Michelle Ryan lined up for ITV1 rom com

Michelle Ryan will return to British television alongside Sean Maguire in a high-profile ITV1 romantic comedy.

Two-parter Mr Eleven will see the Bionic Woman star play Saz Paley - a schoolteacher obsessed with marrying her 11th sexual partner.

Adam Garcia (Wicked) will also star, while the show is written by Amanda Coe (Shameless, As If) and directed by Paul Gay (Skins).

The story is based on the statistic that women are statistically most likely to marry their 11th sexual partner.

Saz is on the verge of marrying the man she believes is number 11 - and is an "all round Mr Perfect" - until she finds out he is actually number ten.

"A sexual conquest she had counted is revealed to be a near miss on her wedding day," said ITV. "Handsome Aussie Alex (Garcia) turns up unexpectedly as an old friend’s ‘plus one’. Alex was Saz’s Mr Nine. Until he confesses that she passed out before the deed was done."

ITV commissioner Victoria Fea said: "Not only is this a colourful, contemporary romantic comedy by the fantastic Amanda Coe but it is also a perfect opportunity to entice two of our most exciting young Hollywood converts to return to our screens in a classically British love story. Supported, of course, by a stellar cast of favourite TV faces."