Oliver! TV's Reality Debut

The BBC has announced the follow-up to How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? and Any Dream Will Do - a search to find new stars for the musical Oliver!.

I'd Do Anything, named after the famous song in the British musical, will see Andrew Lloyd Webber search for a new Nancy and three young proteges to play orphaned urchin Oliver over different nights in the West End.

Graham Norton will host the Saturday night BBC1 show and theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh will make his debut on the series, alongside a panel of judges.

The search for a new Oliver and Nancy, the prostitute girlfriend of Bill Sikes, will begin with auditions early next year.

Charles Dickens' second novel, Oliver Twist, was published in monthly instalments between 1923 and 1939.

It hit the London stage in 1960 and became a musical movie in 1968, starring Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes and winning five Oscars.