ITV Spring/Summer Schedule

ITV today launched its Spring/Summer TV schedule which begins transmission on 3rd May.

The new schedule shows drama every night of the week; ranging from new series such as Peak Practice, starring Kevin Whately as a doctor joining a practice in the Peak District and Body and Soul about a nun forced to leave the convent for a new life in the world outside, to the return of old favourites such as Taggart, Stay Lucky and Jeeves and Wooster. In addition there will be a number of self contained midweek peak time mini – series, plus one off dramas.

Prime Suspect II will be repeated on 27th June and 4th July, and London’s Burning and the Darling Buds of May will be re-run on Saturday and Tuesday respectively.

New programmes for comedy/entertainment include; Rik Mayall Presents – three films starring Mayall, Tony Slattery in Just A Gigolo and Jonathan Ross in search of the weird and wonderful in Fantastic Facts. New sit-coms include Gingerbread Girls and What You Lookin’ At, set in an inner city youth hostel.

Factual documentaries come in the shape of a documentary series about Neil Kinnock and Lifeboat, which chronicles a year in the life of a South Devon RNLI.

Sport will be represented in the schedule by the British Lions Rugby Tour along with European football on a Wednesday and international athletics on a Friday. Boxing will remain high on the agenda with ITV having signed an exclusive deal with Riddick Bowe to show his next four title fights.

Full schedule details should be available on MediaTel by the end of the week.