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25
November 2006
Billie
Piper Headlines New ITV
Schedule
Billie
Piper,
Catherine Tate and
Christopher Eccleston
are among the stars
headlining ITV1's winter
season.
Johnny
Vegas and Keith Allen
also feature in a
schedule that "aims
high, takes risks and is
less predictable", said
director of TV, Simon
Shaps.
Richard
Madeley fronts
"prime-time big money
series" Fortune, which
sees the public battle
to win a share of
£1m funded by
successful business
people.
Jeffrey
Archer and Dragon's Den
star Duncan Bannatyne
are among the
judges.
Ann
Summers founder
Jacqueline Gold, Crystal
Palace chairman and
owner Simon Jordan and
the MOBO Awards founder
Kanya King complete the
panel of real-life
millionaires who will
decide which contestants
most deserve the prize
money.
Mr
Shaps promised "the
return of prime-time
comedy to ITV1", with
Catherine Tate starring
in The Bad Mother's
Handbook, an adaptation
of the best-selling
novel, and fellow comic
Johnny Vegas in new
comedy
Benidorm.
Lisa
Tarbuck stars is a
series called Bonkers,
about people obsessed
with sex, and comedian
Al Murray hosts his own
prime time chatshow, Al
Murray's Happy
Hour.
Meanwhile,
Confessions Of A Diary
Secretary takes a "saucy
look" at the affair
between Deputy Prime
Minister John Prescott
and his diary secretary
Tracey
Temple.
On
the drama front, former
Doctor Who actress
Billie Piper stars in a
forthcoming Jane Austen
season and ex-Doctor
Christopher Eccleston
stars in thriller
Perfect
Parents.
Singer
Hannah Spearritt stars
alongside Douglas
Henshall in new six-part
drama Primeval, which
follows a team of
government scientists
investigating the
reappearance of extinct
creatures.
ITV1
has been struggling with
falling revenue,
advertising sales and
viewing figures but has
been boosted by the
recent success of I'm A
Celebrity... Get Me Out
Of Here.
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