THANK you for your positive feedback from last week's Wayne's World.

I've been ill this week and spent some time in hospital but am on the mend now, although I have had to cancel my performances for the rest of the month.

As I've not been out and about, I thought I'd write about one of my acting roles that was very interesting to work on, which is when I portrayed Judge George Hampel, in The Crimes That Shook Australia.

For my few minutes of screen time, I put in weeks of study.

I spoke to the judge himself several times on the phone and on Skype.

He explained how he defended Derek Percy, the serial killer of nine children in the 1960s.

This was to be Hampel’s final case as a barrister before becoming a judge.

Percy, who was described by the press as the Australian equivalent of the Moors Murderers, was the highest-profile case of the time. Judge Hampel, understandably, hated the crimes Percy had committed, but his love for the law and justice made him defend Percy with all his skills and know-how, eventually sparing Percy life in jail for life in a psychiatric hospital where he would receive treatment.

In preparation for this role, I studied videos of Hampel, I learned to walk like him, talk in his accent, mimicked his facial expressions and when the day of filming came I walked on set and I literally became him.

I was unrecognisable even to myself as you can see from the photo!

The hardest part for me was being clean shaven; I always carry a little stubble if not a full beard, so being shaved was a huge transformation for me.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get to go to Australia to film, but instead, an old court house complete with cells in Bolton was used.

The day on set went perfectly and we were done in very few takes. When it was finally shown over here on Sky’s Crime and Investigation channel, it was a huge success.

I was extremely proud to have played my small part in portraying a great man of the law and in being part of a production that went on to be voted the most successful series on Foxtel ever!

I hope you'll join me again next week.