What role does Derek Fowlds play in the series Heartbeat
Derek Fowlds actor Jeremy Fowlds. Reports that he was formerly married to the actress Adrienne Corri are false. Derek Fowlds Derek Fowlds (born 2 September 1937) is an English actor, best known for playing Bernard Woolley in popular British television comedies "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister", and Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama "Heartbeat", a role he played for 18 years. Fowlds was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of Ketha Muriel (née Treacher) and James Witney Fowlds, a salesman. Fowlds was educated at Ashlyns School, a former Secondary Modern School in the historic town of Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire.
Heartbeat (UK TV series) Sanderson. Derek Fowlds and William Simons were the only main-cast actors who remained with the show over its entire 18-series run. "Heartbeat" is set in the 1960s. Although the specific timeframe is vague, various episodes appear to correspond to events between 1964 and 1969. For the series transmitted between 1992 and 1999, the setting corresponded roughly with the date 30 years before. After 1999 the series was "frozen" in 1969. The series initially revolves around the work of a group of police officers in the fictional town of Ashfordly and the village of Aidensfield in the North Riding of Yorkshire.