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Kara Tointon is to star in a Christmas Day live broadcast of 'The Sound of Music'.
The 32-year-old actress - who's previously starred as Dawn Swann in 'EastEnders' - is to play the part of Maria in the two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, which is being broadcast on ITV.
Looking forward to the landmark event, 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."
The production - which will feature songs from the classic soundtrack, including 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' and 'My Favourite Things' - is being directed by Richard Valentine.
Meanwhile, it's been confirmed Julian Ovenden will take the role of Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are to star as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.
The announcement comes after Carrie Underwood starred as Maria in a live version of the musical in the US.

Simon Cowell has conquered Mongolian TV with 'Mongolia's Got Talent'.
The 56-year-old music mogul - who also rolled out his popular talent show format in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Iceland, Mexico and Myanmar in 2014 - finally brought the show to Mongolia this year and raked in the country's highest viewing ratings ever, when a third of the population tuned in.
An insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Simon is super-proud of the Mongolian show and the fact 'Got Talent' now seen on more or less every corner of Earth."
Simon's franchise has become the most successful reality TV show in the world, airing in 193 countries and watched by 500 million fans across the globe.
The news comes just a day after the music mogul announced he'll take a seat on the judge's panel of 'America's Got Talent', replacing Howard Stern on the show.
Simon said: "We've been talking about it for a few years, funny enough, me and NBC. This year ... everything worked. So it was perfect."
He also revealed he won't be diluting his typically harsh judging style when the show airs next year.
He said: "I'm not going to lie to people when I think they're hopeless, I just couldn't do that!
"But no, of course I'm not going to be rude for the sake of being rude. That would be ridiculous. I'll take it act by act."

Matt Di Angelo is to leave 'EastEnders'.
The handsome soap star - who plays bad boy Dean Wicks - will leave the popular soap with an explosive storyline that sees his character "gets his comeuppance", after he raped his brother's wife Linda Carter on Christmas Day last year.
A spokesperson for the soap confirmed: "Matt's exit will be explosive. Viewers are in for a nail-biting treat ... Matt has been ­won­­derful on EastEnders and it has been great having him here."
The announcement comes after Matt's on-screen co-star Danny-Boy Hatchard - who plays Lee Carter on the BBC One soap - said it's time "justice is served" to Dean Wicks.
The 24-year-old star previously told BANG Showbiz: "It's about bloody time. That's nothing against Matt Di Angelo, I love the bloke, but you get quite attached to a storyline after a while and I think it's time that justice is served. I'm not sure how it's going to be served yet but you've just got to tune in and watch it."
Matt, 28, first landed a role on Albert Square in 2006, but he was written out of the show in February 2008 when his on-screen father Kevin, played by Phil Daniels, was killed off.
However, he reprised his role in 2014 and was at the centre of last year's Christmas Day episode.

One Direction and Elton John are to headline this year's Royal Variety Performance.
The chart-topping boy band - who are going on an extended hiatus next year - and the 'I'm Still Standing' hitmaker have been announced as performers for the annual event, which will be held at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 13 with Prince Harry in attendance.
Jack Whitehall, 27, is set to become the youngest host of the variety show.
Speaking about his role, he shared: "Having been lucky enough to perform for Prince Charles and Prince William in previous years I look forward to the opportunity of sailing a little too close to the wind in the presence of Prince Harry this time round.
"It's my third time on the show and I still am yet to perform in front of The Queen, she must be really desperate not to see my act."
The 31-year-old royal will also be treated to performances by Kylie Minogue, Ricky Martin, The Corrs, Josh Groban and Little Mix amongst others.
Jeff Lynne's ELO will also make a rare appearance and winners of 'Britain's Got Talent' Jules and Matisse will also take to the stage.
Showcasing the stylings of the West End, the cast of 'The Play That Goes Wrong' will entertain His Royal Highness with the help of some special celebrity guests and Beverly Knight will perform a track from 'Cats: The Musical'.

Eamonn Holmes thinks work will eventually kill him.
The 'This Morning' presenter claims he regularly worked 18 hour days whilst he and wife Ruth Langsford filmed for 'Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives', which he juggled with his other commitments including Sky News' breakfast show 'Sunrise'.
He said: "Every year I get a health check-up and the doctor says I'm still OK, but I think sleep deprivation is a very bad thing. I'm good at it, but I'm sure it will kill me at some point.
"I'm up at 4am and I do my job, then fit in lots of other things - sometimes I'm not home until 9pm. I get to the end of the day and think, 'Oh, I've got to watch 'House Of Cards' or 'Big Brother', or this movie, or this football match', and suddenly it's 11pm. Then I'm up again at 3am and so one day goes into the next."
And the 55-year-old television presenter credits his school PE teacher for keeping him going.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I used to be a middle-distance runner at school and slightly beyond, and it was brilliant. It stood by me for the rest of my life, because mentally it made me strong.
"When I felt sick, got a stitch or wanted to give up, I could hear my PE teacher in my ear - 'All the way, Holmes, all the way.' And to this day, if I'm tired, I think, 'All the way, Holmes, all the way.'"

'The X Factor's Chloe Paige has compared the Six Chair Challenge to being in a gladiator battle.
The 21-year-old beauty - who is competing as part of Rita Ora's Girls category on the show - has confessed she found the famously brutal stage of the competition to be even worse than she'd imagined.
She explained: "I've never felt so much physical anxiety. I was exhausted for about nine days afterwards. What you see on TV isn't half of what really goes on. I went to watch the boys the day after our auditions and there were people booing and calling them boring. It's almost gladiatorial."
Chloe also responded to the abuse she received for wearing a bindi during her first audition.
She told OK! magazine: "I bought it as a fashion accessory, I didn't think for a minute that it might offend people. I feel awful that people were upset by it, but it taught me a valuable lesson about how things can spiral out of control very quickly."

Samia Ghadie's mum keeps accidentally calling her son by her fiance's name.
The 'Coronation Street' actress has revealed her mum Patsy thinks her newborn son Yves looks so much like his father Sylvain Longchambon that she keeps getting their names mixed up.
Asked what her mum thought when she saw Yves for the first time, Samia said: "She adores him, but she keeps calling him Sylvain by mistake because she thinks he looks so much like his dad!"
Former 'Dancing on Ice' star Sylvain's mother also flew over from France shortly after the birth and the couple have praised her for helping them out around the house.
Sylvain said: "My mum Annie came over two days after Yves was born and stayed for two weeks. It was nice for her to see her grandson after he was born. They're coming over for Christmas with my brother and his family, but he'll have changed so much in three months. My mum has really helped us out with lots of cleaning and cooking for us."
Samia told OK! magazine: "It was like having Mary Poppins living with us!"

Amanda Abbington says Steven Moffat "probably" wants her to be the first female 'Doctor Who'.
The 41-year-old star has become good friends with the sci-fi series' showrunner while starring in his hit series 'Sherlock' and she's now admitted she's desperate for a role in his other venture but joked that he's simply waiting for her to take the titular character from Time Lord to Time Lady.
She said: "I'm still trying to get in there.
"You'd think I would with Steven Moffat as my mate, but yes, I'd love to be in 'Doctor Who' - he's got to put me in it.
"He probably wants me to be the first female Doctor, that's what I imagine, that's why he's holding back."
The 'Mr. Selfridge' actress also reminisced about the moment Moffat and his fellow writer Mark Gatiss asked her to star in 'Sherlock' and confessed she thought they were just asking for advice on who to cast in the role of her husband Martin Freeman's character Dr. Watson's wife Mary Morstan.
She told the Independent newspaper: "I thought they were saying, 'Who do you recommend?' And I was going to say, 'I don't know... maybe Olivia Colman, or Nicola Walker, who's one of my favourites' ... And they said, 'No, we want you to do it.'
"I remember crying and getting very emotional. They said, 'You know Martin better than anybody and you've worked with each other before, we know you've got a nice chemistry so there'll be nice shorthand there'."
Meanwhile, Amanda will next star in new BBC One cop show 'Cuffs'.

Nikki Sanderson "worried" her 'Hollyoaks' character was going to be killed off by the Gloved Hand Killer.
The 31-year-old actress has confessed she feared her character Maxine Minniver would become one of the serial killer's victims and admitted she could still be targeted despite Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin) being unmasked as the culprit.
Nikki shared: "I think everybody was always a little bit worried they'd be a victim of the Gloved Hand Killer. Fortunately Maxine wasn't, but I might be in the future if they get away with it."
Nikki's comments come after Lindsey was revealed as the murderer when viewers saw her kill boyfriend Freddie Roscoe with a lethal injection after discovering his plan to run away with Mercedes McQueen.
The hospital nurse has also taken the lives of Rick Spencer, Will Savage, Mariam Andrews, Phoebe McQueen and Dylan Jenkins over the last ten months with Ashley Davidson and Dr. S'Avage falling victim in the last week.
Diane O'Connor and Esther Bloom were also targeted to the now not so mystery killer but managed to escape.
Speaking about losing so many cast members, Nikki added to Mirror Celebs: "You miss people so much because you work so many long hours with them and it's such an intense situation. It's a really close knit place."