Heartbeat - Heirs Apparent - 6:55 pm Monday, February 16 on ITV3

Ophelia Lovibond (Actor) .. Charlie Prentice

Joe McFadden (Actor) .. PC Joe Mason

Born: October 09, 1975 in Glasgow

Best Known For: Heartbeat and Holby City.

Early-life: Joseph McFadden was born in Glasgow on October 9, 1975. His school drama teacher saw his potential and recommended him for a small part in Taggart, which he played in 1988. He went on to have a recurring role in Take the High Road. He made his film debut in Small Faces (1996).

Career: McFadden increased his exposure with roles in three miniseries - The Crow Road, Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll and The Glass. His big break came in 2007 when he began playing PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat, a role he played for two years. During the same period, he had a recurring role in Casualty. His other TV credits include Cranford. In 2014, he joined the cast of Holby City, playing Raffaello Di Lucca.

Quote: "I'm lucky, I suppose, that I can still look quite young. But, in a way, it's a curse as well because for years I wasn't playing my age and was playing people younger."

Trivia: On the stage, he has appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Rent and Rainbow Kiss.

Lisa Kay (Actor) .. Carol Cassidy

Glenn Cunningham (Actor) .. Mr Fossett

Vanessa Hehir (Actor) .. Rosie Cartwright

Best Known For: Heartbeat and Waterloo Road.

Early-life: Vanessa was born in Manchester in 1981. She graduated from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2004. Her first TV credit was a guest role in Holby City.

Career: Hehir had a recurring role in Grease Monkeys but her first break came in 2004 when she was cast as Rosie Cartwright in rural drama Heartbeat. She stayed with the show until 2007. Since then, she has starred in Emmerdale, Hustle and Stella. In 2013, she joined the cast of Waterloo Road, playing Sue Spark.

Quote: "I've been very lucky with my career as I've loved all the jobs I've done."

Trivia: Hehir emigrated to Australia at the age of six.

David Lonsdale (Actor) .. David Stockwell

Peter Benson (Actor) .. Bernie Scripps

Derek Fowlds (Actor) .. Oscar Blaketon

Born: September 02, 1937 in London

Best Known For: Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.

Early-life: Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.

Career: Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.

Quote: "I'm still waiting to be discovered."

Trivia: He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.

Cherith Mellor (Actor) .. Jean Robson

Tricia Penrose (Actor) .. Gina Bellamy

John Duttine (Actor) .. Sgt George Miller

Born: March 15, 1949 in Barnsley

Best Known For: The Day of the Triffids.

Early-life: Born March 15, 1949, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, but brought up in Bradford. On leaving school, he realised "acting was the only thing I did well," so moved to London at the age of 17. He enrolled at the Drama Centre, and following graduation, began landing roles on stage. His first professional job was playing a trio of characters in Hamlet at the Citizens Theatre Company in Glasgow.

Career: Further theatre work followed, until TV and films beckoned. Duttine's early small screen appearances came in Softly Softly, Z Cars, A Pin to See the Peepshow and The Nine Tailors. In 1977, he featured in two Coronation Street episodes and the acclaimed Spend Spend Spend. Bigger parts came in Jesus of Nazareth and The Mallens, before To Serve Them All My Days made him a star on both sides of the Atlantic. The Day of the Triffids, A Woman of Substance and Lame Ducks were also hits. Since then he's appeared in Ain't Misbehavin', Touching Evil, Out of the Blue, The Jury and Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride. His recent work includes Heartbeat, Doc Martin, and The Paradise.

Quote: "I've got an instant retentive memory but it tends not to last longer than a day."

Trivia: Wed actress Mel Martin in 1998.

Gwen Taylor (Actor) .. Peggy Armstrong

Gerda Stevenson (Actor) .. Mrs Cameron

Steven Blakeley (Actor) .. PC Geoff Younger

William Simons (Actor) .. Alf Ventress

Mark Jordon (Actor) .. PC Phil Bellamy

Rupert Vansittart (Actor) .. Lord Charles Ashfordly

David Woodcock (Actor) .. Vicar

Keith Richardson (Executive producer)

Gerry Mill (Director)

Peter Gibbs (Writer)

Archie Tait (Producer)

Heartbeat: Heirs Apparent

6:55 pm - 8:00 pm, Monday, February 16 on ITV3 (10)

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Heirs Apparent
Season 17, Episode 2

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