Actor and Radio 1 presenter Ceallach Spellman has joined the cast of the Cold Feet reboot.

Ceallach will play Matthew, the son of Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale), who we last saw as a baby when the ITV series ended in 2003.

The stars of Cold Feet in 2002
The stars of Cold Feet in 2002 (Ian West/PA)

In November 2015, it was revealed that Cold Feet is set to return for a sixth series.

Ceallach said: “I am so excited and somewhat humbled to be given such a wonderful opportunity to be part of this fantastic story which was so popular and successful 14 years ago.”

The 20-year-old will star alongside original stars Nesbitt, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris, John Thomson and Fay Ripley.

He teased fans with a blurred shot of the script, writing: “To be revealed very soon…”

Ceallach has previously appeared in BBC One’s Waterloo Road and Channel 4′s drama Cucumber.

He started presenting CBBC’s Friday Download show in 2011 and was given his own Radio 1 programme, The Number 1 Show, last year.

At the end of the fifth series of Cold Feet, Matthew’s mother Rachel died in a car crash.

Adam left Manchester – where the series is set – with his infant son.

Ceallach continued: “I cannot wait to work with the director, Terry McDonough, all the cast and crew and I am particularly looking forward to working alongside my on-screen dad James Nesbitt – even if he is a Man United fan.

“I hope I can help make this series every bit as special, entertaining and memorable as the first five series were all those years ago.”

Cold Feet stars (clockwise from top left) Robert Bathurst, James Nesbitt, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris, Helen Baxendale and John Thomson
Cold Feet stars (clockwise from top left) Robert Bathurst, James Nesbitt, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris, Helen Baxendale and John Thomson (Neil Marland/ITV Studios/PA)

The part of Matthew was originally played by Jacob Hughes, now a teenager living in Lancashire.

The new series is currently shooting in Manchester. It will be broadcast later this year on ITV.