Peak Practice

And I mean, I was thinking, staying with the spinoff thing, it's interesting that I know Elizabeth Sladen kind of apparently actively decided she wanted to be a mother and wasn't.

Because Elizabeth Sladen did Downtime and then was recurring in Peak Practice that was the biggest show on ITV at the time.

And it's just a bit mad to think that like, but I guess I suppose if it's a favour to Christopher Barry or whatever, she's like, yeah, I'll turn up and do a day or so or whatever.

But it's hard to understand why Wendy Padbury would have chosen this.

I'm your host, John Mabey, TV and film historian, writer, archivist, podcaster, and more annoying than when you get one of those hard bits in your popcorn.

My guest this evening is an actor who has graced our screens for many years, having appeared in such shows as Peak Practice, Kingdom, and Emmerdale.

But to millions, he will always be known as Daniel in the gritty, terrifying police drama, Happy Valley.

Please welcome to the show, Carl Davis.

So yeah, grew up born and bred in and around Stockport.

And then, yeah, started working at 17.

That was my first gig whilst, which you mentioned in the intro was peak practice.

I think it was, yeah, I was just about to turn 18 and got a lucky break and haven't looked back.