I regret having been a bit rude to George Baker once. I was making some tea for him before he was giving an evening of reminiscences in aid of a charity and he asked me if I was coming along to hear him. For some reason I didn't want to go and told him, rather pathetically, that I had to look after my dog... who was actually there is sight and grinning at him.
Bagpuss was a huge part of my childhood, I rewatched them over and over when I was younger and *that* voice. Oh my god. Oliver Postgate could have read the phone book and it would have sounded charming.
Apparently the biggest "error" they made with Heartbeat, apparently, was having the constanbles wear the familiar bobby helmet. According to Nicholas Rhea who wrote the constable books based on his experiences of being a rural constable himself, is that he states that in "Heartbeat - the story behind the series", in rural communities such as Aidensfield constables wore peaked hats and not helmets but in the series they decided to use the bobby helmet as it felt more fitting. Anyone know if this is true?. I noticed in series 7 when Nick becomes a sgt that he never wears the sgts hat that Blaketon, Merton, Craddock etc wore.
We have loads of repeat s over here in Ireland and I still don't get tired of watching Heartbeat with Derek fowels and Bill Maynard at the helm sadly no longer with us R I P
I LOOK NOW EVERY TIME ON PROGRAM ,ONS, !! HEARTBEAT!! SOOO VERY NICE!! IBAM SMILING WHEN ITS START!! SO MY TIME ,THE 60e s!! GO ON WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM!! SO SORRY FOR GREENGRASS 😢, I HOPE THAT HE SEE IT FROM ABOVE ,FROM HEAVEN!!!❤
They were all such great actors you loved the characters and forgot they were actually acting. We all know a Ventress and a Greengrass, Claude was a lovable rogue with a soft side to him. Ventriss didn't boast about his military days and he had a sharp memory that came in handy. I could go on for a long time about all the actors/characters and the great music but there are hundreds of thousands like me. They and the programme will be with us forever.
Caron keating daughter of Gloria hunniford will be sadly missed by us all 1962-2004 And Bruce Forsyth will be sadly missed by all who knew him 1928-2017
My kids grew up with the dvds . Perfect for when they were ill. Right now my son and I have flu so I put it on. He's 18 now and still gets it. So does any sane person. Thanks for putting this up.
Always loved it! Still watch it on ITV 3.Holidayed on the moors and visited Goathland, it was like id visited it already many times as i knew where most places were!
I agree. The later series were awful, too many characters coming and going like they were working on a temp contract, the doctors, PCs and nurses being killed off with what would be a far fetched demise like falling off a horse and a disgruntled teenager blowing up the police house to get revenge for his dog dying. The drama storylines were boring and reused with guest actors who clearly couldn't act, the comedy went too far with Vernon and David and later Peggy (those awful minging teeth of hers lol) and their silly schemes (a Zebra escaping lol). Heartbeat slowly went downhill once Greengrass left and hit rock bottom around series 15.
It's surprising that quite a number of the actors and actresses altered their accents for the characters. You wouldn't think that Niamph Cusack spoke with an Irish accent as there's no trace of it playing Kate Rowan (not that I could tell), but when she appeared in other dramas like Catherine Cookson her Irish accent is quite noticeable. Same with Derek Fowlds, William Simons and Bill Maynard, they all spoke posh off screen.
