Echo Beach (TV series)
television series
Echo Beach is a British soap opera created by Tony Jordan which broadcast on ITV from 10 January to 21 March 2008, lasting only one series of twelve episodes. It stars Martine McCutcheon, Jason Donovan and Hugo Speer, and is set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren. The series was produced by Kudos for ITV, while Jordan and Jane Featherstone served as executive producers.
The show's title refers to the Canadian song Echo Beach, by Martha and The Muffins. A cover version of the song, by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi, was recorded for the series' theme.
Background
Echo Beach was inter-linked with a show named Moving Wallpaper, a comedy-drama set in the fictional production offices of Echo Beach. Echo Beach was shown immediately after Moving Wallpaper in the schedule, with Moving Wallpaper airing at 9 pm on Fridays and Echo Beach airing at 9.30 pm. This allowed visual gags in Moving Wallpaper relating to that week's episode of Echo Beach to become more noticeable.
When the show was originally announced in November 2006, it was initially intended to be broadcast on ITV's youth-orientated sister network ITV2, straight after Moving Wallpaper on ITV1, although at some point in the show's production, the decision was made to have both on the main network.
The theme song was a cover of Martha and the Muffins' "Echo Beach" by Gabriella Cilmi.
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