Rising star Jack McManus says his girlfriend Martine McCutcheon has been giving him advice about the tough music biz.

Actress Martine, most recently star of ITV1’s soap Echo Beach, has notched up five top 10 hits of her own including 1999’s No.1 Perfect Moment.

Casanova Jack told itv.com/music:” Martine has given me lots of advice and it’s been really helpful. She’s been there and done it, and knows how to do it well”… and what was her advice about the music business “Just to enjoy it, not to make it too stressful, if I put too much pressure on then before you know it, its over and you’ve just had years of stress” Read more & comment »

Echo Beach actress, Martine McCutcheon has admitted that her role on the ITV soap left her feeling depressed.

“I have to admit I didn’t read the reviews,” Martine, 31, told the News of the World. “I felt depressed because I was playing a character who’d let herself go, and that state of mind affected me. I could feel myself getting down.

“One night, I decided to go out clubbing with the crew. Jason [Donovan] and I were the oldest there and I put on my skinny jeans, jewellery and make-up. Read more & comment »

ITV have revealed that it intends to commission a second series of Moving Wallpaper, it’s Friday night behind-the-scenes sitcom.

But it’s not such good news for Echo Beach, the actual soap affiliated with the comedy. A Source told The Sun:

“Moving Wallpaper is returning. We made the call to Kudos Productions on Saturday after reading TV Biz. But we’re not sure what will happen to Echo Beach. It will either have a few episodes or run on the internet.”

I have watched most episodes of most shows, and like many others I much preferred Moving Wallpaper. I loved Jonathan Pope’s cutting wit, coupled with his absolute stupidity. Echo Beach should have been brilliant. It had a cast containing some very seasoned and talented actors, the involvement of Jason Donovan, Martine McCutcheon and Johnny Briggs should have guaranteed it more success than it acheived. Read more & comment »

Martine McCutcheon lived up to her diva reputation this week whilst on the set of new ITV soap, Echo Beach.

Celebrity photographer, Nicky Johnston, had travelled hundreds of miles to organise a publicity photo shoot for the cast of the show, on set in Cornwall. But Martine refused to leave her caravan because it was ‘too cold’!

Awwwww poor baby!

A secret mole caught Martine McCutcheon cosying up to one of her female co-stars on the set of Echo Beach. From these pictures it looks like Martine is well and truly going for it! Could Martine be trying to discover her Perfect Moment with a woman?

Before you get too excited, it’s not a real expose, but part of ‘The Mole’, a series of twelve ‘fly-on-the-wall’ style stand-alone shorts featuring the stars of its sister shows Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach on ITV1 including: Jason Donovan, Hugo Speer, Martine McCutcheon and Susie Amy. Each clip is secretly shot behind the scenes using a handheld camera by the insider who is out to cause trouble. Read more & comment »

Former Eastenders actress, Martine McCutcheon has revealed that she had serious doubts about accepting her role in new ITV soap, Echo Beach when it was first offered to her.

Martine plays an unhappily married, repressed, millionaire housewife in Echo Beach.

“I didn’t understand the concept of the show very well,” Martine told the Daily Record. “I also wondered why they wanted me to play this repressed, woman in her mid 40s – 10 years older than me.”

However, Martine quickly changed her mind when she discovered that Tony Marchant, who created her EastEnders character Tiffany, had written the scripts for both Echo Beach and its sister show, Moving Wallpaper. Read more & comment »

This is an interview with Martine McCutcheon on her new ITV1 show, Echo Beach.

“Susan is a very unhappily married woman who has played everything pretty safe in her life. She’s quite repressed and she’s got all these emotions in her head waiting to explode. But there was only ever one man who could make her head explode, and that was Daniel Marrack. He comes back and a repressed woman about to explode is sight to see.

“Susan is quite an integral character really – she’s the main reason why all the problems happen. When Mark, Daniel and Susan were younger they were very close. They were like the three musketeers. However, as they got older Daniel and Mark naturally developed feelings for Susan. Daniel’s a lot more laid back and so treated her more like a friend while not realising his true feelings, whereas Mark acted on his straight away. Unfortunately Susan doesn’t think Daniel would ever want to be with her, so she marries Mark and has an affair with Daniel, the consequences of which are catastrophic. Read more & comment »