The BEST episodes of Heartbeat season 17
Every episode of Heartbeat season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Heartbeat season 17!
Heartbeat is based on the Constable books by Nicholas Rhea, set in the fictional 1960s Yorkshire town of Aidensfield. The first seasons focus on the lives of London policeman Nick Rowan, who moves to the village with his doctor wife Kate. Nick's police colleagues feature in the series, under the leadership of the crusty but kindhearted Sergeant Blaketon. Blaketon's nemesis is Claude Jeremiah Greengrass, poacher and occasional small-time fence. Greengrass is a regular patron of the Aidensfield Arms hotel, run by George Ward and his pretty niece Gina. It's here at the pub that we see much of the day-to-day social interaction in the series.
#1 - Mixed Messages
Season 17 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/21/2008
Peggy arrives home to find more than the usual load of rubbish outside her doorway, including a broken disused toilet. When PC Joe Mason arrives, David shows him a pile of headed notepaper from Heston House.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Bully Boys
Season 17 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/24/2008
A former convict now working as a debt collector finds himself being investigated by the local police. Peggy attempts to get David to attend a school reunion.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Missing Persons
Season 17 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/3/2008
A young couple go out leaving their children in the house on their own. Gina receives some news from Phil's brother which takes her mind of her pregnancy.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Changing Roles
Season 17 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2008
There's a key witness for a murder trial in Aidensfield who needs protection, a new gamekeeper arrives to work for Lord Ashfordly and Joe sees an old lover.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Touch and Go
Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/2007
Just as PC Don Wetherby arrives, PC Joe Mason is preparing to leave for his new posting. At the Aidensfield Arms, a quiz night takes place to raise money for the local hospital's dialysis machine. PC Phil Bellamy is shot.
#6 - The Devil Rides Out
Season 17 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/2008
When a local church is vandalised rumours circulate about who did it. When Lord Ashfordly's godson shows up in the village the police aren't far behind him
#7 - Only Make Believe
Season 17 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/2008
Wetherby isn't happy when Lesley Ashton shows up in the village looking for him. Lesley is determined to stay in the village though.
#8 - Hey Hey LBJ
Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/6/2008
When teenager Vivian Middleton goes missing her parents are frantic with worry. PC Mason discovers she had an American boyfriend called Bobby and sets out to find him. Bobby, though, says he has no idea where she could be and seems concerned. But is he hiding something
#9 - Heirs Apparent
Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2007
Lord Ashfordly is arrested by PC Joe Mason which does not impress Sergeant Miller. David fears that me may be murdered after making a will.
#10 - Night Mail
Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2007
Joe clashes with Rachel regarding a train robbery investigation. News of a legacy reaches Peggy.
#11 - Oscar's Birthday
Season 17 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/28/2008
Edgar and Angela Faussett have just moved to Aidensfield and according to Aunt Peggy he is rolling in money and she is quite a looker. But they are also causing PC Mason a lot of problems. He apparently thinks the law doesn't apply to him and rather wants to see Mason's back than his face, and she is so impressed with the handsome constable that she uses every excuse to see him. She also claims that her life is in danger. This of course doesn't go unnoticed by Carol Cassidy who more or less considers Mason her boyfriend. It's Oscar Blaketon's birthday and the villagers have prepared a big birthday party for him. David even wants to play a birthday song for him on the pub piano. He just has to learn to play the piano first. But there might be something else to celebrate instead: Gina goes into labour during the party and gives birth to a healthy baby boy in her room at the Aidensfield Arms.
#12 - Taking Stock
Season 17 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/10/2008
When a man is killed in a car accident the police learn that he has quite a past and wonder what he was doing in the village. Oscar and Alf find themselves working together but not everything goes as they planned.
#13 - It Came from Outer Space
Season 17 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/31/2008
At Ashfordly police station, Miller and the team are investigating the cause of an explosion which occurred the previous night in the woods. Younger is adamant it was a meteorite landing and heads off to examine the crater which has been produced.
#14 - Danse Macabre
Season 17 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/27/2008
When Joe and Carol become concerned about the welfare of a young ballerina they end up working together.
#15 - Stop Gap
Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2007
The local residents make a stand to a gang of bikers in Aidensfield. The new PC, Joe Mason, arrives in Aidensfield but will the villagers give his tactics the thumbs up or the thumbs down?
#16 - Big Chill
Season 17 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/17/2008
Joe and Rachel attempt to bust some drug smugglers. When Bernie's hearse breaks down, Peggy sees an opportunity to make some money.
#17 - Burying the Past
Season 17 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/30/2007
A local teacher dies, which Joe and Rachel investigate. Meanwhile, it is the funeral of PC Phil Bellamy.
#18 - Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day
Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2007
A young man's suicide is investigated by the police, but something more evil is uncovered. Peggy's double also arrives in town.
#19 - Love Story
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2007
A theft is reported, which makes people suspicious of a gang of sheep shearers who have recently arrived in Aidensfield. An old lover of Rosie's appears, but a new love interest also arrives.
#20 - A Brush With The Law
Season 17 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/2008
Old rivalries surface when a hunt is hold in the village. Lord Ashfordly is suspected of arson, while Deefor finds himself roped in to one of Peggy's schemes.
#21 - Out of the Long Dark Night
Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/25/2008
A group of animal welfare activists begin a dangerous campaign in the area. Carol and Chris disagree over the care of a girl who is pregnant.
#22 - You Never Can Tell
Season 17 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/14/2008
An ageing pop manager returns to the village to marry his young starlet, but when he is found dead, foul play is suspected - but who would murder a dying man? And Peggy experiences memory loss when she's caught with stolen goods
#23 - The Heart of a Man
Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2008
Joe investigates after a couple's property is vandalised and uncovers a dark secret.
#24 - Take Three Girls
Season 17 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/1/2008
When a young girl goes missing, Joe believes that her American boyfriend could be involved.