Heather Black was a regular character in UK Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

, Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

, played by Amanda Burton

Amanda Burton

Amanda Burton is an award-winning actress from Northern Ireland. Burton is best known for her high-profile television roles as Karen Fisher in Waterloo Road , Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, Clare Blake in The Commander, Beth Glover in Peak Practice, and Heather Black in the...

 from 1982 until 1986.

Character

Heather was a driven career woman who had a habit of henpecking her first husband Roger. Heather and Roger represented the young urban professionals on Brookside Close.

Marriage to Roger

Heather's marriage to Roger Huntington was often difficult. Roger's boss implied to Heather that if she put out to him Roger would get the promotion he was due. In 1983 Heather found Roger to be having an affair with a client, Diane McAllister and she throws him out.

Marriage to Nicholas

In November 1985, she was involved in a car collision with Nicholas Black

Nicholas Black

Nicholas Black was a regular character in UK Channel 4 soap opera Brookside between 1985 and 1986, played by Alan Rothwell.He married Heather Huntingdon on 30 June 1986, just months after they met when she crashed into his car...

.A relationship swiftly formed and they were married on 30 June 1986.

However she later finds out about his heroin addiction. Nicholas later overdoses on heroin and his ex-wife advises that Heather leave him. Nicholas takes to stealing from Heather in an attempt to feed his heroin addiction. In November 1986 Heather tells him to leave and four days later he is found dead on a park bench in Sefton Park

Sefton Park

Sefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name within the Liverpool City Council Ward of Mossley Hill, and roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park...

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