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ITV Announces New Programme Schedule

ITV Announces New Programme Schedule

ITV’s new programme schedule for the spring and summer will consist of new dramas, entertainment specials, youth shows, major factual ‘event’ programming and a new look to daytime afternoons.

Three ‘event’ dramas are the highlights of ITV’s drama portfolio: Poldark, a two-hour costume drama set in Cornwall; The English Wife, a murder mystery set in France; and an hour-long special of The Bill to celebrate its 999th episode.

There will also be three new drama series making their debut: Ellington, piloted last year, features a hard-headed sports promoter; George Cole stars as a maverick local councillor in An Independent Man; and Frontiers revolves around two rival police chiefs. New youth programming will include An Evening With Lily Savage and Tantrums and Tiaras, a fly-on-the-wall account of Elton John. The revamped afternoon viewing includes Entertainment Today and Sixth Sense, a show presented by a clairvoyant. Sporting highlight of the year will be coverage of football’s Euro ’96.

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