In Popular Culture
Simon Shepherd was regularly mentioned in the BBC Comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom's crush and appeared as himself in an episode of each series.
On February 16, 2011, Simon Shepherd guest starred in the 200th episode of the BBC TV Drama Doctors. The featured story was about a deadly virus that was unleashed at The Mill in which virologist George Liston (Simon Shepherd) was responsible for the outbreak.
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