The award-winning This Is England TV series will have at least one extra cast member when it begins filming next month, after a Shane Meadows fan shelled out £2,600 to bag the role.
More than 50 bidders battled it out on auction site ebay in an attempt scoop the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Nottingham filmmaker auctioned the place in the upcoming series, entitled This is England '90, to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust.
As the auction closed on Friday August 29 just after 10pm 51 bidders had taken a punt on the prize.
Teenage Cancer Trust. raises money to build specialist cancer units designed for the needs of young adults.
A unit is already in place at the City Hospital and work on another at the Queen's Medical Centre began earlier this year.
Meadows said he learnt about the charity through actress Vicky McClure.
This is England '90, continues the story of the prior two series set in 1986 and 1988.
Meadows has said This is England '90 could shape up to be the best so far.
