Echo Beach (TV series)
| Echo Beach | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Tony Jordan |
| Starring |
Martine McCutcheon Jason Donovan Hugo Speer Hannah Lederer-Alton Christian Cooke Ed Speleers Laura Greenwood Chandeep Uppal Jonathan Readwin Naomi Ryan Marcus Patric Susie Amy Gwyneth Powell Johnny Briggs Patrick Adolphe |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kudos |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 10 January – 21 March 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Moving Wallpaper |
Echo Beach is a British soap opera that aired on ITV in 2008. Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren, it ran for twelve episodes from 10 January to 21 March 2008. The show was created by Tony Jordan and produced by Kudos for ITV.
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. Although initially intended to be shown on ITV2, straight after Moving Wallpaper on ITV, the decision was made to have both on ITV. The theme song was a cover of Martha and the Muffins' "Echo Beach" by Gabriella Cilmi.
According to the parallel Moving Wallpaper storyline, the soap was originally titled Polnarren, and was intended to be a worthy drama about social issues in Cornwall. The show was then "sexed up", and its name changed to Echo Beach, by new producer Jonathan Pope (played by Ben Miller).
The soap is centred on Susan Penwarden (played by Martine McCutcheon) and her ex-lover Daniel Marrack (Jason Donovan), who after a long absence, and following the death of his wife, returns to Polnarren to run a beachfront cafe and surf shop with his daughter Abi (Hannah Lederer-Alton) and son Brae (Christian Cooke).
An old feud between Daniel and Susan's manipulative husband Mark (Hugo Speer) flares up, while Susan's and Mark's son Jimmy (Ed Speleers) becomes involved with Abi. Jimmy overhears a conversation suggesting that he might be Daniel's son, not Mark's, making his relationship with Abi incestuous. A shocked Jimmy breaks up with Abi, leaving her to have drunken and regretted sex with his friend Charlie (Jonathan Readwin). A blood test later proves the paternity claim to be false, allowing Jimmy to make amends with Abi, who keeps secret the details of the night she spent with Charlie.
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