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 of being shown. This is because stunts or action scenes are difficult to adequately depict visually without complex action, multiple takes, and post production editing. When episodes were broadcast live, post production work was impossible. Though all serials have long switched to being taped, extensive post production work and multiple takes, while possible, are not feasible due to the tight taping schedules and low budgets. The first daytime TV soap opera in the United States was "These Are My Children" in 1949, though earlier melodramas had aired in the evenings as once-a-week programs. Soap operas quickly became a fixture of