Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)

Infobox British television
show_name = Where the Heart Is


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format = Drama
picture_format = 4:3, 16:9
runtime = 60 minutes
creator = Vicky Featherstone
Ashley Pharoah
starring = A sizable list of regulars
channel = ITV
first_aired = 1997
last_aired = 2006
num_series = 10
num_episodes = 110
producer = United Productions (later Granada) with:
Anglia Television (1997-2004)
Meridian Broadcasting (2004-5)

Granada Television (2005-2006)
related =
imdb_id = 0154094

"Where the Heart Is" is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.

First shown in 1997, 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 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 viewing figures of well over 7 million. [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds38099.html Soaps - News - 'Where The Heart Is' axed after a decade - Digital Spy ] ]

The series was filmed in the Colne and Holme valleys of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire using the real life villages of Marsden, Slaithwaite and Meltham for many of the external shots. The First series was mostly filmed in Slaithwaite, but from series 2 onwards, they used Marsden as their main and home filming location.

Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Pam Ferris, Leslie Ash, Denise Van Outen plus many more

Creators: Vicky Featherstone, Ashley Pharoah

The lowdown: This heart-warming prime-time drama features the loves and lives of families living in the small Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. The first series focuses on two hard-working district nurses, Peggy Snow (Pam Ferris) and her sister-in-law Ruth Goddard (Sarah Lancashire). The plots gradually branch out to take in the wider community with each new series. Newer lead characters include Karen Buckley (Leslie Ash), glamorous single mum Kim Blakeney (Denise Van Outen) and the new sister at the health centre Anna Kirkwall (Lesley Dunlop).

Memorable moments: There is high drama for the Snow family when Peggy and her daughter Lucy fight for life following a car accident. Several lead characters also meet a sticky end: from being killed in a house fire to death by runaway horse.

Trivia: A single episode of Where the Heart Is took 11 days to film and another five weeks in post production. Pam Ferris and Sarah Lancashire were both nominated for National TV Awards after the first two series.

Rugby League was frequently featured in the series and was mainly made up from players from Brighouse Rangers Amateur Rugby League Club.

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
* Geraldine Newman as Mrs Murfin
* 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 Grainger as Megan Boothe (first)
* Marsha Thomason as Jacqui Richards

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154094/ "Where the Heart Is"] at the Internet Movie Database.
* [http://www.geocities.com/iankelseysite "The Ian Kelsey Site"]