READ MORE: The Repair Shop's Will Kirk details new project away from BBC seriesSpeaking at the Britsh Soap Awards on the red carpet on Saturday evening, he revealed that the ordeal would be a "turning point" for his character. "I think it was very important to me to be very focused and to get it very right because this genuinely affects so many people. "I even know tens of people this has happened to at a very young age, and it really does happen.