At 18, she moved to Manchester to study at the Polytechnic School of Theatre. After Amanda Burton's husband had an affair with a woman 20 years her junior, he begged forgiveness and pleaded with her to take him back. Actress Amanda Burton has left award-winning TV drama Waterloo Road. Woman is left 'looking like Rose West' thanks to unflattering Tory Eurosceptics could take TWO WEEKS to decide whether to back Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal for Northern Watch as shoplifter puts BACK products he's trying to steal after live CCTV hub tells him: 'You're being Is YOUR lifestyle good for your heart? I will do everything I can to make sure nothing can get in the way of us getting back together.". After Amanda Burton's husband had an affair with a woman 20 years her junior, he begged forgiveness and pleaded with her to take him back. And Mr Colover, in turn, appeared equally smitten - kissing Miss Burton's hand and repeatedly massaging her shoulders and neck. Maybe I should have pushed myself more, because doctoring is much more worthwhile than what I do now. It will be interesting to see what the scriptwriters do with both the characters during the next series. From the moment Jack joined Beths village practice, the two charismatic, headstrong GPs engaged in the sort of verbal fireworks which could only end in acrimony or marriage such is the law of TV drama. Harry is very much the trainee that Sam was a few years ago, and she recognises in him certain qualities: his approach, his caring attitude and the way his mind works on a case. Its marvellous to work up in the Peaks. The Silent Witness star was spotted leaving the Old Town Tattoo shop in Hastings earlier last month clutching a piece of paper, which could perhaps have been a design for an inking. When their affair was revealed, 49-year-old Arnstein initially pledged to stay with his wife, saying: "All I care about is Amanda and I really care about her not being hurt any more than she has been. It was nice to share with Madeleine what had been keeping me away from her and the kids., Amanda says that one of the advantages of having her daughters with her is that they see that its all make-believe. And in that way. Amanda first appeared in the lead role of pathologist Sam Ryan in 1996, starring in 54 episodes before leaving in 2004, when her character returned home to Northern Ireland to be with her family.. They lament spending eight months on location in deepest Derbyshire while their families are so far away Kevins in a Bedfordshire village, Amandas in Fulham, London, and Simons near Bath in Avon. Beth volunteers to try to reach the trapped, frightened lad in a telescopic firemans cradle to give him the vital medicine he needs. Past series of Silent Witness are available to catch-up on BBC iPlayer. Is it because apart from your lover, the doc the only chap who can ask you to disrobe? Something else the trio have in common is a family life where children play a prominent role. This page has not been made in connection with anyone directly involved in the production of Peak Practice. Has the role brought Amanda lots of public recognition? He has his own life and Sam has hers. Back at the university, drugs are going missing from the toxicology lab and Harry finds himself distracted by the party-loving daughter of one of the universitys biggest benefactors. 'They look really great together and, as a couple, are incredibly tactile. Silent Witness is a BBC Studios production for BBC One. Its feisty and strong. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. Yet all I see in the mirror are baggy eyes., Maybe the reason behind the propulsion of Peak Practice into the ratings stratosphere is that its stars, while giving their all on the screen, dont take themselves seriously off it. EXCLUSIVE: Lanzarote sticks to its guns and insists it WILL limit tourists and move away from relying on Nearly half of British viewers believe ethnic minorities and LGBT communities are over-represented on TV, Is YOUR wood burner at risk? In some ways Ive got the right temperament. Steve has been walking around with a massive grin on his face and I think that Amanda has played a large part in that. Still, Amanda is pleased that the programme doesnt shy away from showing the more grisly aspects of a forensic pathologists work, which she feels are missing from other shows. Im a reluctant sex symbol. Its very like Northumberland, where I come from. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. Amanda Burton plays Carole Latimer. Hes tougher and more worldly. I mean, I cant see them sliding into one of those cosy, slipper wearing marriages., In real life, Amanda has been married twice. The couple were pictured for the first time enjoying morning coffee and breakfast at Mr Colover's local Italian cafe. I seriously considered the idea, but opted to be an actor in the end. There was another problem too. The second series averaged 14 million viewers, while the new 4 million, 15-part series, which starts on January 31st, is expected to touch 15 million. While filming, thermals and long johns are a definite must! It would have been too difficult to film with small children around., The wedding may go smoothly, but will Jack and Beths marriage be suitable for young viewers to see? Amanda plays gangster's wife Cherie Le Saux in the new TV drama The Level These days, then, Amanda draws energy from working less and living more. Beths an independent woman who doesnt suffer fools gladly, she explains. And, as these pictures taken outside her West London home show, they are no longer troubling to hide their love. Kevin Whately & Amanda Burton Woman Magazine Interview - March 1994 It takes practice for women to lust after you. In fact, rumour has it that while filming the last series she was frozen to the point of hypothermia. But exactly one year after splitting from Sven Arnstein for the second time, the 50-year-old Silent Witness star has found new love. Listen, cuts in Amanda, I dont believe in accepting a job that takes me away from my family for large chunks of time and then spending eight months moaning about it. Amanda was born and raised in Ballougry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. I live by the rule that you never know when your big finale is, so I want to do as much as possible in my career and life. Simon nods. 'But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that the pair are emphatically loved up - they really are very happy.'. 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They dont bother you, they just accept that youre there in their community for a while.. Miss Burton's newfound. Get to know the 67-year old actress Amanda Burton, before she got famous (e.g. He sang all the time. hen her husband left her - twice - for a woman 20 years her junior, understandably Amanda Burton was heartbroken. Leo has left his partner and daughter behind in Sheffield to take a promotion in London. At the time, she was married to her 29-year-old banker husband Robert - her sweetheart from university days. Wearing a winter coat and scarf, the Ulster-born actress gazed fondly at the new man in her life, stroking his cheek and, at one point, kissing him affectionately on the crown of his head. Id also met Amanda before we came together on Peak Practice. In just about every episode! Amanda admits with a smile. Humans in crisis always make a good drama, responds Kevin Whately, who plays Jack, plus the fact that Joe Public really believes that doctors have a magic quality. Simon Shepherd, who plays their partner Dr Will Preston, muses: The beautiful rural settings, the doctor stories which everyone can relate to, and the family and serial elements, add up to something compulsive without making the programme a soap.. Career. Medical men, especially on TV, do seem to have a certain something. We had been having terrible weather throughout the making of this series it was wet, cold and miserable. Kevin Whatelys roles as Dr Jack Kerruish in Peak Practice and as Sergeant Lewis in Inspector Morse both seem light years away from his part as Neville in Auf Wiedersehen Pet the role which first shot him to TV stardom. The wedding itself is simply done. And Peak Practice which became 1993s highest rating new TV drama series with an audience of 13 million is the best there is. Although he lives alone in a bachelor flat, he spends every evening with Miss Bush. Zara's husband announces a two-month tour with his rugby podcast 'We met a Princess'! We had some pretty spectacular episodes in the first two series says Amanda Burton who stars as Doctor Beth Glover. It takes practice for women to lust after you. He made the job appear effortless, even though he covered a vast area as much as we do at The Beeches. Here, its three stars talk about playing doctors, the demands on family life and the downside of fame. Simon, now 38 and still remembered as the blond, blue-eyed, scheming aristocrat Piers Garfield-Ward in two series of Chancer, is pleased to report that Will has grown up a lot since we first saw him in 1993. Although when Im off colour I think, well, it beats working for a living!. For a woman who has spent the morning examining a grisly murder scene in a dirty, dusty, deserted building, Amanda Burton is looking remarkably cool and collected almost as cool and collected as Professor Sam Ryan, the role which established her as one of the nations favourite actresses and which sees her back on BBC One in the latest series of Silent Witness. I might not have had what it takes, to be a GP anyway. muses the man who has nine O-levels and three A-levels and qualified as an accountant before taking up acting. But at the end of the day, it doesnt matter what people are like as long as you get on with them as actors, and I knew I could get on with Kevin and Amanda because I respect them., Kevin, who interprets Jack Kerruish as a Nineties man someone tough but with a soft centre, explains: As the series has developed, Amanda, Simon and I have become very dependant on each other. Their cases include a dead man found in a derelict lift shaft and a multiple murder at a family home which reunites Sam with one of her old flames. Asked if he could see himself as a doctor in real life, Kevin thinks it over for a moment. Amanda, 38, who amassed a huge following of male admirers as the sexy, intellectual accountant Heather Haversham in Brookside and as tough detective Margaret Daly in Boon, is equally ecstatic. When Amanda Burton appeared as Sam Ryan in the first episode of BBC One's forensic drama Silent Witness in 1996, she couldn't have imagined that, over 16 years later, not only would the series still be going strong, she'd be returning to it as a guest star. Its been very interesting being a co-producer, seeing how things work from behind the scenes. I do a lot of driving at strange hours so that I can see the children in the morning before they go to school., Kevin, who researched the role of Dr Kerruish by spending time with his own GP, is emphatic: The luck of my job, and Madeleines job, is that we can work for condensed periods and then have a lot of time off. To prevent their family life from suffering, the stars do a lot of juggling. 03/11/2008. But the omens hadnt always looked so good for Peak Practices warring lovers, doctors Beth Glover (played by Amanda) and her partner, Jack Kerruish (played by Kevin Whately), as their behaviour towards each other veered from frosty to furious. Playing Dr Will Preston has done him no harm either. After graduating from Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre, Amanda Burton started working in theatres. Ah, laughs Amanda, I think there is a certain amount of brimstone still to come in that relationship. 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