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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.

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Please sir: The BBC, who recently aired a TV version of Oliver! starring Adam Arnold, Timothy Spall, William Miller, Sophie Okonedo and Tom Hardy, is planning a reality show search for stars to appear in a new musical version

Two previous BBC1 series saw Lord Lloyd Webber discover a new Maria (Connie Fisher) for the Sound of Music and a Joseph (Lee Mead) for Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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

Elaine Bedell, controller of entertainment commissioning, said: "We're really pleased to be building on the success of Any Dream Will Do with a new search for West End stars next year.

"Oliver! is a much-loved British musical so we're sure the show will unite families and melt hearts across the UK as we watch some of Britain's best new talent take centre stage."

Dickens's 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.