A YOUNG actor from Bolton is celebrating landing his first big acting role.

Adam Varey is appearing on television sets around the UK in new BBC comedy Sunny D.

The 23-year-old appears alongside award-winning comic Dane Baptiste, who wrote and stars in the four-part series.

For Adam, who comes from Johnson Fold, the part is his first major role in television after graduating with a degree in drama from Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire campus.

He said: "I had done lots of extra work in things like Hollyoaks and Coronation Street before my agent put me forward for this.

"We filmed it in February and it's all pretty surreal! It was amazing to work on and we did some pretty crazy things.

"The show was first commissioned by BBC Three but it has been going so well it's now being shown on BBC One. That's just mental. Hopefully it will do well enough to get a second series.

"It has been such a massive thing for me. I watched the episode for the first time where I had my first lines and it was overwhelming hearing and seeing myself talk on screen."

The leap into speaking roles has come about quite quickly for the Adam, who is oldest of three brothers, having only joined an acting agency in October and starting work as an extra last month.

He can now be seen on screen alongside the likes of television star and Canadian comic, Katherine Ryan, taking part in dance routines.

Starring as Dane's work colleague Gary Matthews, who Andy describes as a "cool guy" and "lad", he has also enjoyed filming scenes such as a 'historic' football match.

Adam explains: "It was sort of a flash-back into the past where I was the king and everyone else was dressed as peasants. To be honest it was pretty good!

"It has been crazy knowing my friends and family can watch the show and see me in it, but everyone has been really supportive.

"I'm looking forward to whatever comes next."

Adam stars in episodes two, three and four of the series, which is currently being released online at BBC Three.

Sunny D is devised by Baptiste – the first black Briton to be nominated at the Edinburgh comedy awards – and follows his life as a fed-up thirty-something man.

The comedy follows Dane as he contends with living with his parents, coping with a job he hates, a sister he can’t get along with and – thanks to a drunken misjudgment – a fiancee he isn’t sure about.