The Best Episodes of Heartbeat Season 9

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(28 votes)

   #1 - Manoeuvres in the Dark

   S9:E19/26/1999

   Terry Noble deserts the army and contacts Gina with hot kisses and cute words. Maggie Bolton is a proud mother, and an army veteran from World War II hits a boy in a car accident.

   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:Peter Gibbs

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   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:Peter Gibbs
2. 

   7.9/10(26 votes)

   #2 - Tricks of the Trade

   S9:E210/3/1999

   As the new owner of Aidensfield Arms Blaketon has moved in but his ideas of running the place do not fit with the experiences of Gina and Mary. A nasty burglary hits the home of one of Greengrass' mates who has died recently. An Asian flue starts to rage in the area.

   Director:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:Johnny Byrne

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   Director:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:Johnny Byrne
3. 

   7.7/10(29 votes)

   #3 - Intuition

   S9:E310/10/1999

   Bill offers Auntie Mary to become hotel manager in Sidmouth. Celia Gilmour wants to see her sister, but the front door is locked and suddenly a van rushes away.

   Director:Frank W. Smith

   Writer:Eric Deacon

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   Director:Frank W. Smith

   Writer:Eric Deacon
4. 

   7.5/10(31 votes)

   #4 - Puppet on a String

   S9:E410/17/1999

   Alison keeps secrets away from her parents and burns a letter in the fire place. Ventress stops smoking to live up to his status as temporary leader of the local police while Craddock is away on teaching duties, and soon Bellamy and Bradley longs for Craddock!!

   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writer:Colin Shindler

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   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writer:Colin Shindler
5. 

   7.6/10(26 votes)

   #5 - Honor Among Thieves

   S9:E510/24/1999

   Blaketon runs in a local election against Tom Drabble, one of Grengrass' mates. A romantic author, Honor Gable, rents a house in the area for six months to write a book, but she finds Bradley more interesting. Young criminals cleans the local river as a part of their punishment.

   Director:John Reardon

   Writer:Peter Gibbs

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   Director:John Reardon

   Writer:Peter Gibbs
6. 

   8.0/10(26 votes)

   #6 - Shotgun Wedding

   S9:E610/31/1999

   A dramatic train robbery threatens and interferes with Bradley's plan to marry Jackie Lambert. Greengrass has not seen his sister for 22 years, but now her husband has died she turns up to take command.

   Director:Frank W. Smith

   Writer:Peter Barwood

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   Director:Frank W. Smith

   Writer:Peter Barwood
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7. 

   7.4/10(30 votes)

   #7 - Always a Copper

   S9:E711/7/1999

   The Chief Constable makes Blaketon organize a crime prevention committee. A burglar spills some blood when leaving a site of his crime, and Greengrass is a tourist 'guide' for Norwegians looking for Viking items.

   Director:Paul Walker

   Writer:Michael Jenner

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   Director:Paul Walker

   Writer:Michael Jenner
8. 

   8.0/10(29 votes)

   #8 - Negative Vibes

   S9:E811/14/1999

   A car driver smashes the front of a shop. Greengrass brings one of his mates to hospital but it's in vain, and to the widow's deep despair the body is given to the medical students in a last will. Bradley and his newly wed have negative vibes over late working hours and what's the secret at Strensford Tavern?

   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writers:John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch

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   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writers:John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch
9. 

   7.2/10(35 votes)

   #9 - Kindness of Strangers

   S9:E911/21/1999

   An old man is very obsessed with his son who fell in World War II near the German border, a real war hero. A young couple is caught shoplifting but she simulates yjat the borth of her baby has started. Greengrass seizes a sudden opportunity to be the arranger of a local rally.

   Director:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:James Stevenson

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   Director:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:James Stevenson
10. 

    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Hollywood or Bust

    S9:E1011/28/1999

    Nathaniel Clegghorne brawls with David and Greengrass over two maran hens and with Lord Ashfordly who trains a dog close to Clegghorne's ground. A film producer seeks locations and Lord Ashfordly is very cooperative.

    Director:Frank W. Smith

    Writer:Brian Finch

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    Director:Frank W. Smith

    Writer:Brian Finch
11. 

    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #11 - Flesh and Blood

    S9:E1112/5/1999

    After the funeral of a local butcher's wife various skeletons are found in the family's hidings. Bellamy experiences a revival of a romance of his very youth, and David and Greengrass try an alternative way of 'breeding' rabbits.

    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Gillian Richmond

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    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Gillian Richmond
12. 

    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #12 - No Surrender

    S9:E1212/12/1999

    A fortune teller promises David a real change of luck on love and money, and in spite of Greengrass' warnings strange incidents make David believe it. Clegghorne is ruthless to a neighboring family, and a business man has his own agenda with that family.

    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Neil McKay

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    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Neil McKay
13. 

    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #13 - Stag at Bay

    S9:E1312/19/1999

    A couple of poachers attacks Lord Ashfordly's stags with a brutality that's unheard of. A headmistress makes Jackie Bradley put pressure on the police to enforce an injunction. Greengrass rents Bernie Scripps' bearer to start up as driving instructor.

    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Susan Wilkins

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    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Susan Wilkins
14. 

    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #14 - Full Circle

    S9:E1412/26/1999

    Stella Redford arrives to talk to Mrs. Trotter but she only just reaches her funeral. Stella fears to have lost an important photo for good as her wallet is stolen at the hotel. Greengrass and an old acquaintance of Blaketon arranges illegal dog race gambling.

    Director:Diana Patrick

    Writer:Johnny Byrne

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    Director:Diana Patrick

    Writer:Johnny Byrne
15. 

    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #15 - The Seven Year Itch

    S9:E151/2/2000

    Ray Nixon visits his mother's grave before renting a room at the Aidensfield Arms. Blaketon feels a kind of guilt to Ray Nixon. Sergeants Nokes and Craddock temporarily change places for experiences. A man seems to steal some valuable maps from an old lady.

    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Peter Gibbs
16. 

    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #16 - Weight of Evidence

    S9:E161/9/2000

    Greengrass buys a sheep to win some races, and of course money. Jackie has become halfway partner of the lawyers' firm, but to reach full partnership she needs £5000. A young girl is raped in her car.

    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Peter Barwood

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    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Peter Barwood
17. 

    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #17 - For Art's Sake

    S9:E171/16/2000

    The painting artist Joe Vaughan seeks peace in Aidensfield, bu he runs into brawls and controversies with members of the local rugby club and the police takes him into custody, until Jackie Bradley makes a judge release him. Then his house is burnt down.

    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Andrew McCulloch

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    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Andrew McCulloch
18. 

    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #18 - A Shot in the Dark

    S9:E181/23/2000

    Lyn is a maid at Ashfordly Hall. She is secretly visited by her boyfriend Gary who has a suspended sentence. As he leaves the estate manager tries to stop him with shouts, and soon with gunshots, too.

    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Peter Gibbs

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    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Peter Gibbs
19. 

    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #19 - The Good Doctor

    S9:E191/30/2000

    Jackie's friend Sue is wounded by a hit-and-run car driver but Dr. Peters claims it's not as bad and serious as it looks. Greengrass finds some old bicycles he wants to rent to participants in a local race.

    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Jane Hollowood

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    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Jane Hollowood
20. 

    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Against the Odds

    S9:E202/6/2000

    Lottie finds Charlie Weller dead and to the ugly surprise and disgust of his nephew, Martin, her mother, Peggy Turner is the beneficent of a week old will. At the same time Blaketon is approached by a professional full time planner on the establishing an industrial quarter close to Aidensfield.

    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Johnny Byrne

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    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Johnny Byrne
21. 

    6.9/10(33 votes)

    #21 - Desperate Measures

    S9:E212/13/2000

    Roy Brooks gets a suspended prison sentence for horse theft, but later in the evening a racing horse is stolen from Lord Ashfordly and his estate manager is seriously knocked down. Bernie Scripps happens to tell Greengrass that he once was psychic.

    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Neil McKay

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    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Neil McKay
22. 

    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #22 - With This Ring

    S9:E222/20/2000

    Frank is an addicted gambler always in serious and his actions to deal with his debt hits both his employer and his wife and daughter. Mike plans secretly a honeymoon to Majorca, but Jackie is more keen on her job. Greengrass makes David 'save' coal from a lorry due to maritime law.

    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Gillian Richmond

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    Director:Paul Walker

    Writer:Gillian Richmond
23. 

    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Wise Guy's

    S9:E232/27/2000

    Franco Mazzetti has suddenly died, so Greengrass finds guts to buy one of his vans to sell fish and chips from. He's soon mixed into a brawl between the Mazzettis and another local business family. Ventress is put on a harsh crisp bread diet by his wife, so his heart, and especially his stomach fall victims to the charm of a lonely widow.

    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Susan Wilkins

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    Director:Roger Bamford

    Writer:Susan Wilkins
24. 

    8.3/10(40 votes)

    #24 - The Son-In-Law

    S9:E243/5/2000

    Jackie Bradley's parents arrives from South Africa, She admits to Mike that she has not told them of their wedding. A car is found driven far into the river and at the same time a hitch hiker is picked up by Greengrass and David. Andy Ryan tries to win back Gina's love.

    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Peter Barwood

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    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Peter Barwood