The BEST episodes written by Peter Gibbs
#1 - The Leopard's Spots
Heartbeat - Season 11 - Episode 13
Sgt. Merton, freshly demoted from CID, arrives at the police station to take on the new roll as Sergeant. When Ventress brings a disqualified driver in, Alf is threatned if he takes the further, the driver will reveal his past. Oscar presuades Alf to come clean, and Merton is understanding. The driver is later arrested on a drugs case. David attempts to get fit at a gymn, but things don't go too smoothly.
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Heartbeat - Season 13 - Episode 14
Dr. Merrick faces a testing time when a terrified hospital patient claims her husband is trying to kill her, but Merton seems reluctant to get involved, while Vernon picks up a bargain all-purpose pest-control solution, enlisting David's help in his eradication mission. Gina's cousin Diane arrives to help her and Phil with the wedding preparations - much to the delight of PC Crane, who's instantly smitten.
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#5 - Pursuit by Proxy
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Season 3 - Episode 6
Hetty represents a neighbour at a creditors' meeting and her agency is asked to find a missing company director and his money.
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Heartbeat - Season 14 - Episode 18
Bellamy tries to impress Miller by going it alone, while the arrival of tax inspector Derek Ford gets the residents of Aidensfield panicked. Vernon bears the brunt of Ford's wrath when his dodgy dealings and poor record-keeping are exposed, convincing the wheeler dealer the only way to avoid trouble is to fake his own suicide.
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Heartbeat - Season 14 - Episode 23
Peggy sets aside her pitchfork for glamour in the hope of charming a wealthy widower. The local community is up in arms when a famous homicide case is reopened for investigation - but Sergeant Miller ends up with more murder than he bargained for.
#8 - For Better or Worse
Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 3
Just after buying a car young Brian Rider has a serious solo accident and his mother blames the owner of the Motor Company. Greengrass takes over a couple of racing pigeons after the owner's funeral.
#9 - Honor Among Thieves
Heartbeat - Season 9 - Episode 5
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.
#10 - Obsessions
Heartbeat - Season 6 - Episode 13
Nick rescues a young woman from a house fire. She soon becomes obsessed with Nick , phoning him at Jo's calling into the station, calling round at the police house and spending time with Katie. When Nick makes it clear he isn't interested, she first plants her bracelet in his uniform and tells Blaketon he's stolen it. She then causes trouble between Nick and Jo when she tries to convince Jo that he and she are having an affair. This makes Jo feel insecure, but Nick convinces Jo that the woman is just making trouble and tells her that he loves her. The woman sees Nick and Jo out one night and attempts to knock Jo down with her car, but she is stopped in time.
#11 - Manoeuvres in the Dark
Heartbeat - Season 9 - Episode 1
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.
#12 - Give a Dog a Bad Name
Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 7
At a roadside 'shop' David sells some sheepskin rugs for Greengrass very cheaply. Craddock and the local veterinarian have grave disputes on drunk driving, and a fleas' epidemic gives a dog a bad name.
#13 - The Seven Year Itch
Heartbeat - Season 9 - Episode 15
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.
#14 - Heroes and Villains
Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 23
A war heroes home is broken into by two local children, nothing is really taken but the youngest boy finds himself becoming interested in the various army items he finds. He ends up befriending the war hero and asks him many questions about his life in the army. The same two boys are pinching golf balls and selling them to Greengrass - but his scheme is discovered when, in the pub he drops golf balls everywhere, right in front of Blaketon!
#15 - Legacies
The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 16
Tony and Viv are investigating a break-in. Tosh talks to the old lady after the SOCO has been. Tosh thinks it is part of a string by a burglar who has just got bail. The old lady's solictor is a partner of the suspect's solictor. The suspect's house has a fire set by the only straight member of the family. Brownlow and Burnside argue over clear-up figures. Burnside thinks Stafford Row have fiddled with their figures. Melvin brings in a man who claims to have lost his memory so he plays him some Roy Orbison tapes to help him regain his memory.
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#16 - The Queen's Message
Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 16
Rex Hawkins the TV repair man is being threatened by Lol Baxter, because he owes him money. Rex is the lead tenor in the choir to whom the leader of the choir, Miriam has taken a fancy. Rex asks her to sack Alf from the choir, and she does, but soon asks him back when she sees Rex with someone else. Rex is beaten up outside the pub and his mother tells Nick that she thinks it was Alf who did it. Nick doesn't believe it but he has to find out what really happened. Rex eventually agrees to talk to the police and tells them it was Baxter. He got a lot of TV sets half price from Baxter (which were stolen), but they were faulty, so the customers wouldn't pay and he couldn't pay Baxter the money he owed him. Greengrass has trouble with a piece of Royal Dolton that Gina ordered for a Christmas present. Gina invites Mike to Christmas dinner, and Katie and Nick enjoy watching Jo perform in the choir.
#17 - The Angry Brigade
Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 18
Barry Dixon is released from prison but is followed closely by an insurance detective. Lord Ashfordly has closed a pathway to a waterfall, but that decision meets strong opposition when a couple of tourists, Mr and Mrs Tidy, is stopped somewhat brutally. Bradley and Jackie Lambert, an attractive lawyer, develop common ground.
#18 - Chalk and Cheese
Heartbeat - Season 10 - Episode 1
Celia Hanson has just retired as teacher and lives now in a small house in the countryside. Her nearest neighbor, a Long time farmer has absolutely no understanding for her need of peace and quiet. As Blaketon tries to mediate, things get even worse.
#19 - Bad Apple
Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 1
Claude is persuaded to stand bail for a burglar purely as a business arrangement, for which he does finally get his payment from the man's wealthy wife to be. Nick buys Jo an engagement ring, which she shows off down the pub! The engagement celebrations are ruined when Jo breaks the news to her parents. Her Mother strongly objects to the marriage, and makes no secret of how much she disapproves of her daughter marrying a ‘village bobby'.
#20 - Where There's a Will
Heartbeat - Season 8 - Episode 14
Eric Tatton and his wife are dead and his sister, Peggy, has to move out of their house. At the last moment she however decides to fight to stay. Bellamy seeks a flat and gets 'assistance' from Grengrass.
#21 - A Shot in the Dark
Heartbeat - Season 9 - Episode 18
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.
#22 - Bygones Be Bygones
Heartbeat - Season 6 - Episode 15
Nick is suspicious of a financial advisor that comes to the area, he seems all too keen to advise people with their money matters including Jo's dad. Many of the locals including Maggie and Blaketon receive anonymous letters. Phil has the job of tracking down the type writer which they were written on - he finds it at Claude's house - but Claude's not guilty as he's had a letter himself, he's embarrassed by its content but shows it to Nick and swears him to secrecy! It turns out that it was a local widow's husband who was responsible.
#23 - Safe House
Heartbeat - Season 10 - Episode 12
Greengrass has a sister in the West Indies. She has won very much money and she has invited him to a very long stay there. He has leaft his property and Alfred to David's protection. Vernon Scripps, Bernie's stepbrother, arrives, but Bernie prefers Vernon's heels better than his toes. However, Vernon grabs another possibility to stay in Aidensfield. The Bradleys get a dangerous and secret task.
#24 - Cold Turkey
Heartbeat - Season 10 - Episode 10
A new bank manager is very unwilling to lend out money and his son moves away from home in sympathy with the empty-handed. Bellamy and Gina prepare expensive luxury as Christmas gifts to each other.
#25 - Snapped
Heartbeat - Season 6 - Episode 7
A dodgy fashion photographer comes to the village with two glamour models, but he wants locals in his pictures including Claude, for a more rustic country feel! A man is sacked from a job he had been doing for years only because of a few minor mistakes for which he wasn't entirely responsible. He then gets very drunk and goes home and ends up taking his mother hostage with a gun. All of the Ashfordly section are on the case, and Nick tries to talk him out because the man knows and trusts him. But it doesn't work and Nick is keen to get away because he's supposed to be going away for the weekend with Jo. Once he's finally taken down the station he says he will only talk to Nick, so Nick reluctantly agrees to stay. He tells Jo what's happened but she isn't understanding, and tells Nick they're finished.
#26 - The Happiest Day
Heartbeat - Season 14 - Episode 4
Blaketon is put in a compromising position when the police investigate a warehouse robbery he knows something about. A police lost property clear-out provides David with a new hobby, but it doesn't keep him out of trouble.
#27 - Friendly Fire
Heartbeat - Season 7 - Episode 8
Nick is suspicious when a lay preacher is injured in a shooting accident but eventually uncovers the truth behind the incident. Claude is doing his utmost to make money out of the famous Aidensfield bun for which he has been given what he thinks is the secret recipe to look after! Gina's relationship with Steve is developing but she also receives the bad news that George will never be well enough to come back to the pub.
#28 - Obsessions
The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 35
Martella is called to a solictor's house where one of his clients has come to see if he will keep his promise to marry her. The client has made threats to kill the solictor's wife and later attempts to run her down in a car park. June and Tony investigate a barking dog. Just after Tony breaks the glass in the door, the neighbour tells them she has a key. Conway thinks there are backhanders between the contractors and the clerk of works. Brownlow tries to get Conway to take leave.
#29 - Watching
The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 22
Garfield and Quinnan go to a school that reports an intruder. The intruder has been patrolling the school. Quinnan seems out to wind Garfield up. Stamp and Viv investigate some dumped rubble (fly tipping). There was a souvenir hanging from the driver's window. Cryer goes to a Senior Citizens Centre to talk to them about unsolved crime.
#30 - Come Fly With Me
The Bill - Season 6 - Episode 62
June and Tony are called to a disturbance outside a travel agents who has gone bust. The landlord has a wounded hand from breaking in and June finds a man in the office. Tony has booked his holiday through the travel agents. Cathy and Stringer help an immigration official find an illegal immigrant. There is a diversion and she gets away. Reg asks if he can get time off so he can go on a cruise paid for by his lady friend.