ITV is drawing on the talents of Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips for a show that combines a stage school drama, behind-the-scenes real-life documentary and a revue finale.
Britannia High will feature Barlow heading a team of songwriters who will pen set-piece numbers for the fictional arts school's young pupils to perform.
Phillips will be the head of choreography, while David Ian, the West End producer who featured as a judge on Grease is the Word, will help her to select the performers.
Britannia High will start with two 60-minute documentaries that show Phillips, Ian and other producers picking the actors, as well as venturing into Barlow's recording studio.
This will be followed by eight hour-long instalments of Britannia High, a scripted drama about young actors vying with each other for centre stage and featuring music and dance routines created by Barlow and Phillips.
Britannia High will end with a 90-minute live episode, taking the form of an end-of-term revue featuring performances from the cast, mingled with further drama segments.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/10/itv.televisionInteresting Stuff ! Quite a mix of ideas and Genres - a rethink of Talent Shows...Big Names to pull the Viewers in and new Songs every week. Shows like 'X-Factor' are big hits and earn big money. There must be a lot of work going into developing similar shows but adding fresh ideas to keep people interested - or maybe they just write a few ideas down, pull them out f a hat and make a TV show out of it !!!!
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