PlayFew fans will forget this tragic Heartbeat episode. After the birth of their daughter, Kate and Nick are out for the day when Kate suddenly starts to feel ill.
It is the onset of pneumonia. Ignoring doctors' advice to go into hospital, she insists on staying at home and dies peacefully in her sleep. In his grief, Nick strikes out at nurse Maggie Bolton at the wake. The close of the episode is a supreme tear-jerker.