A TEENAGE boy from Cowling stars in a major new screen musical, which will be broadcast on TV on Boxing Day.
Sam Burles was auditioned by leading comedy writer Victoria Wood for his role in her musical That Day We Sang.
Sam, 14, who attends Craven School, plays the character of choirboy Hewitt in the nostalgic drama.
His appearance follows a role in hit BBC drama Our Zoo, which was screened earlier this autumn.
Both acting roles came through Sam’s membership of the StageCoach performance school in Cullingworth.
The Stagecoach drama teacher, Matt Zina, acts as Sam's manager with his company Yorkshire School of Acting.
Sam’s father Steven said: “At StageCoach they work towards a performance in the summer and just before Christmas, with this year’s show being Shrek the Musical.”
The Day We Sang is set during a 40-years’ reunion of a children’s choir from the 1920s, with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton playing two of the middle-aged choristers who realise they have a last chance at happiness.
That Day We Sang will be screened on BBC2 on Boxing Day at 9pm.
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