In which television series does Geoffrey Hughes play Vernon Scripps?

Answer 1

That be Heartbeat. A British long running soap opera. It is set in the Yorkshire Dales in the 60's - even though it has been running for at least 15 years. The show centres around the local coppers who are tough but fair and achieve amazing results considering they cover a huge area that houses sheep rustlers, arsonists (weekly) and disgruntled farmers mad.
Vernon Scripps is the local garage owner who is involved involved somwhere in the script - normally as the reluctant stooge of Claude Greengrass (although he is now dead). Vernon is a good man with a good heart. He also drives the hearse so is normally involved every week.
Hope this helps.