Plug pulled on Sadie's new TV show

A new TV show fronted by Sadie Frost has been ditched by programme-makers before it reached the screen.

The series, for Channel 4 arts, was intended to be an adult look at changing attitudes to sexuality among British women.

Made by Frost's TV and film company, Blueflower Productions, it was to have featured the actress as the main presenter.

Following disappointment over her last effort, E4's What Sadie Did Next, it had been hoped that the new show would give Frost her big break into mainstream TV.

But after viewing a pilot episode of the programme, filmed before Christmas, Channel 4 chiefs have decided not to run it.

A spokeswoman for the broadcaster said: "It has been decided not to go ahead with it. That's not to say Sadie Frost won't be working on any other projects elsewhere at Channel 4."

It is the latest blow for Frost, 36, who is dealing with the news that her ex-husband, Jude Law, is to marry his new girlfriend Sienna Miller.

Actor Law, 32, proposed to his Alfie co-star on Christmas Day and Miller, 23, has been seen sporting a £20,000 platinum and gold diamond ring.

Frost, who is dating 23-year-old flamenco guitarist Jackson Scott, has forged a successful career for herself as a fashion designer, setting up the label FrostFrench with her friend Jemima French.

But her first love, acting, has failed to propel her to the dizzy heights enjoyed by Law, who is the toast of Hollywood with lead roles in films including Alfie, Closer and I Heart Huckabees.

Frost's last TV series, What Sadie Did Next, had its premiere on E4 and later transferred to the late-night schedules on Channel 4.

The show, which featured Frost chatting informally with a string of her showbusiness friends, was not recommissioned after the first eight episodes.

She had hoped the new pilot would prove her worth as a serious presenter. Sources close to the production, which was untitled, had said: "It's an adult look at changing attitudes to erotica and sexuality among women of different ages, a sort of Joan Bakewell show for today."