Laila Rouass then creative head of the channel, Shamin Desai. After moving back to the UK, Rouass became famous for playing the role of Bollywood actress Amber Gates in the cult ITV1 series "Footballers' Wives" between 2004 and 2006 and, albeit briefly, on the ITV2 spin-off series "". She also played recurring roles on the British soaps "Family Affairs" and "Hollyoaks", as well as appearing in episodes of "I Dream", "Casualty" and "Meet the Magoons". She starred alongside Meera Syal in the television adaptation of Syal's novel, "Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee." Rouass was ranked No.87 and No.69 on FHM
Monroe (TV series) A second series followed in 2012. On 14 November 2012, it was announced that ITV had cancelled Monroe due to low viewing figures. Screenwriter Peter Bowker announced to the trade magazine "Broadcast" in July 2009 that he was developing a "big medical drama" for ITV. Bowker had worked on medical dramas early in his career, including "Casualty" and "Medics". ITV's director of drama Laura Mackie told "The Stage" that the series would be "grown-up" and would be based around a single character, like ITV's "Doc Martin". Mackie believed that other broadcasters were reluctant to create series with one lead character—instead