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"Former Footballers&amp;#039; Wives actor Ben Richards has joined the cast of The Bill. The 35-year-old - most noted for his role as psychotic Bruno Milligan in the now-axed ITV football drama and ITV2 spin-off show Extra Time - is to play ladies&amp;#039; man PC Nate Roberts.  Ben&amp;#039;s character joined the force six years ago to drive fast cars and chase criminals. It\u2019s a job that offers him an exciting challenge every day of his life, mates to go drinking with and a shift pattern that gifts him a four-day weekend.&amp;quot; And Nate knows how to treat a woman but he also knows how to break hearts and rarely gets his own broken. Of his new role, he said: &amp;quot;The Bill has always had an extremely high standard of acting and storylines, and I&amp;#039;m really pleased to be joining such a great cast.&amp;quot; The news comes only days after Scott Maslen quit the cop drama for EastEnders. Ben also filmed a short four-month stint as physiotherapist Justin Fuller in BBC One&amp;#039;s Holby City. His first appearance in Sun Hill will transmit at the beginning of November. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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