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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Heartbeat
| 'Heartbeat' is a British television series based on the 'Constable' series of books by which author? | Heartbeat
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Nicholas Rhea. Are all those Nicks confusing? Nick Berry is the actor who plays the character Nick Rowan. Keith Richardson is the executive producer. Nicholas Rhea was the author's pen-name. His real name was Peter Walker.
| 'Heartbeat' is set in which fictional Yorkshire village? | Heartbeat
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Aidensfield. 'Heartbeat' is based in the fictional village of Aidensfield, although regular mention is made of Ashfordly and Whitby in the series. Aidensfield falls within the command of the Ashfordly Police Station.
| The show's theme song, 'Heartbeat', is performed by Nick Berry. However, it was not written for the show. It was based on a 1950's hit song by which well known American singer? | Heartbeat
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Buddy Holly. 'Heartbeat' was written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty. It was recorded in 1958 by Buddy Holly. It was only a moderately successful hit for Buddy Holly, despite being re-released after his death in a plane crash in 1959. Nick Berry's version, however, was a big hit in the UK, reaching number 2 and remaining in the charts for eight weeks.
| Heartbeat's resident petty criminal, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass, is played by Bill Maynard. Why was Greengrass/Maynard written out of the series? | Heartbeat
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Bill Maynard suffered a stroke. In the year 2000 while making the 10th series, Maynard suffered a mild stroke. Fortunately, he has recovered and was subsequently given a clean bill of health. However, he has not returned to the series as he is following his doctor's recommendation to lighten his workload. He also suffers from diabetes.
| Greengrass had a faithful canine companion. What was the name of his dog? | Heartbeat
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Alfred. Alfred the dog is played by Tramp. He is a mixed breed of greyhound and Bedlington terrier. Tramp was rescued from the RSPCA pound and now works for the company 'Whoofers' who provide the animals for the series.
| Which regular cast member actually lives in the village in which 'Heartbeat' is set? | Heartbeat
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William Simons (PC Alf Ventress). William Simons, who plays Alf Ventress, actually lives in Goathland. Ventress is well known for his love of hard-boiled eggs and having a cigarette on the sly. William Simons, however, is anti-smoking!
| Nick's first wife Kate tragically dies of leukaemia shortly after giving birth to their daughter. Nick subsequently marries the village school teacher and moves to Canada to become a "mountie" (Canadian Mounted Policeman). What is his second wife’s name? | Heartbeat
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Jo. Ruby is Nick's mother, Eileen is Kate's aunt and Maggie is the district nurse. Jo (nee Weston) is played by Juliette Gruber. Juliette is the niece of the well-known American actor, Walter Matthau.
Mark Jordon. Mark Jordon was one of the original cast members when the show drama began in 1992.
Jonathan Kerrigan. Jonathan (PC Rob Walker) left the program riding a motorbike along a country road.
Derek Fowlds. Tricia Penrose is Gina Ward, she married PC Phil Bellamy. They previously had a son called Daniel who died in infancy.
Derek Fowlds is Oscar Blaketon and he has been a Sargent in 'Ashfordly Police Station'.
David plays David Stockwell, and his pal in 'Heartbeat' is a dog called Deefer (from "D for dog").
Philip Franks was Sgt. Raymond Craddock. He left the popular drama series in 2002.
Nurse Carol Cassidy. This is what the characters did in Heartbeat.
Dr Helen Walker got blown up at the end of the 15th series at the police house. Jenny Merton was Sgt Merton's wife - both have left the programme. Liz Merrick married Lord Ashfordly's estate manager, Ben Norton, and moved with him to Kenya.
Carol Cassidy is a good friend of PC Rob Walker. Rob was mortified when he saw Helen die in the bomb blast as he had only just married.
Scotland. Joseph is interested in his dresser Fiona Robb from Poland.
Joseph has starred in 'Take The High Road' (TV), 'Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll' (TV), 'Crow Road' (TV) 'The Trouble with Men and Women' (Film) and 'Small Faces' (Film).
He also likes to do theatre work and he was Caractacus Potts in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' in Edinburgh 2006/7.
Montgomery. In the 2006 series, PC Phil Bellamy married Debbie Black, an apparently single mother of three children, whom he met while investigating a burglary at her house. Debbie was already legally married to her first husband so the two parted ways. Gina and Bellamy got together again and married successfully.
Gwen Taylor. Gwen Taylor was born on 19 February 1939 in Derby, England.
Gwen first appeared on ITV's 'Heartbeat' in 2005.
Her character, Peggy Armstrong, is always bossing David Stockwell about, since she moved in with him after 'Vernon Scripps' moved out of the village.
Peggy is David's auntie.
The villagers thought Vernon was dead and the villagers had a funeral for him, then Vernon Scripps turned up in a later episode.
Bernard. Bernie is the proprietor of Aidensfield's garage.
He is also a taxi operator and funeral director.
Bernie has a helper in the garage with him called Rosie Cartwright. Bernie is the only person who calls her Rosemary.
Yes. Some celebrities include David Essex (who played a traveller, or tinker), Charlotte Church, Geraldine Newman, Gary Barlow, David Dickinson, Lulu, Alan Price, George Cole, Ray Illingworth, Brian Close, Ralf Little, Dickie Bird and impressionist Jon Culshaw.
Rupert Vansittart. Rupert was born in Surrey, England in 1958. His previous T.V appearance(s) are on TV comedies 'Mr Bean' and 'The Thin Blue Line'.
Lord Ashfordly:
He lives in Ashfordly Hall, an old country house surrounded by a large estate. He employs numerous maids, housekeepers, gamekeepers, gardeners, chauffeurs etc. He has at least one son called Rupert (played by Marc Warren), and a sister called Patricia (Patty) who has appeared a few times.
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