Heartbeat fans will remember switching on ... was best known for playing Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the hit drama from 1992 to 2000. Bill's character was a loveable rogue who had questionable ...

But behind the scenes, the cast of Heartbeat is caught up in dramas of ... also dealing with the loss of Bill Maynard, a stalwart as Greengrass, who was forced out through ill health in November.

Claude Jeremiah Greengrass lives long in the memory as the lovable rogue with a community spirit from ITV’s Heartbeat first shown in 1992, and for one local farmer at the heart of today’s ...