Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach are two inter-related British television series produced by Kudos for ITV, created by Tony Jordan. Echo Beach is a soap opera set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren and Moving Wallpaper is a mockumentary-style comedy that features the fictional producers of Echo Beach. 12 episodes were commissioned for each series and filming began in July 2007 for a 2008 broadcast.

The first episode of Echo Beach was broadcast on January 10, 2008 on ITV at 9.30pm, and was preceded by Moving Wallpaper which was broadcast at 9.00pm. The first episodes of Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach attracted 5 million viewers on average and snatched a 21% audience share, easily winning the timeslot.

Moving Wallpaper

This is a mockumentary about the production of Echo Beach, with fictional producer Johnathon Pope being played by Ben Miller.

Characters from Moving Wallpaper will also cross over into Echo Beach, with Susie Amy playing an actress trying to get a line in Echo Beach, and succeeds, playing the role of Angela.

Actor	Character
Ben Miller	Jonathan Pope
Lucy Liemann	Sam Phillips
Sarah Hadland	Gillian McGovern
Elizabeth Berrington	Mel Debrou
James Lance	Tom Warren
Dave Lamb	Carl Morris
Raquel Cassidy	Nancy Weeks
Sinead Keenan	Kelly Hawkins

Echo Beach

Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren, the show is centred around Susan Penwarden (Martine McCutcheon), and her ex love interest Daniel Marrack (Jason Donovan). Other characters include Mark Penwarden played by Hugo Speer, and Fin Morgan, played by Johnny Briggs.

External scenes were filmed in Looe on Cornwall's south coast and Watergate Bay on the north coast, among other locations.

Actor	Character
Martine McCutcheon	Susan Penwarden
Jason Donovan	Daniel Marrack
Hugo Speer	Mark Penwarden
Hannah Lederer-Alton	Abi Marrack
Christian Cooke	Brae Marrack
Ed Speleers	Jimmy Penwarden
Laura Greenwood	Grace Penwarden
Chandeep Uppal	Narinder Gurai
Jonathan Readwin	Charlie Morgan
Naomi Ryan	Jackie Hughes
Marcus Patric	Ian Brenton
Susie Amy	Angela Cole
Gwyneth Powell	Ivy Trehearne
Johnny Briggs	Fin Morgan

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