A teenager from Croydon made his TV debut last weekend in a new programme called My Almost Famous Family.

Matt Morgan, 15, from Sanderstead, plays Isaac Swann in the 11-part children’s musical comedy.

The show is about a step-family who perform on a TV chat show as a pop group.

The family is made up of English musician Gary Swann (Andrew Clover) and his two children Hadley, 16, (Angus Harrison); and Toyah, 15, (Naomi Battrick), African-American soul singer Sholandra, and her children Aretha, 15, (Dominique Moore) Isaac (Matt Morgan).

Completing the family is Gary and Sholandra's cheeky eight-year-old Martha (Rachel Brady), who is deaf.

Matt plays the family joker and is the drummer in the band.

He said: "When I heard about the audition I got myself a book about learning to play the drums and every day at lunchtime I'd go into the music room and practice. Then when I started filming I had a few proper lessons."

The teen has been acting in school productions for a number of years and recently joined an afternoon theatre school.

Matt had eight auditions before he finally learned he had the part. At one point he thought he had blown it.

“There was one audition that went really badly and I thought it was all over, but then they called me back.”

He has finished filming the first series of My Almost Famous Family and is hoping to be called back for a second series.

“Filming was so much fun, the cast and the crew got on really well.”

In his favourite episode he steals a pig.

He said: "Annabelle says she's going to kill it so Isaac decides to save it. Isaac and Hadley even do a song about the pig and how much they love it.

"I loved working with that pig"

He admits it was tough to juggle filming and his school work, but seems to have coped just fine, emerging with A’s and an A* for the Maths and Science GCSEs he wrote in the summer.

The teen is not letting his success go to his head. He spoke to the Croydon Guardian as he was dropping off the dry cleaning for the modelling agency where he is doing work experience.

He will shortly be returning to Riddlesdown School to study for the rest of his GCSEs which include drama and music.