Police community support officer Bill never again portrayed PCSOs despite their common presence in real life. Paul Abbott's long-running drama series "Shameless" occasionally features police community support officers, for example, in Series 8 Episode 19, a PCSO is seen getting out of a police vehicle and chasing Aidan Croker. Hollyoaks the long-running British television soap opera, on Channel 4 featured for many years Carmel McQueen played by Gemma Merna who was portrayed as being a PCSO between 2009 and 2010. PCSOs have also featured in a few comedy sketch programmes including Season 3, Episode 1 of "That Mitchell and Webb Look". PCSOs were featured
Calvin Valentine from Jacqui's bag and shoots Calvin, and he dies from his injury. In 2011, Whittle returned to play Calvin as a ghost for a one-off episode. Upon hearing that his daughter, Kathleen-Angel, may not survive, Carmel goes to the church to pray. It is there where she sees Calvin's ghost and he tells her that Kathleen-Angel will be safe. Ricky Whittle was nominated for 'Sexiest Male' in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 British Soap Awards Whittle was also nominated for 'Sexiest Male' at the Inside Soap Awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Also in 2008, he and Gemma Merna (Carmel)