List of Heartbeat cast members explained

Heartbeat is a British period drama series, based upon the "Constable" series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by ITV Studios (formerly Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV)^[1] from 1992 until 2010. The following is a list of actors who served as cast members for the programme, grouped by category of the role they maintained, ordered by first appearance and listing the series they served in. This list also included actors who maintained recurring roles during the programme's history.

Main cast

Aidensfield and Ashfordly police cast

Actor	Character	Appearances
Actor	Character	Series 1 (April 1992June 1992)	Series 2 (April 1993June 1993)	Series 3 (October 1993December 1993)	Series 4 (September 1994December 1994)	Series 5 (September 1995December 1995)	Series 6 (September 1996December 1996)	Series 7 (August 1997February 1998)	Series 8 (September 1998February 1999)	Series 9 (September 1999March 2000)	Series 10 (October 2000April 2001)	Series 11 (October 2001April 2002)	Series 12 (October 2002May 2003)	Series 13 (September 2003June 2004)	Series 14 (September 2004June 2005)	Series 15 (September 2005July 2006)	Series 16 (October 2006August 2007)	Series 17 (November 2007September 2008)	Series 18 (October 2008September 2010)
	PC Nicholas Rowan	colspan="7"	colspan="11"
	Sgt Oscar Blaketon	colspan="18"
	PC Alfred Ventress	colspan="18"
	PC Philip Bellamy	colspan="17"	colspan="1"
	PC Michael Bradley	colspan="6"	colspan="6"	colspan="6"
	DI Shiner	colspan="1"	colspan="5"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"	colspan="7"	colspan="3"
	Sgt Raymond Craddock	colspan="6"	colspan="5"	colspan="7"
	PC Thomas Nicholson	colspan="10"	colspan="1"	colspan="7"
	Sgt Dennis Merton	colspan="10"	colspan="4"	colspan="4"
	PC Stephen Crane	colspan="11"	colspan="2"	colspan="5"
	PC Robert Walker	colspan="13"	colspan="3"	colspan="2"
	PC Geoffrey Younger	colspan="13"	colspan="5"
	Sgt George Miller	colspan="13"	colspan="5"
	DS Rachel Dawson	colspan="15"	colspan="3"
	PC Joe Mason	colspan="16"	colspan="2"
Rupert Ward-Lewis	PC Don Wetherby	colspan="16"	colspan="2"
	Sgt Jennifer Nokes	colspan="8"	colspan="2"	colspan="2"	colspan="2"	colspan="3"	colspan="1"

Medical staff cast

Actor	Character	Appearances
Actor	Character	Series 1 (April 1992June 1992)	Series 2 (April 1993June 1993)	Series 3 (October 1993December 1993)	Series 4 (September 1994December 1994)	Series 5 (September 1995December 1995)	Series 6 (September 1996December 1996)	Series 7 (August 1997February 1998)	Series 8 (September 1998February 1999)	Series 9 (September 1999March 2000)	Series 10 (October 2000April 2001)	Series 11 (October 2001April 2002)	Series 12 (October 2002May 2003)	Series 13 (September 2003June 2004)	Series 14 (September 2004June 2005)	Series 15 (September 2005July 2006)	Series 16 (October 2006August 2007)	Series 17 (November 2007September 2008)	Series 18 (October 2008September 2010)
	Dr Kate Rowan	colspan="5"	colspan="13"
	Dr Alex Ferrenby	colspan="3"	colspan="15"
	Dr James Radcliffe	colspan="3"	colspan="1"	colspan="14"
	Nurse Maggie Bolton	colspan="4"	colspan="6"	colspan="8"
	Dr Neil Bolton	colspan="6"	colspan="2"	colspan="10"
	Dr Tricia Summerbee	colspan="9"	colspan="3"	colspan="6"
	Pharmacist Jenny Latimer	colspan="10"	colspan="4"	colspan="4"
	Dr Liz Merrick	colspan="11"	colspan="3"	colspan="4"
	Dr Helen Trent	colspan="13"	colspan="2"	colspan="3"
	Nurse Carol Cassidy	colspan="15"	colspan="3"
	Dr Chris Oakley	colspan="16"	colspan="1"

"Loveable rogue" cast

Actor	Character	Appearances
Actor	Character	Series 1 (April 1992June 1992)	Series 2 (April 1993June 1993)	Series 3 (October 1993December 1993)	Series 4 (September 1994December 1994)	Series 5 (September 1995December 1995)	Series 6 (September 1996December 1996)	Series 7 (August 1997February 1998)	Series 8 (September 1998February 1999)	Series 9 (September 1999March 2000)	Series 10 (October 2000April 2001)	Series 11 (October 2001April 2002)	Series 12 (October 2002May 2003)	Series 13 (September 2003June 2004)	Series 14 (September 2004June 2005)	Series 15 (September 2005July 2006)	Series 16 (October 2006August 2007)	Series 17 (November 2007September 2008)	Series 18 (October 2008September 2010)
	Claude Jeremiah Greengrass	colspan="10"	colspan="8"
	Vernon Scripps	colspan="9"	colspan="5"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"	colspan="2"
	Peggy Armstrong	colspan="13"

Aidensfield residents cast

Actor	Character	Appearances
Actor	Character	Series 1 (April 1992June 1992)	Series 2 (April 1993June 1993)	Series 3 (October 1993December 1993)	Series 4 (September 1994December 1994)	Series 5 (September 1995December 1995)	Series 6 (September 1996December 1996)	Series 7 (August 1997February 1998)	Series 8 (September 1998February 1999)	Series 9 (September 1999March 2000)	Series 10 (October 2000April 2001)	Series 11 (October 2001April 2002)	Series 12 (October 2002May 2003)	Series 13 (September 2003June 2004)	Series 14 (September 2004June 2005)	Series 15 (September 2005July 2006)	Series 16 (October 2006August 2007)	Series 17 (November 2007September 2008)	Series 18 (October 2008September 2010)
	George Ward	colspan="6"	colspan="12"
	Gina Ward	colspan="1"	colspan="17"
	Lord Ashfordly	colspan="2"	colspan="2"	colspan="14"
	David Stockwell	colspan="2"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"	colspan="3"	colspan="11"
	Eileen Reynolds	colspan="2"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"	colspan="3"	colspan="11"
	Joanna Weston	colspan="4"	colspan="3"	colspan="11"
	Bernard Scripps	colspan="4"	colspan="14"
	Graham Weston	colspan="5"	colspan= "2"	colspan="11"
Arbel Jones	Mary Ward	colspan="7"	colspan="2"	colspan="9"
	Jacqueline Lambert	colspan="7"	colspan="3"	colspan="8"
	Andy Ryan	colspan="8"	colspan="1"	colspan="9"
	Ben Norton	colspan="12"	colspan="2"	colspan="4"
Vanessa Hehir	Rosemary Cartwright	colspan="13"	colspan="4"	colspan="1"
	Jack Hollins	colspan="14"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"	colspan="2"
	Debbie Black	colspan="14"	colspan="1"	colspan="3"
	Dawn Bellamy	colspan="16"	colspan="2"

Recurring characters

This section lists other characters who have appeared in more than one episode.

Jack Deam as Alan Maskell (1992).
Eileen O'Brien as Susan Maskell (credited as "Mrs Maskell") (1992).
Barrie Rutter as Walter Maskell (credited as "Mr Maskell") (1992).
Suzanne Hitchmough as Sandra Murray (1992).
Shirley Stelfox as Mrs. Parkin (1992).
Anne Rye as Angela Hamilton ("Miss Hamilton") (1992–1993)
Andy Abrahams as unnamed local magistrate (1992–2003).
Mike Kelly as Malcolm Mostyn (1993).
Dean Gatiss as Graham Blaketon (1993–1994; 4 episodes).
Sue Holderness as Joan Forrester (1993; 2 episodes).
Russell Boulter as Inspector Crossley (1993–1994; 3 episodes).
Melanie Kilburn as Rosie Tinniswood (1993, 1995; 2 episodes).
Karen Meagher as Inspector Murchison (1994; 7 episodes)
Julia Lane as Christine Ferguson (1994; 6 episodes).
Lucy Robinson as Jennifer Radcliffe (1994; 3 episodes).
Emelye Robinson as Susan Radcliffe (1994; 2 episodes).
Lesley Nicol as Rita Stirling (1995; 3 episodes).
Jenny Agutter as Susannah Temple-Richards (1994, 1996; 2 episodes).
Harry Beety as Joseph Walker (1995; 9 episodes).
Diane Langton as Ruby Rowan (1995–97; 6 episodes).
William Ash as Joe Norton (1995; 2 episodes).
Mark Addy as "Norman" (1995–96; 2 episodes).
Mary Healey as Mrs Watkins (1996; 4 episodes).
Elizabeth Bennett as Joyce Jowett (1996–2009, 16 episodes).
Kenneth Cranham as Charlie Wallace (1996; 2 episodes).
Wanda Ventham as Fiona Weston (1996 - 1997, 4 episodes).
Steven Townsley as Billy Burke (1996, 3 episodes).
Dominic Rickhards as Steve Adams (1997; 5 episodes).
Carol Royle as Lady Patricia Brewster (1997–2003; 4 episodes).
Charlotte Mitchell as Bessie Bellamy (1997–1999; 4 episodes).
Stratford Johns as Cyril Isaiah Greengrass (1997, 1998; 2 episodes).
Alan Halsall as Trevor Chivers (1998–1999; 4 episodes).
Stefan Podolchuk as Stuart Chivers (1998–1999; 4 episodes).
Lesley Clare O'Neill as Doreen Chivers (1998–1999; 3 episodes).
Keeley Forsyth as Sue Driscoll (1998, 2000; 7 episodes).
Phillippa Wilson as Penny Craddock (1998–1999, 2000, 2002; 7 episodes).
Maggie Tagney as Gladys Smethurst (1998–2000; 5 episodes).
Georgie Glen as Sgt Jennifer Nokes (2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2005, 2010).
Paul Opacic as Graham Rysinski (2000; 3 episodes).
Susan Jameson as Edwina Lambert (2000–2001; 2 episodes).
Barbara Bolton as Mrs Kellett (2001–2005; 9 episodes).
Francis Matthews as Dr James Alway (2002-2003; 4 episodes).
Christine Bottomley as Susie Ward (2002; 5 episodes).
Beatrice Kelley as Olive Winstanley (6 episodes, 2003–2009).
Anita Carey as Barbara Crane (2 episodes, 2003).
Trevor Ray as William Barraclough (2 episodes, 2003–2004).
Jane Hazlegrove as Diane Crichard (4 episodes, 2004).
Helena Calvert as Clare Owen (4 episodes; 2005).
Victor McGuire as Brian Parker (2005, two episodes).
Tim Brooke-Taylor as Ronnie Smethers (2005, 2008, 2009; 4 episodes).
Lauren Drummond as Jane Black (2005–2006).
Gabriella Dixon as Susan Black (2005–2006).
Jack Ferguson as Peter Black (2005–2006).
Geoffrey Chater as Col Hal Clifford (2004, two episodes as different characters)

Guest stars

Over the years, a number of well-known guest stars have made one-off appearances in Heartbeat, either in cameo roles or more substantial single-episode parts. These include Richard Todd, David Essex, David McCallum, Charlotte Church, Michelle Dockery, John Nettles, Philip Jackson, Geraldine Newman, Siobhan Finneran, John Simm, Gary Barlow, David Dickinson, Todd Carty, Philip Glenister, Lulu, George Cole, Ray Illingworth, Brian Close, Margaret Tyzack, Roy Dotrice, Roland Gift, Ralf Little, Dickie Bird, Daniel Craig, Clive Swift, Jean Alexander, Geoffrey Bayldon, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Twiggy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Noel Fitzpatrick, Leslie Phillips, Lindsey Coulson, George Layton, Gabrielle Drake, Robin Ellis, Leslie Grantham, George Baker, Paul Nicholas, Brigit Forsyth, Jan Francis, Peter Vaughan, Celia Imrie, Helen Lederer,Alan Price, Sam Kelly, Duncan Preston, Rodney Bewes, Bobby Ball, Tommy Cannon, Russ Abbot, Jon Culshaw, Freddie Garrity, Miranda Raison, Dave King and Michael Angelis.

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Notes and References

News: TV recruits rogue to rival Greengrass. The Daily Telegraph. 19 June 2001 . 26 March 2009.