A young actor will burst back onto TV screens next week.
Talented Newsome High School pupil Alex Starke, 14, is set to star in the second series of the Disney Channel’s The Evermoor Chronicles, which will run for 20 episodes from November 9 at 5.30pm.
Alex will reprise his role of the regular character Ludo in the mystery and adventure programme, which he first starred in last year when it ran as a mini series called Evermoor.
He will star alongside Australian Naomi Sequeira and a host of other young British actors in the series, which follows Tara Crossley (Sequeira), an American teen who moves from the United States to an English village called Evermoor, where she becomes involved in dangerous adventures.
Talking about his role, Alex said: “My character, Ludo is funny, quirky and thoughtful. I really enjoy playing this role as it helps to improve my acting skills.
“This is definitely my favourite role I’ve played so far as although this series has been a lot longer and harder, the team has been really supportive all the way through.
“I do watch my own shows because it’s good to see the finished product – it’s a bit uncomfortable though! Being on TV this young is a wonderful privilege and I know how lucky I am.
“It would not be possible though without enormous support from my family who often make sacrifices to get me to auditions or jobs which are often miles away and very last-moment.
He got the role after auditioning in London , and it’s his latest TV job following a starring role in the Christmas commercial for the giant Morrisons supermarket chain last year.
He has also starred in several CBBC series such as The 4 O’Clock Club and The Sparticle Mystery, on Nickolodeon as a dinosaur voiceover and the musical ’That Day we Sang’ at Manchester Royal Exchange.
Alex, who is represented by Scream Management said: “I acted with local company Proper Job when I was about seven playing a squirrel in a production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. At nine I auditioned for Scream and started going for auditions.
“I got my first job a short while later playing a possessed autistic boy in Sky’s ‘Bedlam’ and voicing Buddy the Dinosaur in Nick Juniors Dinosaur Train.
“Acting is fun, I’ve always had an active imagination and acting is like playing out characters from your imagination.
“Nobody else in my family acts though my older sister is studying drama and would like to go to drama school so perhaps it is in our genes.
“I particularly enjoy TV and film but would also like to do some more stage and musicals, so everything really.
“It seems my talents lie with comedy so I guess I’ll continue with that.”
