article_snippet: I kind of had a gut feeling.
article_snippet: I had come to the end of my contract
article_snippet: and I was so hungry to do other things. '
article_snippet: I had had a few jobs in between the filming of the first and second series and then I had had to turn down a job I got [because I was filming] the third series,
article_snippet: And when that came up it was a very difficult decision. '
article_snippet: But it felt like a good time to take stock, to take a moment.
article_snippet: From a personal point of view, I wanted a chance to do other things. '