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HEARTBEAT
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Originally broadcasted between 10th April 1992 - 12th
June 1992
Regular
Characters:
PC Nick Rowan
Dr Kate Rowan
Claude Greengrass
Sgt Oscar Blaketon
PC Phil Bellamy
PC Alf Ventress
George Ward
Dr Alex Ferrenby
Alan Maskell
Sandra Maskell
Susan Maskell
Walter Maskell
Mrs. Hamilton
Lord Ashfordly
1 Changing Places By Johnny
Byrne
10/04/92
12.3m
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 North Yorkshire Moors, where Nick's the new
village policeman. Whilst they are still settling in, Nick's new section
Sergeant, a Sgt Blaketon calls for Nick and takes him to see the local
Rogue - Claude Greengrass and insists that he charge him with livestock
worrying after his dog, Alfred killed a budgie! Greengrass admits Alfred
did kill the bird and offers compensation, but Blaketon insists Greengrass
be charged, despite Nick's reservations. The case goes to Court, but due
to insufficient evidence, the court can't charge Greengrass as a budgie
isn't classed as livestock. Meanwhile a local woman, Georgina Fraser tells
Nick that she has a prowler at her house and one night she calls Nick out
when the prowler returns. She then see's him at the village pub, the
Aidensfield Arms, and Nick goes to see the Landlord George Ward. George
tells him he's an Australian man called Harold Jackson who is in the area
trying to sell his mother's house. Nick checks with all the local estate
agencies and tracks Jackson down and takes him to Ashfordly police station
for questioning. Jackson denies the allegations, but when Nick tells him
that it's Miss Fraser who has made the allegations, Jackson reveals he
flirted with Miss Fraser years before, but he thought she didn't take it
seriously. After she makes another allegation, Miss Fraser then reveals
she's been in love with him and was angry when he rejected her. And when
he returned to sell the house recently, she spotted him and wanted to try
and ruin his life to get her own back. Meanwhile Kate's future plans take
an unexpected turn when she visits her old friend, local Doctor, Alex
Ferrenby. She had hoped to join him in his practice, but he tells her
there is no job for her because she is a woman and it's not the job for
her. And a gang of Mod's come and ruin the village dance where all the
local rocker's including Alan Maskell are, and Nick arrest their leader.
And Kate helps Alan Maskell's mother give birth to yet another
child.
'Always Something There to Remind Me' Sandie Shaw
(1964)
'Hippy Hippy Shake' Swinging Blue Jeans
(1963)
'Stranger on the Shore' Acker Bilk (1961)
'Boom
Boom' The Animals
'Do you Love Me?' Sung by Group in the show from the original hit
song by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes (1963)
'Twist and Shout' Sung by Group in the show from the
original hit song by The Beatles (1963)
'Tutti Frutti' Sung by
Group in the show from the original hit song by Little Richard
(1957)
2 Fruits of the Earth By Johnny
Byrne
17/04/92
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
accused of indecent exposure, but Nick later discovers this is incorrect!
Meanwhile a employee of the local bank reports her husband to be missing.
Nick goes searching for the man, but there is no sign of him. Later, he
finds out that the man has hung himself because his wife was having an
affair with the manager of the bank. Alan Maskell is then refused a loan
from the bank to start his own business, but Nick is able to use the mans
death to persuades the bank manager to change his mind. Kate has further
trouble with Dr Ferrenby after advising Mrs. Maskell, a mother of six to
take the contraceptive pill. This also angers Mr. Maskell, who feels it is
a threat to his virility.
'All Day and All of the Night' The
Kinks (1964)
'Hippy Hippy Shake' Swinging Blue Jeans
(1963)
'A Picture of You' Joe Brown (1962)
'You Really Got
Me' The Kinks (1964)
'My Boy Lollipop' Millie
(1964)
3 Rumours
By David
Lane
24/04/92
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
having 'an unhealthy interest in young boys', rumours about him start to
circulate. Blaketon is keen to get the matter sorted out weather its true
or false and Nick goes to see Denby, and asks him about his private life.
Denby however insists he's doing nothing wrong and just enjoys the lads
company. Nick continues to keep an eye on Denby and locals tell him that
he only seems to invite lads to his flat. Nick later then sees Denby
arguing with local car dealer - Reg Pendleton, outside his shop and he
begins to have more suspicions. Then when Kate is in Denby's shop, she
witnesses another man called - Harry Cottis accusing Denby of assaulting
his son. Blaketon then receives a call from the superintendent who's a
mason like Denby, ordering that Denby to be bought in for questioning.
Denby utterly denies he's done anything wrong and still insists he has the
boys round just to play records. Nick discovers Pendleton and Cottis are
also mason's and he starts to suspects some sort of malicious whispering
campaign against him. As villagers begin to boycott Denby's shop, his
house is then broken into and his mason's sonic regalia is stolen. Denby
then decides to leave Aidensfield and Nick then discovers Pendleton is
behind the malicious campaign and after Denby is killed in a car crash, he
learns that Pendleton is Denby's half-brother and that he was behind the
vendetta against Denby to get revenge on him and his true father - Denby's
father, for the way he treated his mother. Meanwhile Claude applies to
become the gardener of the elderly sisters, Ren'e and Frances Kirby who
have moved into the village. Then when Nick pays the sisters a social
call, he warns them about Claude and then they con Claude into buying some
of their 'valuable' antique items which turn out to be very good fakes,
unknown to Claude!
? Herman's Hermits (19?
'Bits and Pieces'
Dave Clark Five (1964)
'Needles and Pins' The Searchers
(1964)
'I'm into Something Good' Herman's Hermits
(1964)
'Shout' Lulu and the Lovers (1964)
'House of the
Rising Sun' The Animals (1964)
'I Like It' Gerry and the
Pacemakers (1963)
'Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying' Gerry and
the Pacemakers (1964)
'A Hard Day's Night' The Beatles
(1964)
4 Playing with
Fire By Rob
Gittins
01/05/92
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, Sandra
Murry (Alan Maskell's girlfriend) to report him to the police. It turns
out that the woman's boyfriend is also the arsonist responsible for the
barn fires. Meanwhile a local woman's horse keeps escaping from it's field
and Nick is concerned that it will cause an accident. Kate has another
argument with Ferrenby when she puts the unmarried Sandra Murry in touch
with the family planning Clinic over birth control. And Greengrass gives
Nick a tip-off about a poaching gang and when to catch them. The police
organize an operation to catch the poachers, they catch a couple, only
later to hear from Lord Ashfordly that a bigger gang cleared the river of
fish further along.
'Good Golly Miss Molly' Swinging Blue Jeans
(1964)
'Help' The Beatles (1965)
'You're No Good'
Swinging Blue Jeans (1964)
'If You Gotta Make a fool of
Somebody' Freddie and the Dreamers (1963)
'A World Without
Love' Peter and Gordon (1964)
'I Believe' The Bachelors
(1964)
'Do You Want to Know a Secret?' Billy J. Kramer and the
Dakotas (1963)
'Ramona' The Bachelors (1964)
'Tell Me
When' Applejacks (1964)
5 Nowt but a Prank By Barry
Woodward 08/05/92
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 which leads up to
Radcliffe's home. Ferrenby who is treating Radcliffe for diabetes is
confronted by an angry Chapman when he tries to use the road, but Chapman
demands he use another road. Ferrenby gets injured moving Chapman's
blockade and asks Kate to help out with the practice. Meanwhile 3 young
boys play a series of practical jokes on Chapman. They block his chimney
up when he has a fire and he automatically blames Radcliffe who just so
happens to be passing. He grabs Radcliffe and locks him up in his house,
but Radcliffe is in need of his regular dosage of pills he needs to take
due to his condition and is becoming seriously ill. Nick tries to calm the
situation and tries to get Radcliffe out, but Chapman ends up locking him
up as well. Nick however manages to escape and returns with Blaketon and
Kate, but are confronted with Chapman who fires his shotgun. The situation
is ended when Radcliffe's wife - Mary talks Chapman around. It turns out
she was engaged to Chapman before the war, but she married Radcliffe after
she presumed Chapman was killed - but he was in fact a PoW. Kate manages
to treat Radcliffe in time and he recovers. Ferrenby who has been
impressed with Kate's recent work, asks her to join the practice - but she
plays for time and asks him for time to think about it.
'I Can't
Explain' The Who (1965)
'Hello Little Girl' The Fourmost
(1963)
'When You Walk in the Room' The Searchers
(1964)
'I'm Telling You Now' Freddie and the Dreamers
(1963)
'Diamonds' Jet Harris/Tony Meehan (1963)
6 Old, New, Borrowed and
Blue By Alan Whiting
15/05/92
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 around
the local auction houses to see if anything has been passed on. He also
begins to suspect local do-gooder, Penelope Stirling of being involved in
the burglaries when he sees her buying incomplete sets of antiques.
Meanwhile the police warn the local residents, including Lord Ashfordly to
be on the look out for the thief and advise them to hide valuables which
can be seen from the windows. The police catch the thief however when he
burgles Ashfordly Hall where he straightens a picture which is wired to an
alarm at the police station. Stirling turns out to be stealing antiques
which are part of sets. She then buys the rest of the collection when the
old people who the sets belong to die for a fraction of there true value.
Then she sells the complete collections for the full price. Nick however
can't prove it and Mrs. Stirling leaves the area. Meanwhile Nick and Kate
attend Alan and Sandra's wedding, where Nick ends up arresting the best
man who is pushing drugs. Kate considers returning to hospital medicine in
Middlesborough, but joins Alex on his rounds to see what a country
practice entails, but she eventually decides to join his practice. And
Claude provides the wedding car for Alan and Sandra's
wedding!
'Green Onions' Georgie Fame.
'Applejack' Jet
Harris/Tony Meehan(1963)
'Nut Rocker' B. Bumble and the
Stingers(1962)
'A Groovy Kind of Love' Mindbenders
(1966)
'A Walk in the Black Forest' Russ Conway
7 Face Value
By
David
Lane
22/05/92
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 take
offence when demonstrators are putting up posters everywhere advertising
the demo and Nick has to break up a row in the pub between them. In doing
so one of the demonstrators gets injured and Nick gets accused of
assaulting him. Ashfordly police in the meantime are informed to police
the demo and Blaketon finds out that the American Ambassador is visiting
Fylingdales at the time of the demo. The demonstrators campsite is then
burgled and Melthorn's wallet, which contains incriminating pictures of
him having an affair with a young woman are stolen. The demo takes place
and the road is blocked with demonstrators. Melthorn makes his speech but
becomes ill and Kate arrives to treat him and discovers he has a weak
heart. It turns out that the demonstrator who accused Nick of assault is
in fact a Special Branch Officer investigating Melthorn's private life.
Nick and Blaketon return his incriminating wallet on the condition that he
calls off the demo to clear the road to make way for the American
ambassador whose about to arrive. And Claude gets mixed up with the
burglars who raided the camp site who turn out to be two of the
Fylingdales workers.
'Needles and Pins' The Searchers
(1964)
'Goodness Gracious Me' Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren
(1960)
'I Saw Her Standing There' The Beatles (1963)
'I'm
Telling You Now' Freddie and the Dreamers (1963)
'Little
Things' Dave Berry (1965)
'You Can't Do That' The
Beatles
'Twist and Shout' The Beatles (1963)
8
Outsiders By Peter
Barwood
29/05/92
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's
daughter, Anna meanwhile falls for one of campers, the young and handsome
Milos Laszlo. This angers her wealthy fiancée, Jamie Hunter. Nick then
receives allegations of theft against the Lazslos and Nick goes to the
caravan to investigate. Nick hears that there is a sick man in the caravan
and later discovers the man has cancer and has 'returned' home to his
birthplace to die. The church's safe is then broken into and Milos then
becomes the prime suspect after his scarf is found at the scene.
Greengrass, an old friend of the Lazslos then informs Nick that he saw
Jamie Hunter pick the scarf up and Nick realizes Hunter must have been
responsible for the break in. The Lazslos then leave, with Anna after
realizing they are not welcome anymore.
'Little Children' Billy
J. Kramer and the Dakotas (1964)
'I Think of You' Merseybeats
(1964)
'A Hard Day's Night' The Beatles (1964)
'I Feel
Fine' The Beatles (1964)
'Secret Love' Kathy Kirby
(1963)
'Everything's Alright' Mojos (1964)
'The Crying
Game' by Dave Berry (1964)
9 Primal Instinct By Brian
Finch
05/06/92
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 arrives
with Kate who confirms the death. A huge murder hunt then starts and two
detectives from the Met - a DCI Merton and DC Langdon are sent up from
London to take charge of the investigation. Langdon whose an old friend of
Nick's stays with him and Kate at the police house. Its thought that
Gerard was killed by an old criminal who he'd put away who was now free
and wanting their revenge. But after questioning from Langdon suspicion
falls on his wife -Muriel. Nick hears from Alex via Kate that Gerard was
known for beating Muriel and so it's thought that she just killed him in
anger for her pain and misery over the years. However when she is arrested
and taken to the station Nick realizes that Muriel's mother - Victoria
Wainwright is in fact the murderer and goes to see her and she confesses
to it. She couldn't bare seeing her daughter suffer anymore from her
husband's mood swings. Meanwhile Alan Maskall gets involved in re-spraying
cars for a couple of men, thinking them to be straight, but they are in
fact stolen cars. He finds out the vehicles are stolen and tells Nick and
the thieves are set up and arrested. However Nick is annoyed when Blaketon
also charges Alan after telling him he wouldn't be
charged.
'Norwegian Wood' The Beatles (1965)
'Keep on
Running' Spencer Davis Group (1965)
'The Times They are
A-Changing' session musician Nick Moran from the Bob Dylan hit
(1965)
'A Whiter
Shade of Pale'
Procol Harum (1967)
'Out of Time'
Chris Farlowe (1966)
'The Look of
Love'
Dusty Springfield (1967)
'Living in the Past'
Jethro Tull
(1969)
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10 Keep on Running By Johnny
Byrne
12/06/92
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, but
Nick discovers holes in the evidence and realizes that Greengrass had been
set up. Meanwhile Alan Maskell who is on bail does a runner to London. But
unknown to him his wife Sandra suffers a miscarriage at the same time.
Nick in the meantime is asked to go for an interview to join the drug
squad team at Scotland Yard, which would guarantee a promotion to
Sergeant. He decides to go for the interview despite Kate opposing the
idea of returning to London. Whilst there he promises Sandra that he'll
find and bring back Alan. Whilst in London Nick finds Alan in a night
club, then there's a drugs raid by police and Nick sees them plant the
evidence. Nick is arrested along with everyone else. Nick later files an
official complaint about the officer in charge of the raid. He's then
offered the job with the drug squad, but on the condition that he
withdraws his complaint. Nick turns the offer down and decides to stays in
Aidensfield.
'Apache' The Shadows (1960)
'Do you Love
Me?' Dave Clark Five (1963)
'If I Feel' the
Beatles
'Shakin' All Over' Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
(1960)
'She's Not There' The Zombies (1964)
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