Heartbeat (1992)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (4,788 votes)
Seasons: 18
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock · Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BritBox Amazon Channel · Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · The Roku Channel · Plex · Tubi TV · Fawesome
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 18 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.95 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Changing Places	7.6	122
2	Fruits of the Earth	8.0	79
3	Rumours	8.1	72
4	Playing with Fire	7.7	68
5	Nowt But a Prank	8.0	66
6	Old, New, Borrowed, Blue	8.1	71
7	Face Value	7.8	63
8	Outsiders	8.3	67
9	Primal Instinct	7.8	61
10	Keep on Running	8.1	62

Season 2 (1993)

8.02 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Secrets	7.7	69
2	End of the Line	8.1	60
3	Manhunt	8.1	64
4	Bitter Harvest	8.4	110
5	Over the Hill	7.7	61
6	Bang to Rights	8.0	55
7	A Talent for Deception	8.2	52
8	Baby Blues	7.7	55
9	Wall of Silence	8.1	63
10	Missing	8.2	54

Season 3 (1993)

7.89 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 50 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Speed Kills	7.8	54
2	Riders of the Storm	8.3	53
3	Dead Ringer	7.7	52
4	Going Home	8.0	54
5	A Chilly Reception	7.4	56
6	The Frighteners	8.1	50
7	Father's Day	8.1	56
8	Endangered Species	8.1	50
9	An American in Aidensfield	7.6	48
10	Bringing It All Back Home	7.8	45

Season 4 (1994)

7.80 avg 16 episodes 7.8 → 8.4 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wild Thing	7.8	49
2	Witch Hunt	7.5	47
3	Mid Day Sun	7.9	46
4	Turn of the Tide	7.7	49
5	Love Child	7.8	47
6	Nice Girls Don't	8.1	44
7	Trouble in Mind	7.4	40
8	Fair Game	7.8	48
9	Red Herring	7.0	44
10	Arms and the Man	7.8	45
11	Treading Carefully	7.9	43
12	Bad Blood	7.9	42
13	Assault and Battery	7.9	38
14	Lost and Found	8.2	44
15	A Bird in the Hand	7.7	40
16	A Winter's Tale	8.4	48

Season 5 (1995)

8.12 avg 15 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 50 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wishing Well	8.0	44
2	Expectations	8.4	45
3	Thief in the Night	8.6	72
4	Domestic	8.1	47
5	Vacant Possession	7.9	43
6	We're All Allies Really	8.2	41
7	Sophie's Choice	7.8	40
8	Gone Tomorrow	7.4	50
9	Toss Up	8.4	43
10	It's All in the Game	8.2	41
11	Vigilante	8.0	44
12	Unfinished Business	8.4	46
13	Saint Columba's Treasure	8.5	41
14	Sitting Off the Dock of the Bay	8.0	43
15	Blood Sports	7.9	35

Season 6 (1996)

7.99 avg 17 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 51 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kids	8.0	45
2	Old Colonials	8.0	41
3	Forget Me Not	8.0	40
4	A Long Shot	7.9	39
5	Something of Value	7.8	43
6	Frail Mortality	8.1	48
7	Snapped	7.7	45
8	Catch Us If You Can	7.8	43
9	Giving the Game Away	7.8	40
10	The Championship	8.0	44
11	Who Needs Enemies	7.9	38
12	Thanks to Alfred	8.0	49
13	Obsessions	8.0	46
14	The Best Laid Plans	8.3	43
15	Bygones Be Bygones	8.0	35
16	Old Friends	8.4	44
17	Charity Begins at Home	8.1	43

Season 7 (1997)

8.15 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 8.1 51 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bad Apple	8.4	44
2	Pig in the Middle	8.3	42
3	Small Beer	8.2	36
4	Closing Ranks	8.3	42
5	Leaving Home	7.6	37
6	Fool for Love	7.8	39
7	The Family Way	7.9	34
8	Friendly Fire	7.8	32
9	Sons and Lovers	7.9	32
10	Playing with Trains	8.1	33
11	What the Butler Saw	8.3	36
12	Affairs of the Heart	8.8	44
13	Peace and Quiet	8.8	46
14	Substitute	8.1	38
15	In on the Act	8.3	34
16	The Queen's Message	8.2	36
17	Brainstorm	8.0	35
18	Bad Penny	8.3	41
19	Appearances	8.4	33
20	Local Knowledge	8.0	39
21	The Enemy Within	8.1	36
22	Unconsidered Trifles	8.0	33
23	Heroes and Villains	8.0	33
24	Love Me Do	8.1	35

Season 8 (1998)

7.86 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.8

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Snake in the Grass	7.7	34
2	Fall Out	7.9	31
3	For Better or Worse	7.7	32
4	Past Crimes	8.1	31
5	Spellbound	7.7	33
6	Baby Love	7.7	35
7	Give a Dog a Bad Name	7.8	32
8	Hello, Goodbye	7.6	32
9	Pat-a-Cake	8.2	32
10	Easy Rider	7.8	36
11	Hot Rocks	7.7	39
12	Shadows and Substances	8.0	35
13	Forbidden Fruit	8.0	31
14	Where There's a Will	8.2	35
15	Taking Sides	7.9	31
16	Echoes of the Past	7.8	34
17	Twists of Fate	7.9	32
18	The Angry Brigade	7.4	34
19	Fire and Ashes	8.4	39
20	All in the Mind	7.8	33
21	Friends Like You	8.2	29
22	Old Ties	7.5	31
23	David Stockwell's Ghost	7.8	32
24	Testament	7.8	30

Season 9 (1999)

7.70 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.3

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Manoeuvres in the Dark	7.6	30
2	Tricks of the Trade	7.9	27
3	Intuition	7.7	31
4	Puppet on a String	7.5	32
5	Honor Among Thieves	7.6	28
6	Shotgun Wedding	8.0	27
7	Always a Copper	7.4	31
8	Negative Vibes	8.0	32
9	Kindness of Strangers	7.2	37
10	Hollywood or Bust	7.5	34
11	Flesh and Blood	7.7	35
12	No Surrender	7.6	32
13	Stag at Bay	7.9	35
14	Full Circle	8.2	33
15	The Seven Year Itch	7.9	32
16	Weight of Evidence	7.8	33
17	For Art's Sake	7.7	32
18	A Shot in the Dark	7.8	34
19	The Good Doctor	7.6	47
20	Against the Odds	7.6	29
21	Desperate Measures	6.9	35
22	With This Ring	7.7	29
23	Wise Guys	7.6	29
24	The Son-In-Law	8.3	40

Season 10 (2000)

7.81 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.9

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chalk and Cheese	8.0	40
2	Smile for the Camera	7.6	35
3	Dog Collar	7.9	34
4	Gabriel's Last Stand	7.9	36
5	War Stories	8.0	31
6	The Fool on the Hill	7.9	31
7	The Traveller	8.4	36
8	Child's Play	8.1	34
9	Fallen Heroes	8.0	33
10	Cold Turkey	8.5	40
11	Sylvia's Mother	7.5	28
12	Safe House	7.9	41
13	Blind Justice	7.2	31
14	Home Truths	7.5	31
15	Not So Special	7.9	30
16	The Long Weekend	8.0	32
17	Who's Who?	7.8	29
18	Gin a Body, Meet a Body	7.8	28
19	Killing Me Softly	7.6	32
20	Unchained Melody	7.2	28
21	Truth Games	7.7	27
22	Consequences	7.4	30
23	The Buxton Defence	7.7	34
24	Still Water	7.9	35

Season 11 (2001)

7.77 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 50 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sweet Sixteen	7.9	37
2	She's Leaving Home	7.7	34
3	Russian Roulette	7.9	36
4	Legacies	7.5	31
5	Home Sweet Home	7.9	32
6	Old Masters	7.9	33
7	The Rivals	7.5	31
8	Home to Roost	7.1	40
9	Uninvited Guests	7.8	28
10	No Hiding Place	7.9	34
11	A Gentleman's Sport	7.9	32
12	Closing the Book	8.0	32
13	The Leopard's Spots	7.7	30
14	From Ancient Grudge	7.8	29
15	The Great Ming Mystery	7.4	32
16	Second Chances	7.3	30
17	Sympathy for the Devil	7.8	32
18	Coming of Age	8.2	40
19	Love Hurts	7.9	35
20	Windows of Opportunity	7.6	29
21	The Shoot	7.8	29
22	Class Act	7.6	30
23	Caught in the Headlights	8.3	34
24	Love's Sweet Dream	8.0	30

Season 12 (2002)

7.94 avg 25 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 49 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Skeletons and Cupboards	7.9	32
2	A Girl's Best Friend	8.1	32
3	A Dog's Life	7.8	29
4	Where There's Muck	8.0	28
5	Harmony	8.0	38
6	No Man's Land	7.9	30
7	Dirty Len	7.8	30
8	Growing Apart	7.9	30
9	A Many Splendoured Thing	8.5	35
10	Horses for Courses	7.9	40
11	Sins of the Fathers	7.8	31
12	Bread and Circuses	7.9	30
13	For Whom the Bell Tolls	8.1	29
14	Out of the Blue	8.0	26
15	The High Life	8.0	26
16	Hung for a Sheep	7.9	32
17	The Third Man	7.7	27
18	Missing in Action	7.5	29
19	Caped Crusaders	8.2	29
20	Moving Target	8.2	28
21	Lily of the Valley	7.9	25
22	House Rules	7.9	25
23	Mackerel Sky	8.0	24
24	Absent Friends	7.9	26
25	Music of the Spheres	7.8	30

Season 13 (2003)

7.85 avg 25 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 47 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Speed	7.7	32
2	Dog Days	7.6	29
3	Mother's Little Helpers	8.0	30
4	Fool for Love	8.1	32
5	A Family Affair	7.9	28
6	The Holiday's Over	7.8	28
7	Waifs and Strays	7.8	31
8	Brought to Book	8.1	34
9	State of Mind	7.9	31
10	Down to Earth	7.9	25
11	Mountains and Molehills	7.3	29
12	The Dear Departed	7.4	28
13	Dangerous Whispers	7.9	30
14	Scent of a Kill	7.7	26
15	Daniel	8.8	53
16	One Thing Leads to Another	8.2	28
17	No Hard Feelings	7.7	39
18	Difficult Times	7.7	29
19	Nowhere Man	7.6	33
20	Swan Song	8.0	30
21	Strangers on a Train	8.0	28
22	A Call to Arms	7.8	29
23	Muck and Brass	7.7	28
24	Double Trouble	7.5	31
25	Little Angel	8.1	38

Season 14 (2004)

7.73 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 46 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Money, Money, Money	7.9	33
2	Secrets and Lies	8.0	32
3	Fakers and Frauds	7.8	33
4	The Happiest Day	7.8	32
5	Hunter's Moon	8.2	35
6	Wrecked	7.9	32
7	Say It with Flowers	8.1	32
8	Precious Stones	7.7	36
9	Buried Secrets	7.7	29
10	Stormy Weather	7.7	30
11	Who's Sorry Now?	7.8	35
12	In Sickness and in Health	8.1	38
13	In the Bleak Midwinter	8.2	47
14	Blast from the Past	7.8	29
15	Icon	7.3	29
16	Golf Papa One Zero	7.9	30
17	The Long View	7.9	32
18	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	8.2	37
19	Friends and Relations	7.7	32
20	Off the Rails	7.5	29
21	Rustlers and Hustlers	7.3	27
22	Duty of Care	7.3	30
23	Shadows from the Past	7.1	29
24	Every Dog His Day	7.2	28
25	Services Rendered	7.4	27
26	Bin Man	7.4	28

Season 15 (2005)

7.85 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 51 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fresh Start	8.2	38
2	The Devil You Know	7.7	31
3	Miller's Tale	7.9	33
4	Mastermind	7.9	39
5	Family Ties	7.9	33
6	The End of the Road	8.2	34
7	Picture This	7.7	27
8	The Good Samaritan	7.7	29
9	Blood Brothers	7.6	32
10	Burden of Proof	7.8	32
11	O Guilty Man!	8.2	34
12	Auld Acquaintance	8.1	33
13	Living with the Past	8.1	30
14	Risky Business	7.7	28
15	Hostage to Fortune	8.2	32
16	Judgement Day	7.7	32
17	Get Back	7.7	29
18	Runners and Riders	7.8	30
19	Great Expectations	7.8	27
20	Kith and Kin	7.6	32
21	Wine and Roses	7.4	28
22	This Happy Breed	7.8	33
23	Keeping Secrets	7.6	30
24	The Dying of the Light	7.7	27
25	Bad Company	7.8	27
26	Accidents Happen	8.4	39

Season 16 (2006)

7.80 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 46 min avg

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	C'est la Vie	7.9	33
2	Old Scores	7.6	35
3	Intelligence Matters	8.0	29
4	Please Please Me	8.1	37
5	Memoirs of a Fighting Man	7.5	32
6	Pretty Woman	7.2	30
7	Stumped	8.3	33
8	Little White Lies	8.0	27
9	Hearts and Flowers	7.9	28
10	Give Peace a Chance	7.9	28
11	Dead Men Do Tell Tales	7.6	26
12	Vendetta	8.0	30
13	Sleeping Dogs	8.2	35
14	Another Little Piece of My Heart	7.8	31
15	Seeds of Destruction	8.0	27
16	No Laughing Matter	7.7	28
17	Out of Africa	7.7	31
18	The Dreams That You Dream	8.2	29
19	Mind Games	7.6	30
20	The Medium Is the Message	6.9	30
21	One Small Step	7.8	28
22	Troubled Waters	7.9	28
23	Where There's Smoke	7.4	28
24	Laying the Ghost	8.0	33

Season 17 (2007)

7.86 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 46 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stop Gap	8.1	35
2	Heirs Apparent	7.8	30
3	Night Mail	8.0	27
4	Love Story	8.0	29
5	Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day	7.7	25
6	Touch and Go	8.3	38
7	Burying the Past	8.2	35
8	Only Make Believe	8.1	28
9	The Devil Rides Out	7.7	27
10	Changing Roles	7.8	24
11	A Brush with the Law	8.0	30
12	The Heart of a Man	7.7	26
13	Out of the Long Dark Night	7.6	25
14	Take Three Girls	7.8	26
15	Hey Hey LBJ	7.7	31
16	Danse Macabre	7.7	31
17	Missing Persons	7.7	25
18	Taking Stock	7.7	23
19	The Big Chill	8.1	27
20	Bully Boys	7.8	28
21	It Came from Outer Space	7.8	28
22	You Never Can Tell	7.6	27
23	Mixed Messages	7.8	28
24	Oscar's Birthday	8.0	28

Season 18 (2008)

7.82 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 46 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Family Matters	7.8	37
2	England Expects	8.2	38
3	Mother of Invention	7.6	34
4	Living Off the Land	7.9	31
5	Guilty Secrets	8.2	36
6	Strike Up the Band	7.7	40
7	Return Crossing	7.6	28
8	Looking for Isabella	7.7	38
9	The Hospital Job	7.9	36
10	Ups and Downs	7.7	30
11	Thursday's Children	7.7	35
12	The Middle of Somewhere	7.0	36
13	School of Hard Knocks	7.6	28
14	The Runaways	7.7	29
15	Cashing In	8.1	35
16	A Whiter Shade of Pale	8.1	37
17	The War of the Roses	8.0	30
18	Ties That Bind	8.1	34
19	Deadlier Than the Male	7.1	29
20	Jobs for the Boys	7.9	25
21	My One and Only	8.0	30
22	The Open Door	7.9	32
23	Pass the Parcel	7.7	31
24	Sweet Sorrow	8.5	65