In the quiet North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield a policeman's lot is often a very happy one. So found PC Nicholas Rhea whose colourful and warm-hearted stories of his countryside beat in the 1960s are the inspiration behind the enormously popular television drama, 'Heartbeat'.
Whether he's trying to squash six sheep into a Ford Anglia, bottling holy water with insanitary results, or running a coconut shy where the coconuts are not all they seem, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass - and his dog, Alfred - always have some dodgy scheme afoot. So it's down to Sergeant Blaketon and PC Nick to keep one step ahead of them - without falling over their own feet in the process . . .
