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"Waterloo Road star Melanie Hill has said that she is delighted to be exploring a more serious storyline on the show. The actress&amp;#039;s character Maggie Budgen is currently concerned over the health of her husband Grantly after he was told that he needs a kidney transplant.  Speaking on ITV&amp;#039;s Lorraine today (May 13), Hill revealed that she has found the storyline refreshing after previously taking on light-hearted plots. Hill commented: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been great because we&amp;#039;ve done a lot of comedy - myself and Philip Martin Brown, who plays Grantly. But this has gone a bit more serious.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s about organ donation and actually it&amp;#039;s quite topical, because apparently there&amp;#039;s been a big push in Scotland - there&amp;#039;s been a big campaign and apparently there&amp;#039;s been a 74% rise in organ donations.   &amp;quot;Waterloo Road&amp;#039;s quite good at doing topical stuff. It&amp;#039;s really interesting following the story.&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;We want to make sure that we do it in a serious way and do it justice. I&amp;#039;ve had people tweeting that they&amp;#039;ve got relatives who are waiting for kidneys, and it&amp;#039;s just making sure that we get it right.&amp;quot; Waterloo Road continues on Thursday (May 16) at 8pm on BBC One. Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below to watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal gossip on an Emmerdale van crash, EastEnders court hearing, Coronation Street scam and a new arrival for Hollyoaks.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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