Moving Wallpaper. Image shows from L to R: Jonathan Pope (Ben Miller), Sam Phillips (Lucy Liemann). Copyright: Kudos Productions
Moving Wallpaper

Moving Wallpaper

  • TV sitcom / comedy drama
  • ITV1
  • 2008 - 2009
  • 18 episodes (2 series)

Comedy series following no-nonsense TV producer Jonathan Pope and his neurotic writing team as they set about trying to produce a hit TV show. Stars Ben Miller, Lucy Liemann, James Lance, Dave Lamb, Sarah Hadland and more.

Moving Wallpaper. Image shows from L to R: Sam Phillips (Lucy Liemann), Jonathan Pope (Ben Miller), Tom Warren (James Lance), Carl Morris (Dave Lamb), Gillian McGovern (Sarah Hadland). Copyright: Kudos Productions

Key details

Genres
Sitcom, Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2008 - 2009
Channel
ITV1
Episodes
18 (2 series)
Creator
Tony Jordan
Stars
Ben Miller, Lucy Liemann, James Lance, Dave Lamb, Sarah Hadland, Sinead Keenan, Elizabeth Berrington, Raquel Cassidy and more
Writers
Tony Jordan, Howard Overman, Simon Blackwell, Richard Pinto, Anil Gupta, Will Smith, Roger Drew and James Payne
Directors
Dominic Brigstocke, Andrew Gillman, Tony Smith, Jeremy Webb, Gordon Anderson and Elliot Hegarty
Producers
Mark Hudson, Howard Burch, Jane Featherstone, Alison Jackson and Tony Jordan
Companies

A comedy show about a TV producer and his writing team. In a unique twist, this comedy is paired with genuine, real ITV dramas (first Echo Beach, now Renaissance) so that the results of the fictional characters' work can be seen. For example, in Moving Wallpaper we see the crew struggling to make a young child actress cry - in the subsequent Echo Beach the resulting crying can be viewed.

Jonathan Pope is a brash, egocentric, and ruthless TV producer who will stop at nothing to create a hit TV show. We first meet Jonathan as he is parachuted into TV soap Polnarren by ITV and given the task of turning it into a hit. Within minutes he has ripped up the scripts, re-named the show Echo Beach, hired in younger, sexier actors, signed off expensive stunts and ordered himself an LA-style bathroom for his office.

Having to cope with Jonathan's frequent demands for script changes is the writing team: Tom, Carl, Gillian, script editor Sam and personal assistant Kelly.

Jonathan is not actually that good at his job, but somehow he always seems to get away with it. However, he isn't fooling Nancy Weeks, the Head of Continuing Drama at ITV. She is less than impressed and looking for the first possible excuse to fire Jonathan.

Although Echo Beach has been cancelled, a clause in Jonathan's contract means ITV, much to Nancy's annoyance, must offer Jonathan a new pilot. The result is Renaissance, a zombie thriller. Will Jonathan manage to create a hit show or will he and the team soon be looking for new jobs?

Renaissance will be shown on www.itv.com on the 3rd April.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 10th January 2008 at 9pm on ITV1