Danny Valentine Danny Valentine Danny Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by David Judge. He first appeared in 2007 and made his final appearance in 2008. Danny Valentine is the illegitimate child of Leo Valentine who first arrived in the village in September 2007, when his mother Valerie Holden drops him and his sister Lauren, off at the Valentine residence and demanded that Leo looks after them while she takes up a free holiday in Greece. Danny and Lauren were totally unknown to Calvin and Sasha, and it was not until his sister Lauren
Soap opera primarily broadcast live, interspersed with short pre-recorded film clips and still photos to remind the audience of the previous week's episode. The first long-running prime time soap opera was "Peyton Place" (1964–1969) on ABC. It was based in part on the eponymous 1957 film (which, in turn, was based on the 1956 novel). The popularity of "Peyton Place" prompted the CBS network to spin-off popular "As the World Turns" character Lisa Miller into her own evening soap opera, "Our Private World" (originally titled "The Woman Lisa" in its planning stages). "Our Private World" was broadcast from May to September 1965.