'Primeval' star complains about sexy scenes

Primeval star Hannah Spearritt has claimed that her character's constant underwear scenes in the first series of the show were "a bit much".

The actress, who plays reptile expert Abby Maitland in the ITV1 drama, admitted that she was horrified when she watched the episodes back and noticed how often she was seen parading around in her knickers.

"I thought the clips of me wandering around in my pants last year were a bit much," Hannah told the Daily Star. "The thing is, this was already in the script when I got the part and I didn't think too much about it at the time.

"We filmed the scenes all in one block. But the actual clips got spread across the series so it made it look like I was walking around in pants all the time. When we watched it back, we were quite shocked. I say 'less is more'. We don't need it for the show."

She added: "If you want to see hot naked flesh, then the lovely James Murray, who plays Stephen, gets his top off!"