Michelle Ryan will return to British TV this year as she signs up to star in new ITV drama, Mr Eleven.

Michelle will star alongside the gorgeous Sean Maguire (you remember Aidan from Eastenders?) and Adam Garcia from Wicked and Coyote Ugly.

The show centres around the statistic that that the average British woman will marry their 11th sexual partner? But does Mr Eleven always equal Mr Right?

On her wedding day Saz Paley (Ryan) couldn’t be more certain that she has found the love of her life – heart-throb, A&E doctor and all round Mr Perfect, Dan (Maguire). Better than that, he is Mr Statistical Right - Mr Eleven.

Until she finds out that Mr Eleven is actually Mr Ten. A sexual conquest she had counted is revealed to be a near miss on her wedding day. Handsome Aussie Alex (Garcia) turns up unexpectedly as an old friend’s ‘plus one’. Alex was Saz’s Mr Nine. Until he confesses that she passed out before the deed was done. He’s Mr Nearly. Dan has just dropped from Mr Eleven to Mr Ten.

As Saz goes into freefall, Mr One through to Eight are reflected upon as both Dan and Alex wait to see if the course of true love can outsmart the statistics…

Victoria Fea, Commissioning Executive at ITV, said: “Not only is this a colourful, contemporary romantic comedy by the fantastic Amanda Coe but it is also a perfect opportunity to entice two of our most exciting young Hollywood converts to return to our screens in a classically British love story, supported, of course, by a stellar cast of favourite TV faces.”