RC Bridgestock

28 Jan 1974. Joined the police. Sworn in to the Queen. Trained at Pannal Ash. Huddersfield streets. Detective work followed. Retired 22 years. Memories remain.

#UKPolice #PoliceLife #PoliceHistory

From page to storyboard 💀🎨
FSX students reimagined When the Killing Starts — also featured in Written in Blood (CBS).
Creative, bold, and brilliantly dark.

#DIJackDylan #WrittenInBlood #FSXStudents #VisualStorytelling #DarkHumor

Writing gave us more than stories; it gave us friendships. @pamelaclareartist.bsky.social , SFX artist for film, TV & celebs, brings magic to events, schools & charity—prosthetics, laughs, blood bulbs and all! 🌟
#DIJackDylan #DICharleyMann #SFXMagic #WritingFriends #Inspiration

Looking back at festival moments always makes us smile.
Great conversations, generous invitations, and the chance to share stories with readers and fellow writers.
We’ve been very lucky.
#RCBridgestock #BookFestivals #AuthorsLife #Storytelling

More than authors.
Former police. Educators. Storytellers.
Some of our happiest days were spent in schools.
#RCBridgestock #Education #Storytelling

Out walking Dylan this morning - two male pheasants having a standoff.

Chest out, feathers fluffed, each convinced the patch of ground was theirs. Sound familiar?

#YorkshireLife #CountryLiving #DogWalk #WildlifeWatching #MorningWalk #Pheasants #SeenThisBefore #NatureObservations #PowerStruggle

Libraries don’t just loan books — they build audiences. 📚
From packed talks to being told our crime novels are among the most-borrowed, libraries have been central to our journey.
Stories live here.

#LibrariesMatter #CrimeFiction #LibraryLove

Just received our PLR statement for 2024–25 - what a boost! 📚
Thanks to libraries, librarians & readers. Top titles: Vengeance, Condemned, Payback, Persecution.
9 DI Jack Dylan + 4 DI Charley Mann books & a new 3-book series out August.
#CrimeFiction #PLR #LibrariesMatter #AuthorsLife #TVAdaptation

☔️ Soggy Sunday ✅ Frankie scored 2 ⚽🏆 Back home: Scrabble, chocolate, tea 🍫☕ Bob thought he’d win… surprise! Victory is mine 😎 #RainyDayWins #ScrabbleQueen

Two Yorkshire detectives. Two very different instincts.
Cold hard facts. Ancient folklore.
Gritty, binge-worthy standalone thrillers — and something bigger on the way…
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#CrimeThriller #YorkshireMystery #DetectiveFiction #BingeReads

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✨ Big things coming for Jack Dylan & Charley Mann fans!
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Dylan our dog took us on patrol today and uncovered… sheep showing off fresh summer haircuts and a rabbit casing out a garden. 🐑🐇 No crimes reported – unless you count sheep streaking!
Though if we had to put them in a line-up, we’d be stuck! 🤣 🐑🐏🐇 #yorkshire #DICharleyMann #DiJackDylan #sheep

Caught in the act! Dylan was busy reading PAYBACK - first in the di_charley_mann series - and gave me this look. Guilty or what? 🤣 99p, over 3,000 readers love it, and Dylan approves. Amazon - share.google/images/LtajI... #DICharleyMann #NationalDogDay #goldenretriever #bookdeal #

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At Ansty Hall tonight, where the Sir Henry Library seems to whisper with secrets of the past.
Places like this remind us how fact and fiction blur… Have you ever walked into a room that felt like a story waiting to be told? 👉 rcbridgestock.co.uk
#FromFactToFiction

Having lunch in the Valley of The Racehorse. 🏇🏇Where are we? 😊

Back in lovely Lymington today 💙 Childhood memories of learning to swim at the Lido, Saturday cinema & school at Priestlands. Sat at The Ship Inn watching kids crabbing – just like we used to 🦀 Dylan wore Bob’s hat. Town buzzing & full of magic 🌊✨

Dylan in the sea - Dolphins in Lymington! #holidayseason

‘A rescue dog's heart is built by the pieces of love they have received, and it beats stronger than any heart I've ever known.’#Dylan #RescueDog @wagswetnoses #holidaydog

A massive thank you to everyone for the wonderful messages, cards, and presents. And a huge shout-out to my amazing family for making today extra special in so many ways. ❤️

According to our granddaughter Annabelle, and Frankie-Ray - at school so we brought him a piece of Oreo brownie from The Cakery, West Vale - you can never have too much chocolate! #Oreo

When your ‘soon to be teenager’ granddaughter has a masterclass at You Beauty and then comes home and does your hair and make up! ❤️ Thank you Amy Annabelle had a super special afternoon. 🥰Thank you Annabelle - you are a natural! #minime #proudnana

One of the true highlights of our advising career was working with the brilliant #GabyChiappe #TheBeastMustDie Gaby listened, understood, and transformed a golden-age thriller into something unforgettable
#TheBeastMustDie @BritBoxUK @CushJumboFans @ScottFreeProd @RegencyTv

From losing it all in the 2015 floods — ground, clubhouse, players, to a thriving junior presentation night in 2024.
Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club stood tall.
Proud of our family’s part in its story. Dad would’ve been too. 💙🏏
@sowerbybridgecc @Seenhimbowlbet1 #GrassrootsCricket

From Scott & Bailey to Happy Valley, one moment changed everything.

We walked ITV’s corridors, saw our names in the credits — and loved every minute.

And who knows… one thing led to another. Maybe it will again 👀
#RCBridgestock #TVDrama #HappyValley #ITVDrama #CrimeWriters

Day 4: Behind the scenes #HappyValley
Sally Wainwright asked:
“How do we show a hit without budget for surveillance?”
Bob: “Motorbike. Pull up. Shot to the head, then mouth.”
“Why the mouth?”
“He was a grass.”
Police realism, written into drama.
We advised on all of it.
#BBCDrama

“How do I play him?”
At the Happy Valley read-through, James Norton asked Bob how to get inside Tommy Lee Royce.
Bob said: “He’d either tell you everything… or snap.”
That switch — calm to chaos — made the performance unforgettable.
#HappyValley #RCBridgestock #facttofiction op

TV Tomorrow:
The Child Snatcher – The Robert Black Story
📺 Channel 5 | Wed 16 July | 10pm & 11pm
Bob appears as the detective who worked on the Sarah Harper case — not an advisor, but part of the real enquiry.
🔗 rcbridgestock.co.uk
#TrueCrime #TheChildSnatcher #C5

Everyone remembers the bump.
Kirsten. Run over. Not just once.
Sally asked: Why like that?
We said: It shows intent.
No gore. No music. Just silence and shock.
That’s real. That’s what stays with you.
#HappyValley #TVwriting #truecrime #BBCDrama #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction

*Proud Grandparent Alert!* Well done Annabelle! 👏👏 We’re so very proud of you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #longjump #schoolsport #schoolsportsday