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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I have enjoyed Heartbeat since it was first screened 13 years ago, and it is still set in the 60's !! Most of the outdoor scenes are filmed in the small village of Goatland which is renamed Aidensfield. I Have been in the pub, the shops, the garage and on the train on a day trip!! The main police station is set in the nearest small town, the name of which slips my mind at the moment. Some scenes are set in the real seaside town of Whitby. Almost all of the cast have changed. I used to like Greengrass but is successors have been a bit too pushy for my liking. One strange thing is that when Alf Ventress was in uniform , he had no medals on his jackets even though one episode was all about his war service in the marines.
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- Goathland Garage, Goathland, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK(Bernie Scripps' garage and funeral parlour)
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