Comedian and actor Jason Manford has said he asked for his storyline on Waterloo Road to be changed before taking on the role after feedback from his daughters who were unhappy with it.
The 43-year-old played headteacher Steve Savage in the BBC drama, who had a romantic interest in canteen worker Nicky Walters, played by Kym Marsh, 48, but Manford said his character was initially supposed to fall in love with a teacher in her 20s.
