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Echo Beach / Moving Wallpaper
The cast of Moving Wallpaper

Who's who? Moving Wallpaper

Ben Miller plays Jonathan Pope
Moving Wallpaper is dominated by outrageous, arrogant and brilliant producer Jonathan Pope. And he'd better deliver the goods: the head of drama at ITV is dying for an excuse to fire him.

Ben says: "It's the best part I've ever had. He is based on few producers I know and 'love' – he doesn’t regard it as his job to be polite to people, he says whatever he wants. As for the appeal, I think people will like the shows because they want to peek behind the curtain."

Susie Amy plays Suzie Amy
The ex-Footballers Wives star appears as a version of herself, a non-speaking extra desperate for an acting break. In the first episode of Moving Wallpaper, she makes Jonathan Pope a very tempting, very rude offer… and sure enough, she's got a line in the next Echo Beach!

Susie says: "There are not many roles on British TV like this – I thought it was hilarious. You can't take yourself too seriously. And I am sure that people will know it’s not seriously me. I've never been that desperate for a part!

Also:
The creator, Tony Jordan (of Life on Mars and EastEnders fame) has clearly had a blast with various TV-land stereotypes who populate the production office – the loserish writer, the airhead assistants, the vain TV executives. James Lance (Absolute Power) plays an oily scriptwriter and Lucy Liemann – last seen in The Bourne Ultimatum, remarkably – plays Sam, the script editor who is a sort of love-interest for Jonathan…