9.4/1011 votesLoading...#1 - Classics
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/1997
On his way to Erica's birthday party, Andrew is involved in a car crash. Although he is seriously wounded, he battles to save the others. But will any of them survive the night? Erica is ruffled when she is called out to treat an unusual patient
Director: A.J. Quinn
Writer: Anita J. Pandolfo
- 9.2/108 votesLoading...
#2 - Electricity
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/2000
A horrific car crash puts The Beeches on red alert and requires all hands on deck, however the case is closer to home when they find out Sam and Kerri are the victims of the accident. As the day goes on, events bring Tom and Alex closer, and there's a surprise visitor for Will.........
Director: Terry McDonough
Writer: Stuart Morris
- 9.1/1011 votesLoading...
#3 - Home Truths
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/1997
A lonely mother's cry for help leaves her young son's life hanging in the balance as Andrew and Erica struggle to find the real cause of the boy's constant medical problems. Meanwhile, David continues to act as guardian angel for a boy newly released from hospital after receiving chemotherapy for leukaemia
Director: A.J. Quinn
Writer: Gil Brailey
- 9.0/108 votesLoading...
#4 - Borrowed Time
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/18/1997
Andrew's old friend Phil arrives in Cardale with devastating news which will turn both their lives upside down
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Stewart Harcourt
- 9.0/109 votesLoading...
#5 - A Change of Heart
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/1997
David struggles to cope with a stubborn pilot suffering from dizzy spells, and also with Clare, just back from hospital. Can their marriage stand the strain of her mental illness?
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Gil Brailey
- 9.0/108 votesLoading...
#6 - Close to Heaven - Part 1
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1999
Joanna and Martin take on the sensitive case of a terminally ill teenager. Andrew and Sam go out of their way to help a couple stranded on a riverbank but things take a turn for the worse when Andrew is badly injured. Unconscious and unresponsive - is this the end for Andrew?
Director: Roger Gartland
Writer: Colin Wyatt
- 8.8/108 votesLoading...
#7 - Tough Love
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 3/25/1997
A young girl stumbles into Cardale in search of a new start just as Andrew decides to tell Erica how he feels about her and what find out her respond.
Director: A.J. Quinn
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/108 votesLoading...
#8 - State of Mind
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/1997
When Clare endangers one of David's older patients, it is time for David to face facts about his wife's erratic behaviour
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Stewart Harcourt
- 8.8/108 votesLoading...
#9 - Priorities
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/1997
Erica's commitment to the Beeches is tested by her treatment of a single-minded career woman, her stormy relationship with Andrew, and an exciting job offer
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: James Stevenson
- 8.8/108 votesLoading...
#10 - Lonely Hearts - Part 2
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2000
The Beeches staff make their way to London for the hearing against Andrew. But when even his closest friends fail to be able to get him out of trouble, help comes in the form of a much loved and much missed Cardale figure. It's revolving doors in Cardale as we wave goodbye to Andrew but welcome back........
Director: Barbara Rennie
Writer: Ginnie Hole
- 8.6/1010 votesLoading...
#11 - Partners
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/16/1996
Will makes Kate late for work again when he insists she stay in bed for longer. He tells her she should keep some of her stuff at his place so she won't need to keep leaving early in the morning - he says she could at least leave a toothbrush at his place. Linda Manningham visits Will when she hurts her hand. She suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and Will has to tell her that she has now progressed into the next stage of the illness. Linda's husband Des doesn't accept the news and tells Will he doesn't know what he's talking about. Andrew tells Erica that he's spoken to Kirsty. It's not good news, she doesn't want him back. Will tells Andrew he needs a decision about the partnership. Andrew says he can't give him a definite answer yet. Des goes to The Health Centre to see Kate. He complains about Will. Kate says she thinks he should listen to what Will has to say about Linda. She gives him he number for the MS society who can provide counseling for him and Linda. Chloe and James hold a
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Stoneman
- 8.6/108 votesLoading...
#12 - Letting Go
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/1997
Erica battles with hospital incompetence and Andrew's penny-pinching to save Alice North's life. Will finally ties the knot with Kate, and then says an emotional goodbye to Cardale. And Andrew and Joanne fall out over where their relationship is heading
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Frankie Bailey
- 8.6/108 votesLoading...
#13 - Prisoners of the Past
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2001
As the anniversary of Emily's death approaches, Will and Kate are forced to face some past demons. Can this poignant time bring them closer? Meanwhile Tom gets a new neighbour who is a little more friendly then he'd like.
Director: Barbara Rennie
Writer: Andrew Holden
- 8.5/1015 votesLoading...
#14 - Family Ties
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/1995
Jack arrives home and is unable to get into the house. He has to climb through the window. He arrives at The Beeches and greets a shocked Beth. She apologises for the fact he couldn't get into the house, she lost the keys and had to get the locks changed. She says she's a bit tied up right now as Will has the day off. They resolve to meet for lunch. Will persuades Janey to join him for a school function at Tony's school. She doesn't really want to but Will explains that he is a family man and has to be there. Jack becomes involved in the plight of Nancy who has Huntington's disease. He is concerned about her when she tries to take her life. Jack tracks down her sister who hasn't visited Nancy for years because she is scared she too may have the illness. Jack is alarmed when Nancy's sister reveals that Nancy has a son who doesn't even know he's at risk from having Huntington's disease. Will and Janey watch Tony play for the schools ruby team. Wills delight at seeing Tony score a try tur
Director: John Woods
Writer: Diane Esguerra
- 8.5/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - Running on Empty
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/1996
Will and Erica fear for Andrew's career as he tries to help a young medical student. Kate and Will consider taking a gamble
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Frankie Bailey
- 8.5/1011 votesLoading...
#16 - Lost Feelings
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/1997
David helps an old friend - now a paraplegic - and his wife to conceive. But will a baby heal the rifts in their marriage?
Director: Anthony Garner
Writer: Anita J. Pandolfo
- 8.5/109 votesLoading...
#17 - All Fall Down
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1998
A meningitis outbreak throws Cardale into chaos. Andrew, Erica and David work around the clock trying to avoid further cases of the disease and convince the health authority that all the children need to be vaccinated. Meanwhile Andrew and Erica discuss their relationship
Director: Nigel Cole
Writer: Stewart Harcourt
- 8.5/1016 votesLoading...
#18 - Episode 13
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2002
It's the day of Tom and Alex's wedding but many a twist is waiting for the couple as they prepare to tie the knot. The biggest threat of all is the return of Claire who is destined to seek her revenge. Armed and extremely dangerous Claire lures Alex, Tom and Will into a game of cat and mouse, culminating in the ultimate of cliff-hangers...........
Director: Mark Roper
Writer: Christopher Green
- 8.4/1022 votesLoading...
#19 - Impulsive Behaviour
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/1993
During a medical seminar Rhianne annoys Beth by constantly throwing bits of paper at Jack. After the seminar Rhianne asks Jack if he's free for the afternoon. He says he is and Rhianne takes him to a football match on the back of her bike! Rhianne is on call when one of Beth's patients; Hilda is taken ill. Rhianne diagnoses meningitis and sends her to hospital despite protest from Hilda's friends Liz and John. Beth is furious when she finds out and interrupts a drink between Jack and Rhianne to tell Rhianne that Hilda doesn't have meningitis but the flu. Hilda's stiff neck came from a fall and her other symptoms related to a bout of the flu that she had just had. Beth tells Rhianne that if she had listened to Liz and John she would've been able to spare Hilda going into hospital. Over dinner Rhianne tells Jack that she thinks Beth fancies him. Jack denies it and says there is nothing going on between he and Beth. Jack and Rhianne kiss and head for bed but are interrupted by an emergenc
Director: Antonia Bird
Writer: Andy de la Tour
- 8.4/1015 votesLoading...
#20 - Giving Up
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/25/1995
Joe Rawlings returns to Cardale and declares to his parents that he has come home to get better; to kick his drug habit. Joe visits John Reginald at The Health Centre and asks him to help him get off the drugs. Reginald refuses as he's tried to help Joe many times before. Beth is trying to write a speech for the impending G.P's dinner; despite his jokes Jack assures her she'll be fine. Will asks Jack and Beth if he can have tomorrow morning of as the Ear, Nose and Throat unit are down a consultant. Jack and Beth agree but are concerned that Will is growing away from The Beeches. Alice slips in her back yard and hurts her arm. Andrew treats her and puts her arm in a sling. Alice tells Andrew that she is trying to find someone to help her catch a fox that has been terrorising her hens - he asks her not to kill the fox and says if she gives him 48 hours he will sort the fox out himself. Chloe asks Jack if she and James can come and see him in the surgery tomorrow. Its nothing medical, Chl
Director: Danny Hiller
Writer: Lynne Dallow, Damien Timmer
- 8.4/1013 votesLoading...
#21 - Other Lives
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/1995
Jack, Beth and Will attend the solicitors to sign an agreement which allows Will to leave the partnership 5 months earlier then the contract states. They later have dinner and Beth is upset by Will saying she's settled in Cardale. Andrew moves out of The Manor and into Lauras as Chloe and James are preparing for their final foster care meeting. They attend the meeting and are overjoyed when the committee tell them they have approved their application to become foster parents. Will pays his last visit to Alice North. She tells him he was just shaping up to being a good doctor and now he is running off to an office job. He says goodbye and reminds her to keep taking her pills. She says yes before she watches him walk down her path...... for the last time? Jack and Beth become caught up in a family scandal. Jacks patient Vanessa Machin (played by Susannah Corbett who went on to become Beeches Physio Kerri) is a Cystic Fibrosis sufferer and is trying to move into her own place. For this
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Peter Bowker
- 8.4/1010 votesLoading...
#22 - Eye of the Storm
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/1997
Andrew returns to Cardale, six months after leaving Will and Erica in the lurch. Can he persuade them to take him back? And a bereaved husband fights for custody of his epileptic daughter
Director: A.J. Quinn
Writer: Stewart Harcourt
- 8.4/108 votesLoading...
#23 - The Price
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/1997
Will suspects that Kate has post-natal depression. But as their baby daughter's health deteriorates, they have to face a much greater threat
Director: Alan Grint
Writer: Stewart Harcourt
- 8.4/108 votesLoading...
#24 - Innocent Blood
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/1997
As David's family join him in Cardale, he has to give the parents of a young boy he delivered 11 years ago some shattering news. Andrew has his powers of persuasion tested by a needle-shy patient whose exotic trip of a lifetime is put in jeopardy by his fear of jabs. And baby Emily's illness continues to put Will and Kate's relationship under strain
Director: Anthony Garner
Writer: Jeff Dodds
- 8.4/108 votesLoading...
#25 - The Nature of Things
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/1999
Claire arrives back in Cardale and announces she is selling David's share of The Beeches. As David owned the larger share, The Beeches looks set to fold unless Andrew can convince Joanna to become a full partner in the practice.......
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Andrew Rattenbury
The Best Episodes of Peak Practice
Every episode of Peak Practice ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Peak Practice!
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Classics" is the best rated episode of "Peak Practice". It scored 9.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by A.J. Quinn and written by Anita J. Pandolfo, it aired on 2/11/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Electricity".