands
George tells Eileen that he wants to be proven the best still at heist
Craddock tries to look for the tour ads only to find a rather unpleasant news reflecting the police
The news of Alf sleeping on the job soon spreads
Roy soon reveals that he wrote the article
Oscar tries to take back what he said before an angry Alf comes in
Alf interviews Roy about his whereabouts in the tour yesterday
Roy soon finds himself in the list of suspects
Roy hands the photos and surprises Alf and Oscar to see George still alive
HQ is soon alarmed and Craddock orders George's arrest
On the way, Tom was still curious to his unknown saviour last night
Mike and Tom were soon flagged down to an emergency
Mike takes the mother giving birth to the hospital
Tom is soon in charge of arresting George
Tom finds a tied up George and tries to free him
On the process, Tom is hit on the head and leaves him unconscious
Vernon continues to stretch the truth of the tour
Tricia soon comes to Tom's rescue
Tricia gets annoyed that Mike insist of letting George do a survey despite his health
The police soon questions George
George tries to lie his way out
George tries to eliminate Eileen from the questionings
The police soon questions the smarty tourist only to be turn down on the questions
Mike comes back to find the sketches are not there where George hid it
George still won't tell the truth and pursuits on lying
George then suddenly have a heart attack
George was soon rushed to the hospital
George instructs Tricia about his will
His final will was to give his AJS motorcycle to Mike
Tricia breaks into tears as she witnesses George's passing
Tricia announces George's passing to Raymond and Mike
George's spirits rides away
George's funeral was held next day
Alf questions Eileen what she knows about the drawings
Eileen and Alf soon have a long chat
Tricia was puzzled about the familiar faces in the pub
Oscar tells her that majority of the visitors were detectives
Tom questions Mike about Tricia's love affair
Eileen takes Alf to the garden shed where the drawings are hidden
Alf talks Eileen to not keep the drawings to herself
Alf soon turns in the drawings
Alf soon has a plan and contacts Steven to meet him up for a trade
Steven agrees and the meeting is held at Whitby the next day
Craddock soon tells Tom that he released him that night because it reminded of himself when he was new to the force
Alf tells Steven that he is surrounded right now
Steven tries to run away quickly
Steven bumps into Mike and is soon arrested
The police soon returns the drawings to Charlie
Lord Ashfordly is soon questioned by the smarty tourist
RObert reveals that he is from the insurance and that the more antiques in the house, the larger the payment is
Lord Ashfordly soon decides to discontinue the manor tour
Vernon tries to sort things out after the manor tour was canceled
The episode ends with Vernon's money scheme ended in a flop
