The Chief is keen to make amends for a slip of the tongue and keeps digging deeper as his extended apology lasts for ever. The traffic cops make a big noise to salute the key workers, while the rural officers handle a massive marrow bust-up at the horticultural show.

The traffic cops stop for a roadside assist, and PC McKirdy is gobsmacked to encounter an old flame wearing a wedding dress, while detectives Squire and McGill interrogate long-lost triplets.

Cool-headed cybercop Archie Pepper gets a new colleague and is soon overcome by red-hot passion. Meanwhile, urban beat team Fletcher and McLaren de-escalate a celebrity fracas in a city-centre chippy.

The Chief kicks off his rugby-themed anti-crime campaign with the help of Scotland legend Gavin Hastings.