Heartbeat: Season 6, Episode 10

The Championship (3 Nov. 1996)

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It is time for the annual match for the coits championship between Aidensfield and Holinsby. Jack Abbott is playing for the Holinsby team and at the same time having an affair with his team... See full summary »

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Nick Berry ...
Bill Maynard ...
Derek Fowlds ...
William Simons ...
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Kazia Pelka ...
Stuart Golland ...
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Anne Stallybrass ...
Juliette Gruber ...
Jo Weston
Peter Benson ...
Diane Langton ...
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Fiona Weston
Bernard Gallagher ...
Stuart Laing ...
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It is time for the annual match for the coits championship between Aidensfield and Holinsby. Jack Abbott is playing for the Holinsby team and at the same time having an affair with his team captain's wife Annie. When his own pregnant wife Jean finds out by accident, she drives off in their car, and Jack has to go home on the team bus. Donald Smethwick loses control of the bus, which runs off the road and down a slope. Ruby has managed to patch up the relationship between Nick and Jo, and Jo has decided it is time to introduce him to her parents. Jo's mother is not pleased to learn that Nick is a village bobby and a widower with a daughter. Written by Carsten Pedersen

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