Peak Practice: Series 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Peak Practice Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Holding it Together
Feb 27, 1996
Erica Matthews is lost in the peaks trying to find her way to a house call. On her travels she overtakes a car; on looking in her rear window she is concerned to see that the car i
A New Life
Mar 5, 1996
The folk of Cardale take part in a fun run to raise money for some hospital equipment. Chloe, Erica and Kirsty join in the crowd cheering on Will, James and Andrew. Tony and Julia
New Horizons
Mar 12, 1996
Erica loses her keys. She goes round to Wills to get the master set. He is missing Tony and Julian and asks her if she'd like to stay for a drink but she says no, she has paperwork
Looking Back
Mar 19, 1996
Chloe's short temper alarms Gary who doesn't know why she is acting so strangely. Chloe has found a lump and is scared that her cancer has come back. Andrew tells her that he will
Whipping Boy
Mar 26, 1996
Laura has an accident on her way to work when two OAP's run her off the road. Erica puts her in a neck collar and Laura tells her that the drivers she saw shouldn't be on the road
Close Ties
Apr 2, 1996
Will tells Andrew he's been thinking it over and thinks he needs to get a female partner. Andrew is gutted and Erica thinks it's discrimination. Erica confronts Will about his dec
In Safe Hands
Apr 9, 1996
Andrew's best mate Phil from Liverpool comes to stay with he and Kirsty. Andrew tells Kirsty that he and Phil don't have that much in common anymore. He says they have drifted apar
Partners
Apr 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
Running on Empty
Apr 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
Heart and Soul
Apr 30, 1996
Will blames himself for a simple misdiagnosis, but Kate has an even bigger bombshell to drop. Erica puts down roots in Cardale, while Andrew faces up to his future in Liverpool