The basis of the play was to raise awareness for spinal injury charity, Aspire. Sturrock is co-artistic director at the Theatre Damfino where he has worked and performed my shows with the company, one in particular was the autobiographical piece which he wrote and performed a solo project, Mayday, Mayday, which was based on the true events of an accident in which he suffered a broken neck and the months which took him to recover. Following his departure from Bad Girls, he has been cast in several guest roles including a second appearance on The Bill, Garrow's Law, The Borgias, and notable roles as Zacky Martin in Poldark and Danny Steel in Doc Martin.
Sturrock appeared in the series until Season Seven in 2005. Soon, a softer and more caring side was seen to the character. Initially, his character was seen as devious and corrupt and it soon became evident that Colin was a drug addict. In 2002, Sturrock was cast in the leading role of Officer Colin Hedges on the ITV prison drama series Bad Girls, and first appeared on-screen in the first episode of Season Five in May 2003. Following this, he made appearances on Liverpool 1, The New Adventures of Robin Hood, The Bill, Rescue Me, Holby City and The Royal. Sturrock first appeared on television in 1996 when he had guest role on the British detective series Wycliffe. In addition to Brief Encounter, Sturrock has performed in many productions including A Matter of Life and Death, The Riot, Tristan and Yseult, The King of Prussia, Tregeagle, Ship of Fools, Peer Gynt, The Ashmaid, Danger My Ally, Windfall and Don John. Throughout his stage career, he as performed in several countries appearing on Boradway, the West End and National Theatre having starred in productions such as Brief Encounter which is perhaps one of his most notable performance. Sturrock's career commenced in theatre in 1986 when he joined the international touring theatre group, Truro-based Kneehigh Theatre. Tristan Sturrock was born in 1968 and raised Upton Cross, Cornwall, England. He is an avid theatre performer and has appeared in many productions including Brief Encounter and Mayday, Mayday, an autobiographical solo project which he wrote and performed in for his theatre company, Theatre Damfino. He is currently appearing in the role of Zacky Martin in Poldark. Written by Winston Graham between 19, the twelve novels proved absolutely perfect for television, and two BBC series - the first starring Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees in the 1970s and the second, which premiered in 2015, starring Aiden Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson - were enormous successes.Tristan Sturrock (born 1968) is a British theatre, television and film actor best known for his role as Officer Colin Hedges in the prison drama series Bad Girls.
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