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Simon Weir Returns To Cops and Monsters

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Scottish actor Simon Weir is returning to the world of Cops and Monsters, playing DCC Norris Fletcher in our audio series The Year of Peace.

Simon Weir began his acting career with the Dorothy Paul Acting Studio in 1986 before gaining an NC Drama & Theatre Skills at Motherwell College.

His theatre work includes playing Sick Boy in Irvine Welsh’s PORNO at The Pleasance Edinburgh Fringe 2022, KIDNAPPED- UK Tour with Selladoor Theatre, LETTERS TO ABERLOUR – Scotland Tour with New Strides Theatre, SINGIN I’M NO A BILLY, HE’S A TIM – Scotland & Ireland Tours with Dapper Productions, CALIGARI and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE with The Arches Theatre Company, GLASGOW HARD TICKETS with The Gilded Balloon & Rubber Ear Productions as well as MOTHER GOOSE, ALADDIN, BEAUTY & THE BEAST and SLEEPING BEAUTY with Glasgow Arts and Cumbernauld Theatre.

Simon’s television work includes the series regular role of Paul Lafferty in HIGH ROAD, TAGGART, CASE HISTORIES and IN PLAIN SIGHT for STV, MONARCH OF THE GLEN, RIVER CITY, GLASGOW KISS, BLOOD OF THE CLANS, DOCTORS and GUILT for BBC, EMMERDALE and CRIME for ITV, PATRICK MELROSE for Sky Atlantic and OUTLANDER- BLOOD OF MY BLOOD for Starz/Sony. 

His Feature Film work includes THE ACID HOUSE, POSTMORTEM (USA Feature), THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, A SPANKING IN PARADISE, 90 MINUTES, WIGILIA, FAST ROMANCE and TRAINSPOTTING 2 as well as Bollywood epics 83, SARDAR UDHAM, CAPGRAS and BHAI BHAI. He has appeared in over 100 films to date and Awards include Best Actor for REMNANTS -North West Horror Film Festival (2022) and Best Acting Award for THE LAST BAR – 48 Hour Film Festival (2014) and The Scotsman Fringe First Award for GLASGOW HARD TICKETS (1995).

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Doctor Who’s Sophie Aldred Returns!

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We are delighted that Sophie Aldred is returning to the world of Cops and Monsters, playing the role of vampire Queen, Lady Audrey McDairmid, in our audio series “The Year of Peace”.

Born and raised in South East London, Sophie studied drama at the University of Manchester and worked in children’s theatre, working mens’ clubs and musicals before being cast as Ace, Doctor Who number seven’s feisty companion.

She is also well known for her work as a presenter, especially children’s TV, for her extensive voice work, her podcast, Sophie Aldred’s Ace Odyssey and she has published several books including a novel, At Childhood’s End and an anthology, Ace Jacket.

As pre-production ramps up, we hope to announce more guest stars and launch our crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to produce our 6 part series with B7 Media.

Sophie will join her Doctor Who co-star Sylvester McCoy throughout the series.

“Cops and Monsters: The Year of Peace” will be produced by Silly Wee Films and written by Roland Moore, Fraser Coull, Lindz McLeod, Lorna King, Amelia Nashe and Philip Lawrence.

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Sylvester McCoy Joins Cops and Monsters!

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We are THRILLED to announce that Doctor Who legend Sylvester McCoy has agreed to star in our upcoming audio series Cops and Monsters: The Year of Peace.

Sylvester will be playing the role of Sir Malcolm Sinclair and more details will be revealed in due course…

Well known as the Seventh Doctor in DOCTOR WHO classic series, he was also delighted to be invited back into TALES OF THE TARDIS to celebrate the series’ 60th Anniversary, and THE POWER OF THE DOCTOR celebrating Jodie Whittaker’s finale. And let’s not forget the FIVE(ISH) DOCTORS REBOOT in celebration of the series’ 50th Anniversary. The character is also alive and thriving in his Big Finish audio recordings.

You may also have enjoyed him as Igor in Rob Zombie’s latest telling of THE MUNSTERS for Universal;  or as The Umbrella Man in HEARTSMITH; as The Old Man of Hoy in Lana Wachowski’s cult series SENSE 8, or Dr Huggins in Julius Berg’s psychological thriller THE OWNERS for which he won the Best Actor Award at Frightfest Film Festival 2021.

Oh, and he was in THE HOBBIT you know! Giving his ‘Radagast the Brown’ in Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT trilogy.

 His TV work ranges from the infamous KEN CAMPBELL ROADSHOW to the Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage, a role written especially for him, in BBC TV’s ever popular FATHER BROWN.  As Archie in the ever loved STILL GAME or as Rab C Nesbitt’s lunatic brother, living in his wardrobe!

Playing the Fool to Sir Ian McKellen’s KING LEAR at the Royal Shakespeare Company took him from Stratford upon Avon onto World Tour; and he is proud Adrian Mitchell wrote the title role in his THE PIED PIPER for him at the Royal National Theatre.

 He is currently filming his memoir,  WHO IS THE REAL McCOY, with Film Stories to be released later this year.

Our crowdfunding campaign for the series will be launched in the coming weeks and you’ll be invited to be involved!

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New Preview For The Cult of Many Faces!

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Isla (Reanne Farley) tries to keep her wolf daughter, Sorcha (Lily McGuire) safe. Photo Credit: Stills by Emma

We are in post-production with our first ever vertical interpretation of the “Cops and Monsters” omniverse with a 6 part series “Cops and Monsters: The Cult of Many Faces”.

When the First Minister of Scotland agrees to give asylum to the vampire, werewolf and zombie community after an incident leaves them exposed to humanity for the first time, it’s up to the representatives from the werewolf and vampire communities to come together and agree on the treaty.

Except… they can’t stand each other! Isla – the Alpha Wolf – believes Finlay – the Vampire Leader – to be arrogant and flouting the rules – whilst Finlay believes Isla to be self righteous and below him.

The Cult of Many Faces – played by Billy Kirkwood

Enter The Cult of Many Faces – a man (or beast?) who is a fixed point in time. Ancient and forever, he likes to keep an eye on the progress of humanity and the supernatural communities. But when Isla and Finlay ask him to mediate their agreement of the asylum treaty, they realise far too late that the Cult has the unusual ability of speaking your most intrusive thoughts.

Chaos… and truths will be laid bare.

We are currently in post-production with our series and we cannot wait to release it out into the world… and hopefully make a few more episodes!

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Cops and Monsters RETURNS in 2026!

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We are returning to the world of Cops and Monsters with TWO brand new exciting projects!

We have just shot a 6 part vertical mini-series “Cops and Monsters: The Cult of Many Faces” which will act as a soft-reboot of the series and will stream exclusively on ShoStak.TV.

Starring Billy Kirkwood as the Cult of Many Faces once again, joined by Reanne Farley, Ryan Kane, Lily McGuire and Shannon Davidson.

The series is now in post-production and you can find out more by clicking HERE.

And we are also producing a 6 part x 15 minutes episodes full cast audio drama “The Year of Peace” which takes place one year after our mini-series, introducing a brand new Paranormal Investigation Team Scotland lineup of Eve Mitchell, Jack Stone, Finn Campbell and new wolf on the team Alia Carmichael.

The series is being written by Fraser Coull, Roland Moore, Lorna King, Amelia Nashe, Lindz McLeod and Philip Lawrence.

You can find out more about our audio series by clicking HERE.

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Cops and monsters review

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Off The Record have kindly sent us a review for “Remembrance” the opening episode of series 2 of Cops and Monsters.

You can read the review by clicking this link.

Here’s a small extract below:

“I liked the opening to the episode, having her get ready adds a bit of normalcy and almost vulnerability to a show that is distinctly supernatural. I also really enjoyed the new intro sequence, it was splashier and cooler, and shows in broad strokes the various elements of the show. You can also see a distinct improvement in the overall quality of production, which is saying something because I was impressed with the quality of the first season, especially considering they are working on a tighter budget than a non-indie production. I liked the distinctly Scottish feel of it, the actors were honest and real, they weren’t trying to downplay their Scottishness and that’s a big plus for me“

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Vote for cops and monsters now!

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Voting for the Lift-Off Global Network April 2020 sessions are OPEN!

Head to https://vimeo.com/ondemand/liftoffsessionsapril205 follow the rules on the page and vote for our episode of Cops and Monsters! The top 5 films/shorts/episodes will go onto the next round with the judges and we really want Debbie Moon’s episode to do well!


Please share this post and help us get Cops and Monsters to round two!


The rules are as follows:


“Enjoy and please remember to share this great collection with your friends, family and peers. The Lift-Off Sessions exists to bring new eyes to the independent film market. Thank you for supporting true, indie cinema!


Please vote by first writing VOTED in the comments section, followed by the names of your two favourite films. Then head to our website on liftoff.network/online-vote/ to fill out the more detailed voting form. When selecting your festival page from the drop down menu, this page is SESSA20205.
Votes with only one selection/ the same film twice will be INVALID.


Strictly one set of votes per person.
The top five films from each of the 5 programmes of the social round will be rated by Lift-Off’s Official Judges who will go further in-depth and score the films based on multiple aspects. The film with the highest overall score wins an official selection for a live screening later this year at Pinewood Studios AND Raleigh Studios, Hollywood.
Voting will end 10pm (BST) Sunday 19th April.


After the festival, these films will be removed from the public domain.”

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Philip lawrence returns to cops and monsters

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Philip Lawrence, who is part of our series 2 writing team, has returned to pen an episode of our Cops and Monsters audio series.

Philip is currently writing episodes of BBC’s EastEnders and Casualty but his first actual screenwriting commission was for series 2 of Cops And Monsters. He’s always been a massive genre fan with Doctor Who, Star Trek, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The X-Files among his favourites. He’s even penned a few Doctor Who adventures for Big Finish. But he’s thrilled to have another bite at Cops And Monsters.

“I always felt like a bit of an outsider and a freak – I think most of us do – and Cops And Monsters really taps into that with its fragmented society of supernatural sects. It’s such a rich universe, full of complex characters and made with such an obvious love of the genre from Doctor Who to Wolfblood. I was overjoyed to be picked to write for series 2 and I’m so excited to be back again.”

Philip’s episode is titled “Adrift” and will feature a couple of returning faces to the Cops and Monsters universe. More details to follow.

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Cops and Monsters: The Audio Series!

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Whilst we’re in isolation and lockdown, unable to go outside and film new episodes of Cops and Monsters series 2, we’ve decided to use our time wisely and produce Cops and Monsters: The Audio Series! 

The 6 part series will consist of 10 standalone episodes set within the Cops and Monsters Omniverse, with familiar characters and brand new faces (or should that be voices!) expanding and exploring new stories.

We will then release the episodes either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, for a small fee with all monies earned going straight to a chosen charity.

At the moment we’ve secured some of our cast from series 1 and 2 to star in our new episodes and we’re reading a LOT of scripts from writers who have expressed an interest in penning the episodes.

If you’d like to be in an episode with a cameo role or have a character named after you or a loved one, you can join us on Patreon at this link. You simply choose a tier with perks that you like and each month that money is sent to our Cops and Monsters Patreon for us to make new content – whether that be audio adventures, short films or full episodes – or even a comic! Click HERE to find out more.

In the meantime please enjoy “Remembrance” by BAFTA winner Debbie Moon – the opening episode of Cops and Monsters Series 2:

All 8 episodes of series 1 are available to watch now on Amazon Prime and Google Play.