Rachel's held at gunpoint

Rachel's held at gunpoint
Rachel's held at gunpoint (Image credit: Neil Sherwood)

In the final episode of this series, Judy Garland has found her way from the bright lights of Broadway to Aidensfield – says David Stockwell. The villagers are thrilled and Lord Ashfordly even invites her to dinner at his mansion. But has Judy really decided to vacation in Yorkshire? Or is this Judy packing a secret punch? Sergeant George Miller is distracted by his wife's behaviour. She's been accused of shoplifting by a local storekeeper and ends up in a cell overnight. It's a problem Miller can do without as he and his officers are heavily involved with trying to catch the crooks who have flooded Aidensfield with forged banknotes. Their prime suspect is a bad 'un from Bristol called Jim Bly and they post his picture throughout the area. Sure enough, Bly and his girlfriend, Ruthie, are hiding out in a barn and Ruthie's scared… She's seen the wanted posters and thinks they're going to be caught, but Bly won't leave. He decides to burgle a house where he knows the owner is away – and pushes his luck too far. The police are on to them; Ruthie's captured but Bly escapes. As DS Rachel Dawson transfers Ruthie to headquarters for questioning, Bly runs her off the road and holds her at gunpoint. Can Pc Mason lead the officers on a successful rescue mission? *Heartbeat will return later this year or early 2010*

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.