Popularity
In its heyday between 1984 and 1990 Hartbeat regularly attracted over 5 million viewers which was, at the time, a very high figure for a children's television series in the UK., and was one of the most popular series broadcast on Children's BBC. The popularity of the series led to repeats being screened on the Children's BBC segment of BBC 2's short-lived daytime television service, Daytime on Two, in a morning slot, during school holidays between 1986 and 1989.
By 1992 Hartbeat was felt to have become a shadow of its former self and, with viewing figures on the wane, the BBC finally decided to discontinue the series a year later. The final episode was screened on 17 November 1993.
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