Stephen Purdon says he's "humbled" to have River Metropolis 's twentieth anniversary episode centered on his character and admits it was emotional filming it.
The 39-year-old first arrived in Shieldinch again in 2002 as lovable rouge Bob O'Hara, wearing a shellsuit and gold jewelry, and he's the one authentic forged member left within the BBC cleaning soap.
It is precisely twenty years to the day for the reason that River Metropolis appeared on our screens, and that might be marked with a 'River Metropolis: 20 Yr Celebration' on BBC iPlayer tonight, adopted by a particular anniversary episode on Monday September 26.
It's going to see Bob O'Hara, and greatest mate Angus Lindsay, performed by Scott Fletcher, get up in a parallel dimension the place all just isn't because it appears as they arrive face-to-face with ghosts from Shieldinch's previous.
The storyline centres round Bob's disastrous birthday celebrations the place - after ingesting a 20-year-old bottle of classic wine with Angus - the hungover pair get up in a world they don’t recognise, the place their lives have taken an altogether totally different route.
Stephen informed the Day by day File: "Once I signed up many moons in the past, it was a three-month contact. I used to be nonetheless in school.
"I used to be fairly fortunate as a result of everybody knew a Shellsuit Bob, I discovered it actually pleasant, it was all nearly coming in and having fun. It was nicely written for me.
"It simply felt proper, I fitted in alright and I might simply say the traces.
"It is humbling. Once I first heard about it Martin McCardie, the manager producer phoned me up and informed me what their thought was and what they have been going with.
"And it was fairly emotional, after I suppose again to my life right here, I used to be 19 after I began and I'm 39 now.
"Nonetheless being right here, and nonetheless having storylines, however then such an enormous episode... monumental episode being centered round my character, it is an enormous praise and humbling."
Talking about his highlights in River Metropolis, he recalled an episode Bob jumped in a cherry picker in a bid to make a proposal.
Stephen says to at the present time it nonetheless makes him snigger.
He added: "I'd say that was most likely the time I felt my character had arrived.
"That was an enormous deal, and I can bear in mind seeing the script and one factor that scared me was... I used to be to sing 'Sunshine on Leith' by The Proclaimers, and I am not an excellent singer.
"It was simply such enjoyable.
"I keep in mind that episode got here on the BBC Scotland channel and I used to be sitting with my son, daughter and my spouse and so they have been in stitches and I used to be in stitches.
"It is all the time been nicely documented that he [Bob] has been unfortunate in love. However you identify a storyline and he as most likely carried out it. However I'm positive there's extra him and Angus can stand up to.
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