A 12-year-old Glasgow boy has stormed the small screen with a starring role in a new children's TV show.

Teacup Travels, which was filmed and produced in Scotland, launched last night on the popular Cbeebies channel.

Roddy Gilkison, from Bearsden, joins young Edinburgh actress Evie Brassington to play Elliot and Charlotte, whose Great Aunt Lizzie leads them of a series of historical adventures.

Great Aunt Lizzie played by Gemma Jones, famous for her roles in Harry Potter and Bridget Jones' Diary, has a teacup collection that fascinates the children.

Each cup is decorated with a different historical item and the children choose a different teacup whenever they visit.

She tells the children a story about the cup and they imagine themselves going on an

adventure, which leads them to learn about a variety of artefacts, such as a 3000-year-old Egyptian mirror.

The 25-part series features 15-minute episodes inspired by a real artefact from a museum somewhere in the UK and was filmed in Princes Street Gardens and at Loretto School in Musselburgh.

Although Roddy only started acting three years ago he has

already enjoyed a role in hit TV drama Outlander.

Kay Benbow, director of Children's Television, said: "This is a first for CBeebies to bring ancient history and

archaeology to our young

audience.

"The series combines story telling with high adventure in a way that will inspire and encourage children to want to learn more about life in ancient times.

"I think children will love going on the adventures with Charlotte and Elliot to discover more about what life was like thousands of years ago."

The series is aimed at pre-schoolers and young primary school children.

It was created by Plum Films, an Edinburgh based TV and Film production company and produced by Micky MacPherson and Simon Parsons.

Natalie Usher, director of film and media at Creative Scotland, said: "Inspired by a real-life Scottish family's tradition of storytelling between generations, these stories celebrate childhood's spirit of adventure."

The series uses green screen and CGI to take the children on their adventures. People can also visit the CBeebies website to find each object that is featured in the series is in a UK museum.

Simon Parsons said: "Teacup Travels is a series of wonderful adventure stories and at the heart of each one is the chance to discover real ancient artefacts.

"We are working with museums around the UK to ensure objects from the stories will be on permanent display. Learning through adventure, what could be better than that?"