Phone company boss Moey Hassan is hoping a role in a major BBC drama will be his big break into acting.

He has landed a part in the new series Clocking Off, starring Christopher Eccleston and Sarah Lancashire.

Moey, 30, runs his own business, Network Phones, in Leeds Road, Bradford, but is hoping for a breakthrough which would allow him to go into showbiz full-time.

He was thrilled to be offered the chance to be in an episode of Clocking Off, which is due to be screened this weekend on BBC1.

"I'm playing a waiter so it's not a big part but it is quite important and it's probably the most hard-hitting episode," said Moey.

"What happens is that Christopher Eccleston and Sarah Lancashire become an item after he saves her kids in a fire. They go out for a meal in a restaurant where I am a waiter and at the beginning I serve them a meal. But later on they cause a furore and I have to calm it all down when they have a confrontation."

Moey, a former pupil of Carlton Bolling College, went to drama school in Manchester and has had several other small parts in TV shows.

Recently he played Ricky Shah in the BBC series Cops.

"I have had quite a few bits and bats but they have mostly been one-offs. Hopefully, one of these days I will get something a bit more regular.

"I'm not one of these actors who is going to wait for something to happen. I run my own business but I have the experience and still go to workshops once a week."

Moey was halfway through qualifying as a motor mechanic before he decided to look for a career in showbiz.

He got a job at a nightclub as a DJ and became a presenter on Bradford City Radio after enrolling on a radio journalism course.

His first big break came in 1991 when he was asked to present Britain's first Asian youth music TV show.

Bhangra Beat went out in a late slot after the James Whale Show and was broadcast on several ITV regions.

lThe latest episode of Clocking Off, which focuses on the private lives of bosses and workers at a northern textile factory, goes out at 9pm on Sunday.

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