CELEB GRAD: Joseph Thompson

You might know him better as Hollyoaks’ devious Dr Browning, but Joseph Thompson’s incredible performance as the menacing medic didn’t come out of nowhere – the actor got the foundations of his craft from a drama degree at Bristol University. He stopped by to tell us more about his student experience… How would you sum up your uni experience? I know it’s a huge cliché, but I really did have the time of my life. Most of my closest friends now are friends that I made at university – I had an amazing time. And the course was brilliant. Why…

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Hollyoaks aims to Beat Bullying

Channel 4 youth drama Hollyoaks is set to tackle the issues of bullying and cyber bullying in a new storyline and online tie-in. We’ve all seen character Esther Bloom suffer at the hands of her group of mates – particularly Queen Bee Maddie – but things are going to step up a gear as Esther’s bullying nightmare gets worse. The ‘banter’ she receives daily gets too much for the teen, who gets to the point where she doesn’t want to go to college. Dylan decides to launch his own social networking site DocYou as part of a competition, but the…

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