JOE McFADDEN, GLENDARROCH TO AIDENSFIELD & BEYOND

::So many different stories that it's hard to know what to believe.

Anyway just in case, there is now a website dedicated to saving Heartbeat.   To be honest, even if Joe weren't in it, I would want to see HB continue.   So many people enjoy it, and those people deserve to be catered for.

Is HB outdated?   In a word - no.  But maybe a little more could be made of the characters.  Joe's character seemed to have a personality transplant after the first few episodes...he came in like a lion, and soon turned into a lamb.  Of course, lambs are very sweet, but he was so different to other bobbies, that he generated a fair bit of public response, nearly all along the lines of  "a breath of fresh air".

The character of Joe Mason has such a great back story I don't know why, as yet, it hasn't been used to its full potential.  In fact, Joe has been pretty much a peripheral character imo, because although he has a lot of screen time, he really doesn't have to do much with it.

So ITV - the answer is surely to cure, not to kill.

If anyone wants to support the movement to save HB, there is a website set up:

http://saveheartbeat.proboards.com