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Peak Practice 1993 - 2002
Carlton TV, ITV, Central Indep TV |
Billy Matters, taxi driver
Series 6 Eps 13, 14 April 6 and 13, 1998 |
Jason O'Mara as Billy Matters, taxi driver
Series 6 Episodes 13, 14
Episode 13: Two Things Stand Like Stone Synopsis Screencaps
Episode 14: Once In A Lifetime Synopsis (unfortunately, no screencaps)
| All images for Peak Practice are courtesy of:
http://www.peakpracticeonline.co.uk/s6ep13.htm |
|
| Peak Practice 1993 - 2002
Carlton TV, ITV, Central Indep TV |
Billy Matters, taxi driver
Series 6 Eps 13, 14 April 6 and 13, 1998 |
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TV Series 1993 - 2002
Production Companies
Central Independent Television
Distributors
Carlton International Media Ltd. (worldwide)
Independent Television (ITV)
Airdates
Episode 6.13 aired April 6, 1998 - Two Things Stand Like Stone
Episode 6.14 aired April 13, 1998 - Once In A Lifetime
Cast of Two Things Stand Like Stone (Episode 13 of 14 in Series 6)
Jason O'Mara ... Billy Matters, taxi driver (1998)
Esther Coles ... Kim Beardsmore, receptionist/practice manager (1993-1998)
Fiona Gillies ... Clare Shearer (1998-1999)
Ludmilla Vuli ... Polly Stevens, receptionist (1998)
Saskia Wickham ... Dr. Erica Matthews (1996-1998)
Gary Mavers ... Dr. Andrew Attwood (1995-2000)
Adrian Lukis ... Dr. David Shearer (1997-1999)
Sarah Parish ... Dawn Rudge, receptionist (1998-1999)
Hazel Ellerby ... Chloe White (1993-1998)
Noreen Kershaw... Kate Lewis
Andrew C. Wadsworth... Peter Lewis
Jean Ainslie... Mrs. Winkle
Constance Barrie... Technician
Diane Beck... Receptionist
Mark Brignal... Major Watts
Danielle Clark... Jess McBride
Jon Fenner... Colin
Godfrey Jackman... Peter Cunningham
Simon Melia... Sean Cunningham
Edmund Moriarty... Paul
Carole Nimmons... Prof Pauline Donalds
Jon Fenner... Colin
Vincent Pickering... Rob McBride
Marcello Walton... Waiter
John Woodvine... Jackie Brown - Erica's Biological Father
Cast of Once In A Lifetime (Series 6 Finale - Erica's 'wedding')
Jason O'Mara ... Billy Matters, taxi driver (1998)
Gary Mavers ... Dr. Andrew Attwood (1995-2000)
Saskia Wickham ... Dr. Erica Matthews (1996-1998)
Adrian Lukis ... Dr. David Shearer (1997-1999)
Fiona Gillies ... Clare Shearer (1998-1999)
Hazel Ellerby ... Chloe White (1993-1998)
Sarah Parish ... Dawn Rudge, receptionist (1998-1999)
Esther Coles ... Kim Beardsmore, receptionist/practice manager (1993-1998)
Margery Mason ... Alice North (1993-2002)
Clive Swift ... Norman Shorthose (1998)
Dickon Tolson ... Lee Simms (12 episodes)
Geoffrey Bayldon... Alby James
Caroline Berry... Margaret, Andrew Attwood's Sister
James Cunningham... Jimmy
Trevor Dwyer-Lynch... Wes
Kate Fitzgerald... Chrissy Booth, Andrew Attwood's Sister
Bridget Fry... Sarah
Ian Gain... Christopher James
David Hatton... Mr. Marber
Nigel Hoyle... Liam Bannerman
Ella Hunt... Sarah-Jane White
Edward Jewesbury... Bob Hampton
Keeley Johnson... Lulu Rudge
Noreen Kershaw... Kate Lewis
William Leslie... Ambulanceman 1
Jane Lowe... Jayne Swift
Peter Meakin... Vicar
Mandy More... Flower Arranger
Katharine Page... Nora Oaks
Elaine Pyke... Dr. Rachel Howe
Clair Stewart... Mrs. Matthews - Erica's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
Neal Swettenham... Mr. Georgeson
Dickon Tolson... Lee Simms
Andrew C. Wadsworth... Peter Lewis
Vera Warwick... Martha Hampton
Liz Whiting... Hazel James
Jeffrey Wickham... Mr. Matthews - Erica's Adoptive Father (uncredited)
Rupert Wickham... Dr. Peter Cope
John Woodvine... Jackie Brown - Erica's Biological Father
Trivia
When the scriptwriters wrote the cliffhanger ending to Series 12, in which Alex and Claire fell (presumably to their deaths) over the side of a quarry, they expected that there would be another series. However the producers subsequently decided not to make another series feeling that Peak Practice had outlived its usefulness and leaving the fate of these two characters forever unknown.
Peak Practice was created by Lucy Gannon, who also devised Soldier Soldier. Before turning to writing Lucy worked as a nurse for the mentally handicapped.
Peak Practice (Drama)
Short Description: Medical drama series set in the Peak District
Long Description:
This popular Medical Drama series is viewed by many as the seasons of episodes carry on. This drama has been running since 1993 and is still popular today.
We follow the lives of the locals seeing all the twists and turns of events which take place at The Beeches in the Peak District. Along with affairs, anorexia the programme covers many other topical issues which the audience are likely to be interested in.
Each series contains many twists introducing new characters and developing the lives of the old ones. Regularly viewed on television the series progresses...
Rating: 3 Star
Two Things Stand Like Stone
Drama series about a rural Derbyshire general practice. As Erica gets ready for her hen night, Rob McBride's past threatens to crush his future.
Once In A Lifetime
Drama series about a rural Derbyshire general practice. Cardale prepares for the wedding of Andrew and Erica, but a health scare at the local old people's home tests everyone to the limit.
http://public.ambervalley.gov.uk
Amber Valley is a popular location for film and TV productions, with probably the most famous being the medical drama Peak Practice which has been filmed in the area since 1992. In the earlier programmes Crich and the surrounding countryside became the fictional village of Cardale. Many of the locations are easy to recognise, especially Wingfield Manor, which dominates the local skyline and has been used on several occasions.
The show has now ended, literally on a cliff-hanger, however, devoted followers of the series will soon be able to tune into a new medical drama called Sweet Medicine which is also being filmed close to Amber Valley. This will follow the lives of doctors Nicholas and Deborah Sweet as they attempt to set up a health centre in a Derbyshire Village.
Peak Practice is filmed in Derbyshire. The fictional village of Cardale is in fact Crich, which is situated 10 miles from Derby and 15 miles from Nottingham. Crich is a village on the edge of the Peak District in the Borough of Amber Valley.
PLACES TO VISIT:
The Beeches - Chestnut Bank, Fritchley, Derbyshire.
Beth Glover's House - Archway House, Crich, Derbyshire.
Jack Kerruish's House - Melkridge House, Fritchley, Derbyshire.
Andrew Attwood's House - Holloway, Derbyshire.
Erica Matthew's House - Iridgehay, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Norman Shorthose's Chemist Shop - Old Post Office, Bonsall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
The Peak District National Park
THE PEAK DISTRICT:
542 square miles of moors and dales, ravines and crags, beautiful flora and fauna.
Population - 40,000
But it looks like they're on the move...
PEAK INTO THEIR NEW HOME
At last, ITV medical drama Peak Practice is to get a home of its own. Up until now the show's fictional setting of Cardale has moved between different locations in and around Derbyshire. But for series 12, Cardale will have a permanent base - even if it is in Staffordshire. The Peak Practice crew have currently taken over the pretty village of Longnor, in a valley in the heart of the Peak District, for filming. It's all the idea of a new producer Neil Zeiger who wanted to give the programme, which is back at the end of the year, more of a sense of community. "There's going to be a much more villagey feel to the show, "says my source." Now Dr Will Preston will be seen leaving his home, wandering past the post office, waving at Alice North across the square, and going into the beeches surgery." Longnor's pub will become the fictional Inn on The Square and filming will take place both in and around the village, so Peak Practice fans can have a pint in the pub or a cuppa in the cafe where their favorite charactors have hung out. It seems quiet Longnor is about to get noisier. A little well known fact is that Longnor was designated a No Smoking village back in 1971, so it's somehow appropriate that it's now been chosen as home to a medical drama.
This article appeared in The Mirror