Danny Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by David Judge.
[2] This mirrored a similar situation which cost Devon Anderson, who portrayed Danny's on-screen brother Sonny, his job in January 2007.
He expresses an interest in Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) when attending Sarah Barnes (Loui Batley) and Craig Dean's (Guy Burnet) engagement party.
Danny befriends Justin Burton (Chris Fountain) and initially tries to help him forget about Katy Fox (Hannah Tointon).
Danny tries to impress Steph Dean (Carley Stenson) after helping her fix a burst beer pipe at The Dog in the Pond public house.
Later, at a housewarming party for John Paul and Kris Fisher (Gerard McCarthy), the gas causes everyone to feel ill. Danny leaves with Mercedes before the others begin to lose consciousness.
Later, Jacqui and Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane) force Danny into confessing that Jessica was the one who allowed him to fix the boiler.
A few days later, Myra takes some money Jessica was given by Zoe Carpenter (Zoë Lister), resulting in the McQueens forgetting the incident.
He joins Justin and Katy in a drinking game which involved shoveling crushed crisps down their throat, unaware that Hannah is struggling from eating disorders.
Danny decides it would be romantic if they ordered spaghetti and met in the middle like in the animated film, Lady and the Tramp, holding a forkful of pasta to Hannah's face.
This reminds Hannah of when her brother Josh Ashworth (Sonny Flood) force-fed her during her anorexia nervosa, causing her panic and flee.
When Hannah is fixing her top, Darren takes an incriminating photograph of her on his mobile phone to convince Mercedes that he has slept with her and win a bet.