I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series)
| I'd Do Anything | |
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| Created by | Bea Ballard |
| Presented by | Graham Norton |
| Judges |
Andrew Lloyd Webber John Barrowman Denise Van Outen Barry Humphries Cameron Mackintosh David Grindrod |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Fountain Studios |
| Running time | 30–90mins |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One, BBC HD |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i / 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | 15 March – 31 May 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Any Dream Will Do (2007) |
| Followed by | Over the Rainbow (2010) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
I'd Do Anything was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. It premièred on 15 March 2008. The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers who will take it in turns to play Oliver in a West End revival of the British musical Oliver!.
The show, named after the Oliver! song "I'd Do Anything", was hosted by Graham Norton with Andrew Lloyd Webber again overseeing the programme, together with theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh. In January 2008, John Barrowman confirmed he would be taking part in the show. The BBC also confirmed in late February 2008 that Barry Humphries would join Barrowman and Denise Van Outen (who was previously the presenter of the US Broadway reality show Grease: You're the One that I Want!) on the judging panel of the show.
Auditions for the show began in January 2008, with the show airing on BBC One throughout March, April and May 2008. In the final, on 31 May, Jodie Prenger was announced as the winner of the series.
Commissioned after the success of the two similar BBC series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and Any Dream Will Do, the series followed the same format to find a new unknown lead, but with two roles rather than one as in the previous two series. However, whilst the format for the Nancy was the same with the public choosing the winner, the three boys who will play the part of Oliver were chosen by the judging panel.
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