ITV,suspends Heartbeat.

[Leekbrookgull]

Itv are denying reports that the popular t/v programme Heartbeat has been axed. Itv are saying production has stopped on the series,so it can clear a back log of unbroadcast episodes. It appears that ITV wishes to clear these episodes before filming starts again. Itv is unclear about how long the break in production will be. Heartbeat has been a Sunday evening 'regular' since 1992.

 

[supaseagull]

great news.

Hopefully they won't make any more

 

[Jim D]

I would guess each episode costs about £250K to produce so, if they have a backlog of 10, that's £2.5M they've saved for no cost. It's a sign of the economic probs every company is having.

 

[Don Quixote]

who actually watches ITV? No seriously? Does ANYONE watch that dire tv channel?

 

[Zesh Rehman]

who actually watches ITV? No seriously? Does ANYONE watch that dire tv channel?

Good point.

 

[surrey jim]

There was an accident filming it yesterday when a stunt went wrong.

 

[supaseagull]

There was an accident filming it yesterday when a stunt went wrong.

was it a cunning stunt?

 

[Easy 10]

Aorta just scrap it.

 

[surrey jim]

was it a cunning stunt?

article would be avail on the sun's website. Unable to access it from work

 

[Peppermint Tea]

Marvellous. Utter twaddle that programme.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Aorta just scrap it.

Smooth

Maybe the village constable (whoever he is these days) could make a cardiac arrest?

 

[Basil Fawlty]

How long have they been in the sixes for now?! Surely it would make sense to move to 70's then 80's. Because to me it always seems to be the same f***ing year!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Long-running 1960s police drama Heartbeat has become the latest casualty of the media advertising recession, with ITV shelving production of a new series as it seeks to cut programming costs.

ITV confirmed today that Heartbeat, first broadcast in 1992, and spin-off hospital drama The Royal will not be recommissioned after the current production cycle is complete later this year.

The broadcaster was not able to say when or if Heartbeat and The Royal would go back into production.

However, while ITV will rest the two Yorkshire-set dramas, it is understood the broadcaster has stockpiled enough episodes of both shows for new series to be transmitted this year and in 2010.

"Heartbeat and The Royal are an important part of ITV's schedule and are currently in production," said a spokesman for ITV.

Last week ITV revealed it was cutting another long-running drama, The Bill, from two weekly episodes to one and moving it to a new 9pm berth later this year.

Heartbeat, which originally starred Nick Berry as a London policeman transferred to a north Yorkshire village, was for years a mainstay of ITV's Sunday night schedule, attracting audiences of 15 million viewers in its 1990s heyday.

However, since ITV1 shifted Emmerdale and Coronation Street out of its Sunday early evening schedule at the start of last year, Heartbeat has seen its ratings dwindle.

The most recent series of the show last autumn was attracting audiences in the region of 5.5 million to 6 million against BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing Sunday night results show.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

THREE people were injured when a runaway tractor ploughed into the crew on the set of Heartbeat yesterday.

One cameraman had to be airlifted to hospital after a stunt went wrong during filming.

A stuntman, a woman dog handler and her dog jumped from the blue Ford 1960s tractor as it raced out of control down a hill.

Real-life drama ... proper cops assess runaway vehicle's damage

Real-life drama ... proper cops assess runaway vehicle's damage

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Twenty people fled for their lives when it crashed into a tree, bounced into another tree, then rolled over twice before landing back on its wheels.

The 9.20am horror happened as the show, which stars Joe McFadden as PC Joe Mason, was being filmed at Grosmont, near Whitby, North Yorkshire.

A fan who was watching claimed the tractor driver should have pulled an emergency stop button but panicked and forgot.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

First The Bill, and now Heartbeat.

The thin blue line gets ever thinner



(only joking, they are both complete toss)

 

[Lady Whistledown]

THREE people were injured when a runaway tractor ploughed into the crew on the set of Heartbeat yesterday.

One cameraman had to be airlifted to hospital after a stunt went wrong during filming.

A stuntman, a woman dog handler and her dog jumped from the blue Ford 1960s tractor as it raced out of control down a hill.

Real-life drama ... proper cops assess runaway vehicle's damage

Real-life drama ... proper cops assess runaway vehicle's damage

NNP / NorthNews

Twenty people fled for their lives when it crashed into a tree, bounced into another tree, then rolled over twice before landing back on its wheels.

The 9.20am horror happened as the show, which stars Joe McFadden as PC Joe Mason, was being filmed at Grosmont, near Whitby, North Yorkshire.

A fan who was watching claimed the tractor driver should have pulled an emergency stop button but panicked and forgot.

Now I don't believe this story for one second.

A "fan"?!

 

[Bry Nylon]

A fan who was watching claimed the tractor driver should have pulled an emergency stop button but panicked and forgot.

Has that "fan" (ie - made up quote) ever driven a tractor?? There is no "emergency stop button". Its a tractor, not a f***ing conveyor belt!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Has that "fan" (ie - made up quote) ever driven a tractor?? There is no "emergency stop button". Its a tractor, not a f***ing conveyor belt!

Isn't the "emergency stop button" otherwise known as a brake handle ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

In a way Strictly Cum Dancing has to be blamed for the axing of two shows because the braindeads have been engrossed in watching the "dancing" .