ITV is doing a live version of The Sound Of Music on Christmas Day, starring Kara Tointon

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The Sound Of Music

by Anna Lewis |
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Is it too early to be talking about what we’ll be watching on telly on Christmas Day? No. No it is not.

ITV is putting on a live version of the iconic musical, The Sound Of Music over the Christmas period.

The Sound of Music Live! is a two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation, and will star Kara Tointon as Maria.

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Julian Ovenden will play Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are announced as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.

ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what ITV does well.

"We've assembled some of the very best talent both in front of and behind the camera, and I can't wait to see it all come together."

So expect to be singing along to My Favourite Things while stuffing down the last of the Celebrations this Christmas…

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