Career
His first television role was as a police constable in a 1982 episode of The Professionals entitled Cry Wolf. He is perhaps best known for his role as Donald Turner in the popular British Broadcasting Corporation series One By One about a zoo veterinary He also starred in the late 1980s in the Pepperami advertising campaign "Venus Fly Trap" and "Piranha".
Heyland has since turned to script writing, contributing six episodes of Between The Lincolnshire (which he also created), two of Thief Takers, and an episode of Foyle"s War.
Other credits include Without Motive, Promoted to Glory, Bomber, and Have Your Cake and Eat lieutenant He is co-creator, with SAS veteran Chris Ryan of popular Independent Television action show Ultimate Force, which ended in 2007.