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The Bill's Jim Carver on bad behaviour, booze, gambling - and getting paid for it

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showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterHe spent 21 years playing alcoholic, gambling cop Dc Jim Carver on The Bill.And actor Mark Wingett has revealed that one of the reasons he stayed in the show for so long was because he could behave badly and be paid for it.“Jim Carver is my favourite character I’ve ever played,” Mark tells the Daily Star.“Over the years he grew from this young, innocent policeman to this alcoholic, gambling mess of a man.“Playing him was great fun, I could behave abominably, get away with it and be paid for it, it was fantastic.“It was great to grow alongside Carver for 21 years too.”But Mark admits fans of The Bill didn’t always have sympathy for his character when they saw him in.

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