Boy, 8, has adventure filming Lord of the Flies

For Freddie Lee-Grey filming a new BBC drama thousands of miles away in Malaysia was the adventure of a lifetime.

The six-year-old, who is now eight, spent several months away from home shooting Lord of the Flies, which has been adapted for TV for the first time.

Based on an original novel by William Golding, it follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island after a deadly plane crash.

Freddie, from Kent, was one of thirty boys who was chosen to act in the dram out of 7,000 who applied.