peak practice be a british drama series about a gp surgery in cardale  a small fictional town in the derbyshire peak district  and the doctor who work there . it run on itv from 1993 to 2002 and and be one of their most successful series at the time . it originally star kevin whately a dr jack kerruish and amanda burton a dr beth glover and and simon shepherd a dr will preston and though the roster of doctor would change many time over the course of the series . the series be ax in 2002 and end on a literal cliffhanger when two of the series main character plunge off a cliff . viewer write to itv in their thousand and a petition for one last episode be set up by website peak practice online . however and all plea be unsuccessful and itv say they would not make any more episode . peak practice be replace by sweet medicine and another medical series set in derbyshire . it last a few episode before it be drop from the schedule . cardale be base on the derbyshire village of crich and and the series be film there and at other nearby derbyshire town and village and most notably matlock and ashover . after the end of this programme and itv attempt to launch a follow up series call sweet medicine and which extend the story of different character from the original show .