Bernard's Watch star lives very different life 29 years after the hit series first aired

Here’s something that’ll make you feel old; it’s been over 21 years since the final episode of Bernard’s Watch.

An absolute iconic kids’ TV show of the late 90s and early 00s, it of course followed the young lad who could magically freeze time with his stopwatch.

But the actor who played Bernard, David Peachey, has frozen his time on acting nowadays, moving on to a very different career.

Instead, he’s working as a GP in his native Nottingham and hasn’t acted since he was a kid.

Although he has been on TV again, having previously appeared on an episode of Pointless Celebrities. And for those feeling super nostalgic and would recognise the child actor in his late 30s, he opened up a Cameo for fans at one point.

While he hasn’t posted in over a year, his X bio also makes reference to Bernard as it comically reads: “Husband, Father, Forest. Used to own a watch.”

In a 2024 interview with Metro, Peachey explained: “Bernard’s Watch finished when I was about 13 or 14, and I’d stayed on in the group for a couple of years, but by that time I’d been doing it since I was seven or eight, and I think I was just interested in other things.”

Having been interested in science at school, he went on to study medicine, saying he ‘fell into it’.

But that’s not to say he doesn’t seem to have a little bit of him yearning for that time in TV as he did apply for the iconic show, The Traitors.

David Peachey. (X/David Peachey)

Looking back at his time on Bernard’s Watch, he previously told I News: “There were times where I’ve been embarrassed by it, especially at the time – but now I look back and I’m very proud of it.

“I wouldn’t change any of it for anything.”

Having married and become a dad since the series ended, he even joked that he could do with the magical stopwatch, telling the newspaper: “I could certainly do with it on a day-to-day basis, without a doubt. I’m sure I’d find plenty of stuff to do. I’d make that day last quite long.”

We’re glad that Peachey is happy with his time on the show, we know we enjoyed every minute!