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Heartbeat is a British police procedural period drama series,based upon the Constable series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea,and produced by Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV,then by ITV Studios from 1992 until 2010. The series is set in the North Riding of Yorkshire during the 1960s,and takes place in real-life and fictional locations. Most episodes' focus on separate stories sometimes intersect with one another;some episodes focus on a single major incident.
Peter Macintosh Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks;he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances,most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977),earning both a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the role.
Walter Frederick George Williams,better known by his stage name Bill Maynard,was an English comedian and actor. He began working in television in the 1950s,notably starring alongside Terry Scott in Great Scott –It's Maynard! (1955–56). In the 1970s and 1980s,he starred in the successful British sitcoms Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and The Gaffer and appeared in five films in the Carry On series. After a hiatus from television work in the late 1980s,Maynard starred as Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the long-running television series Heartbeat from 1992 to 2000,reprising the character in the spin-off The Royal in 2003.
Gordon Wharmby was an English television actor. He was best known for the role of Wesley Pegden on Last of the Summer Wine.
{{Infobox person | name = Nick Berry | image = Nick Berry in Canada.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Nick Berry as Nick Rowan,in Cochrane,Alberta,1998 | birth_name = Nicholas Berry | birth_date = 16 April 1963 Nicholas Berry is a Retired English actor and pop singer. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in EastEnders from 1985 to 1990,and as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat from 1992 to 1998. He sang UK chart singles with "Every Loser Wins" in 1986,which went to number one,and the theme song from Heartbeat,a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Heartbeat",in 1992.
Nikki Sanderson is an English actress and former glamour model who is known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera Coronation Street,Dawn Bellamy in Heartbeat and Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks. During her time at Coronation Street and since,she has also been a television presenter on programmes such as CD:UK,Junior Eurovision:The British Final and Ministry of Mayhem.
Walter Tenniel Evans was a British actor.
The Royal is a British period medical drama,produced by Yorkshire Television,and broadcast on ITV from 2003 until its cancellation in 2011. The series is set in the 1960s and focuses on the lives of the staff at the fictional "St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital",a National Health Service hospital serving the fictional rural seaside town of Elsinby and its surrounding area. The programme began originally as a spin-off of ITV's period drama series Heartbeat and the first three series featured crossovers with Heartbeat and appearances by its cast members. From the start of the fourth series,the crossover elements were removed,and The Royal focussed on stories involving its own cast.
John Nicholas Ball is an English actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the television series Hazell.
Duncan Bell is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He is best known for his role as Sgt Dennis Merton in Heartbeat.
Patricia "Tricia" Penrose is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat,a role she played continuously for 17 years from 1993 to 2010. She has also appeared on The Royal,Coronation Street,Emmerdale,Boon,Justice,Fort Boyard,The Bill and Dancin' Thru the Dark. As well as her acting roles,she has had her own show on Radio Wirral and since 2021 has been working on some shows for BBC Radio 4.
Paul Mackriell Copley is an English actor. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason,father of William Mason,in 16 episodes of Downton Abbey,and from 2020 to 2021,he appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Arthur Medwin.
"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song originally recorded by Bob Montgomery and credited to Norman Petty. It was recorded most famously by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B-side of the single was "Well... All Right". "Heartbeat" reached the UK top 10 twice:once in 1975 for Showaddywaddy at number seven and again in 1992 for Nick Berry,recorded as the theme to the television series Heartbeat,which reached number two.
Christopher Coghill is an English actor,having had roles in Shameless,Burn It,Hotel Babylon,The Bill,New Tricks,Doctors,Holby City,Heartbeat,Secret Diary of a Call Girl,Waterloo Road and Cold Feet,and as Tony King in EastEnders.
Alan Rothwell is an English actor and television presenter. He played David Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as a regular from 1960 to 1961,and again from 1963 to 1968. His other acting credits include playing Mike in Top Secret (1961–1962),a recurring role in Heartbeat (1994–1995),and various roles in Doctors (2004–2016). He also presented the children's television series Picture Box and Hickory House.
The Leeds Studios is a television production complex on Kirkstall Road in Leeds,West Yorkshire,England. ITV plc had proposed to close the studios in 2009,however later in the year had a change of mind and instead decided to refit them as high-definition studios.
Elsie Noël Dyson was an English character actress
Trevor Mills Byfield was a British character actor particularly well known for his roles on British television. In many of his later roles he was credited as Zig Byfield.