ITV recommissions 'Wild At Heart'

ITV has recommissioned Wild At Heart for a fifth series.

The show, which launched in 2006, will return to ITV for a 10-episode run.

It was previously feared that the programme could be axed after ITV cancelled dramas including Wire In The Blood and suspended production on Heartbeat and The Royal in a bid to cut costs.

The new episodes will see Danny and Alice continue to face challenges in their romance, culminating in Alice making a difficult decision about her future at Leopard's Den.

Stephen Tompkinson, Dawn Steele and Hayley Mills are returning for the new series, which will begin filming in South Africa in July.