Shutting down a Christmas wedding storyline, the actor continued: "There would be no way that she would want to be getting married the next Christmas, and that wouldn't be of

interest to James either." Teasing what's in store for the couple, the James Herriot star said: "I think we see them kind of closer than ever and stronger as a couple.

"And as you say, moving through some of the practicalities of it and things because they're full of love and it's great but there is then the practical side of it. "Where

are they going to live and what are their roles going to be?"