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Returning Soccer Aid 2008

An Initial production for ITV1

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World Cup legends and top This year, each squad will comprise of Kirsty Wilson celebrities are to go head-to-head eleven celebrities and five WorldC up greats. Publicity Manager With under a week to train and bond before in an versus The Rest Tel: 0844 881 13015 the big game, the pressure is on for the of The World football match, as Mail: kirsty.wilson@.com players to get match-fit and be performance- Soccer Aid 2008, to raise funds www.itvpresscentre.com ready. England were victorious at Old for the charity UNICEF and its Trafford, but on new turf and with new teams, partners, returns to ITV1. there’s a clean slate this time around. With all Picture contact the players determined to score that winning With Ant & Dec presiding, this year’s event goal and lift the prestigious Soccer Aid 2008 – to be screened live – takes place on the www.itvpictures.com trophy, it really is anyone’s game. hallowed turf of , where the crowd will have a thrilling opportunity Soccer Aid 2008 will raise funds for UNICEF’s to see football legends play alongside big- health, education and protection work with name celebrities. vulnerable children all over the world. UNICEF works with partners in more than The brainchild of and 150 countries worldwide, through long-term Jonathan Wilkes, the inaugural Soccer Aid development and emergency work, to help was held at and attracted a children realise their full potential. UNICEF host of world-class players and celebrities, is funded entirely by voluntary contributions including , Damian Lewis, and the donations to Soccer Aid 2008 will Angus Deayton, Patrick Kielty, Gianfranco enable UNICEF and partners to reach many Zola, , and thousands more children worldwide. .

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new this season we are most amused (wt)

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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This Autumn, ITV1 is producing a Ben Webster star studded comedy show that Head of Entertainment will bring together the very best Programme Publicity comedy talent from the last 60 Tel: 0844 881 13013 years all on one stage, to benefit Mail: [email protected] youth charity The Prince’s Trust. www.itvpresscentre.com

In celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales’ 60th Birthday, the show will appeal to all ages Picture contact with its mix of both new and old established comedy acts. HRH The Prince of Wales is www.itvpictures.com known for his love of comedy and in particular home grown talent from the likes of , The Goons and The Two Ronnies.

A unique one off night, this event promises to be a very special celebration of comedy talent.

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returning divas 2 (wt)

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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The Divas return to ITV1 following Ben Webster its successful debut last year. Head of Entertainment Programme Publicity Divas 2 will bring together the very best Tel: 0844 881 13013 female singing talent for a spectacular and Mail: [email protected] glamorous TV event, and will again be in www.itvpresscentre.com association with four of the UK’s top breast- cancer charities. Picture contact Last year’s show featured exclusive performances from Celine Dion, Alicia Keys, www.itvpictures.com Jennifer Lopez, , Leona Lewis, Jamelia, Natasha Bedingfield andC haka Khan.

Expect bigger, sexier and bolder exclusive performances from the very best singing ‘divas’ around today – all together on one stage for one night only.

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new this season England Internationals

An ITV Sport production for ITV1

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Fabio Capello’s England team ITV1 will also be broadcasting England’s Laura Wootton will be putting their recent woes international against Germany live on ITV Press Office behind them when they start their Wednesday 19 November when Capello’s Tel: 020 7156 7241 men will face the Euro 2008 finalists in Berlin. Mail: [email protected] qualifying campaign for the 2010 www.itvpresscentre.com World Cup this autumn on ITV1. ITV1 is to transmit every England qualifier played on home turf for the World Cup 2010 Following the disappointment of failing Picture contact and Euro 2012 competitions as well, with to qualify for Euro 2008, the England team comprehensive same-day highlights of all will be determined to prove their international www.itvpictures.com England games later in the evening on ITV1. worth during the season, and will be facing Kazakhstan in their first home WorldC up qualifier at WembleyS tadium on Saturday 11 October.

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returning UEFA Champions League

An ITV Sport production for ITV1

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The UEFA Champions League This season, British clubs should once Laura Wootton returns to ITV in September again be present in abundance in the ITV Press Office with Europe’s top clubs early stages, with United and Tel: 020 7156 7241 Chelsea having secured automatic places in Mail: [email protected] convening again to do battle www.itvpresscentre.com for one of the most prestigious the group stage, and and Arsenal entering at the third and final qualifying trophies in world club football. stage in late August. Meanwhile, Rangers Picture contact are to compete in the second qualifying British teams did outstandingly well in the round, with Llanelli entering the contest at www.itvpictures.com competition last season, with Manchester the first qualifying stage. United beating Chelsea on penalties in the first all-British final inM oscow. And it was ITV will broadcast the pick of the two live the fourth year in succession that a British games each Tuesday on ITV1 and ITV4, team had reached the final, whileL iverpool with comprehensive highlights of all the also made the semi-finals. evening’s games being shown later in the

evening on ITV1.

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new this season The FA Cup

An ITV Sport production for ITV1

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The FA Cup kicks off on its new And this year’s FA Cup is already breaking Laura Wootton ITV1 home, with the pick of the new records, with 762 club entries beating ITV Press Office live games from round one the all-time record that was only set last Tel: 020 7156 7241 season. It should be a contest packed full of Mail: [email protected] through to the final. The road to www.itvpresscentre.com Wembley begins in November with action as the lower league clubs look to make a name for themselves, while those in the top some of Britain’s most modest flight fight to regain their place at the top of Picture contact clubs ready for the opportunity to the pile. take on top talent. www.itvpictures.com ITV1 will also show comprehensive highlights Last season, many clubs outside the top at each stage of the competition, including flight found success, withC hasetown the ties not broadcast live on the channel. becoming the smallest team ever to reach the FA Cup third round and non-league Havant and Waterlooville reaching the fourth round to play mighty Liverpool at Anfield.

Current FA Cup holders Portsmouth were the only Premier League club to reach the semi-finals; the first time since 1908 that the top division has had only one representative playing at that stage.

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returning Formula 1

A North One production for ITV1

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Steve Rider presents live Now battling to win the driver’s Laura Wootton coverage from the final six rounds championship, he faces strong competition ITV Press Office of the 2008 Formula 1 World from reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen and Tel: 020 7156 7241 his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa, as well Mail: [email protected] Championship, with the Belgian, www.itvpresscentre.com Italian, Singapore, Japanese, as BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica. Chinese and Brazilian Grand Prix will be joined live by Picture contact still to come. former drivers Mark Blundell and , with commentary from www.itvpictures.com All eyes are on British driving prodigy and reports from Louise , who is hoping to improve Goodman and . upon his second place finish in the driver’s championship in 2007 after his meteoric rise to fame during his debut season.

Hamilton won the first race of the 2008 season in Australia, also taking the flag in Monaco and Silverstone, with podium finishes in the Spanish and Turkish Grand Prix.

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new this season Britannia high

An ITV productions and Globe co-production for ITV1

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Britannia High is a brand new It also captures the youngsters’ lives and loves Janice Troup musical drama for ITV 1 set in a through their first days and months at the Head of ITV Programme Publicity, UK contemporary performing school over eight episodes. The series will Continuing Drama climax in a 90-minute finale, which takes the arts school. Tel: 0161 827 2233 form of an end-of-term students’ showcase, Mail: [email protected] The show’s director of choreography featuring performances from the cast. www.itvpresscentre.com and acclaimed theatre producer David Ian devised the original idea for the Starring in Britannia High are Mitch Hewer, Georgina Hagen, Sapphire Elia, Marcquelle series alongside a team of composers headed Picture contact up by ’s . Together with Ward, Matthew James Thomas and Rana Roy. series producer Brian Grant and producer www.itvpictures.com Gareth Philips, they spent six months selecting Also starring are Mark Benton as Principal the super-talented performers to sing, dance Nugent, Michele Austin as eccentric landlady and act in a fictional performing-arts school. Mrs Troy, Lorraine Pilkington as music mentor Anna, and Chris Jarvis as dance mentor Jason. The hand-picked cast play a close-knit group of six students – Danny, Lauren, Claudine, BB, Jez and Lola – who attend a contemporary British performing-arts school called Britannia High and all share the same hopes and dreams of success.

The drama series will follow the students as they learn how to make their mark on the world. They’re training to be the best they can, in every possible sense, and learn as much about life, themselves and each other as they do about their art.

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returning the x factor

A talkbackTHAMES / Syco TV production for ITV

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The Bafta-award winning series Once again, each judge will mentor one Sara Lee is back with a new face in the of four categories: Boys (14-24s), Girls (14- talkbackTHAMES Press Office line-up. 24s), 25 and Overs, and Groups. Tel: 020 7691 5145 Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole joins the judging After Dannii’s triumph last year with Leon panel, taking her place next to , Jackson, the pressure is on the other three to and as they pick the act they believe can go on to win the Picture contact travel the length and breadth of Britain series for them. looking for this year’s new singing sensation. www.itvpictures.com With a record-breaking number of Dermot O’Leary returns to host the applicants this year and with tens of proceedings and will be on hand to celebrate thousands attending auditions all around the with the successful acts and also to mop up UK, this series of The X Factor promises to be the tears of those that failed to make the bigger and better – and as explosive as ever. grade. And this year, will front ITV2’s Xtra Factor to get all the behind- the-scenes gossip, exclusive interviews with the judges and unforgettable auditions that will make you cry with laughter and cringe with embarrassment.

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returning Harry Hill’s TV Burp

An Avalon Television production for ITV1

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The multi-award winning Harry As it’s totally up-to-date, there’s no way of Dan Lloyd Hill’s TV Burp returns for an telling what will feature, but all the major Avalon Press Office eighth series this autumn after soaps are sure to be there, along with the big Tel: 020 7598 7222 Mail: [email protected] scooping two TV Baftas and a reality shows and whichever quirky telly gems catch Harry’s eagle eye. Who will be next to Award Ben Nolan join a very exclusive club and follow in the earlier this year. Avalon Press Office footsteps of Born Survivor: Bear Grylls and Tel: 020 7598 7222 as TV Burp cult classics? Big-collared Harry Hill is back to Mail: [email protected] And which of our favourite soap stars will be host a bumper run of shows and, once again, www.itvpresscentre.com on the receiving end of Harry’s trademark will be wringing every last drop of funny rib-ticklings? from the week’s telly. As always, Harry will Picture contact dish up a weekly helping of clever quips and There’s only one way to find out... side-splitting sketches served with only the www.itvpictures.com funniest clips, extra-large laughs and a side order of silly that will have even the fussiest of Freaky Eaters queuing for seconds.

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new this season FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

An ITV and Pozzitive co-production for ITV1

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From the team behind of The Royal Each week, the show will have two different Ben Webster Variety Performance and Saturday hosts, who will not only introduce a great Head of Entertainment Live comes a spectacular new- collection of acts but also take part in an Programme Publicity exclusive glittering showpiece finale with all style entertainment show for Tel: 0844 881 13013 the guests. It will feature a must-see mix of the autumn. Mail: [email protected] international talent, tapping into established www.itvpresscentre.com For One Night Only will be a modern variety stars alongside cutting-edge newer acts. show that combines exciting hosts with top- quality comedy, dazzling speciality acts and Picture contact massive music stars. www.itvpictures.com

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returning I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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Leaving their world of It will be survival of the fittest as they do their Ben Webster luxury firmly behind, another best to win the public’s affections and join I’m Head of Entertainment bunch of celebrities are to face A Celebrity’s roll-call of past winners: Tony Programme Publicity Blackburn, , , Joe the toughest challenge of their Tel: 0844 881 13013 Pasquale, , and lives – to survive in the Australian Mail: [email protected] . jungle for three weeks. www.itvpresscentre.com With only the creepy crawlies and each As tradition dictates, they will be cut off other for company, who will be the first to cry: from the outside world and survive on Picture contact “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!”? But meagre rations of rice and beans. They must it’s the viewers who will decide their fate as also endure the dreaded Bushtucker Trials, www.itvpictures.com they choose the person who must complete which are always guaranteed to push them to the daily Trial and, ultimately, wins the their limits, in order to win additional food for coveted crown. the group.

Ant & Dec present the award-winning show And the celebrities will definitely need to keep as it returns for its eighth series, while on on their toes because each new series brings ITV2, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here… fresh surprises that, this series, are bigger Now! is also back, and featuring more jungle than ever. action, reactions from Australia and the UK, plus interviews with the celebrity evictees. If all that wasn’t enough for the pampered personalities to deal with, they will also be competing against each other for the title of King or Queen of the Jungle.

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returning National Television Awards

An Indigo Television production for ITV1

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It’s television’s biggest night of the And which star will succeed as Britain’s Ben Webster year as the nation’s favourite stars supreme acting talent as, this year, the Best Head of Entertainment and shows compete for honours Actor and Actress categories merge into one Programme Publicity brand new award? in the ceremony for all those who Tel: 0844 881 13013 love great TV. Mail: [email protected] Join host Sir Trevor McDonald live at www.itvpresscentre.com The National Television Awards, firmly ’s Royal Albert Hall for an evening of established as the UK’s most popular awards glitz and glamour, tension and triumph – and possibly a few tears. show, presents trophies to winners selected Picture contact by the public in a huge nationwide poll. www.nationaltelevisionawards.com www.itvpictures.com What programme will be voted most gripping drama, funniest comedy or top talent series?

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returning National movie Awards

An Indigo Television production for ITV

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Following its stunning 2007 debut, An outstanding cast of stars will gather Debbie Russell the National Movie Awards return at London’s Royal Festival Hall when the Publicity Manager results are revealed in this celebration of to celebrate the big screen’s most Tel: 0844 881 13014 cinema’s biggest successes of 2008, and successful films and stars. Mail: [email protected] an exclusive sneak preview of the coming www.itvpresscentre.com With all the awards selected by the movie- season’s major releases. loving public in an extensive nationwide poll, www.nationalmovieawards.com the winners will truly reflect the choice of the Picture contact film fan. www.itvpictures.com And 2008 promises to be another truly memorable year of film, withN ational Movie Award contenders including The Dark Knight, Sex And The City, Mamma Mia!, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian, WALL-E and more.

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returning 2008

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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Britain’s most inspiring event Robbie Williams, , , Kirsty Wilson is back and celebrating its Sugababes and Dame Shirley Bassey. Publicity Manager tenth anniversary. Tel: 0844 881 13015 This year’s sponsors, The Co-operative, Mail: [email protected] are launching a new award category – This year’s awards are set to be bigger than www.itvpresscentre.com ever as the nation’s most amazing real-life The Co-operative Local Champion – for heroes are honoured in a glittering ceremony people who have improved their local area, while ITV regional news shows will be helping in central London. Picture contact to search for the country’s most inspiring Hosted by , the annual Teacher of the Year. www.itvpictures.com event will be packed with breathtaking stories of heroism and courage, uplifting moments The winners truly deserve recognition. and touching celebrity surprises. Last year, From all walks of life, of all ages, and from film starE wan McGregor joined the British all corners of the country, they all have one troops in Iraq to honour an extraordinary 32- crucial thing in common – they have done year-old female bomb disposal officer. something quite exceptional. They’ve either displayed remarkable courage, battled Each year, top names gather to salute the against the odds or gone the extra mile to collection of truly magnificent winners, make life better for those around them. selected from tens of thousands of deserving stories from across the country. Previous Pride Of Britain Awards 2008 makes real-life guests of the awards include Prime Minister heroes the stars of the night in a celebration , Sir Paul McCartney, David of the very best of our country. and , JK Rowling, Emma Watson, Ant & Dec, Jude Law, www.prideofbritain.com

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returning ’s Happy Hour

An Avalon Television production for ITV1

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Al Murray’s Happy Hour ‘Do you ever have any technical problems on Dan Lloyd returns for a brand new series stage, such as microphones coming on’; and Avalon Press Office this autumn. jungle love-rat Marc Bannerman reassured Tel: 020 7598 7222 by The Guv, ‘I know you weren’t faking it Mail: [email protected]

The Award-winning show will because you’re not that good an actor’. Jo Cross see Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, throw open Avalon Press Office So prepare for another explosive series as the doors to his gaff to provide more riotous Tel: 020 7598 7222 chat, chart-topping music, and light-hearted The Pub Landlord ‘interviews’ more of his Mail: [email protected] banter with the beautiful British audience. favourite stars, allows major music acts to www.itvpresscentre.com perform, and, of course, delivers the usual As each show is recorded in the week of masterclass of quick-fire interaction with the Picture contact transmission, there is just no telling who studio audience. might join The Pub Landlord for some www.itvpictures.com notorious Common Sense chat.

Classic moments from the second series included reigniting her Carry On career with help from James Blunt and ; Richard Madeley and Phil Vickery dancing out the moves for The Guv’s idea for a British haka; Spice Girl Mel B being pushed on all big subjects like,

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returning All Star Family Fortunes

A talkbackTHAMES production for ITV1

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Vernon Kay hosts the third series The stars will be hoping that they’ll be Ben Webster of All Star Family Fortunes. remembered for their performances rather Head of Entertainment than any bizarre answers, which over the Programme Publicity This updated version of the game years have included ‘Naomi Campbell’ when Tel: 0844 881 13013 asked to name a bird with a long neck, and ‘a show sees two famous faces and their Mail: [email protected] families go head-to-head in a bid to win sheep’ in response to ‘name something made www.itvpresscentre.com £30,000 for charity. of wool’!

Viewers will see celebs face the One Hundred Picture contact People Surveyed Said... and Double Your Money rounds. But which of the families will www.itvpictures.com go through to the Big Money round to win the top cash prize? They must, however, get more than 200 points and all of the top answers.

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new this season Everybody Dance Now

A Talent TV production for ITV1

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Everybody Dance Now is a new Everybody Dance Now will feature original Ben Webster show that will take viewers on a artists, contemporary star covers, colourful Head of Entertainment nostalgic and exhilarating journey dancers, nostalgic pop videos, and hilarious Programme Publicity home-video dance montages – promising a through the biggest dance crazes Tel: 0844 881 13031 memorable night to get up and dance to! The of all time. Mail: [email protected] show will also hear from some of the nation’s www.itvpresscentre.com favourite celebrities on the dance craze that Every few years, a new dance comes along is their favourite and why. that crosses generations and takes the nation by storm, from Night Fever, YMCA and Picture contact With live music, flamboyant dances and Thriller to Saturday Night, Macarena and the celebrity faces, Everybody Dance Now will Cha Cha Slide. www.itvpictures.com have family members of all ages up doing the Time Warp and Tragedy around their living This exciting extravaganza will showcase the room. But which dance will be the biggest, hits that inspired the most popular dance best and most loved? crazes. Along with the performers of each dance tune, scores of on-stage dancers will be showing viewers at home how it’s done as they strut their stuff to each and every routine.

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place of execution Caught in a trap the children >

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new this season The Children

A Tightrope Pictures production for ITV1

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Kevin Whately, Lesley Sharp, Cameron (Whately) starts a new relationship Naomi Phillipson Geraldine Somerville and Ian with Sue (Somerville) after the bitter break- Tel: 084488 13032 Puleston-Davies star in The up of his marriage to Anne (Sharp). He has a Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Children, a tense and compelling troublesome teenage son, who resents the thriller written by Lucy Gannon upheaval in family life, while Sue’s eight- year-old daughter, Emily (Sinead Michael), is (Soldier, Bramwell) for ITV1. Picture contact equally unhappy with the new arrangements at home. The provocative three-part drama is about www.itvpictures.com step-families and our messy modern lives. It Meanwhile, Sue’s ex-husband Paul explores the upheaval and excitement of new (Puleston-Davies) and his new partner relationships, and how the emotional turmoil Natasha (Kate Ashfield) celebrate the birth can lead to the unthinkable happening. of their daughter.

An eight-year-old girl is found murdered on The Children is produced by Tim Whitby and the patio of her home. Any one of the adults directed by David Evans. Executive producers who care for her could have killed her, but are Hilary Bevan Jones, Keith Halsall and which one? Catriona McKenzie.

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new this season

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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Lost In Austen is an ingenious Will she be able to keep the greatest love Janice Troup reinvention of ’s story of all time on track with Elizabeth Head of ITV Programme Publicity, , in which Bennet stuck in the modern world? Continuing Drama the novel’s story is thrown off- Tel: 0161 827 2233 and Alex Kingston play track by a very modern heroine, Mail: [email protected] Mr and Mrs Bennet, Lindsay Duncan is Lady Amanda Price (), www.itvpresscentre.com Catherine de Bourgh, Morven Christie plays who swaps places with Elizabeth Jane Bennet, Tom Mison is Mr Bingley, Tom Bennet (Gemma Arterton) Riley is Mr Wickham, and Christina Cole Picture contact and takes centre stage in the plays Caroline Bingley. celebrated romance. www.itvpictures.com The four-part series is written by the Disillusioned with her life in London and acclaimed Guy Andrews (Prime Suspect, disenchanted with her boyfriend, Amanda Absolute Power, Lewis). discovers Elizabeth in her bathroom. Soon she finds herself entering the ‘real’ fictional The director is Dan Zeff (Worst Week Of My world of Pride And Prejudice and arriving at Life, , Marple) and producer is Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family. Kate McKerrell (Lewis). Realising that she’s joined proceedings at the very start of the story, she gets to know the other Bennet sisters and prepares to meet Mr Darcy (Elliot Cowan).

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new this season Place Of Execution

A Coastal production for ITV1

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Juliet Stevenson, Greg Wise As the film is edited, George Philip( Shelagh Pymm and star in a moving Jackson), now an old man still haunted by Tel: 0208 892 1292 thriller about the mysterious the case, phones Catherine to tell her that Mob: 07831 665023 he is withdrawing his co-operation. But Mail: [email protected] disappearance of a schoolgirl www.itvpresscentre.com in the 1960s and the haunting determined to get some answers, Catherine and her troublesome 14-year-old daughter repercussions of the case nearly Sasha (Elizabeth Day), decide to head north Picture contact 50 years later. to confront him. www.itvpictures.com Adapted from the best-selling novel by However, as Catherine retraces Val McDermid, Place Of Execution follows Alison’s final steps, nothing can prepare high-flyingTV journalist Catherine Heathcote her for the shocking revelations that are (Stevenson) as she puts the finishing touches about to unfold... to a documentary about 13-year-old Alison Carter (Poppy Goodburn), who vanished on Place Of Execution is a three-part drama the Northumberland moors in 1963. set in the present day with flashbacks to the 1960s, re-telling the events surrounding Catherine’s film focuses on George Bennett Alison’s disappearance and the subsequent (Ingleby), the young Detective Inspector trial and execution. who made his name on the back of the investigation, and also delves into the lives Tony Maudsley, Sheila Reid, Dave Hill, of Alison’s mother Ruth (Emma Cunniffe), Peter Cartwright, Nicholas Pritchard stepfather Hawkin (Wise) and residents of the and Joy Blakeman co-star. close-knit village of Scardale.

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new this season Caught In A Trap

A Greenlit Rights production for ITV1

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The Sound Of Music star Connie But when her spending spirals out of control, Naomi Phillipson Fisher makes her television drama Gemma is in serious danger of being ‘caught Tel: 084488 13032 debut in a brand new film forITV1 , in a trap’. Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Caught In A Trap. The prestigious cast also includes Jim Carter (The Oxford Murders, Cranford) as her father, In the one-off drama, Gemma Perkins Picture contact (Fisher) is a young woman who is obsessed Geraldine James (Heist, The Last Enemy) with rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley. as her stepmother, and Joe Absolom (Doc www.itvpictures.com She lives at home with her overbearing Martin, Vincent) as her would-be boyfriend. stepmother and downtrodden dad and has a boring, low-paid job emptying parking Caught In A Trap is written by award-winning meters. But she is just waiting for something new playwright James Graham, produced by amazing to happen, and for her life to begin Jill Green (Foyle’s War, Honest, The Man Who in earnest. Lost His Head) and Eve Gutierrez (Honest, The Man Who Lost His Head, Menace), and Her life does indeed take a dramatic turn one directed by Michael Samuels (The Curse day when she finds a simple, easy way to fund Of Steptoe And Son, Our Hidden Lives, The her Elvis fixation – and that spending power Slavery Business) . gives her a sense of thrill that she’s never experienced before. Gemma has started to dip into the cash from the meters and goes on a spree with Elvis memorabilia at the top of her shopping list.

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new this season Wired

Made by ITV Productions for ITV1

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Jodie Whittaker, Toby Stephens, large amounts with the smallest personal Janice Troup Laurence Fox, and risk – and has frightened his cousin Head of ITV Programme Publicity, Charlie Brookes star in Wired, Ben (Sacha Dhawan) into being his mole Continuing Drama in the bank. a fast-paced, three-part thriller, Tel: 0161 827 2233 which delves into the murky, Mail: [email protected] Manesh treads an even more perilous path high-risk world of bank fraud. www.itvpresscentre.com when he approaches Mr Ralindi (Ramon Tikarum), the head of an Asian gangster Louise (Whittaker) is a young, fun-loving network, for help in laundering the £250m. Picture contact single mum, who’s given a high-profile As the day of the scam approaches, the promotion at ZBG Banking. But the stakes rise and people start to disappear. www.itvpictures.com unsuspecting Louise has been targeted as part of a conspiracy to steal £250m from Louise’s only ally seems to be the mysterious an internet bank. Crawford (Stephens), who she gradually realises is an undercover police officer At the heart of her troubles is best friend working to expose the fraud ring. His curiosity Anna (Brookes), who’s had her head turned by about Louise causes him to compromise his the glamour and glitz of the criminal world. professionalism – but will he be there when She’s persuaded to divulge Louise’s murky she really needs him? past to her devious boyfriend Philip (Fox), who then uses the information to draw the naïve Written by Kate Brooke, Wired is a realistic, bank worker into his plot. well-researched story that exposes high-level bank fraud, demonstrating graphically the An ex-ZBG employee, Philip Manningham, potential for criminals to get their hands on fired for defrauding the bank, has the insider our hard-earned cash. knowledge that makes him an ideal associate for Manesh (Ahmed), who is intent on stealing

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new this season Above Suspicion

A La Plante production for ITV1

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Award-winning writer Lynda Then a seventh body is found – but this time Naomi Phillipson La Plante launches a major the victim is a young student. Tel: 084488 13032 new female detective in Above Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Suspicion, a gripping crime Determined to earn recognition from her brusque thriller for ITV1. boss DCI Langton (Hinds), as well as the respect of her other male colleagues, Anna works away Picture contact furiously to find a vital piece of information that Kelly Reilly (He Kills Coppers, Joe’s Palace, links one man to all of the murders. Eden Lake, Mrs Henderson Presents) plays www.itvpictures.com the new heroine, while acclaimed actor The suspect is a much-loved actor who is on the Ciaran Hinds (There Will Be Blood, Margot brink of international stardom, and his arrest At The Wedding, The Mayor Of Casterbridge, would create media frenzy. But then, if he is Prime Suspect) stars as her boss, the volatile found innocent, all of Anna’s arduous work and DCI Langton. treasured reputation would be destroyed… Based on Lynda’s best-selling novel, the Above Suspicion is produced by Lynda two-part drama introduces DC Anna Travis La Plante and Jolyon Symonds (Trial & (Reilly), an ambitious young officer who is Retribution, Hustle, Whatever Love Means, fast-tracking her way through the ranks in a Kevin And Perry Go Large), and directed bid to be as successful as her late father. by Chris Menaul (See No Evil: The Moors Murders, State Of Mind, Prime Suspect). Travis is assigned her first murder case – a gruesome series of killings that has shocked The executive producer is Liz Thorburn (Trial even the most hardened of detectives. The & Retribution, The Commander, murders started eight years previously, with Mind Games). the body count now up to six. The method of killing is identical, and the victims are all drug users and prostitutes. page 29 For All Life’s Big Events The Autumn Season on ITV1 drama

new this season Mr Eleven

A Tiger Aspect production for ITV1

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Did you know that the average Better than that, he is Mr Statistically Right Natalie Cheary British woman will marry their – Mr Eleven. Tel: 084488 13034 11th sexual partner? But does Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Mr Eleven always equal Mr Right? Well, that is until she finds out thatM r Eleven is actually Mr Ten, when a sexual conquest that she had counted is revealed on her Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman, Picture contact EastEnders), Sean Maguire (Meet The wedding day to be a near-miss. Handsome Spartans, EastEnders) and Adam Garcia Aussie Alex (Garcia) turns up unexpectedly as www.itvpictures.com (Wicked, Coyote Ugly) become involved an old friend’s ‘plus one’. Saz counted Alex in a love triangle driven by one woman’s as her Mr Nine – until he confesses that she obsession with numbers in the romantic passed out before the deed was done. comedy Mr Eleven. Dan has just dropped from Mr Eleven to A strong supporting cast includes Lynda Mr Ten. Bellingham, Olivia Coleman (Peep Show, Green Wing), Denis Lawson (Bleak House, As Saz goes into freefall, Mr One through Jekyll), Nicholas Burns (, Nathan to Eight are reflected upon as both Dan and Barley) and (Britz, Bodies). Alex wait to see if the course of true love can outsmart the statistics… School teacher Saz Paley’s (Ryan) love life is driven not by her heart, but by an obsession Mr Eleven is written by Amanda Coe, directed with numbers. On her wedding day, Saz by Paul and produced by Nicola Larder. couldn’t be more certain that she has found the love of her life – hunky A&E doctor and all-round Mr Perfect, Dan (Maguire).

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returning The Commander

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Amanda Burton returns as As the investigation intensifies, Blake’s highly Tim West Commander Clare Blake in a individual style of policing comes under the Tel: 084488 13040 three-part series written by spotlight once again. Will she sacrifice her Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com . own career in the pursuit of what is right?

The Commander is directed by Gillies Also back are regulars Mark Lewis Jones Picture contact as DCI Doug James and Paul Brightwell as MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky, Regeneration, Brian Hall. Guest artists include the award- Small Faces), and produced by Lachlan www.itvpictures.com winning (Trial & Retribution, MacKinnon (City Of Vice). Ladybird Ladybird) and Jennifer Ellison (Liverpool Nativity, New Street Law), who play a mother and daughter caught up in the abduction of a baby – just one of the challenging cases for The Commander.

Blake is faced with two horrific crimes - an elderly woman bludgeoned in her own home and a newborn baby snatched from hospital. The two harrowing and emotional cases coincide, and both directly involve members of the officer’s own homicide team.

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returning Poirot

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David Suchet returns to his The heir to the throne of Rabat is spirited Luke Morrison most celebrated role as Agatha away to the safety of a girls’ school run by Tel: 084488 13038 Christie’s Belgian detective Miss Bulstrode (Harriet Walter). However, Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com , in three grisly when the games mistress is found stabbed, it new murder cases that tax his appears that it isn’t the haven it promised to be. The film also starsNatasha Little, Susan ‘little grey cells’ to the full. Picture contact Woolridge, Claire Skinner, Pippa Haywood and Jo Woodcock. When charwoman Mrs McGinty dies from www.itvpictures.com a blow to the head in Mrs McGinty’s Dead, Poirot’s attempts to protect a woman suspicion falls on her lodger, James Bentley accused of a murder in Third Girl are (Joe Absolom). Yet Superintendent Spence complicated as the suspect herself believes (Richard Hope) has grave doubts about that she’s guilty. Claudia (Clemency Burton- Bentley’s guilt and asks the famous detective Hill) and Frances (Matilda Sturridge) share for assistance. With the help of crime novelist a London flat with a “third girl”, the troubled Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker), Poirot Norma (Jemima Rooper). The day after a uncovers a link to two brutal crimes many party, Norma confesses to Poirot that she years previously. With Sarah Smart, Lesley may have committed a murder – and soon the Nicol, Ruth Gemmell, Raquel Cassidy, Simon body of her old Nanny is found. The solution, Shepherd, Sian Phillips and Amanda Root. Poirot discovers, hinges on a shocking revelation. Peter Bowles, James Wilby and Cat Among The Pigeons sees Poirot face Haydn Gwynne also star. one of his toughest cases, encompassing espionage, a Middle Eastern revolution, a Series producer is Karen Thrussell. missing princess and a long list of people who will go to any lengths to protect their secrets.

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returning Wire In The Blood

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Robson Green is forced to Tony’s understanding of human behaviour Shelagh Pymm confront a cannibal killer with a enables him to empathise with both victim Tel: 020 8892 1292 vendetta against him in a and killer – even to the point of almost Mob: 07831 665023 sensing the killings themselves. Mail: [email protected] new series of the gritty drama, www.itvpresscentre.com Wire In The Blood. Filmed in and around Newcastle, Wire In The Blood plays out in a new format of four When human remains are found on Picture contact two-part stories. The second story, Falls The wasteland, DI Alex Fielding (Simone Lahbib) Shadow, is partly based on Val McDermid’s brings in eccentric clinical psychologist Dr www.itvpictures.com novel The Last Temptation. Tony Hill (Green) to investigate theories including honour killings and fetishism. Guest stars include Christian Solimeno, John But the killer has Tony in his sights and the Hopkins, Mary Tamm and Michael Smiley. inquiry becomes frighteningly personal.

Tony also finds himself a prime suspect in a police investigation when a woman who tries to seduce him at an experimental psychology convention is found dead.

Other difficult cases facingA lex and Tony in the fictional northern town of Bradfield include a series of prostitute murders, the mysterious disappearance of young men, and the bizarre killings of homeless people.

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returning

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Sir reprises his role Will Frost and Marsh be able to put their Janice Troup as DI Jack Frost for three brand differences aside in order to investigate the Head of ITV Programme Publicity, new feature-length episodes abduction of two people, and the murder of a Continuing Drama children’s entertainer? entitled In The Public Interest, Tel: 0161 827 2233 Dead End and Mind Games. Mail: [email protected] In Mind Games, David Crewes (Keith www.itvpresscentre.com Barron) is furious when the man convicted In The Public Interest reveals the of murdering his 14-year-old daughter discovery of three naked dead bodies with Jane over 20 years previously is released a possible black-magic connection. Also, a Picture contact from prison. David’s niece Harriet also went multimillionaire press baron, James Callum missing at the same time as Jane, and the www.itvpictures.com (Adrian Lukis), sets about taking over the case is blown open again when the remains town of Denton. He wants to establish his of Harriet’s body are finally found.C an Frost new headquarters in the area and runs a get to the bottom of the unsolved mystery that smear campaign in his newspapers to force a spans so many years? youth-club owner to sell up. As the headlines go a step too far and lead to a suicide bid, will The cast also includes Bruce Alexander, Frost be able to stop Callum before another Elizabeth Berrington, John Castle, Nicholas death occurs? Farrell, John Lyons, Mel Martin, Sarah Matravers, Paul Shane, Julia Watson, Dead End sees Frost frustrated as he Paula Wilcox and Tam Williams. finds himself working alongside SD Marsh (Cherie Lunghi), a former colleague who previously had him suspended from duty.

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returning Sharpe’s Peril

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Sean Bean is back as hero of Sharpe’s Peril also stars Raza Jaffrey Lisa Vanoli the hour Richard Sharpe in a (Spooks, Mistresses), Luke Ward Wilkinson Tel: 084488 13033 new two-part epic adventure, (Wild At Heart), Beatrice Rosen (The Dark Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com written by Russell Lewis and Knight, Charmed) and Sharpe regular set in the heat and dust of 19th- Michael Cochrane. century India. Picture contact Sharpe’s Peril is produced by Malcolm Craddock, Muir Sutherland and Paul Frift, Also returning is Daragh O’Malley as www.itvpictures.com and directed by Tom Clegg. The executive Sharpe’s best friend Sgt Patrick Harper in producer is Stuart Sutherland. the ‘bloody enterprise’ that was filmed entirely in India.

Sharpe’s Peril takes up where Sharpe’s Challenge, transmitted in 2006, left off. Sharpe and Harper are on their way to Calcutta when they chance upon an East India Company baggage train. The entire party travels warily through hostile territory, which is controlled by fearsome bandit leader Chitu. And when the inevitable attack occurs, Sharpe leads the party 300 miles to safety, while also training up the ill-assorted group into proper soldiers.

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returning Agatha Christie’s Marple

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Geraldine McEwan, much loved Nemesis is produced by Karen Thrussell, Natalie Cheary as Agatha Christie’s spinster directed by Nicholas Winding and the novel is Tel: 084488 13034 sleuth Miss Marple, is joined by adapted by Stephen Churchett. Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com stellar ensemble casts in her final Towards Zero Julie Graham two Marple films for ITV1. stars , , Paul Nicholls, Alan Davies, Saffron Burrows, Picture contact Greg Wise, Julian Sands, Zoë Tapper and Dame Richard Grant, Johnny Briggs, Amanda Burton, Eileen Atkins. , Ronni Ancona, George Cole, Dan www.itvpictures.com Stevens, Will Mellor, Ruth Wilson, Adrian The formidable Lady Tressilian (Atkins) reluctantly Rawlings, Laura Michelle Kelly, Lee Ingleby hosts a party on her Devon estate for a glittering and Emily Woof star in Nemesis, in which Miss array of guests, including dashing tennis star Marple faces her greatest challenge. Neville Strange (Wise), who arrives with his attractive new wife Kay (Tapper), even though his She receives instructions from the recently first wifeA udrey (Burrows) is also invited. deceased Mr Rafiel to investigate a possible crime, but is not told what it is. Instead, she is Sexual tensions and marital mishaps play booked on a mystery coach tour to gather clues. out and it is not long before a gruesome murder takes place. Local Superintendent Miss Marple is accompanied by her nephew Mallard (Davies) investigates, assisted by Lady Raymond West (Grant), and it soon dawns Tressilian’s old school friend, Miss Marple. on them that Mr Rafiel has engineered it for everyone to be there, and that their lives Towards Zero is produced by Karen Thrussell, interconnect in various ways, but particularly to a and directed by David Grindley. girl who disappeared during the war. adapted the novel.

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continuing

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There’s a heady cocktail of Although Liam is trying for a baby with Maria, Janice Troup intrigue, romance, deception, he can’t contain his jealousy when Tom flirts Head of ITV Programme Publicity, mystery and, of course, comedy with Carla. But will Carla give in again to the Continuing Drama man she truly loves? on Coronation Street this autumn. Tel: 0161 827 2233 With new arrivals, departures, Mail: [email protected] In an effort to expand Underworld, Tony affairs and fallouts, it all adds up www.itvpresscentre.com launches a David and Goliath battle to force to must-see TV. garage owner Kevin to sell up - but when he refuses, Tony uses every dirty trick in the Picture contact Steve’s fling with Becky is still a secret, but for book, including using Rosie in a bid to put how long? With Becky working behind the bar Kevin out of business. www.itvpictures.com and getting ever friendlier with Michelle, it can only be a matter of time before someone lets Rosie still has the video of Carla in a clinch something slip. And when Becky finds herself with Liam and enjoys the power she has over single again, she goes on a drunken rampage, her family and her bosses. But Rosie goes which spells trouble for Steve. missing and cash from a factory syndicate lottery win is found in her bank account. Has Liam and Carla’s secret fling is another she really done a runner or is something ticking time bomb. Carla invests in Liam more sinister going on? and his cousin’s new business, but it throws the pair together again and the feelings that Teresa surprised everyone with her ‘devotion’ they’ve both tried to bury resurface. to ex-hubby Jerry, even managing to win round sceptical daughter Mel. But Jerry doesn’t get any better – in fact, his health deteriorates alarmingly. Is her Mother Teresa act all it seems?

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The new lady of the manor Finding that his feelings for Donna will not Janice Troup Anna De Souza makes an instant dissipate, Ross struggles to reach a balance Head of ITV Programme Publicity, impact on the Dales this autumn between friendly support and a lover’s concern. Continuing Drama as she’s fought over by hot- Tel: 0161 827 2233 Jo has no respite from Andy’s vicious temper headed Carl King and his brash Mail: [email protected] and abuse. With rumours spreading around brother Matthew www.itvpresscentre.com the village about his erratic behaviour, Andy’s fury erupts as he suspects Jo has betrayed She attempts to manipulate their emotions to him. As he prepares to lash out at his broken win a position of strength within the De Souza Picture contact wife once more, Jo is forced to concoct an regime – however, when Carl’s firebrand lover elaborate lie. Can Jo’s shocking revelation www.itvpictures.com Lexi discovers his darkest secret, Anna’s dampen the wrath of her husband? plans are thrown into turmoil.

Elsewhere, the dramatic return of The long-suffering Hope family face their Emmerdale’s public enemy No 1 endangers sternest test as Viv’s fraud inquiry reaches its lives during a tense hostage situation. But climax. With Viv due in court, Donna tracks the village show provides many a comedy down the elusive Freddie and a desperate moment as sabotaged veg and a pie-eating car chase ensues. With her mum’s freedom contest take centre stage. With a siege hanging in the balance, will she reach him orchestrated by the infamous Dingle clan in time to clear Viv’s name or does further and an unexpected and unwanted proposal tragedy await her? on the horizon, autumn in Emmerdale will be anything but quiet. Meanwhile, with her family crumbling around her, Donna finds comfort in the company of her friend and colleague Ross Kirk.

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Continuing

A Talkbackthames production for ITV1

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Rocked by the recent loss of one Mickey Webb (Chris Simmons), uncover the Susan Wilks of her troops, Inspector Gina Gold disturbing truth when it becomes apparent The Bill Press Office (Roberta Taylor) struggles to that 10-year-old schoolmate Mason Kemble Tel: 020 8545 1397 (Richard Whisker) is responsible. Mob: 07770 381 334 regain her former tough, but Mail: [email protected] fair, attitude. The Bill’s 25th Anniversary will be marked in Louise Turner A series of questionable decisions have been November, with a special two-part story that The Bill Press Office clocked by colleague and friend Sgt Smith will break new boundaries for both the cast Tel: 020 8545 1298 (Alex Walkinshaw), and the pair nearly come and crew. DC Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com to blows. However, when Smithy is caught goes undercover to investigate the kidnapping in an armed siege at a school that threatens of a young German woman. With DCI Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse) at the helm, the the lives of dozens of children, Gold rises Picture contact heroically to the challenge. team – including newly promoted DC Kezia Walker (Cat Simmons) – race against time to www.itvpictures.com Meanwhile, Supt John Heaton (Daniel Flynn) rescue the woman. promotes new Sgt Rachel Weston (Claire Goose) to Inspector and her strategic mind The year at Sun Hill draws to a close with DC wins the admiration of DI Neil Manson Stevie Moss () facing some old (Andrew Lancel). ghosts. Stevie and DS Stuart Turner (Doug Rao) work on a case together, but revelations And when an eight-year-old girl goes about Stevie’s past force Stuart to confront missing, Sun Hill mobilises into action. his worst fears that Stevie is not who she says But, tragically, officers discover her body on a she is. Did she take the wrong path in the riverbank. All is not what it seems, however, name of love? in a compelling two-parter. The team, led by DCs Grace Dasari (Amita Dhiri) and

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Continuing Heartbeat

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The drama in Aidensfield As his suspicions are confirmed, Gina Janice Troup continues as Heartbeat celebrates becomes a shoulder to cry on but, with a Head of ITV Programme Publicity, its 350th episode with an action- baby to look after, is she too preoccupied to Continuing Drama notice that Wetherby sees her as more than a packed new series. Tel: 0161 827 2233 friend? And what will Oscar say about it? Mail: [email protected] Sergeant Miller finds himself compromised www.itvpresscentre.com emotionally and professionally when his Also, Peggy’s money-making scams continue daughter is kidnapped and he is determined and, with Dawn as David’s new best friend, to do whatever it takes to ensure her safe the trio find themselves in more mischief Picture contact return. But can PC Mason stop him from than ever. www.itvpictures.com committing a crime to save her? Later in the series, Bernie is shocked to Meanwhile, Nurse Carol Cassidy is in a spin see Australian sheep shearer Mick, who when an old friend from Barnardo’s turns up went travelling with Rosie. As Mick explains explaining that her mother wants to meet her. that he last saw Rosie in Australia, the Having grown up with little knowledge of her locals, particularly PC Younger, are beside parents, Carol tries to come to terms with themselves with worry. Mason and DS Rachel past skeletons – but does her so-called friend Dawson decide to fly toA ustralia in search have an agenda of her own? of their friend, along with Carol who has investigations of her own to make. Elsewhere, PC Wetherby fears his wife is cheating and follows her in a bid to discover Guest artistes include George Cole, the truth. Jay Villiers, David Crellin, Barbara Marten, Emma Stansfield and Sean Gallagher.

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in the line of fire things i do in total emergency my sleep >

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new this season In The Line Of Fire

A Wild Pictures production for ITV1

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Gun and knife crime amongst At any one time, CO19 has eight fully Grant Cunningham young people is running at armed patrols on the streets of London. It is Head of Factual unprecedented levels on the these officers who are on the front line when Programme Publicity dealing with armed assailants. streets of London. Last year, 26 Tel: 084488 13023 teenagers were murdered and Mail: [email protected] CO19 has over 600 members, whose more than 350 children were shot. www.itvpresscentre.com psychological profile is crucial – the Metropolitan Police has channelled many of The Metropolitan Police formed the highly their smartest, most dedicated and tenacious secretive CO19 squad, Britain’s largest Picture contact officers into the division.A s well as the 24- firearms division, 41 years ago to deal with hour response teams, CO19 also has a large www.itvpictures.com London’s growing number of gun crimes. number of senior specialist firearm officers who provide an enhanced capability. With exclusive access to this specialised unit, In The Line Of Fire films the officers as they The two-part series features dramatic head into London’s gun hot spots, armed incidents and reveals the stories of the with weapons and clad in body armour, to officers operating ‘in the line of fire’ of a new carry out operations and to see how they and very dangerous world. work alongside other serious-crime divisions specialising in terrorism, drugs, armed robbery and abductions.

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new this season Things I Do In My Sleep

An HDTV production for ITV1

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A good night’s sleep is something Among the stories featured is one man whose Grant Cunningham most people take for granted – but extraordinary nocturnal talent for creating Head of Factual for some, going to bed each night first-class art while in deep sleep is currently Programme Publicity is nothing short of a nightmare. baffling top scientists.T he programme follows his extraordinary journey to find out Tel: 084488 13023 Mail: [email protected] how and why he does this. Then there’s the From sleepwalking to sleep-cooking, www.itvpresscentre.com ransacking the house to attacking or lively nine-year-old whose mother has to having sex with their partners without being almost barricade her in her room at night due aware of what they are doing, Things I Do to her extreme sleepwalking, and two sleep– Picture contact In My Sleep meets the individuals whose eaters, one who even cooks complicated extreme sleep activity is ruining their lives recipes using kitchen knives and an oven. www.itvpictures.com – and follows them as they consult leading experts to see what can be done to make In a bid to find the causes of the disturbances their lives bearable. and to help treat these individuals who are desperate to reclaim their lives, cameras are installed in their bedrooms to record the nocturnal behaviour for analysis by experts.

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new this season Total Emergency

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For the first time on TV, dozens of And when a major incident, such as a blaze or Grant Cunningham cameras have followed all three a car crash, takes place, the series will reveal Head of Factual major emergency services in one how the services co-ordinate to quickly and Programme Publicity of Britain’s biggest cities to provide efficiently deal with any injuries and to make the area safe for Sheffield’s residents. Tel: 084488 13023 a unique and comprehensive view Mail: [email protected] of the work of the men and women www.itvpresscentre.com Total Emergency follows the drama of 999 who keep Sheffield safe. call-outs and gets to know the characters who work around the clock protecting the The result: Total Emergency, an action- Picture contact public. They carry out some of the most packed series full of real drama, tension and stressful jobs in the country and routinely find www.itvpictures.com acts of true heroism set in one of the busiest themselves in life-threatening situations. urban areas in the country.

With full access to Sheffield’sP olice, Fire and Ambulance services, which serve an area populated by more than half a million people, cameras record the dramatic work of the services from the heart of the action.

Responsible for the city’s bustling centre, large housing estates, industrial areas and the busy M1 motorway nearby, they tackle a wide range of incidents, from house fires and road traffic accidents to drugs raids and car chases.

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new this season Faith In The Frame

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Faith In The Frame is a new 10- Panellists include Ekow Eshun, Andrew Grant Cunningham part series in which Graham-Dixon, Sarah Dunant and The Head of Factual chairs lively discussions on ten Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Programme Publicity of Western art’s most fascinating This defining late-night religious art series Tel: 084488 13023 religious pictures, highlighting Mail: [email protected] will provide broad, creative and stimulating their religious and secular themes, www.itvpresscentre.com discussions for ITV1 viewers. and relevance.

Each week, the debating panel will be Picture contact drawn from groups including clerics, writers, www.itvpictures.com art historians and art experts.

They will discuss the subject matter, artistic value and social history of each of the paintings, beginning with the artists’ original religious intent and moving to wider issues of the period, as well as contemporary relevance.

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returning The South Bank Show

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ITV1’s respected arts series, The world of Bond is uncovered in a definitive Grant Cunningham The South Bank Show, returns profile of the enduring icon. Melvyn Bragg Head of Factual this autumn with more interviews on what it means to be Programme Publicity high-profile subjects. 007, as well as Sean Connery, arguably the most memorable Bond. It also analyses the brand’s Tel: 084488 13023 Mail: [email protected] creative and artistic aspects, and reveals why The series features a film about the band www.itvpresscentre.com The Streets, headed by the brilliant Mike Bond films are a major cultural event. Skinner, whose music marks the soundtrack of today’s urban youth. The South Bank Show travels to Rio de Janeiro Picture contact to uncover the life and work of Cildo Meireles, www.itvpictures.com Meanwhile, The One Ronnie profilesRonnie one of Brazil’s most original and significant Corbett, one of the country’s best-loved living artists, known for his dramatic, multi- . Featuring specially written new sensory environments that intimately involve material, it explores Ronnie’s passion for the viewer. The series has also been given golf and fine tailoring, gives a critique of complete access to St Petersburg’s historic contemporary comedy, and throws light on to Mariinsky Theatre, its artists and archives, to one half of comedy’s greatest double acts. help celebrate the venue’s 225th anniversary and which gives a unique insight into how the The South Bank Show also follows film-maker arts managed to flourish inR ussia under so and photographer Sam Taylor-Wood for a many different regimes. year, gaining exclusive access as she makes her first short film, attends the opening of Plus, ITV3 is to transmit a new six-part series, her first major retrospective in theUS and Celebrating The South Bank Show, which prepares for an exhibition of new work. features Melvyn’s personal recollections during 30 years of making the world’s longest- running and most prestigious arts series.

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returning Trinny And Susannah Undress The Nation

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Trinny Woodall and Susannah There are two very different factions within Grant Cunningham Constantine return to ITV1 this the doggie brigade. Trinny and Susannah take Head of Factual autumn with a third series of on the breeders who are always covered in Programme Publicity

Trinny And Susannah Undress dog hairs and drool, and spend all their free time walking their dogs, while at the other Tel: 084488 13023 The Nation, in which they face a Mail: [email protected] end of the spectrum are the ladies who love stern new makeover challenge. www.itvpresscentre.com to show off their dogs, spend hours grooming them and pride themselves on having outfits The style experts are tasked with applying their to match their pampered pooches. expertise to groups, or tribes, whose outward Picture contact appearance reflects a specific, collective The duo will also take in hand the women www.itvpictures.com identity – from dog lovers to sex bombs. who really know what they want – the sex bombs. Dressed to kill in all their glamorous The first step is group immersion, in which finery, these are the more mature ladies who Trinny and Susannah meet a shining example love to dress to impress regardless of their of each tribe and spend 24 hours in their life; age, and who occasionally invite unflattering getting to know them, taking part in their remarks of the mutton and lamb variety. activities and, yes, dressing like them in a bid to understand why they dress the way in Finally, Trinny and Susannah turn their which they do. attention to ladies of an altogether more demure nature – the frumpy pillars of After this comes the big test – to make over the community who prematurely age themselves women without stripping away their group identity. by dressing beyond their years.

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returning Cops With Cameras

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ITV1’s action-packed series Cops With Cameras rejoins teams in Grant Cunningham Cops With Cameras is back for a to see how a special task force that was set Head of Factual third run as it follows police forces up to tackle the recent rise in burglary in Programme Publicity across the country to see first- the area is working. It also trails the Taser response team in Devon and Cornwall, and Tel: 084488 13023 hand how they tackle crime on the Mail: [email protected] the South Wales police as they continue to do streets – as it happens. www.itvpresscentre.com battle with local drug dealers.

Cameras built into police officer’s jackets provide unique access to the front line of the Picture contact forces’ relentless fight against crime in the www.itvpictures.com UK – giving a unique view from the heart of the action. It gives viewers a chance to see what it’s really like to be on patrol during dangerous drug raids, dramatic car chases and covert operations.

As well as focusing on specific operations, the cameras are at the sharp end with bobbies on the beat as they tackle antisocial behaviour, street crime, domestic disturbances and much more.

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this morning britain’s best dish golden balls >

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continuing This Morning

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In its 20th anniversary year, Human-interest stories and lifestyle Grant Cunningham This Morning remains Britain’s features, with a strong emphasis on Head of Factual Programme Publicity biggest and brightest daytime transforming the lives of our viewers, add to Tel: 084488 13023 television show. the mix. This Morning is the only programme with a famous family of experts, who give Mail: [email protected] www.itvpresscentre.com Presented by Fern Britton and Phillip invaluable advice and react to the issues of Schofield, the show continues to be as fresh the day. And a fresh look at cookery, fashion, and original as when it first launched. hair, fitness and top gardening tips also help Picture contact viewers to create the perfect lifestyle. Bursting with live and exclusive celebrity www.itvpictures.com chats, performances, showbiz news, TV From learning how to cook the perfect reviews and behind-the-scenes footage, soufflé, to grilling top politicians about the This Morning has shown time after time that issues that really matter, everyone has a it is No 1 for entertainment. From high-profile reason to tune into This Morning. musical artists and actors, to soap stars, authors and comedians, the most sought- after names in showbiz choose to appear on This Morning.

Strong, informative breaking-news stories and lively topical discussion are also integral to the show, ensuring that viewers have the latest updates on the world’s biggest news events.

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returning Britain’s Best Dish

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Britain’s Best Dish returns The most impressive meal will be crowned Grant Cunningham with a new series that aims to Britain’s Best Dish – and will be eaten and Head of Factual Programme Publicity discover more of Britain’s tastiest celebrated across the land. Tel: 084488 13023 home-grown recipes – and to Award-winning commentator and Mail: [email protected] bring viewers culinary delights to www.itvpresscentre.com ex-England cricketer Mark Nicholas presents impress and inspire. the series and will also ensure fair play for all the contestants. A nationwide search has found dozens of Picture contact cooks with class who can serve up great www.itvpictures.com gourmet grub. The cooks with the most potential will present their signature dishes to a panel of expert judges – Ed Baines, Jilly Goolden and John Burton Race.

The best cooks must then prepare their dishes in an exciting live final – but will their starters score or sink? Will their mains be magnificent or mediocre? Will their desserts delight or depress?

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returning Golden Balls

An Initial production for ITV1

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Renowned Brummie comic Jasper In each show, the four contestants Grant Cunningham Carrott OBE returns with a new must convince their rivals that they are in Head of Factual Programme Publicity series of the tea-time hit Golden possession of the Golden Balls containing the Tel: 084488 13023 Balls, a game of luck, intuition and largest amounts. They have to decide who is telling the truth and who has the smallest Mail: [email protected] bare-faced bluff. www.itvpresscentre.com sums in front of them. The person who holds the most Killer Balls also needs to be One hundred Golden Balls concealing eliminated. One player will be voted off at the different cash amounts are up for grabs. Picture contact end of each round – but will the contestants Players must try to find and hang on to the make the right choice? www.itvpictures.com balls containing the life-changing sums of money. But they also need to avoid the In the final round, the tension mounts as the dreaded Killer Balls, which can turn pounds two remaining players, who have convinced into pennies within seconds. and conned their way to the final, face the vital showdown. Will they work together and go home with a share of the winnings? Or will they try to outwit each other, which could mean losing the lot.

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returning The Alan Titchmarsh Show

A Spun Gold Production for ITV1

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The Alan Titchmarsh Show Alan will also be debating the hot topics Grant Cunningham is returning for a third series of of the day, chatting to top celebrities Head of Factual Programme Publicity the popular chat show, so put your and discovering what exciting events are Tel: 084488 13023 feet up, take a well deserved break happening around the country. Every day there will be interesting lifestyle Mail: [email protected] and let Alan entertain you every www.itvpresscentre.com items with experts giving advice on a variety weekday afternoon. of subjects, including gardening, cookery, food and drink. Alan will be celebrating the Best of British, Picture contact from the unsung heroes to our biggest stars The Alan Titchmarsh Show will be www.itvpictures.com and the stories everyone is talking about. fun, entertaining, thought provoking television; an afternoon treat that will have He will be discovering the hidden talents something for everyone and skills of members of the public and honouring those who contribute to their communities to help make Britain a better place.

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returning 60 Minute Makeover

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Terri Dwyer presents And once the clock stops, there’s no going Grant Cunningham 60 Minute Makeover, the back. Terri and the team face the reaction of Head of Factual Programme Publicity the homeowner as they return to discover series in which there are Tel: 084488 13023 that their house is totally different from the always plenty of surprises for Mail: [email protected] one that they left that morning. an unsuspecting homeowner. www.itvpresscentre.com

What will their reaction be? Will they love Every weekday, the team descends on the or loathe the new look? And will they be property of the owner whose home is being Picture contact delighted by the deception? Or will they made over, and who will know nothing about blame their partner for the whole thing? www.itvpictures.com it until it’s finished.H e or she will be sent out for a day with a friend, who will be in the know, while their other half welcomes Terri and the team of experts into their home for the makeover.

The designers, however, only have a mere 60 minutes in which to restyle the house, while also providing viewers with plenty of tips and practical advice along the way. But, as the clock ticks by, will the team be able to make the transformation from dreary to divine in the time limit?

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continuing

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Loose Women continues From speculation over the latest celebrity Grant Cunningham this autumn, giving a female faux pas to fierce discussion on the hottest Head of Factual Programme Publicity issues, this popular daytime show promises perspective on the hot topics Tel: 084488 13023 loose tongues, sparky attitudes and of the day. Mail: [email protected] controversial conversation that never loses www.itvpresscentre.com The four-strong team of feisty, funny famous its appeal and edge. names discuss topical news and showbiz stories in the series where outspoken Picture contact opinions, lively debates and moments of www.itvpictures.com laughter are guaranteed.

In addition, top celebrities are invited to join in the fun each day. But they will face a few pertinent questions, and must also help to keep the chat lively with their views on the subjects in hand.

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continuing The Jeremy Kyle Show

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Hard-hitting, plain-speaking talk Grant Cunningham show host Jeremy Kyle continues Head of Factual Programme Publicity to delight, provoke and involve Tel: 084488 13023 viewers of The Jeremy Kyle Show Mail: [email protected] this autumn. www.itvpresscentre.com

He will again be dealing with a whole host of real-life problems and dilemmas to help the Picture contact public get to grips with such issues. www.itvpictures.com

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Bookaboo! Finger tips Mack >

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new this season Bookaboo!

A Happy Films production for ITV1

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CITV is backing the National With an increasing number of parents lacking Tim West Year of Reading 2008 initiative confidence in their own literacy skills and ITV Press Office to promote child and adult one in five children leaving primary school Tel: 0844 881 3040 unable to read, the series aims to highlight Mail: [email protected] literacy in the UK by launching www.itvpresscentre.com a new series called Bookaboo!, not only the educational benefits but also the fun that adults and children can have if more a multi-platform live action and parents read aloud with their kids at home Picture contact animation series about a famous – as underlined by the programme’s tag line: drum-playing ‘rock puppy’ who ‘A story a day or I just can’t play’. www.itvpictures.com can’t perform his drum solo unless someone reads him a story.

Bookaboo! will feature celebrity guests who meet Bookaboo backstage and help him out by sharing a story with him. These soon- to-be-announced celebrities will become Storytime Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading 2008, alongside Jim Knight, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, who is backing the campaign.

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new this season Finger Tips

A Foundation TV production for ITV1

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Finger Tips, the upbeat make- In the ‘One Minute Make’, Tim and Naomi will Tim West and-do show combines traditional try to beat the clock and make something in ITV Press Office methods with technology, returns less than 60 seconds using bits and pieces Tel: 0844 881 3040 found easily around the home. You’ll be Mail: [email protected] this autumn with a creative bang, www.itvpresscentre.com bringing with it fresh ideas and surprised at what they can do! new presenters. All the ‘makes’ are also explained step- Picture contact by-step on an illustrated website, using New face Tim Dixon will be teaming up a ratings system that will be mirrored on www.itvpictures.com with regular presenter Naomi Wilkinson to both the TV show and website, that clearly create the most amazing surprises using indicates the complexity of a ‘make’. The site the simplest of materials from around the also includes sheets you can print off, tips home. Gadgets and trends inspire the original and follow on ideas. ideas and everything is made using easily accessible and recycled materials. So whether it’s having a go at making an edible masterpiece, affordable present or The ‘makes’ range from food to games, technological teaser, Finger Tips provides the and from the simple to the more complex. know-how and the show-how. And there will be plenty of ‘makes’ using technology in a creative way, be it a computer, scanner or digital camera.

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returning Captain Mack

A Fireback Entertainment production for ITV1

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Stand aside Superman, back of the Unfortunately, Sunshine City has more than Tim West line Batman! There’s a different its fair share of naughty characters. The ITV Press Office kind of super hero in town and he ‘naughties’, a pre-school version of ‘baddies’, Tel: 0844 881 3040 Mail: [email protected] means business! will include Tracy Trickster, Grabby Crabby and Marty Meddler. Imagine classic Batman www.itvpresscentre.com Hyper-daring and hyper-caring, Captain villains (The Joker, Penguin, Cat Woman) with Mack is a strong, awesome and totally a fresh pre-school twist. The trouble-makers Picture contact aspirational character whose heroic but level- in Sunshine City are not evil or bent on world headed approach makes him a natural leader. domination – they are just driven by desires www.itvpictures.com Taking its inspiration from 1960’s live-action that all pre-schoolers will understand and show Batman, Captain Mack is ‘good versus relate to as ‘naughty’ or ‘not nice’. They never naughty’, offering three to six-year-olds their set out to be mischievous – they just can own, age-appropriate hero. CITV’s young never resist the temptation that a particular audience will delight in Mack’s energetic situation presents. approach to life, his kind and caring nature, his sense of humour – and, of course, his Captain Mack is produced by John Bullivant super-fast Sky Rockets! and Iain Russell.

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returning Skyland

A Method Films (France) and 9 Story Entertainment (Canada) production Press Contacts

The year is 2251, and earth as we Mila, a powerful Seijin in her own right has Tim West know it has shattered into millions been imprisoned by the evil Oslo. It’s up to ITV Press Office of habitable pieces. The universe her children Mahad, a cocky teen lad with Tel: 0844 881 3040 expert piloting skills, and his sister Lena, a Mail: [email protected] is being held to ransom by the evil www.itvpresscentre.com Sphere, a powerful dictatorship young girl with superior Seijin powers, to find and free her. Thanks to Mila’s connections, that ruthlessly controls the they have joined a band of pirates, who give Picture contact precious water supply. them a home and a family and who help our heroes on their mission to bring down the www.itvpictures.com Welcome to Skyland, where pirate Sphere and rescue their mum. resistance leaders Mila and Marcus seem to be the last line of defence. Viewers will An eye-popping blend of motion capture, be enticed in planetary proportions by the CGI, 2D and key frame animation combine couple’s mysterious and conspicuous links to provide audiences aged nine to 14 this to an ancient prophecy telling of Skyland’s revolution in TV animation. A uniquely rich rebirth. However, their existence is under visual style, stunning imagery, a superb constant threat from Sphere army leader and concept and imaginative storytelling are the megalomaniac, Oslo. hallmark of this exciting television series.

Mila has learned that her daughter is ‘the light’ spoken of in the prophecy. She decides to keep this from her children until they are adults, so they may have a normal childhood. However, they learn about the prophecy and Mila’s past soon enough.

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returning My Goldfish Is Evil

A Sardine Productions for ITV1

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What is the most dangerous Beanie’s ideas range from new conspiracy Tim West creature in the animal kingdom? theories about government plots through ITV Press Office How about the bloodthirsty shark? to flying saucer sightings, and what they Tel: 0844 881 3040 Mail: [email protected] A growling, grizzly bear? really put in hot dogs. Understandably, this does not do a lot for his credibility when www.itvpresscentre.com This new series reveals that it is actually a things suddenly heat up and he finds three-inch goldfish, namedA dmiral Bubbles! himself in an actual life-or-death struggle Picture contact Not your innocent domestic pet, this fish can to save the planet. talk, he is a maniacal evil genius and wants to www.itvpictures.com take over the world. Finding himself reluctantly appointed as mankind’s last hope for survival‚ Beanie’s Enter Beanie, who owns Admiral Bubbles biggest job now is to keep a wary eye on and is trying to foil his plans for world his perilous pet for any signs of suspicious domination. He is being raised by his single behaviour so he can intervene in time to save mum and although he pictures himself as the planet. the man of the house‚ Beanie is really just a young kid. Upbeat by nature, he has an active Of course, Beanie’s problems could all be imagination that causes his mother to solved with a simple flush of the toilet, but not roll her eyes whenever he describes his if his mum has anything to say about it! latest misadventures. If anything ever happens to Admiral Bubbles, then Beanie is in big trouble.

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Harry Potter And King Kong The Constant The Goblet Of Fire Gardener >

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premiere Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)

In this fourth big-screen Harry receives another shock when he’s instalment of JK Rowling’s chosen by the enchanted Goblet of Fire to phenomenally successful boy- take part in The Triwizard Tournament, in Picture contact wizard adventures, an older Harry which three top magic schools – Hogwarts, www.itvpictures.com Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) returns Beauxbatons and Durmstrangs – battle it out in a display of magical supremacy. This refreshed from his summer break is because the Goblet unexpectedly picks and looking forward to a new year four names, instead of three, with Harry at Hogwarts. the surprise fourth choice. Since the magic cannot be undone, he is forced to undertake But the 17-year-old’s wishes for a quieter three torturously difficult tasks.A nd when evil time are dashed before term starts when forces threaten Hogwarts, Harry’s powers are he attends the prestigious Quidditch World tested like never before. Cup final with palsH ermione and Ron ( and Rupert Grint) when a group Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire also dressed as Lord Voldemort’s Death Eaters stars Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, sets the camp on fire – and thenV oldemort’s Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and Maggie symbol, the Dark Mark, is seen stamped Smith. The is written by Steve chillingly across the sky. Kloves and it is directed by Mike Newell.

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King Kong (2005)

Peter (Lord Of The Rings) However, as Denham is finalising his plans to Jackson’s remake of the 1933 capture Kong and take him back to New York, classic was one of the most Ann is kidnapped by the locals and offered as Picture contact anticipated movies of the year a sacrifice to the monster.A desperate rescue www.itvpictures.com when it was released in 2005. attempt by Driscoll and the crew ensues and eventually the beast is captured and shipped In Depression-era New York, ambitious back to the USA. wildlife film-makerC arl Denham (Jack Black) hires desperate out-of-work actress But, as he is being displayed as the Eighth Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) to star in his Wonder of the World, a furious Kong breaks mysterious new feature, which is to be written free from his shackles and runs amok in the by respected writer Jack Driscoll (Adrien Big Apple – and Driscoll is again forced to Brody) on location. They sail to Skull Island, save his love Ann from the ape’s clutches. a remote location near Sumatra, where King Kong they discover a world in which prehistoric Directed by Peter Jackson, creatures roam the land and where the was written by Jackson, Fran Walsh and indigenous tribe worships a giant gorilla Philippa Boyens. called Kong.

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The Constant Gardener (2005)

The acclaimed, Oscar-winning He travels across three continents and stops thriller receives its terrestrial at nothing to find out the truth – using his job premiere on ITV1 this autumn. to access diplomatic secrets and even risks Picture contact his own life. His inquires eventually uncover Based on a best-selling novel by John Le a dangerous conspiracy involving senior www.itvpictures.com Carré, it tells the story of Justin Quayle staff in the British High Commission and the (Ralph Fiennes), a junior British diplomat multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry. sent to a remote part of northern Kenya, who finds himself investigating the murder of his The Constant Gardener is written by Jeffrey activist wife. Caine and directed by Fernando Meirelles.

Tessa Quayle () is a passionate, strong-willed campaigner who begins to accompany local doctor Arnold Bluhm (Hubert Koundé) on visits to the homes of patients in the region. When Tessa is found murdered and the doctor is nowhere to be found, officials say the pair were lovers and that it was a crime of passion - but Justin is not convinced and sets out on a determined personal quest to find out who was behind his wife’s brutal death.

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The Interpreter (2005)

Nicole Kidman heads the Keller is wary about Silvia and her story cast in the terrestrial premiere but, when she becomes the target of of explosive political thriller The sinister figures, he learns some surprising Picture contact Interpreter, which was directed by information about her past and her www.itvpictures.com the late, great Sydney Pollack. connections; however, the two grow closer.

But when they discover that the murder plot It also stars Sean Penn as Tobin Keller, is about to be carried out, can they foil the a troubled secret-service agent charged assassination? with protecting Silvia Broome (Kidman), a UN translator and a native of the fictional The Interpreter also stars Catherine Keener state of Matobo, who overhears a disturbing and Hugo Spear. conversation over the communications system on which delegates receive translations. It’s spoken in a Matoban dialect and strongly hints that an assassination attempt is to be made on the country’s controversial ruler.

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