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Moving Wallpaper

TV·2008–2009·2 seasons, 18 episodes·ITV1·Drama, Comedy·30m·Created by Tony Jordan

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Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which aired directly after the Moving Wallpaper episode about its production. The second series was based around the production of a "zombie show" called Renaissance. Ben Miller confirmed in May 2009 on his Twitter account that no further series will be made. The title, "Moving Wallpaper", is a disparaging term applied to uninspiring TV shows, or to television in general, referring to the perception that modern television viewers are "mindless absorbers of images", as if staring at wallpaper.

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Episodes by season

Season0112Episodes2008AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 10, 2008ITV's new soap Echo Beach is just days away from launching and a new producer called Jonathan Pope is hired. He makes sure he is public enem
  2. S01E02Episode 2January 11, 2008It's Jonathan's birthday, but that's not stopping him from working. He is proud of how Episode 1 of Echo Beach turned out. Everyone is for a
  3. S01E03Episode 3January 18, 2008Gillian has been mugged and Jonathan who is trying to be more of a team player now, accompanies her to the police station. As Jonathan feels
  4. S01E04Episode 4January 25, 2008It's the TV Quick awards show, but Nancy will not pay for a table. Johnathan feels Nancy refusing to pay it the last straw, and quits. Episo
  5. S01E05Episode 5February 1, 2008Hugo Speer has quit Echo Beach. No not really. But that's the crisis the team has to deal with when Jonathan pretends he has, in order to
  6. S01E06Episode 6February 8, 2008Jonathan catches Sam with one of the actors, but don't know which one, but is determined to find out who it is. While the team worry that Sa
  7. S01E07Episode 7February 15, 2008Mel has got Ewan McGregor to appear on the show. Jonathan then orders a total rewrite of the script. Nancy however if not happy that Jonatha
  8. S01E08Episode 8February 22, 2008The writers are sick of getting criticism, so give Jonathan a taste of his own medicine. But soon the criticism starts to spiral out on cont
  9. S01E09Episode 9February 29, 2008Carl thinks he is dying and the writers fear for their jobs, when Nancy tells Jonathan they are too old.
  10. S01E10Epsiode 10March 7, 2008The team are forced to go to Cornwall and visit the set. Jonathan brings an actress along as his date, but Nancy warns him not to cast her i
  11. S01E11Episode 11March 14, 2008The sand riddle, has been leaked to the press, and Nancy is not happy. She decides to stick around, and keep an eye on things, which just le
  12. S01E12Episode 12March 21, 2008It's the final episode. A second series is not guaranteed. With the show also being £100,000 over budget, Jonathan realises in order to get

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes2009AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Series 2, Episode 1February 27, 2009Echo Beach is dead (it was shit and no one watched it), but Moving Wallpaper is still alive. With Echo Beach now consigned to the history bo
  2. S02E02Series 2, Episode 2March 6, 2009Jonathan Pope tries to go behind the back of his boss to get some finance from the American Sci-Fi channel with predictable results.
  3. S02E03Series 2, Episode 3March 13, 2009Jonathon Pope has some serious back pedaling to do when he inadvertently sexual harasses the male lead of Renaissance.
  4. S02E04Series 2, Episode 4March 20, 2009Unhappy with the opening scene of Renaissance Jonathon hires another writer.
  5. S02E05Series 2, Episode 5March 27, 2009Nancy keeps Jonathon to his promise to invite the press to a preview of 'Renaissance' at the studios despite his assurances that the team is
  6. S02E06Series 2, Episode 6April 3, 2009Renaissance is completed and even Jonathan is on a high at the wrap party. Nancy cannot bear it that Jonathan has finally found success and

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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