Peak Practice - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Breaking Point
A chance encounter with a troop of soldiers plunges Joanna into a life-or-death crisis.
Alone
A savage attack on Alice North shocks Cardale, and helps push Joanna back into the arms of her ex-lover Martin Henderson.
Eskimo Roll
Sam learns a respected member of the community is harbouring a devastating secret and Joanna grows concerned about Alice's state of mind.
Wood for the Trees
Dawn's son slips into a coma, leaving surgeons baffled. Meanwhile, estranged father Keith turns up, indicating his disapproval of his wife's involvement with Andrew...
Buying Time
Sam breaks all the rules and gets emotionally involved with a patient, casting a shadow over his future at the Beeches.
Change of Life
Sam makes an unusual bet with a smoker anxious to quit, while Andrew tries to help a farmer whose failing health has driven him to take desperate measures.
Close to Heaven - Part 1
Tragedy looms as Andrew and Sam try to save an injured man from a fast-flowing river, only too aware that his life rests in their hands.
Close to Heaven - Part 2
Sam is tormented by the thought that he could have done more to help Andrew and Joanna's teenage patient recoils from the prospect of an operation.
The First Stone
Sam tries to help an overweight local woman whose efforts to slim are placing her life in jeopardy, while Joanna sparks off another health scare in Cardale.
Dark Side of the Moon
Joanna is presented with an unenviable dilemma by old flame Martin Henderson, who asks her to leave Cardale and start a new life with him.
Not Waving But Drowning
Sam is visited by an old friend who seems to have gone up in the world since their schooldays together, but the reunion has a tragic outcome.
Moving On
Andrew tries to convince his friend Ronnie Neale that he has a serious illness, and ends up coming to blows with Dawn's estranged husband Keith over her affections.
New Beginnings
Joanna breaks devastating news to a teenage gymnast, and finds herself thrust into the middle of a family crisis.
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