The Worst Film Ever

Sorry, this movie sucks

Powerful

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I love heartbeat. I was disappointed when Dr Neil Bolton left the series that was sad didn't like the ending. Why did he leave so quickly?Other than that I think the show is great and love watching it. I love the scenery that is portrayed in the show. The antics especially with Greengrass. even though I don't know the actors names the characters they play are memorized in my mind especially the ones that I really like. I do hope that they keep playing but if it is the time that it has to end I hope that they keep playing re-runs as it is great to watch. If I get the chance I will buy the series on DVD to watch. Thanks again for a great TV show it blows all the drivel that is on TV these days out of the water. Top marks to the producers writers actors set directors etc all of you have done a terrific job.

By the time I issued these comments, it had been announced that the popular series would gather dust on a shelf and so the end is nigh and I wouldn't be all that surprised. In part, the decision to axe the series was made due to its sinking popularity and much had been said about Heartbeat throughout its production run spanning 1.5 decades that I have long thought to myself "How much longer can it linger"? With the same plots, it has to be said that most viewers around the box were becoming increasingly tired and frustrated and its now simply lacking the original on what was once a more gentle-natured series. Even so, its becoming increasingly violent and depressing with lack of ideas and bad story lines. Even Lovejoy's Ian McShane once commented about Heartbeat being a soap and who would try to get him wrong nowadays with its gradual fall from grace in the TV guides and critics choice.

Heartbeat follows the residents of a little village on the English countryside during the 60's. This has made a retro and charming piece of television for well over 10 years and is still going good.You may find Heartbeat somewhat cliché, however, give it a chance it's still not a completely waste of time. The plots are not of the most original kind, but the characters and the setting is just lovely. There are the comic elements in the Greengrass/Scrips characters and the dramatic, thrilling crime element in following the local police officers. Then there is the various everyday life characters. It's all together a nice mix. It makes something for various tastes and it gives variety in the story line. The acting is pretty good and so is the directing. The cinematography is nice and the music is the final touch. Using authentic 60's music gives you the right feel. It works really good. They manage to keep the story thrilling and keep you watching. While it may have lost quality over the years it's still a decent series. There has been a massive replacement of characters, but after more then ten years you can't expect anything else. The replacements, however, does a good job. They may seem like copies of their predecessors and as a result the series has stayed pretty much the same for more then ten years, witch may or may not be a bad thing.Now, this series offers nothing new, but it offers a nice piece of entertainment that never fails! 6 out of 10.

Heartbeat began with former EastEnders star (and wooden as my front door) Nick Berry as a London police constable who relocated to the North Yorkshire Moors in the 1960s. Based on Nicholas Rhea's real experiences of police life during that era, it was a worthy and authentic series that set out to address some of the pertinent issues of the time. Nick Berry's severe limitations when it came to expressing anything were compensated by the fantastic character performances of Derek Fowlds as tyrannical Sergeant Blaketon, William Simons as lazy, ageing Constable Ventress and Bill Maynard as local rogue Greengrass. Unfortunately, the show progressively suffered from a series of departures. The excellent Niamh Cusack, who played Berry's wife, left to be succeeded by a less capable actress as his love interest. After about five years in the series, Nick Berry left. Berry's replacement, Jason Durr, was a better actor, but the writing was deteriorating and the series appeared to have run out of ideas. Two of the best characters were also replaced with very over the top and irritating substitutes; Bill Maynard left, to be replaced by Geoffrey Hughes and Derek Fowlds was replaced as Sergeant by Philip Franks. Four long years later, Franks was gone. Somehow, Ventress remained a serving officer, when he clearly looked too old by this time. Jason Durr left in 2003, to be replaced by young actor James Carlton, who has only lasted in the show for a year. These frequent changes in the cast have not helped the series. And Ventress is still there! How old does he have to get before they pension him off?Heartbeat was once a fine and relevant drama, but it is now just decorative fluff. I am told it still gets good viewing figures, but I can only assume that is due to the attractive countryside, smart police uniforms and classic cars. It can't be the scripts.