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Actor Ryan Clayton, exploded onto our screens, as Coronation Street bad boy, Josh Tucker, back in 2018.

Josh shook the Corrie cobbles, when he drugged and...

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I first met Kris Hitchen, helping Dan Hubbard cast a hard-hitting charity advert.

There was something VERY different about Kris though - he had an authenticity I'd...

Casting director Andy Pryor, and associate Ri McDaid-Wren, are 2 of my favourite people in the industry. Not only do they cast the BIGGEST shows on TV - Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Years And Years, The A Word... - they are also a real force for GOOD!

After recently attending a drama readthrough...

Isobel Steele was thrust into the limelight, after landing the role of Liv Flaherty, in ITV's Emmerdale, back in 2015!

3 and a half years later, and Liv has become one of the serial drama's most popular characters.

However, Isobel isn't just an actress - she's also a keen musician, and a...

There is NO DOUBT about it, self-tapes have become BIG business in the acting industry, over the last 12 months.

Casting directors are often skipping first-round, in-person auditions - opting for self-tapes instead - and actors are being asked to put themselves on tape, multiple times a week,...

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Natalie Payne of Payne Management is one of the most hard-working and respected agents I know.

With clients working at the very TOP of TV, film and theatre -...

A few months back, I got an Instagram DM, asking me to check out an actor's first short film.

I get A LOT of requests to watch stuff, and always try where I can. The quality of projects varies, but once in a while I'm really blown away.

Actor, Liam Collins' film, My Toughest Battle -...

Lydia West is, in my opinion, one of TV's brightest young stars - recently appearing as Bethany, in Russell T Davies' era-defining drama, Years And Years.

I first met Lydia at the read-through for the show, and didn't know at the time, that I'd go on to play Billy - Bethany's boss.

It was...

Super-talented actress, Susannah Fielding, was thrust into the spotlight recently - playing the role of Jennie Gresham, in Steve Coogan's latest BBC One outing, This Time With Alan Partridge.

This certainly wasn't Susannah's first rodeo though, and what many might perceive as overnight...

Peter Dickson is one of the world's LEADING voiceover artists - with a career spanning more than 40 years, and a CV boasting over 250 of the biggest TV shows to have ever graced out screens.

You'll have heard Peter's voice countless times - he's the instantly recognisable voice of the The X...

Emma Stafford is one of the north's most loved casting directors.

Equally at home casting TV drama and commercials, her portfolio is diverse.

Emma has cast a whopping SEVEN series of 4 O'Clock Club for the BBC, she was responsible for Sky One's Stella, starring Ruth Jones,...

In my opinion, director Chris Stone is the UK's premier showreel producer.

I've worked with Chris a lot over the years.

I've shot custom showreel scenes with him, starred in webseries he's created, he's the only guy I'll let edit my reel, and we've teamed up on multiple occasions, to put...