Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
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- This article is about the British TV series. For United States soap opera, see Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series).
| Where the Heart Is | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama |
| Run time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Vicky Featherstone Ashley Pharoah |
| Starring | A sizable list of regulars |
| Channel | ITV1 |
| Production company | ITV Productions |
| Air dates | 1996 – 2006 |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 110 |
| IMDb profile | |
Where the Heart Is was a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite. First shown in 1996, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone. One of ITV's longest-running shows, Where the Heart Is was known for being what has been described as a haven for former soap stars, including Thelma Barlow, Sarah Lancashire, Philip Middlemiss Samantha Giles, Kerrie Taylor, and Shobna Gulati. In October 2006 the series was cancelled after nine years, despite the viewing figures of well over 6 million.[1]
The series was filmed in the Colne and Holme Valley's of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire using the real life villages of Slaithwaite, Marsden and Meltham for many of the external shots. Some key filiming hot spots were:
- The Skelthwaite Arms - The Silent Woman Pub, Slaithwaite
- Goddards Mill - Metham Mills, Meltham
- The Health Centre - Marsden Health Centre, Marsden
2006 cast
- Lesley Dunlop as Anna Kirkwall
- Jessica Childs-Cavill as Amy Kirkwall
- Molly Martin & Millie Martin as Rachel Kirkwall/Boothe
- Christian Cooke as Luke Kirkwall
- Philip Middlemiss as David Buckley
- Brian Capron as Ozias Harding
- Andrew Paul as Billy Boothe
- Holly Lucas as Megan Boothe
- Adam Paul Harvey as Nathan Boothe
- Katy Clayton as Samantha Boothe
- Shobna Gulati as Nisha Clayton
- Ian Kelsey as Jack Clayton
- Fiona Wade as Rowan Clayton
- Richard Mylan as Danny Flint
- Taylor Bourke as Cady Flint
- Andrea Lowe as Zoë Phelps
- Joanna Riding as Terri Gough
- Wesley Nelson as Alfie Gough
- Tom Chadbon as Dr. Kenworthy
Notable Ex-cast
- Denise van Outen as Kim Blakeney
- Katie Riddoch as Molly Beresford
- Pam Ferris as Peggy Snow
- Tony Haygarth as Vic Snow
- Leslie Ash as Karen Buckley
- Keith Barron as Alan Boothe
- Georgia Moffett as Alice Harding
- Kelly Wenham as Jess Buckley
- Julian Lewis-Jones Tom Beresford
- Samantha Giles as Sally Boothe
- Thomas Craig as Simon Goddard
- Sarah Lancashire as Ruth Goddard
- Andrew Knott as Henry Green
- Jessica Baglow as Lucy Snow
- Danny Seward as Joe Beresford
- Kerrie Taylor as Beth Enright/Beresford
- Holly Graingeras Megan Boothe (first)
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