About the character
Richard Baxter is part of Anne Lloyd’s continuing personal story. His return across several episodes allows that relationship to develop alongside the programme’s police and family plots.
Place in the series
Richard Baxter appears across Series 2. The table below keeps every currently verified regular-episode credit together without revealing a culprit or case solution.
Verified appearances
| Series | Episode | First UK broadcast | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 2 | 2 | 29 March 2024 | The clairvoyant’s predictions |
| Series 2 | 3 | 5 April 2024 | A disappearance at sea |
| Series 2 | 4 | 12 April 2024 | The priest and the Devil on the Rocks |
About Peter Davison
Peter Davison is an English actor who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and began in repertory at Nottingham Playhouse and Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum. He became a star as the boyish vet Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1990), and from 1981 to 1984 played the Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who, a role he has revisited on screen and in many Big Finish audio dramas. Later leading roles include Dr Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-1988), Albert Campion in Campion (1989-1990), David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000-2003), Dangerous Davies in The Last Detective (2003-2007) and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK (2011-2014). On stage he has starred in West End musicals including Chicago, Spamalot, Legally Blonde and Gypsy. In Beyond Paradise series 2 (2024) he played Richard Baxter, Anne Lloyd's internet date.
Peter Davison TV shows and films
- All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1990, Tristan Farnon)
- Doctor Who (1981-1984, the Fifth Doctor)
- A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-1988, Dr Stephen Daker)
- At Home with the Braithwaites (2000-2003, David Braithwaite)
- The Last Detective (2003-2007, Dangerous Davies)
- Law & Order: UK (2011-2014, Henry Sharpe)
- Beyond Paradise (2024, Richard Baxter)