New Talent Search Series for BBC One

LONDON, December 20: Following the success of How Do You
Solve A Problem Like Maria?, BBC One has
announced plans for a new talent-search reality show, this time looking for the
leading cast member in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph And
His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Any Dream will Do
will begin auditions in key British cities early in 2007 for a summer broadcast
on the channel. It will be hosted by Graham Norton and will feature Webber and
a panel of experts choosing a male lead who will perform in Joseph
And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat on
the West End next year.

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? found Connie Fisher, who was cast as the lead in the
West End production of The Sound of Music. The show secured a 28 percent share on BBC One, and
has already been licensed as a format to AVRO in the Netherlands. The Dutch
version will look for an actress to play Eva Perón in a new production of
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Evita.