Heartbeat: Absent Friends

Series 12, episode 24

Written by
Directed by
Bob Tomson

Originally Aired On: Sunday, 11 May 2003

Merton organises a search of the moors after a farming couple are reported missing, leaving Jenny and Liz to look after their bemused children. Meanwhile, a reluctant Bernie is taken on a mini break to a country hotel by Vernon - but he grows increasingly dismayed over the plans for a new garage. Rural drama, starring Geoffrey Hughes, Duncan Bell and Sarah Tansey

Cast

AislĂ­n McGuckin...Dr. Liz Merrick
Cally Lawrence...Linda Jarvis
Rosie Foster...Beth Jarvis
Thomas Mason...Andrew Jarvis
Sarah Tansey...Jenny Latimer
Image for Tricia PenroseTricia Penrose...Gina Ward
David Lonsdale...David Stockwell
Peter Benson...Bernard 'Bernie' Scripps
Derek Fowlds...Oscar Blaketon
Image for Geoffrey HughesGeoffrey Hughes...Vernon Scripps
Gareth Thomas...Nathaniel Clegghorn
James Carlton...PC Steve Crane
William Simons...PC Alf Ventress
Duncan Bell...Sgt. Dennis Iain Merton
Mark Jordon...PC Phil Bellamy
Jack Chissick...Trevor West
Robert Lawrenson...Tom Watkins
Loveday Smith...Norma Weld
Jane Hollowood
Keith Richardson
Bob Tomson