Five pulled the plug on Family Affairs in December

ITV, Channel 4 and Five all pledged to plough millions of pounds into producing new and high quality drama.

The plans were aired in the networks' annual statements of programme policy to media watchdog Ofcom.

ITV's plans include the controversial See No Evil about the Moors Murders, which Ian Brady has objected to.

Expectations

Family-based dramas Wild at Heart, The Girls from Belarus and After Thomas - about how a dog helps a family with an autistic child - are also planned.

Coronation Street and the network's other soaps will be the "mainstay" of their drama schedule, ITV's statement added.

In a review of 2005, ITV highlighted the X-Factor, I'm A Celebrity... and Ant and Dec's Saturday Take-Away as the year's big hitters.

But it acknowledged that Celebrity Wrestling - which was scrapped early - had failed to live up to expectations against the relaunched Doctor Who on BBC One.

See No Evil was filmed in Manchester

Channel 4 plans to increase its budget by �8.5m to �35m for new drama and docu-drama on Channel 4, E4 and More4.

They will centre on contemporary issues, including international and multi-cultural issues.

More4 will commission an "event drama" every month, which will also be broadcast on Channel 4.

Current affairs also remain high on its agenda, with extra Unreported Worlds and Dispatches programmes.

Five, which announced the end of teatime soap Family Affairs last year, plan an "increased prime-time" drama output.