In 1995, Mellor starting acting in the Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks" in which he played (acted as) James 'Jambo' Bolton. He left the show in 1998. Soon after, he made a cover of Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" as a single, which went to number 5 in the British charts, as well as another song called "No Matter What I Do", which reached number 23.
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