Frankie Rio is a fictional character portrayed by Alan Price in the TV series Heartbeat.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled In the Bleak Midwinter (season 14), they were 62 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 372 aired
Episodes1
In the Bleak Midwinter
episode S14.E13 december 2004The Frankie Rio Trio once belonged at the top of the charts, but popularity has dropped and now they are struggling for a comeback. Now finances are so low they have to skip a hotel bill. They are on their way to Aidensfield, where they will stay with their old friend Vernon Scripps until an important gig in Whitby. On the way pick up a young woman, Rachel Godwin, and her baby and give her a lift to Aidensfield where her parents live. She has run away from a maternity hospital because she does not want to give up the baby for adoption and is now on her way to her parent's house in the village. While she calls her mother to prepare her Frankie is scared off by the sight of PC Walker and the trio drives off without knowing they have an extra passenger.