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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 with ITV, then by ITV Studios, from 1992 until 2010. The series is set in the North Riding of Yorkshire during the 1960s, with plots centred on the fictional locations of Aidensfield and Ashfordly.
BILL MAYNARD
as seen from 1992 - 2000 as CLAUDE GREENGRASS
1951: Aladdin - Regent Theatre, Hayes
1956: Aladdin - Empress Theatre, Brixton
1960: Cinderella - Wolverhampton Grand
1963: Puss in Boots - Gaumont Theatre, Southampton
1970: Mother Goose - De Montfort Hall Leicester
1971: Cinderella - Royal Court Theatre Liverpool
1972: Babes in the Wood - London Palladium
1973: Aladdin - Heymarket Theatre Leicester
1977: Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Norwich
1979: Dick Whittington - Bradford Alhambra
1982: Dick Whittington - Palace Theatre, Manchester
1984: Mother Goose - Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
1985: Cinderella - De Montfort Hall Leicester
1987: Dick Whittington - Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
1990: Aladdin - Kings Theatre Southsea
1991: Jack and the Beanstalk - Civic Hall Guldford
1994: Dick Whittington - Empire Theatre Sunderland
1996: Snow White - Yvonne Arnaud Guldford
DAVID LONSDALE
as seen from 1993 - 2009 as DAVID STOCKWELL
2001/02: Aladdin - Charter Theatre Preston
2009/10: Sleeping Beauty - Crewe Lyceum
2015/16: Aladdin - Southport Theatre
2017/18: Beauty and the Beast - De Montfort Hall Leicester
2018/19: Dick Whittington - Rotherham Theatre
DEREK FOWLDS
as seen from 1992 - 2009 as OSCAR BLAKETON
1984: Cinderella - Birmingham Alexandra
GEOFFREY HUGHES as seen as VERNON SCRIPPS
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GWEN TAYLOR
as seen from 2005 - 2009 as PEGGY ARMSTRONG
2017/18: Beauty and the Beast - Derby Live
JOE MCFADDEN
as seen from 2007 - 2009 as PC JOE MASON
2021 Beauty and the Beast - Basingstoke Anvil
2022 Beauty and the Beast - Swansea Grand
NICK BERRY
as seen from 1992 - 1998 as PC NICK ROWAN
1988/89: Jack and the Beanstalk - Cliffs Pavilion Southend
1990/91: Babes in the Woods - White Rock, Hastings
STEVEN BLAKELEY
as seen from 2005 - 2009 as PC GEOFF YOUNGER
2010/11: Cinderella - Theatre Royal Windsor
2011/12: Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Windsor
2012/13: Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Windsor
2013/14: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Windsor
2014/15: Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Royal Windsor
2015/16: Cinderella - Theatre Royal Windsor
2016/17: Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Windsor
2017/18: Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Windsor
2018/19: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Windsor
2019/20: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Windsor
2020/21: Cinderella - Theatre Royal Windsor
2021/22: Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Windsor
2022/23: Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Windsor
2023/24: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Windsor
2024/25: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2025/26: Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2026/27: Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Windsor
STUART GOLLAND
as seen from 1992 - 1996 as GEORGE WARD
1985: Mother Goose - Oldham Coliseum
1997: Jack and the Beanstalk - Blackpool Grand
TRICIA PENROSE
as seen from 1993 - 2009 as GINA WARD
1994/95: Dick Whittington - Sunderland Empire
1998/99: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Tameside Hippodrome
1999/00: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Billingham Forum
2000/01: Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra
2001/02: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Nottingham
2018/19: Cinderella - Northwhich Memorial Court
2019: Easter tour - Beauty and the Beast
Other Heartbeat cast members who have also appeared in pantomime include Don Crann (Doctor), Blair McDonough (Mick Macdonald), Tim Brooke-Taylor (Ronnie Smithers), Sally Ann Matthews (Paula Clegg/Wyatt), Michelle Hardwick (Lizzie Sutton/Kennoway), James Gaddas (Danny Riggs / Eddie Ainsworth), Sam Kelly (Harry Hawkswell / Stan Bickle), Bobby Knutt (Harry Price / Pat Starr), Una Stubbs (Anthea Cowley), Brian Hibbard (Al Paxton), (Gwyneth Powell (Margaret Millwood), Sue Holderness (Joan Forrester), Bobby Ball (Mr Turner), Jack Smethurst (John Jenkins), Tony Pitts (Brian Gilbert / Carl Southall), Duncan Preston (Don Foster / Tommy Tanner), Berwick Kaler (various roles) and Victor McGuire (Brian Parker)
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