Rob Heyland is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 turned television

Television

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 writer

Writer

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His first TV role was as a police constable in a 1982 episode of The Professionals

The Professionals (TV series)

The Professionals was a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mk1 Productions and London Weekend Television that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon...

entitled Cry Wolf.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Donald Turner in the popular BBC

BBC

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 series One By One

One By One (TV series)

One By One is a British television series made by the BBC between 1984 and 1987.The series, created by Anthony Read, followed the career of international veterinarian David Taylor and his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s...

 about a zoo

Zoo

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 vet

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He has since turned to script writing, contributing six episodes of Between The Lines (which he also created), two of Thief Takers

Thief Takers

Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad...

, and an episode of Foyle's War. Other credits include Without Motive, Promoted to Glory, Bomber, and Have Your Cake and Eat It.
He is co-creator, with SAS

Special Air Service

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 veteran Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan

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 of popular ITV

ITV

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 action show Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...

, which ended in 2007.

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