Heartbeat (series 16–18)

2 months after the death of his beloved wife, Rob returns to Aidensfield. A visiting conman crashes his car, prompting him to confess to a life of crime. District Nurse Carol Cassidy visits a terminally ill woman at home - but meets violent resistance from a stubborn husband. Aidensfield prepares to welcome a party of French visitors.

Guest stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, David Troughton as Les Cooper, Jason Furnival as Terry Perkins, Cécile Paoli as Yvette Lenoir, Richard Oldham as Wilf, David Schofield as Dennis Ashton, Marie Critchley as Jean Ashton, Sarah Thurstan as Chairwoman

This is Lisa Kay's (Nurse Carol Cassidy's) first episode

The return of a convicted rapist to Aidensfield sparks local anger. Rob is surprised when an old flame arrives from CID. Peggy helps an old redcoat pal back on his feet.

Guest stars: Rosie Mitchell as June, Rob Dixon as Tom Wharton, Emma Hauxwell as Linda Wharton, Terence Hillyer as Sid Vickers, Francis Lee (1) as Martin Beldon

This is the first appearance of Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, but she has been seen before as Julie in series 14 episode 267 "Friends and Relations"

Ashfordly Police joins CID and British Intelligence in the hunt for a suspected Russian spy. Peggy thinks she has found evidence of a murder and asks David to help her investigate.

Guest stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Mem Ferda as Andrei Beschastnych, Steven Beckingham as Dale Cabot, Patrick Baladi as Guy Maitland, Olivia Jardith as Alice Tupper

The Police are on the hunt for some car thieves, David is upset because his dog is taken with Peggy's stolen car. Rosie gets hounded by someone she once had a one-night date with, and ultimately brings out the best on PC Geoff Younger.

Guest Stars: Daniel Ainsleigh as Peter Seton, Patrick Connolly (1) as Rick Johnston, Samuel Yates as Mart Johnston, Diane Flacks (1) as Miss Perkins, Stephen MacKenna as Mr Cartwright, Robert Morgan (3) as Charles Barrington, Lisa Kay as Carol Cassidy, Steven Blakeley as PC Geoff Younger

The truth comes out after a war veteran confronts a young home burglar. Peggy goes behind Mr. Scripps back to up market the garage image into the modern day lost age era.

Guest Stars: Rob Spendlove as Joseph Littlewood, Des O'Malley as Billy Travis, Jordan Metcalfe as Chris Travis, Clare Louise Connolly as Vicky Cammish, Eamon Boland as Mike Spence, Lyn Roden as Joan Travis, Jon Culshaw as Harry Taylor, William Ilkley as Cammish, Gillian Kerrod as Edna, Steven Blakeley as PC Geoff Younger, Lisa Kay as Carol Cassidy

Protesters against a beauty contest turns to crime. PC Geoff Younger dream job turns into a worry after his bicycle is stolen. Peggy and David are busy trying to get money out of the horses.

Guest Stars: Roger Grainger as Dan Fowles, Kelly Wenham as Diana Hill, Neil Rowland as Bookie, Tony Nyland as MC, Mary Woodvine as Cath Wainwright, Jemma Churchill as Stella Hill, Kate O'Flynn as Laura Hill, David Bell (3) as Ellis Bennett, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Steven Blakeley as PC Geoff Younger, Anthony Schaeffer as Perkins

PC Rob Walker gets kidnapped by a ruthless gang, while Oscar Blaketon gives himself a problem trying to fill the team to win the cricket match to retain the cup.

Guest Stars: Richard Graham as Ray Dooley, Ewan Hooper as Mostyn Clegg, Steve Evets as Denny Barlow, Beth Cordingly as Connie Green, Brian Close as Cricket veteran 1, Ray Illingworth as Cricket Veteran 2, Martin Bicknell as Edgar Prendergast, Dickie Bird as Umpire, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Lisa Kay as Carol Cassidy, Steven Blakeley as PC Geoff Younger

Family problem makes a boy run away from home, while Peggy does it again to get another entry into Lord Ashfordly black book.

Guest Stars: Michael Jayston as Col Gerald Hudson, Sally Ann Matthews as Paula Wyatt, Joel Cheetham as Duncan Hudson, Emma Amos as Anita Hudson, John Gully as Nigel Parker, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

A lady gets shot, was it a mistake? The trouble is there is three love stories going wrong or did I lose count with this plot? Just like David's ice cream venture.

Guest Stars: George Layton as Graham Simpson, Lindsey Coulson as Deirdre Brown, Elizabeth Mansfield (1) as Sally Pringle, Eliza Bennett (2) as Joyce Jowett, Garry Cooper as Len Brown, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Claude Close as Fred Bostock

A protest group arrives in town to cause more trouble than a peaceful protest at the local air force base, so does a loose snake wander around causing panic.

Guest Stars: Jonathan Warde as Greg Parsons, Pip Ripley as Jo Miller, Roy Dotrice as Mr Carter, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Andrew Langtree as Fergus, Max Brown as Pete Grimshaw, James Quinn (1) as Mr Pulver

David gets asked to store a coffin for a couple of days until the ship comes in, Peggy and David just about get caught up in it.

Guest Stars: Kieron Richardson as Ricky Smith, Howard Grace as Man in coffin, Beau Flood as Jason, Carlton Dickinson as Wally, Letty Butler as Barmaid, Gillian Bevan as Mrs Edna Smith, Catherine Terris as Mrs Greenway, Andrew Langtree as Fergus, Paul Nicholas as Sven Larson

Oscar Blaketon goes too far to help out a lady that butter would not melt in her mouth. Peggy's love life gets a revisit. PC Geoff Younger gets his driver's license. A mother that cannot control her son but knows how to control the system and make trouble for Nurse Carol Cassidy.

Guest Stars: John Biggins as Derek Reeks, Will Norris as Barry Taylor, Michael N. Harbour as John Atkins, Brigit Forsyth as Ellen Taylor, Louise Harrison as Viv Chivers, George Baker as Maurice Dodson

Guest Stars: Adam Jessop as Tom Pickles, Mark Kane as Dr Evans, Steffan Rhodri as Frank Jepson, Caroline O'Neill as Brenda Jepson, Samantha Blakey as Sally Jepson, Sam Alexander as Simon Heath

This is Geoffrey Hughes's (Vernon Scripps's) last ever episode

Rosie's dog gets shot dead, Lord Ashfordly makes a stand against a wife beater. Two boys give PC Geoff Younger a hard time letting sheep loose.

Guest Stars: Andrew Woodall as Simon Langley-Smythe, Charlie Brooks as Julie Langley-Smythe, Pete Ivatts as Bill Galloway, Jake Cunningham as Boy on bike, Zack Cunningham as Boy on bike, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

PC Geoff Younger makes a trivial arrest. An unqualified herbalist encroaches on the medical profession. The locals just about send a man from the BBC around the bend.

Guest stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Richard Todd as Harold Beecham, Colin Tarrant as Roger Parslow, Allan Corduner as Tristram Johnson, Rita May as Mrs. Nelly, Sneddon, Ralf Little as Steven Lansbury

A fake stunt backfires and does more harm than good. PC Geoff Younger makes a mistake talking to Peggy intending to buy a car.

Guest Stars: Rachel Fielding as Emily Forster, Ian Dunn as Len Carter, Duncan Preston as Tommy Tanner, Shaun Prendergast as Harry Marvin, Sarah Churm as Annie Carter, Sean Casey (3) as Arthur Wilkes

The locals get upset with the manager of Lord Ashfordly. David gets a nasty taste in his mouth licking stamps

Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Mark Umbers as Jimbo Brady, Jean Heywood as Winnie Cresswell, John Hodgkinson as Brian Rodgers, Philip Martin Brown as Frank Jackson, Pete Ivatts as Pete Galloway, Jeremy Beckman as Hughie De Villiers.

The good news is they do get a home to go home to. The police have a missing man to look out for.

Guest Stars: Eliza Bennett (2) as Joyce Jowett, David Woodcock as Vicar, Sally Ann Matthews as Paula, Murray Head as Jack Hollins (Gina's ex-boyfriend), Jan Graveson as Linda Colwell, Ann Marie Davies as Sandra, Arthur White as Albert Fogarty, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

This is Murray Head's (Jack Hollins's) last ever episode

Someone from the cult is after the inheritance. David makes friends with turkeys Peggy brought, all the same a very strange place to keep them.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Margaret Jackman as Hidd Skinner, Amanda Royle as June Walcott, Angela Hareldine as Julia Walcott, Jack Laskey as Jer Flambard, Madeleine Worrall as Sarah, Nicholas Ball as Gregory Flambard.

The Vicar's wife is murdered, PC Geoff Younger parents make an appearance, Peggy shows David a new fishing technique rarely used.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Simon Kunz as Rev Jacob Thwaite, June Slavin as Joy Green, Karen Henthorn as Mary Younger, Graham Fellows Sid Younger, Vincenzo Pelcegrino as Arthur Budd, Henry Cox as Bobby Smithson, Lloyd Johnson as Terry Throne, Trudie Goodwin as Rose Briers

This episode is the only one set entirely at night, was made entirely on the regular sets with no location filming, and uniquely contains no period music. Peggy tries to prove the moon walk was taken on Earth. Meanwhile, the police station gets violently broken into so they could get their friend out of the cell.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Johny Philips & Stephen Noonan as Tough man 1 & 2, Heather Bleasdale as Brenda Garnett, Lorenzo Camporese as Kirk, Mark Flitton as Tony.

A husband goes back to his old ways after his wife lost her baby in childbirth. How sad when you think what local friends are to Mr. Scripps.

Guest Stars: Aidan Parsons as Tommy Huchinson, Cathy Sara as Maggie Huchinson, Thomas Craig as Ken Huchinson, Mel Martin as Emily Merryweather, Vanessa Peers as Sally.

Sergeant Miller wants to close down a gambling club as it breeds the wrong people. Davids Den gets early teething trouble.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Sally Garman as Tina Bentley, Steve Huison as Denis Boon, Jill Baker as Shirley Dekin, Vanessa Rosethal as Chairwoman, Sophia Di Martino as Wendy, Kieran Buckeridge as Fireman.

Guest stars: Seamus Gubbins as Michael, Ian Mercer as Ronald Kirby, Kerrie Taylor as Frances Elliot, Elizabeth Bennett as Joyce Jowett, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Mairead McKinley as Bridget

This is Jonathan Kerrigan's (PC Robert "Rob" Walker's) last ever episode

PC Joe Mason gets sent to his new station almost like punishment, and has to deal with some bikers, Peggy and catch some villains.

This series sees a change in the captions and background photos used after each break. The quality of the pictures also appears better suggesting the medium being used has changed. But seems alright on DVD

This is Joe McFadden (PC Joe Mason) first episode.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Andrew Ellis as Tommy Unsworth, Adam Colclough as Frank Waterman, Berwick Kaler as Inspector, Andy Merchant as Robber, Gary Kane as Robber

A new arrival comes to town thinking she is Lord Ashfordly daughter.

Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly Gerda Stevenson as Mrs Cameron, David Woodcock as Vicar, Cherith Mellor as Jean Robson, Glenn Cunningham (1) as Mr Fossett, Ophelia Lovibond as Charlie Prentice

The mail train gets robbed. Peggy is surprised to see what she has inherited.

During this episode, a style of quality filming was different.

Guest Stars: Eric Sykes as Mr Drinkwater, Anne Hornby as Mrs Brown, David Calder as DI Ludlow, Chris Lindon as Robber 2, Conor Ryan as Robber 1, Mark Folan Deasy as Train Driver, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson

Rosie has a choice to make with her love life. Peggy gets an automatic washing machine.

This is Vanessa Hehir (Rosemary "Rosie" Cartwright's) last episode

A dead body gets pulled out of the river. A child gets kidnapped.

Rupert Ward-Lewis (PC Don Wetherby) first episode

This is Mark Jordon's (Phil Bellamy's) last ever episode

Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly.

This is Leon Ockenden as Dr. Chris Oakley first episode.

PC Don Wetherby ex-girl friend come to town to make trouble. Love is in the air for Bernie Scripps. Alf Ventress and Oscar Blaketon do a bit of private investigating.

Guest Stars: Joanne Farrell as Fiona Mills, Dale Meeks as Ross, Dominic Jephcott as Ralph Spurling, Emma Atkins as Lesley Ashton, Ann Mitchell as Iris Grocott, David Frederickson as Duff, Leon Ockenden as Dr Chris Oakley

Lord Ashfordly relative gets into trouble with the police. David is left in charge of the garage while Bernie is away.

Guest Stars: Jeff Rawle as Reverend John Peggotty, Adam Croasdell as Chaz Enderley, Leon Ockenden as Dr Chris Oakley, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

PC Mason girl friend comes to town while DS Rachel Dawson is on witness protection. Peggy new job goes to her head.

Guest Stars: Aran Bell as Derek Gorman, Francis Maguire as Tony Egerton, Paul Slack as Wally Boxton, Hannah Storey as Doreen Crosby, Beatrice Kelley as Olive Winstanley, Steven Elder as Alec Fletcher, Leon Ockenden as Dr Chris Oakley, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

Amazing what goes on with the annual fox hunt. Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

A farmer is a bully to his workers and his daughter. David sees a naked man running around the trees of a farm.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson. Gareth Watkins as Keith Drake, Tim Scott-Walker as Ethan Harper, Jeff Hordley as Stan Keaton, Paul Simpson as Josh, John Henshaw as Albert Ross, Stephen Hancock as John Harper, Leon Ockenden as Dr Chris Oakley, Hayley Jayne Standing as Juliet Ross

A town visitor has a grudge left over from world war 2. Peggy takes an interest with an old steam roller, David manages to roll out a bit of damage getting it to the final resting place.

The animal rights protest people are in town. David's taxi job gets a bit personal.

A parents report their daughter has left home, the father blames someone avoiding Vietnam service. David and Peggy go hunting for buried treasure with a metal detector.

A gipsy man claims a teenager is his daughter. PC younger get the sneezes near young lady. David gets a strange job.

Parents have trouble staying home looking after their two children. Phil's niece comes to Adensfeild to help Gina. The police have trouble getting those stealing lead from local churches.

This is Nikki Sanderson (Dawn Bellamy) first episode

Guest Stars:Taxi driver (Brendan Charleson) Bill Calloway (Pete Ivatts)

Alf Ventress and Oscar Blaketon get into a bit more private investigating. Peggy and David get to learn a bit more about sheep.

DS Rachel Dawson get false information on some smuggling. Gina stands up for a local girl that is pregnant. Peggy puts together a funnel with a difference.

A debt collector is in the neighbourhood and gives PC Geoff Younger a visit.

Guest stars: Judy Flynn as Angie Lomax

David sees shooting stars just before the big bang. DS Rachel Dawson has some uncover work for PC Joe Mason.

There is a mystery death the night after the wedding. Peggy has lost her memory but Alf finds a way to bring it back. PC Don Wetherby son turns up.

A elderly lady dies suddenly that District Nurse Carol Cassidy thinks is strange. Peggy and David gets some rubbish dumped on their property.

A married couple move into town that make trouble for PC Joe Mason. David takes a liking to an unwanted piano. Gina gives birth to a baby in the pub on Oscar's birthday.

Guest Stars: Felix D'aviella as Monsieur Bertrand, Clair Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, David Crellin as DI Harry Rankin, Hester Ullyart as Cheryl Miller, Jay Villiers as Travis.

Guest Stars: Clair Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, George Cole as Albert Hallows, Elizabeth Bennett as Joyce Jowett, Mark Chatterton as Terry Maxton, Daniel Shaw as Bill Gracey, Edward Cookie as Mickey Gracey, Vicki Hopps as Muriel Gracey, Kate Anyhony as Mrs. Hiloran.

Guest Stars: Carol Macready as Hermione Worthington, Heather Peace as Janet Barr, Barbara Martin as Margaret Watson, David Rooney as Paddy Peart.

Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Chis Sunley as Mickey Todd, Emma Stansfield as Kim, Edward Ducker as Niall, Glynis Brooks as Ma Baeker, Jacob Tindle as Harold Barker, Wayne Foskett as Josh Towler, Sam Hazeldine as Frank Kelly.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Joanna Riding as Tina Batley, Albert Welling as DCI Clegg, Verity-May Henry as Jenny, Andy Abrahams as Maurice Penfold, Natasha Symms as Ruth.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Elizabeth Bell as Brenda Hepplewhite, Keith Barron as Les Hepplewhite, Michael Wardle as Norman Taylor, Peter Wright as Bill Budge, Nicolas Le Monignan as Jonny, Lesley Nicol as Nora Budge.

A stock carrier is getting black mailed to continue on with smuggling. David gets upset that he is not allowed to learn to play the piano.

Guest Stars: Stephen Beckett as Alan Page, William Deacon as Richard Page, Lisa Stevenson as Jackee Page, Margot Leicester as Evelyn Page, David Fleeshman as Frank Carter, Nicholas Asbury as Tomasz Burowski, Frank Sedman as Frank Mills.

A old man in an old building scares a little boy.

Guest Stars: Lloyd Peters as McKenzie, Tim Wylton as Sheridan Ralph, Matthew Lewney as Ray Morley, Maeve Larkin as Pamela Morley, Freddie Jones as Howard Druce, Holly-Mai Leighton as Lizzie Morley, Jack Downham as Peter Morley, Sam Laurie as Michael Morley, Paul Gabriel (1) as Fire chief

The Chinese monks are passing by and tell David he is full of poo then they upset Lord Ashfordly A villain dies, but his children continue with his lifestyle and the antiques shop gets raided.

Guest Stars:Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Junix Inocian as Ho Kwan, Fred Ridgeway as Mr. Brigstocke, Polly Hemingway as Rosie Tinniswood, Greg Walker as Eddie Tinniswood, Georgia May Foote as Julie Tinniswood, Elizabeth Bennett (1) as Joyce Jowett

Lord Ashfordly friend turns out to be not the friend after all. Aunt Peggy friend lets both her and David down.

Guest Stars: Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Natalie Blades as Betty Hugget, Blair McDonough as Mick MacDonald, Stephen MacKenna as Jake Cartwright, Gerard Bentall as Tommy Hugget, Robert Portal as Major Giles MacLean, Charlotte Pyke as Sofia Fantoni, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly

DS Rachel Dawson and PC Mason go to Australia to find what happened to Rosie with Nurse Cassidy to look for her brother. (It is strange to see when Nurse Cassidy makes a telephone call at the hotel the electrical power socket on the wall is mounted upside down, the vertical slot for the earth pin should be below the two angled slots phase & neural)

Guest Stars: Steve Devereaux as Motel Manager, Claude Starling as Brother, Peter Knapman as Bus Driver, Bille Brown as Sergeant Flaherty, Carol Burns as Mrs. Pike, Robert Coleby as Urquart, Monette Lee as Lou, Kevin Colson as Monk, Evert McQueen as Danny Cassidy, Sam Cotton as Col, Luke Carroll as Nev, Damien Garvey as Jack Meredith, Anthony Standish as Des Meredith, Sue Dwyer as Ma Patterson, Blair McDonough as Mick MacDonald, Michael Cochrane as Cunningham

DS Rachel Dawson, PC Mason with Nurse Cassidy mission to Australia comes to an end with mixed results.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Robert Coleby as Urquart, Rhonda Purcell as Aboriginal woman, Jesse Spence as Janet Murray, Monette Lee as Lou, Sam Cotton as Col, Kevin Spink as Ernie Burdon, Anthony Standish as Des Meredith, Evert McQueen as Danny Cassidy, Bille Brown (12) as Sergeant Flaherty, Damien Garvey as Jack Meredith, Blair McDonough as Mick MacDonald, Luke Carroll as Nev, Carol Burns as Mrs. Pike

A boy takes advantage of a new female teacher, then the PE teacher takes over. A gun goes missing. Aunt Peggy finds a dead body.

Guest Stars: Joel Beckett as Jim Osgood, Paula Lane as Wendy Kelshaw, Joel Cheetham as Gary Bell, Samuel Holland as Paul Whitaker, Colin Prockter as Mr. Reece.

A bookkeeper from a gang is on the run. Bernie gets a Jeep to takeaway that has World War two history.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Paul Loughran as Barry Wiggins, Paula Wolfenden as Ellen, Tony Maudsley as Lennie Phillips, Alana Thornton as Trudi Phillips, Ian Burfield as Harold Carrick, Geoff Oldham as Colonel Wilby.

A counterfeit pair are trying exit the country. Mrs. Miller gets accused of shoplifting. Aunt Peggy and the rest pester Judy Dean.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Jessica Turner as Jean Miller, Jessica Harris as Ruthie Abbott, Jason Furnival as Blount, Andwer Whipp as Jim Bly, Ruben Crow as Michael, Gemma Craven as Judy Dean, Gillian Jephcott as Sandra Tebbit.

A dead mother is reported early one morning the question is who killed her? Dawn and David take an interest in a mobile hot-dog stand.

Guest Stars: Clare Wille as DS Rachel Dawson, Francis Lee as George Aston, Anna Jane Casey as Vivenne Mackay, Stephen Hoyle as Vince O'brien, Andy Williams as Dominic Bellinghan, Matthew Hal as Scott Mackay, Janet Dibley as June Aston,

A farmer is targeted as if the local farmers have a grudge against him . Dawn Bellamy takes a liking to a lad with a motorbike. Aunt Peggy & David are asked to take away someones unwanted property.

Guest Stars: Zig Byfield as Harry Brown, Michael Stevenson as Billy Garrett, Phyllis Logan as Rose Brown, Tim Brooke-Taylor as Ronnie Smethers, Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly, Huw Higginson as Ted Openshaw, Majorie Yates as Molly Openshaw

A vicious gang are in the neighborhood. Aunt Peggy and Oscar help out a friend

This is Clare Wille (as DS Rachel Dawson) last episode.

Guest Stars: Jay Simpson as Steven Dempsey, Stuart Wolfenden as Tony Ancastle, Matthew Wait as Di Turner, Rodney Bewes as Edward Walton, Keith Ladd as Mr. Stevens.

After a marriage argument the wife's lawyer does her best to stop the couple getting back together again. There is a big girl after David.

Guest Stars: Hugo Speer as Vic Needham, Michelle Holmes as Eileen Needham, Sam Kelly as Stan Bickle, Jenna Boyd as Josie Bickle, Samantha Bond as Sylvia Swinton.

It seems a modern-day Robin Hood is in the area. Oscar Blaketon and Alf Ventress try to get in touch with a couple missing son.

Guest Stars: David Horovitch as Douglas Philpot, Beatrice Kelly as Mrs. Winstanley, Gareth Derrick as Ian Philpot, Cherith Mellor as Mary Philpot, Max Dowler as Andy, Emma Bispham as Marlene.

Alf has to take temporary lodgings, A two timer gets shot. Aunt Peggy finds another stranger to look after.

Guest Stars: Susan Jameson as Sonia Rumbold, Ken Drury as Ewart Martin, Neil Madden as Ross Tilman, Samantha Power as Lynne Millwood, Gwyneth Powell as Margaret Millwood.

There is bad meat going cheap. Aunt Peggy little business does not go to plan. Dawn gets busy with a sewing machine and Sergeant Nokes is back.

Guest Stars: Peter Toon as Norman, Steven Hillman as Terry, Ben Elliot as Steve, Janice McKenzie as Mrs. Grant, Freda Dowie Edna, Geogie Glen as Sergeant Nokes, Marie Critchley as Alice Howarth, Lorenzo Martelli as Hardcastle.

It pays not to plan a robbery then things do not go wrong. The surprise for Dawn is a surprise. PC Don Wetherby colleagues thinks he is up to something after working hours so Oscar decides to look into it.

Guest Stars: Will Willoughby as Stuart Hopley, James Gaddas as Danny Riggs, Andrew Sheridan as Johnno Hartson, Sian Breckin as Janice Hopley, Neil Conrich as Brain Dribble, Christopher Chilton as Harry Adams, Bill Thomas as Trevor Harris, Elizabeth Rider as Mrs. Constance Manners, Lee Jackson as Elvis Impersonator.

The police have a man with amnesia and a dead woman to investigate both without identity. Two suspicious characters in the pub lead to the ever curious Blaketon being inadvertently impaled on some farm equipment after a scuffle where he saves a man from being shot. With his life in the balance in hospital the series ends on a cliffhanger.

Guest Stars: Nicholas Farrell as Traumatised man/Buckley, Pip Torrens as James Moncrieff, Clare Holman as Sheena Buckley, Toby Gaffney as DI Jackson. This is Heartbeat's last ever episode