Heartbeat (1992) is a crime, drama, comedy web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Heartbeat online in HD.
Heartbeat — Storyline
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Keith Richardson, Gerry Mill
- Starring: Derek Fowlds, William Simons, Tricia Penrose, Peter Benson, Gwen Taylor, Lisa Kay, Joseph McFadden, Nikki Sanderson
Heartbeat — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1992-04-10 |
| Seasons | 18 |
| Episodes | 372 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.1/10 (34 votes) |
Heartbeat — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Changing Places (1992-04-10) — London policeman Nick Rowan and his recently qualified Doctor wife – Kate move away from the city and go to the rural surroundings of Aidensfield, a village in the heart of the Nor
- E2: Fruits of the Earth (1992-04-17) — Nick is puzzled by a succession of drunken hikers on the moors. A man called Potter is then cautioned for passing on his home made wine which is responsible. Potter also gets accus
- E3: Rumours (1992-04-24) — Local shopkeeper – Charlie Denby's record department in his shop is a popular spot for the local lads and when Blaketon and Nick both receive anonymous tip offs accusing Denby of h
- E4: Playing with Fire (1992-05-01) — Nick investigates two mysterious barn fires that have happened recently. A young woman is also assaulted in a barn by her new boyfriend. The woman is persuaded by her friend, Sandr
- E5: Nowt But a Prank (1992-05-08) — A feud between two neighbours, a Mr. Chapman and a Mr. Radcliffe that has been going on for the past 20 years is getting really serious. Chapman blocks off a public right of way wh
- E6: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1992-05-15) — There are a number of burglaries in the area recently which all have a connection, the thief tidies the house before leaving with the loot, which is usually silver. Nick checks aro
- E7: Face Value (1992-05-22) — There is to be a big CND demonstration outside the Fylingdales early warning defence base near Aidensfield, and prospective MP – Paul Melthorn is to make a speech there. Workers ta
- E8: Outsiders (1992-05-29) — A caravan of circus-folk, the Laszlos arrives in Aidensfield and camps on the village green. The locals are angry about it and demand that these unwelcome visitors leave. The vicar
- E9: Primal Instinct (1992-06-05) — Muriel Gerard returns from church with her mother one Sunday morning to find that her husband, Andrew – a former DCS from Scotland Yard, has been shot dead. She informs Nick who ar
- E10: Keep on Running (1992-06-12) — There is an outbreak of sheep rustling and one of the victims who is renowned for naming his sheep accuses Greengrass of the crime. Greengrass ends up in court and is convicted, bu
Season 2
- E1: Secrets (1993-04-18) — A market traders van is hijacked and stolen on the moors. Nick starts to investigate and suspects Lord Ashfordly's son, who he later arrests for drink driving. Kate unintentionally
- E2: End of the Line (1993-04-25) — An elderly widower, a Mr. Miller from London comes and stays in the village and stays in a boarding house opposite the police house run by Mrs. ?. Milner however is not a well man
- E3: Manhunt (1993-05-02) — Nick interrupts an armed robbery which is taking place at the Aidensfield's Arms and his hit over the head and ends up locked in the cellar with George and Claude. During the night
- E4: Bitter Harvest (1993-05-09) — Local farmer, Reg Manston notices one of his cows looks very ill and asks Nick to visit him. On Nick's arrival, Manston tells Nick that he suspects the animal may infected with the
- E5: Over the Hill (1993-05-16) — A black soldier called Ken Marston who is on exercises in the area has been getting bullied by his racist Sergeant – Sgt Nicholls. Nicholls follows Marston during the exercise and
- E6: Bang to Rights (1993-05-23) — Rosie, the wife of local villain, Terry Tinniswood takes an overdose and Nick and Kate are left minding her children. Once she's recovered, Rosie tells Nick her husband is in jail
- E7: A Talent for Deception (1993-05-30) — Nick and Kate fall out when an old boyfriend of hers turns up. Soon after his arrival he becomes the prime suspect in a hit-and-run incident and Nick is forced to tell him not to l
- E8: Baby Blues (1993-06-06) — Kate is treating a woman who is driven to despair by her inability to conceive. The woman later has a row with her husband and storms off. A young couple called The Doubleday's bab
- E9: Wall of Silence (1993-06-13) — Lord Ashfordly's winter pheasant shoot is seriously disrupted when the entire contents of his game larder are stolen. There is an out break of petty thefts on Nick's patch and when
- E10: Missing (1993-06-20) — The fair arrives in Aidensfield to the annoyance of local caravan site owner, Edna Plummer. It turns out that her caravan site is used as a convenient meeting place by her criminal
Season 3
- E1: Speed Kills (1993-10-03) — The surgery in Aidensfield is broken into one night and Ferrenby gets assaulted and is taken to hospital. Pills that were stolen in the raid are being passed off as other drugs and
- E2: Riders of the Storm (1993-10-10) — Convict Stevie Walsh is released from prison and is on a train back to Aidensfield to see his wife and to finish some unfinished business. In the night Aidensfield gets cut off as
- E3: Dead Ringer (1993-10-17) — Phil goes to meet a girl while he should be on his beat, at the same time a pawn brokers in Ashfordly is broken into. Following a tip-off, Nick learns that the stolen goods are hid
- E4: Going Home (1993-10-24) — A German American called Victor Kellerman arrives in the village with the intention of killing a local landowner, a Mr Lessor. He attacks Lessor but he cannot go through with it an
- E5: A Chilly Reception (1993-10-31) — A local woman is getting prepared for her wedding, but someone it seems is trying to sabotage the event. An old boyfriend of the woman's then turns up still expressing feelings for
- E6: The Frighteners (1993-11-07) — An elderly woman, Jane Thompson who lives in a cottage is receiving threatening phone calls and hears noises in the middle of the night. A landowner, a Mr Walker is keen to get his
- E7: Father's Day (1993-11-14) — Nick arrests Blaketon's son Graham for mugging a suspected drug dealer. Graham tells the police he did it to stop him pushing drugs to the youngsters. Blaketon is horrified but ins
- E8: Endangered Species (1993-11-21) — Mentally handicapped man – David Stockwell who lives with his elderly mother hears dogs barking in the woods at night and goes to investigate, but his mother follows him and gets i
- E9: An American in Aidensfield (1993-11-28) — An American motor cyclist called Charlie, turns up at the police house having just had an accident. Kate, who has been forced to move her surgery to the police house temporarily, i
- E10: Bringing It All Back Home (1993-12-05) — Inspector Crossley from Whitby arrives at the police house to see Nick, but is angry to find the police house being used as a doctor's surgery by Kate. Crossley then goes to Ashfor
Season 4
- E1: Wild Thing (1994-09-04) — Insp. Crossley has an interesting idea as to what has been responsible for a series of attacks on sheep – he thinks a puma did it – much to the Ashfordly Police's amusement!!!!!!!!
- E2: Witch Hunt (1994-09-11) — Insp. Crossley suspects an old woman of being responsible for an attack of food poisoning, but Kate soon discovers it was due to something entirely different – arsenic poisoning fr
- E3: Midday Sun (1994-09-18) — There is an outbreak of rabies which results in the garage owner's death. Blaketon is outraged at the owners if the dog which brought the disease into the country from abroad. Howe
- E4: Turn of the Tide (1994-09-25) — Nick and Alf go on a fishing trip to Whitby. Alf is looking forward to a weeks holiday but Nick is there undercover to investigate smuggling. Nick finds out that a container dumped
- E5: Love Child (1994-10-02) — A break in occurs at the Children's Department of Ashfordly Council Offices, Nick disturbs the intruder but the burglar escapes with a file detailing an abortion. Kate helps a girl
- E6: Nice Girls Don't (1994-10-09) — There is a rugby match between the harbour men and the North Riding Police. At the pub afterwards Gina has fun flirting with one of the harbour men and with Phil. As she is driving
- E7: Trouble in Mind (1994-10-16) — Mr Parker comes to Aidensfield unable to recall the last 7 years of his life. It is suggested that when he left the village back then, he left his family and disappeared after coll
- E8: Fair Game (1994-10-23) — Susanna Temple Richards (Played by Jenny Agutter) is having an affair with a local man. Her husband is often seen drinking, so Susanna puts sleeping pills in his whisky to prevent
- E9: Red Herring (1994-10-30) — A Russian defector is on the run. A Russian ship docks in Whitby and a fight amongst the crew breaks out in a local pub. One sailor thinks he's killed his skipper and asks Nick for
- E10: Arms and the Man (1994-11-06) — The hours Kate is working in Whitby is putting a strain on her relationship with Nick. At the moment she is rarely at home except for weekends. Ron Cooper ends up in hospital from
- E11: Treading Carefully (1994-11-13) — Nick and Kate's relationship is really put to the test. Nick is slacking in his work, whilst James that her quality of work has also reduced. Nick confides in Blaketon and James is
- E12: Bad Blood (1994-11-20) — Kate arranges with James to do only 2 surgeries a week in Whitby as originally planned and James would help out in Aidensfield when necessary. A feud amongst a local family turns n
- E13: Assault and Battery (1994-11-27) — There are a series of vandal attacks on a battery hen farm, which turns out to have involved a potential girlfriend of Phil's! Nick and Kate are decorating the nursery and Blaketon
- E14: Lost and Found (1994-12-06) — A man comes to Aidensfield who has mislaid his suitcase on a train.. The suitcase contained his wife's ashes. His purpose for his visit was to try and make peace with his mother in
- E15: A Bird in the Hand (1994-12-13) — The owners of Abbots Farm are in trouble when an outbreak of tuberculosis hits. Alf has trouble with the car again, only this time he gets it stuck in a river! Nick helps him rescu
- E16: A Winter's Tale (1994-12-25) — Lady Whitly complains that she has had Christmas trees stolen. Kate is treating a young boy with breathing problems. His brother and sister are the ones selling the stolen Christma
Season 5
- E1: Wishing Well (1995-09-03) — There is a village dance, everyone is having a good time until a group of rockers start to cause trouble, and throw what they think is a piece of lead through the window. But this
- E2: Expectations (1995-09-10) — Joe Norton is causing trouble by smashing up pots in Nick and Kate's garden. A gypsy named Flo camps just up from Greengrass' house but he doesn't take kindly to her trying to sell
- E3: Thief in the Night (1995-09-17) — Kate comes out of hospital with baby Sarah. The atmosphere is extremely sullen and Nick neglects his work, which doesn't go down well with Blaketon. Nick receives reports of prowle
- E4: Domestic (1995-09-24) — Nick isn't coping very well alone with Katie, and ends up calling his Mum to come and help out for a while. Mr Dewhurst complains to Nick that his neighbour has been shooting at hi
- E5: Vacant Possession (1995-10-01) — Ruby asks Blaketon to dinner, they then meet on a number of other occasions, Phil and Alf enjoy teasing Nick over his mum's potential romance with Oscar! – but to Ruby's disappoint
- E6: We're All Allies Really (1995-10-08) — A German man, Dieter comes to the village in search of his fathers grave. Many of the locals take exception to him, especially a young man (who's part of moorland rescue) knows tha
- E7: Sophie's Choice (1995-10-15) — Barry's wife, Sophie isn't well so when she takes the car out she nearly runs down Claude then crashes in to the bus shelter nearly hitting some children. Sophie is confused, and l
- E8: Gone Tomorrow (1995-10-22) — This episode is a strange but good one! Alf is witness to a UFO sighting but can‘t remember what happened. Maggie suggests that Alf should see a hypnotist to fill in the missing
- E9: Toss Up (1995-10-29) — A burglar known as ‘Bero man' makes several attacks in the area, including terrifying Gina and injuring Maggie. He has also been known to bake a sponge cake in his victims houses
- E10: It's All in the Game (1995-11-05) — It is Katie's christening, and everyone is celebrating at Nicks house afterwards, when an old girlfriend of his, Gill, from the Met turns up for a visit. Nick and Gill are asked to
- E11: Vigilante (1995-11-12) — Arthur Wakefield suffers a heart attack after tackling Terry Tinniswood when he tried to burgle his home. Arthur dies, but Mrs Wakefield manages to identify Terry from photos and t
- E12: Unfinished Business (1995-11-19) — Alf is showing Nick the plot of land that he's bought on which to have a house built. But he's not pleased when Claude turns up with the digging equipment! Claude sets out to work
- E13: Saint Columbia's Treasure (1995-11-26) — This is Peter Benson's first appearance at this show.
- E14: Sitting Off the Dock of the Bay (1995-12-03) — Blaketon receives complaints about rock music being broadcast from a pirate radio station. Nick and Phil who have been enjoying the music, reluctantly seek out the station which is
- E15: Blood Sports (1995-12-10) — A father has kidnapped his son from his wife and brought him to Aidensfield. The boy becomes ill with polio, so a mass vaccination is arranged. Once the boy is taken to hospital hi
Season 6
- E1: Kids (1996-09-01) — Derek Ramsey's loses his temper during a domestic row at home and storms off down the pub. He drinks heavily and Phil asks him to leave. But Derek ends up assaulting Phil, Nick and
- E2: Old Colonials (1996-09-08) — Claude's nephew comes to visit but he brings his latest business partner who is American along with him. They ask Claude if they can use his place for storage. There are a few burg
- E3: Forget Me Not (1996-09-15) — A frightened man who lives alone is being threatened. The man doing this thinks that he is the doctor who was convicted of medical negligence for causing the death of his little gi
- E4: A Long Shot (1996-09-22) — The father of a young boy had dreams of his son playing cricket professionally, but unfortunately he doesn't make the local team, Maggie realises it is because he can't see the bal
- E5: Something of Value (1996-09-29) — Alf has a serious problem with his gambling debts and is forced to ask Nick about Kate's insurance for a loan. Nick isn't impressed at first but the next day he has a chat with Alf
- E6: Frail Mortality (1996-10-06) — The heads teacher's daughter who has been working as a house keeper for a sick man and his son, is knocked down in a hit and run accident. Maggie calls for help, but ends up becomi
- E7: Snapped (1996-10-13) — A fire breaks out at Webster's Hotel. Fortunately the fire is discovered in time and damages are limited to a work shop. The manager Ralph Webster is not satisfied that it was caus
- E8: Catch Us If You Can (1996-10-20) — Juke boxes are sold to all the local pubs, but the main supplier makes sure that they are the only ones to buy from. They do this by having two bikers smash up any other machines.
- E9: Giving the Game Away (1996-10-27) — Erol, a man Nick helped out when he was in trouble with the police in London comes to the area.. But when reports of trespassers, and theft come in Blaketon suspects Erol. Nick is
- E10: The Championship (1996-11-03) — Nick gets roped into a quoits match and Claude shows him how to play! Nick meets Jo's parents for the first time, which doesn't go smoothly. Jo hasn't told them Nick has been marri
- E11: Who Needs Enemies (1996-11-10) — Greengrass is asked to put on a number of bets at the races for some rather unscrupulous characters. But before he gets the chance he ends up in hospital with a suspected appendix
- E12: Thanks to Alfred (1996-11-17) — A wrestling match is the up coming event and everyone is excited about seeing the ‘Masked Marvel' in action. But he's staying with Claude, and Alfred takes exception to his mask
- E13: Obsessions (1996-12-01) — Nick rescues a young woman from a house fire. She soon becomes obsessed with Nick , phoning him at Jo's calling into the station, calling round at the police house and spending tim
- E14: The Best Laid Plans (1996-12-08) — Suzanna Temple-Richards moves back into the area after having served time for drugging her husband, but when a woman she knew in prison turns up asking her for money she begins to
- E15: Bygones Be Bygones (1996-12-15) — Nick is suspicious of a financial advisor that comes to the area, he seems all too keen to advise people with their money matters including Jo's dad. Many of the locals including M
- E16: Old Friends (1996-12-22) — An old flame of Eileen's turns up. He is a French man named Antonin, who urges Eileen to marry him. She declines because of her commitment to Katie. Nick goes undercover as a harbo
- E17: Charity Begins at Home (1996-12-29) — Aidensfield is hit by a snow storm and a plane makes a crash landing. A couple were on board but the pilot runs from the scene just as his wife goes into labour.. Nick eventually h
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Heartbeat have? 18 season(s) with 372 episodes.
Who created Heartbeat? Keith Richardson, Gerry Mill.
Where can I watch Heartbeat? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.