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ITV buys made-for-mobile 'Gym' series

Published Friday, Jan 18 2008, 10:03 GMT | By Dave West
ITV has ordered its first scripted series to go direct to mobile television.

Fifty two-minute episodes of The Gym will also be available online.

The from Hub TV will star Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh) and be set in a gym.

Episodes will begin on ITV's mobile portal next Monday. They will appear on the regular ITV website a week after the portal.

Head of ITV mobile Melissa Goodwin promised the show would be "must-watch mobile TV" and was designed to be viewed "anywhere and any time".

Hub TV managing director David Hunstone said The Gym would have "a big impact on such a small screen".

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