Heartbeat (Season 18)

Family Matters (Episode 1)

Writer: John Flanagan

Air date: 2008-10-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Miller's personal and professional lives are put under jeopardy when his daughter Cheryl is kidnapped, Aunt Peggy thinks she is dying, a suspicious man stays at the Aidensfield Arms who could be connected to a possible assassination attempt on a foreign leader who is attending a conference.

England Expects (Episode 2)

Writer: Shaun McKenna

Air date: 2008-10-19

Runtime: 60 min

Mother of Invention (Episode 3)

Writer: Mark Holloway

Air date: 2008-10-26

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A woman who claims to be Carol's mum appears in Aidensfield along with a friend of Carol's. Carol and Joe are involved with the problems of a young mother. David and Dawn start a money making scheme with David becoming a chimney sweep.

Living off the Land (Episode 4)

Writer: Susan Wilkins

Air date: 2008-11-02

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Joe and Carol investigate when a woman from a group of travellers is found to have been beaten, Don finds out his wife is cheating on him, Lord Ashfordly's gamekeeper and the head of the travellers are involved in a drugs plot, a man is found murdered on Lord Ashfordly's estate and David is at war with a rival taxi firm.

Guilty Secrets (Episode 5)

Writer: John Flanagan

Air date: 2008-11-09

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Joe risks his career to help DS Dawson when it appears she has stolen £400 during a police raid on a criminal's house and Bernie finds out he has a daughter he never knew existed

Strike Up the Band (Episode 6)

Writer: Shaun McKenna

Air date: 2008-11-16

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The rivalry between two competing brass bands escalates when the police are forced to step in.

Return Crossing (Episode 7)

Writer: Peter Gibbs

Air date: 2009-04-19

Runtime: 60 min

Looking For Isabella (Episode 8)

Writer: Jane Hollowood

Air date: 2009-04-26

Runtime: 60 min

The Hospital Job (Episode 9)

Writer: Jonathan Critchley

Air date: 2009-05-03

Runtime: 60 min

Ups and Downs (Episode 10)

Writer: John Flanagan

Air date: 2009-05-10

Runtime: 60 min

Thursday's Children (Episode 11)

Writer: Michael Eaton

Air date: 2009-05-17

Runtime: 60 min

The Middle of Somewhere (Episode 12)

Writer: Michael Eaton

Air date: 2009-05-24

Runtime: 60 min

School of Hard Knocks (Episode 13)

Writer: Peter Gibbs

Air date: 2009-05-31

Runtime: 60 min

The Runaways (Episode 14)

Writer: John Milne

Air date: 2009-06-07

Runtime: 60 min

Cashing In (Episode 15)

Writer: Shaun McKenna

Air date: 2009-06-14

Runtime: 60 min

A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Episode 16)

Writer: Mark Holloway

Air date: 2010-07-18

Runtime: 60 min

The War of the Roses (Episode 17)

Writer: Susan Wilkins

Air date: 2010-07-25

Runtime: 60 min

Ties That Bind (Episode 18)

Writer: John Flanagan

Air date: 2010-08-01

Runtime: 60 min

Deadlier Than the Male (Episode 19)

Writer: Peter Gibbs

Air date: 2010-08-08

Runtime: 60 min

Jobs for the Boys (Episode 20)

Writer: Jane Hollowood

Air date: 2010-08-15

Runtime: 60 min

My One and Only (Episode 21)

Writer: Shaun McKenna

Air date: 2010-08-22

Runtime: 60 min

The Open Door (Episode 22)

Writer: Jonathan Critchley

Air date: 2010-08-29

Runtime: 60 min

Pass the Parcel (Episode 23)

Writer: Mark Holloway

Air date: 2010-09-05

Runtime: 60 min

Sweet Sorrow (Episode 24)

Writer: John Flanagan

Runtime: 60 min