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Moving Wallpaper

Moving Wallpaper

2008 - 2009

Episode 1

10th January 2008
Episode 1
ITV's new soap Echo Beach is just days away from launching and a new producer called Jonathan Pope is hired. He makes sure he is public enemy number 1 in the production office, as he throws out everyone's ideas and brings in fresh new ideas, stories and characters. Everyone disagrees with the ideas but Pope is convinced his ideas will make Echo Beach a ratings hit. Is he right? Time will tell... Welcome to Moving Wallpaper the show set in the fictional production office of the soap, Echo Beach.

Episode 2

11th January 2008
Episode 2
It's Jonathan's birthday, but that's not stopping him from working. He is proud of how Episode 1 of Echo Beach turned out. Everyone is for a surprise when their wages are handed out. Nancy makes it clear that she wants Jonathan to fail in his new job.

Episode 3

18th January 2008
Episode 3
Gillian has been mugged and Jonathan who is trying to be more of a team player now, accompanies her to the police station. As Jonathan feels out of the loop and the tea run, he moves into the production office, distracting the writers with his noisy habits. But Jonathan's attempts at being nice gets on people's nerves and upsets them.

Episode 4

25th January 2008
Episode 4
It's the TV Quick awards show, but Nancy will not pay for a table. Johnathan feels Nancy refusing to pay it the last straw, and quits. Episode 4, the explosion episode is coming up and that episode is the one they are aiming to beat EastEnders to in the Spectacular Scene of the Year award at the British Soap Awards. With no Jonathan for this crucial episode, Sam is left in charge.

Episode 5

1st February 2008
Episode 5
Hugo Speer has quit Echo Beach. No not really. But that's the crisis the team has to deal with when Jonathan pretends he has, in order to give the team a push. But then Jonathan is the one in for a shock when he learns his rumor may be true after all.

Episode 6

8th February 2008
Episode 6
Jonathan catches Sam with one of the actors, but don't know which one, but is determined to find out who it is. While the team worry that Sam's new storyline ideas could threaten the show.

Episode 7

15th February 2008
Episode 7
Mel has got Ewan McGregor to appear on the show. Jonathan then orders a total rewrite of the script. Nancy however if not happy that Jonathan is making rash decisions

Episode 8

22nd February 2008
Episode 8
The writers are sick of getting criticism, so give Jonathan a taste of his own medicine. But soon the criticism starts to spiral out on control.

Episode 9

29th February 2008
Episode 9
Carl thinks he is dying and the writers fear for their jobs, when Nancy tells Jonathan they are too old.

Epsiode 10

7th March 2008
Episode 10
The team are forced to go to Cornwall and visit the set. Jonathan brings an actress along as his date, but Nancy warns him not to cast her in the show. Susie Amy also does not want a rival and resorts to black mailing Jonathan.

Episode 11

14th March 2008
Episode 11
The sand riddle, has been leaked to the press, and Nancy is not happy. She decides to stick around, and keep an eye on things, which just leads to chaos. Especially when she suggest to the team, that they should kill Fin in the next episode.

Episode 12

21st March 2008
Episode 12
It's the final episode. A second series is not guaranteed. With the show also being £100,000 over budget, Jonathan realises in order to get Series 2, he may have to fire one of the stars in order to stay on budget. Jonathan decides on getting rid of one of the three biggest stars. Jason, Martine or Hugo.
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Writer
Tony McNamara
DramaComedy

Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which aired directly after the Moving Wallpaper episode about its production. The second series was based around the production of a "zombie show" called Renaissance. Ben Miller confirmed in May 2009 on his Twitter account that no further series will be made. The title, "Moving Wallpaper", is a disparaging term applied to uninspiring TV shows, or to television in general, referring to the perception that modern television viewers are "mindless absorbers of images", as if staring at wallpaper.

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James Lance Image

James Lance

Tom Warren

Ben Miller Image

Ben Miller

Jonathan Pope

Elizabeth Berrington Image

Elizabeth Berrington

Mel Debrou

Raquel Cassidy Image

Raquel Cassidy

Nancy Weeks

Sinéad Keenan Image

Sinéad Keenan

Kelly Hawkins

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Martine McCutcheon

Martine McCutcheon (uncredited)

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Alan Dale

Alan Dale

Jason Donovan Image

Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan (uncredited)

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Susie Amy

Susie Amy

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Dave Lamb

Carl Morris

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Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook

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Tony McNamara

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