Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.

Career: Quinlan stayed with the Chester-based soap until November 2011. He went on to guest star in Doctors and played the lead role in the short Paper and Plastic (2013) before it was announced that he would be joining the cast of Emmerdale. He made his debut in the Yorkshire soap as Pete Barton in December 2013.

Career: Brunt made his Emmerdale debut in 1997 when Paddy began working as a locum for Zoe Tate at the vet surgery. Paddy's first romance was with Mandy Dingle and they eventually got married. When the marriage fell apart, Paddy became close to Emily Dingle and they ended up getting married. When that reunion lost its passion, Paddy embarked on an affair with his wife's boss, Viv Windsor. Paddy went on to have various relationships with different women in the village until he married Rhona Goskirk, a union that didn't take long to hit the rocks. Away from Emmerdale, Dominic teamed up with Mark Charnock in 2007 for Soapstar Superchef, and directed and starred in horror movie Before Dawn (2012).