Ex Emmerdale star Karl Davies in BBC1 war drama

By Nicholas Cannon
( What's on TV )
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Karl Davies, who's best known as Robert Sugden in Emmerdale, will play a soldier scarred by battle in World War One in BBC1's new drama series, The Crimson Field.

Set in 1915 in Northern France, Karl's character, Corporal Prentice, is cared for by medical staff (Hermione Norris and Oona Chaplin) at a field hospital, where he’s suffering post-traumatic stress and shell-shock.

Karl’s also currently filming another new BBC1 drama, Happy Valley, alongside former Corrie star Sarah Lancashire, plus Benidorm pair Siobhan Finneran (who Karl starred alongside in The Syndicate last year) and Steve Pemberton.

Both the Crimson Field and Happy Valley will be shown on BBC1 this spring.

Nicholas Cannon
Nicholas Cannon
TV Content Director on TV Times, What's On TV and TV & Satellite Week

I'm a huge fan of television so I really have found the perfect job, as I've been writing about TV shows, films and interviewing major television, film and sports stars for over 25 years. I'm currently TV Content Director on What's On TV, TV Times, TV and Satellite Week magazines plus Whattowatch.com. I previously worked on Woman and Woman's Own in the 1990s. Outside of work I swim every morning, support Charlton Athletic football club and get nostalgic about TV shows Cagney & Lacey, I Claudius, Dallas and Tenko. I'm totally on top of everything good coming up too.