Heartbeat - Season 5 - Eps 14: Sitting Off the Dock of the Bay
Blaketon receives complaints about rock music being broadcast from a pirate radio station. Nick and Phil who have been enjoying the music, reluctantly seek out the station which is broadcasting from a ship at sea. But they are pleased to discover it is out past the 3 mile limit. Nick, Gina, Phil and Maggie go to a club one night where Maggie's brother is working as a DJ, he is also the DJ on the pirate radio ship. Things take a different turn when Maggie's brother discovers that some of the people he's working with are distributing LSD. Joe Norten is back in Aidensfield after doing time for arson, but he is doing his best to go straight. His friends however tempt him into trying the LSD which makes him fall off a building to his death. Nick goes undercover as a DJ to investigate. The ship moves back into the 3 mile limit and the dealers are caught, but Nick lets the pirate radio continue! Blaketon is annoyed when the evidence he had against Greengrass for making whisky goes up in smoke
About Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
First Air Date: 1992-04-10
Last Air Date: 2010-09-05
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 32 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 19
Total Episodes: 372
Network: ITV1
Genres: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Production Companies: Yorkshire Television
Synopsis
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Cast
Derek Fowlds
Oscar Blaketon
William Simons
PC Alf Ventress
Tricia Penrose
Gina Bellamy
Peter Benson
Bernie Scripps
Gwen Taylor
Peggy Armstrong
Lisa Kay
Carol Cassidy
Joseph McFadden
PC Joe Mason
Nikki Sanderson
Dawn Bellamy
David Lonsdale
David Stockwell
Steven Blakeley
PC Geoff Younger