Danny Miller: 'Now I can finally learn to drive'

Danny Miller: 'Now I can finally learn to drive'
Danny Miller: 'Now I can finally learn to drive'

Danny Miller has revealed his top priority after his Emmerdale exit - passing his driving test. Despite playing grease monkey Aaron Livesy in the ITV1 soap, Danny - who joined the show in 2008 and recently filmed his final scenes - hasn't had time to get behind the wheel in real life. "It's ironic. I play a mechanic, but I've been too busy to learn to drive," he told The Sun. The 21-year-old, who won awards and acclaim for his portrayal of troubled gay teenager Aaron, is also keen to try his hand at some gritty, dramatic roles. "It was hard leaving. I could have stayed there for ever, but I want to branch out," he explained. "I love Sherlock - I'm the biggest fan of Benedict Cumberbatch. He's unbelievable. Gritty roles like Dominic West's as serial killer Fred West in Appropriate Adult would be a dream come true." Danny added: "The likes of Pauline Quirke and people who've been in dramas - they come in and they don't know how we do it, 16 scenes a day. "You've got 10 hours to do all those scenes. It's a massive reality check. You don't have six hours to spend on a scene."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.