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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? is an English reality television talent show that documented the search for an undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian stage production of The Sound of Music.

The series was devised by executive producer Gigi Eligoloff, and was announced by the BBC in April 2006. BBC One broadcast the programme, which was hosted by Graham Norton, on Saturday evenings from 29 July through 16 September 2006.

The title derives from the refrain of "Maria", a song from the first act of The Sound of Music.
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00:03The hills are alive with the sound of music
00:10With songs they have sung for a thousand years
00:16Her heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
00:21That rise from the lake to the sea
00:24The hills are alive with the sound of music
00:29My heart wants to sing every song
00:33Watch hundreds of hopefuls find it out to be the star of the sound of music in the West End
00:37How do you solve a problem like Maria? Coming soon to BBC One
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