Heartbeat: Season 6, Episode 2

Old Colonials (8 Sep. 1996)

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Someone has let Bill Ruane's horses out, but he manages to catch them with the help of Jo Weston, who is on an outing with her students. Ruane has financial troubles because nobody has ... 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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Juliette Gruber ...
Jo Weston
Anne Stallybrass ...
Niven Boyd ...
Bill Ruane
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Walter Gillies
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Jeb C Faulkner
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Victoria Williams ...
Sue Shepherd
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Someone has let Bill Ruane's horses out, but he manages to catch them with the help of Jo Weston, who is on an outing with her students. Ruane has financial troubles because nobody has money to pay him. He is suspected to be behind a series of burglaries in the area including one at Ashfordly Hall in which his lordship's game keeper Gillies is knocked down, and part of the loot from that burglary is found at Ruane's stables. Greengrass has a flat tyre, but luckily his is picked up by his nephew Norman and Jeb, Norman's new friend from the American air force. They have a business proposition for him. The have started an import business and need storage place. Written by Carsten Pedersen

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