Peak Practice (1993)

Name: Peak Practice
Genre: Drama
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Maggie O'Neill, Susannah Corbett, Eva Pope, Gray O'Brien, Simon Shepherd

Drama

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

IMDb rating: 6.5 (621 votes)
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · The Roku Channel · Plex Channel · Fawesome
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.98 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 54 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sharp Practice	7.9	45
2	Outsiders	8.0	28
3	Growing Pains	8.1	33
4	Roses Around the Door	7.7	22
5	Impulsive Behaviour	8.4	25
6	Hope to Die	7.6	26
7	Listening Skills	8.1	20
8	Giddy Heights	8.0	19

Season 2 (1994)

7.85 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 50 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Good Faith	7.8	19
2	Old Habits	7.6	26
3	Love Thy Neighbour	8.2	17
4	Act of Remembrance	8.3	17
5	Enemy Within	7.9	17
6	Long Weekend	8.4	18
7	Chance Encounter	7.4	21
8	Life Changes	7.8	17
9	A Brave Face	8.1	17
10	Abbey	7.7	18
11	Perfect Love	7.3	18
12	Power Games	7.5	15
13	Happy Ever After	8.0	17

Season 3 (1995)

7.95 avg 15 episodes 8.1 → 8.3 50 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Light at the End of the Tunnel	8.1	19
2	Tender	7.7	15
3	Coming Out	7.9	15
4	Losing Out	8.1	16
5	To Have and to Hold	7.9	15
6	Fighting Chance	7.7	14
7	Family Ties	8.4	17
8	Ill Wind	7.9	15
9	A Normal Life	7.3	17
10	Walking Away	8.2	17
11	Bedside Manners	7.8	16
12	Giving Up	8.4	16
13	Nobody's Fault	7.7	16
14	Life and Soul	7.9	13
15	Other Lives	8.3	15

Season 4 (1996)

8.17 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Holding It Together	7.7	16
2	A New Life	7.7	11
3	New Horizons	8.4	14
4	Looking Back	8.0	10
5	Whipping Boy	8.4	9
6	Close Ties	8.2	10
7	In Safe Hands	8.0	10
8	Partners	8.7	10
9	Running on Empty	8.6	12
10	Heart and Soul	8.0	12

Season 5 (1997)

8.56 avg 14 episodes 8.3 → 7.9 51 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Eye of the Storm	8.3	11
2	The Price	8.4	9
3	Innocent Blood	8.2	9
4	Letting Go	8.4	9
5	Classics	9.2	12
6	Lost Feelings	8.4	12
7	Home Truths	9.0	12
8	Running to Hide	8.0	9
9	Borrowed Time	8.8	9
10	Tough Love	8.6	9
11	State of Mind	8.8	9
12	Priorities	8.8	9
13	A Change of Heart	9.0	10
14	Fight or Flight	7.9	11

Season 6 (1998)

7.81 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 9.0 50 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All Fall Down	8.3	10
2	Through a Glass Darkly	8.2	10
3	A Matter of Principle	7.8	10
5	Another Day of Life	7.0	10
6	A Change of View	7.2	10
7	Body and Soul	7.6	9
9	Glass Houses	7.6	9
11	The Falling Sky	7.6	9
12	A Child I Dreamed	7.8	10
14	Once in a Lifetime	9.0	9

Season 7 (1999)

7.89 avg 13 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 49 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Race Against Time	8.2	13
2	The Ties That Bind	8.0	13
3	Turn a Blind Eye	8.0	10
4	Comrades in Arms	6.8	14
5	Passion	8.4	11
6	Map of the Heart: Part 1	8.0	10
7	Map of the Heart: Part 2	7.2	10
8	Before the Lights Go Out	7.6	12
9	Fighting Chance	7.1	11
10	No Bounds	7.9	11
11	Take Her Back	8.4	12
12	Single Minded	8.6	11
13	The Nature of Things	8.4	9

Season 8 (1999)

7.95 avg 11 episodes 8.2 → 8.8 49 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Breaking Point	8.2	12
2	Alone	7.8	9
4	Wood for the Trees	8.3	11
5	Buying Time	8.8	10
6	Change of Life	7.6	9
7	Close to Heaven: Part 1	8.7	10
8	Close to Heaven: Part 2	7.6	11
9	The First Stone	7.6	9
11	Not Waving But Drowning	7.2	9
12	Moving On	6.8	9
13	New Beginnings	8.8	10

Season 9 (2000)

8.40 avg 6 episodes 9.2 → 9.0 49 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Close to Home	9.2	12
4	Letting Go	9.0	10
8	Ghosts	8.7	10
9	A Test of Faith	8.3	10
10	Turning Tides	6.2	9
12	Last Orders	9.0	10

Season 10 (2000)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 6.8 → 8.8 49 min avg

Big finale

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	For Love of the Child	6.8	9
2	Hit and Run	6.7	10
3	Skin Deep	8.1	12
7	Lonely Hearts: Part 2	8.5	10
8	Divided We Stand	6.4	11
10	Playing God	8.2	9
11	Walls of Jericho	8.3	10
13	Electricity	8.8	10

Season 11 (2001)

7.57 avg 11 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 48 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Still Waters	8.1	11
2	Flesh and Blood	7.6	9
3	Win Some, Lose Some	7.7	10
4	Trust in Me	8.0	10
5	Together We Stand	8.0	10
6	Prisoners of the Past	8.3	10
7	Private Lives, Public Eye	5.5	12
9	Body Beautiful	7.6	9
10	Hidden Agendas	7.4	9
12	Blind Spot	7.3	10
13	Bad Medicine	7.8	10

Season 12 (2001)

7.36 avg 13 episodes 7.0 → 8.3 48 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Conduct Unbecoming	7.0	14
2	Bad Tony	7.9	14
3	Outsiders 2	8.1	14
4	Unhappy Will/Claire's Revenge	7.5	12
5	Relationship Hounds	7.3	15
6	Unpleasant Reminders	6.5	15
7	Assault	7.6	14
8	Bald Retribution	7.1	13
9	Betrayal	6.9	11
10	Bad Practice	7.2	13
11	Accused	7.3	13
12	Gold	7.0	11
13	United We Fall	8.3	19

Peak Practice (1993)

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