[Scarlett.]

So this is it, judgement day, the network executives have spoken, Echo Beach is no more. What will Jonathan Pope, the programme’s irrepressible producer and his team do next?

ITV1 is proud to announce the brand new series of Moving Wallpaper, from the makers of Life On Mars, Spooks and Hustle.
Ben Miller (Armstrong and Miller, Primeval, The Worst Week) reprises his role as the hapless producer, Jonathan Pope. He is joined once again by Raquel Cassidy (Party animals, Lead Balloon), James Lance (Teachers, Sensitive skin), Sarah Hadland (Learners, Peep Show), Elizabeth Berrington (The Dinner Party, The Office), Lucy Liemann (The IT Crowd), Dave Lamb (The Smoking Room) and Sinead Keenan (Trouble With Sex).

Moving Wallpaper picks up where the last series ended – Jonathan and his team await their fate at the hands of the merciless Head of Continuing Drama at ITV1, Nancy Weeks (Raquel Cassidy).

Despite the end of Echo Beach, a clause in Jonathan’s contract means ITV must now offer Jonathan a pilot to produce – much to Nancy’s annoyance. ITV’s audience must brace themselves for Jonathan’s new project: Renaissance, a terrifying one off drama starring Kelly Brook (Marple: The Moving Finger, School for Seduction, Smallville) and Alan Dale (Ugly Betty, The OC, 24).

Will Jonathan’s complete lack of subtlety or tact but occasional genius be enough to make it work? And more importantly will the world be ready for another Jonathan Pope production?
Tony Jordan, lead writer and story consultant for EastEnders, co-creator of Life On Mars and creator of Hustle executive produces both shows with Kudos’s Jane Featherstone and Alison Jackson. Howard Burch produces.