Series 10, episode ‘Home Truths’ - first broadcast 25 years ago today!
Jackie’s mother is back in #Aidensfield and she isn’t any nicer than the first time we saw her! #SusanJameson is great #HeartbeatGuestStar though, this being her 3rd episode. #Heartbeat #JackieBradley 💜

4. Patricia Hayes as Flo – A hugely fun character who really made me laugh. I love her scenes with Claude, her bath in the river (!) & her moving scenes with Kate. I’m still mad with Joe Norton for burning down her caravan. A super character, loved her. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

5. Dora Bryan as Jane Thompson – Funny, vulnerable & strong. I love the episode & Dora was perfect for Jane. I liked her cheeky scene with Claude, her love of her garden & how she escaped from the nursing home to go back to her own home. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

7. Phyllida Law as Nancy Bellow - Creepy and vulnerable and I love how even at the end of the episode there was still an air of mystery about her. I love the fact that I now have the funeral urn that she threw! #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

8. James Hazeldine as Reg Manston – He played the distraught farmer perfectly, in what is probably the ultimate Heartbeat episode. Simply fantastic. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

9. Gwenllian Davies as Enid Craddock – So funny! I loved her insulting Sgt Craddock with her quick put downs and also her scenes with Claude. She definitely should have come back! A fabulous character. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

10. Annette Crosbie as Penelope Stirling – Almost two characters! The conniving antique dealing thief and local do-gooder. Loved the episode and loved the character. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

11. Anna Calder Marshall as Claire Mercer – A favourite episode of mine and I think we could really feel how distraught Mrs Mercer was. Lovely scenes with Kate Rowan and a great episode. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

12. Simon Ward as Maxwell Hamilton – Perfect casting for Helen’s father, Sophie Ward’s real-life father. Really moving scenes between them and a super episode (with crazy weather continuity!), my favourite in series 15. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

13. Jane Hazlegrove as Bero Man/Marion Flax – Loved Bero Man!  Great fight scenes between Jane & Kazia & a genuinely eery character, who was contrasted by the lonely & trapped Marion. I think Bero Man is a Heartbeat legend! #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

15. Rosemary Leach as Miss Plum – I liked both appearances of Miss Plum and her dog Marigold. I particularly liked the scenes between her and Eric when we find out she is in fact his mother. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

16. Siobhan Finneran as Janet the tax inspector – Great scenes with her & Greengrass! I love the car chase & when he hands over all of his worldly goods to her! I am a big fan of Siobhan & love that she’s been in Heartbeat. Top actress. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

17. Sylvia Syms as Peggy Tatten – Feisty and vulnerable with some great scenes as she fought to keep her farm. My favourite moment was when she was released from her cell and she pinched Craddock’s cheek in her excitement! Really fun. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

18. Anita Carey as Babs Crane – Full of fun and a splash of colour in the village. Only 2 visits, but we should have had more. I loved her holding court in the pub on her first visit with everyone being a bit mesmerised by her. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

19. John Alderton as Jim Ryan – Blaketon’s old army friend, full of grief and PTSD. Brilliantly played and a really strong, stand- out series 7 episode. Brilliant. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

20. Roger Lloyd Pack as Reggie Rawlings – A good sidekick to Greengrass and a contrast to Trigger from Only Fools and Horses. I like the storyline too, excellent episode. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

21. Frank Finlay as Howard Franklin – I thought he was excellent as the mild mannered and bereaved Mr Franklin. You could really feel for what he was going through. An excellent episode and guest. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

22. Stratford Johns as Cyril Greengrass – perfectly cast as Claude’s older brother.  A bit more devious than our Claude, but a brilliant character, especially when his wife Edith turned up! #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

23. Jenny Agutter as Susannah Temple-Richards – I was pleased to see Jenny Agutter come back and revisit the character of Susannah after she was released from prison. Both episodes were great. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

24. George Cole as The Prof – Another character who it was good to see come back. I enjoyed his first appearance the best, but both were excellent. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

25. Freddie Jones as George Woodford – Freddie played more than one character, but it was playing the art thief/motorbike lover in ‘Old Masters’ that I liked best. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

26. Tim Healy as Cedrick Shanks – Another character who could have come back. I really liked slippery Cedrick and his dodgy side and hatred for the police. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

27. Con O’Neil as Rex Hawkins – Completely hapless, but a really fun character in The Queen’s Message. I think there was scope for him to come back for another episode. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

28. Clare Higgins as Maureen Bristow – I liked her brashness and the sheer cheek of how she completely lied to and manipulated Susannah Temple-Richards! A real bad egg, who really felt sorry for herself! A great baddie! #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

29. Lesley Nichol as Rita Stirling – A pillar of the community and a help to Nick and Kate when the baby was first born and I loved her getting a perm from Gina! I think Lesley is fab and I like her other #Heartbeat roles too. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

30. Sarah Badel as Susan Williamson – I have soft spot for this character as I was in Goathland when the episode was being filmed, & remember chatting with Sarah over breakfast in the conservatory of the B&B where we both were staying. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

31. Una Stubbs as Anthea Cowley – Two appearances for Anthea, wife of boring Hector and she was brilliant! Really funny and I loved how she hated Hector and her love of wearing pink! Another character I’d like to have seen again. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

32. Maggie Jones as Edith Greengrass – We needed to see more of her! In my eyes she was the perfect choice for Mrs Ventress, but I was happy to see her as Mrs Greengrass, sister-in-law of Claude! #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷

34. Oliver Ford Davies as Henry Tompkinson – An excellent actor and spot on for the gentle, well-mannered solicitor with a twist. It’s a shame we didn’t see more episodes with him
and he should have been at Jackie & Mike’s wedding. #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 💙

33. Samantha Bond as Sylvia Swinton – A real presence I felt, & I loved the breakfast scene with her & Vic Needham (Hugo Speer) with Dawn & Oscar watching like a game of tennis. Some funny lines from her too– “Like a pig with 3 snouts!” #HeartbeatCountdown #HeartbeatGuestStar 🩷