Following the departure of PC Nick Rowan from the programme in episode 98, "Local Knowledge", a special episode was filmed in Canada, to portray the new life of the Rowan family, and Nick's work in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The episode was filmed in 1998, and released on video the same year. It received its first TV airing in June 13 1999.
Hearfield is a spin-off series from the popular TV police/medical drama Heartbeat. Characters include Sergeant Nick Rowan and Dr. Jo Rowan. The series also originally featured several characters from Heartbeat but this idea was eventually dropped and Hearfield eventually became its own entity. Like Heartbeat.