[4] As one of the young male characters in the show, he was invited to take part in a soap calendar for Now Magazine in 2004, alongside fellow actors Ben Freeman and Kelvin Fletcher.
[8] For his final and highly publicised storyline, it was made clear to the media weeks in advance that either Robert, Andy or local vet Max King would be killed in an explosive road accident.
Along with the production of Dolphins, Davies also spent 2006 filming an ITV television series, Kingdom, opposite Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Hermione Norris and Tony Slattery.
Davies played a trainee solicitor Lyle Anderson, who dreams of escaping Market Shipborough, where the show is set, to work in the city.
His character, Corporal Lawrence Prentiss, begins to suffer from combat fatigue and shell shock, and by the time of his second appearance is "completely psychologically damaged" by his experience of war.
His only real exception to this was as part of the annual charity fund-raising event in Inverurie, where he was allowed to go wing walking on a biplane, an experience he greatly enjoyed.
[16] Davies has revealed that his role in Emmerdale led to much greater public recognition, and that the reaction from fans of the show was mixed: he was insulted and slapped in the street by strangers who were unable to tell him apart from the character he played.