T J Middleditch is a fictional character portrayed by Ian Carmichael in the TV series Heartbeat.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Out of the Blue (season 12), they were 82 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 372 aired
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Out of the Blue
episode S12.E14 january 2003Vernon Scripps and David are on their way in a tanker when they are forced off the road by an oncoming car. None of them get seriously hurt when the tanker overturns, but Vernon Scripps has a temporary loss of memory. Dr. Alway gets him admitted to his own hospital The Royal in Elsinby. The contents of the tanker ooze out on the ground and into a river and several people show signs of poisoning. Vernon Scripps is the only one, who knows what is in the tanker, and the hospital staff will not let anybody talk to him. Getting the tanker contents analyzed will take days and meanwhile nobody is allowed to use the tap water.