‘The funny thing was, I was a fan of [Brookside],’ she said, discussing the circumstances of her Brookside casting in a new chat with Michael Galvin, who stars in Shortland Street – which returned to UK screens this week.
STV Player, however, is the first ever UK steaming service to offer brand new episodes in line with New Zealand broadcast, which means that UK fans can now enjoy all the Shorty drama at the same time.
Claire revealed that bosses kept asking her to come back for one episode but she was unable to do so due to her cruise ship commitments, which led to her writing to producers – four years later!.
I’d accepted six months singing on a cruise ship, so I did the one episode but then they asked me to go back and I said, ‘Oh no, I’ve taken my cruise ship job’.
Shortland Street arrives on STV Player from Monday February 17, with three episodes streaming every Monday.
