The day’s filming on Heartbeat is done, the police uniforms are back on their pegs and actors Derek Fowlds and Jason Durr are in the pub for a well-earned pint.
Before the night is over, Derek, nothing like his crotchety character Sgt Oscar Blaketon, is belting out his favourite songs.
Jason, who played his Heartbeat sidekick PC Mike Bradley, remembers those nights in Goathland, North Yorkshire, where Heartbeat was filmed, as he reminisces with fondness about his friend Derek, who died in January, aged 82.
He says: “I got on famously with Derek. He was an absolute joy. He brought such charisma and was such a lovely man. One of my first scenes in Heartbeat was with him and he set me off on a great path after that. “After work, we would often