The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
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- TriviaIn the earlier episodes, when George Ward (Stuart Golland) was in charge of the Aidensfield Arms, it was mentioned on several occasions that the fire in the bar had never been allowed to go out since the pub first opened. This was based on the real-life tradition at The Legendary Saltersgate Inn on the Whitby-Pickering road near the Hole of Horcum, a few miles from Goathland, where the Aidensfield village scenes were filmed. It was said that the fire at the Saltersgate stayed lit for over two hundred years, reputedly because an early publican had killed a customs officer and buried his body beneath the fireplace, and then lit a fire to avoid the hiding place being detected.
- GoofsDuring season 18 in the intro the image for Derek Fowlds is reversed; check the price board behind him.
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Claude Jeremiah Greengrass: I'm nearly an old age pensioner!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Drama Trails: 'Doc Martin' to 'Foyle's War' (2008)
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As watchable as "Coronation St"
If you like Brit drama/comedy(or even if you don't, particularly) then you'll go for this ongoing prime-time soap opera set in an English country village - unlike the "Street" the accents render the dialogue comprehensible, so I cannot tell you the location.
The characters are diverse, interesting, and believable. "Heartbeat"'s hero, an ordinary British bobby is neither Sherlock Holmes nor Dirty Harry...he simply gets the job, done, dealing with from poaching to blue murder through daylight robbery, as does the series,itself. The episodes are distinguished by low key writing resulting in high-key entertainment.
I never discuss the acting in any given review, and sometimes wonder why other reviewers bother to. I assume that the cast in any production is performing splendidly. After all, if you're in the 4 % of the thousands of aspiring actors who actually make a living at their craft, you gotta be good!
The characters are diverse, interesting, and believable. "Heartbeat"'s hero, an ordinary British bobby is neither Sherlock Holmes nor Dirty Harry...he simply gets the job, done, dealing with from poaching to blue murder through daylight robbery, as does the series,itself. The episodes are distinguished by low key writing resulting in high-key entertainment.
I never discuss the acting in any given review, and sometimes wonder why other reviewers bother to. I assume that the cast in any production is performing splendidly. After all, if you're in the 4 % of the thousands of aspiring actors who actually make a living at their craft, you gotta be good!
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- Dec 18, 2000
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- Goathland Garage, Goathland, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK(Bernie Scripps' garage and funeral parlour)
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