Heartbeat - The Complete Series 18 [DVD]

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When I got the job, I looked at some photos of my mum taken at that time and she had some wonderful frocks! And in the past couple of weeks, I've had more messages from Canada, Australia, Tasmania, Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Norway, not forgetting, of course, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. Tricia got caught up in a police surveillance operation and fell off a horse trying to prevent a horse theft.

When filming Mike and Jackie’s wedding episode, when Phil was racing to the ceremony and Mike was changing in the panda car, he leaned on the door handle and nearly fell out, only to be saved by Mark Jordon pulling him back in! After filming interior shots in the hotel for some years, a replica of it was built in Yorkshire TV's Leeds studio.

Staple Sunday-night viewing for two decades, with colourful regular characters that viewers took to their heart, illustrious guest stars and a wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack, Heartbeat scooped many prestigious awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama in 1999 (beating Coronation Street), and several ITV Programme of the Year awards. Guest-starring Leslie Grantham, Celia Imrie, Peter Vaughan, Robert Glenister and Jan Francis, this series sees ex-CID man Dennis Merton replacing the newly promoted Sgt. Mark Jordon has made PC Bellamy a most likeable young policeman, a lad with an eye for the girls although he never quite succeeds with his romances. The police service had lots of men like Blaketon, good, solid and dependable characters who ran their little police stations with fierce efficiency but who, under a tough exterior, possessed warmth, generosity and kindness.

The last episode of Heartbeat was broadcast Sunday 12 September 2010, but the much-loved series is not forgotten. Jason Durr's task was not easy - he had to create a likeable character who would one day replace PC Nick Rowan, but he did this within a very short time. Episodes are: 'Changing Places', 'Fruits of the Earth', 'Rumours', 'Playing With Fire', 'Nowt But a Prank', 'Old, New, Borrowed, Blue', 'Face Value', 'Outsiders', 'Primal Instinct' and 'Keep On Running'. He depicted an honest and very sincere bobby who was sympathetic to everyone and who regarded himself as a helper to all within the community rather than someone overbearing and authoritarian.

Only this morning in my daily paper, there is a letter from a viewer in Australia, echoing his sadness at its demise. Neil Bolton, a rather serious and somewhat aloof young doctor, has now come to work in the area but his arrival did cause some concern, not least in his estranged wife, Nurse Maggie. Heartbeat filming is finished but the screening will go on, so keep watching and I will keep writing my Constable books.

Heartbeat - The Complete Series 14 [DVD] Set in rural North Yorkshire during the 1960s, Heartbeat's combination of crime and medical storylines, charismatic regular characters and wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack made it staple Sunday-night viewing for two decades, with the series' many prestigious awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama and several ITV Programme of the Year awards.Heartbeat ran for 18 series between 1992 and 2010, rapidly becoming staple Sunday-night viewing and winning several prestigious television awards - including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama in 1999 (beating Coronation Street), and a number of ITV Programme of the Year awards. Series 18 sees Mason and district nurse Carol Cassidy heading to Australia to try to trace former Aidensfield garage mechanic Rosie. He remained well but his health deteriorated by the end of series 6 and he moved away from Aidensfield to be looked after by his sister Mary. In an article in the Yorkshire Post he said: "Although production of Heartbeat has ended there remain some episodes for screening early next year and there will be many repeats. Once I have seen all of them I hope to sell the whole collection intact but this will take some time yet.

Attracting a peak audience of 14 million, Heartbeat garnered a devoted following and remains prime-time viewing world-wide. I thank everyone who was involved in its production and all who have supported the series, some being keen viewers from Day 1.The boots Claude wore were Bill’s own and he had previously worn them in his other hit shows Selwyn Froggitt and The Gaffer. There will be many repeats, of course, and a DVD is now available and so for some time to come we can continue to indulge in its charm, nostalgia, wonderful characters and spectacular countryside. Geoffrey has starred in some of Britain’s biggest television shows; as well as Heartbeat he has played roles in Coronation Street, Keeping Up Appearances and The Royle Family. Alex wasn’t right after experiencing a significant head injury during a break in at the surgery at the start of series 3 and subsequently was a passenger in the train that crashed on its way to Aidensfield in the next episode.