''I Dream'' is a British

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programme aimed at

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audiences, which aired in 2004. It was set at an esteemed

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college near

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, and focuses on 13 teenagers who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the summer. All eight members of the pop group

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star in the show alongside five other young actors and actresses and Hollywood film actor

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of ''

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'' fame. ''I Dream'' has the members of S Club 8 playing supposedly exaggerated versions of themselves, albeit with identical names to their real life counterparts. Each episode of the show includes several (usually two or more)

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and

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numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Wood explained the show "a modern day '' Fame''"."I Dream"
''Designer Magazine''. 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2006. The series' production company was 19 Television, a subsidiary of the corporation 19 Management, which is owned by the show's

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. The first episode of ''I Dream'' aired on Wednesday 22 September 2004 on

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. From the week of 23 November episodes were aired on Thursday instead of Wednesday, and the thirteenth and final episode aired on 16 December and featured

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. Reruns of the show in the UK were broadcast on the

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Cast

Frankie Sandford Francesca Bridge ( Sandford, born 14 January 1989) is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group The Saturdays. She is signed to Fascination and Polydor labels. Bridge began her career when she auditioned ...

as Frankie *

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as Calvin *

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as Daisy *

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as Stacey *

Hannah Richings S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman were ...

as Hannah *

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as Jay *

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as Aaron *

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as Rochelle * Helen Kurup as Khush * Rachel Hyde-Harvey as Amy * Lorna Want as Natalie *

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as Felix * George Wood as Ollie *

as Professor Toone

Episodes

#"Why Me?" – 22 September 2004 #"Just for the Record" – 29 September 2004 #"Hold the Front Page" – 6 October 2004 #"Lifestyle" – 13 October 2004 #"Radio, Radio!" – 20 October 2004 #"Charity Record" – 27 October 2004 #"Oliver" – 3 November 2004 #"Together" – 10 November 2004 #"Jay's Pirate Video" – 17 November 2004 #"Rap-unzel" – 24 November 2004 #"Living it Easy" – 1 December 2004 #"Families" – 8 December 2004 #"Toone in Love" – 15 December 2004

Songs

#"Welcome to Avalon Heights" (Prof. Toone's version), "Why Me?" (Felix, Ollie, Amy, Natalie and Khush), "Why Me?" (Ollie's version) #"Beautiful Thing" (Calvin and Jay), "Can I Trust You?" (Felix and Amy) #"Waste Your Time on Me" (Natalie), "Take Me as I Am" (Khush) #"Make a Change" (Prof. Toone, Frankie and Calvin), "I'm Here" (Ollie) #"I'm Not Coming with You" (Khush), "Goodbye Radio" (Felix) #"You're a Star" (Natalie), "Don't Steal Our Sunshine" (Frankie and Calvin) #"Sunshine" (Ollie), "Been There" (Calvin) #"Show Me the Stage" (Calvin, Aaron and Jay), "Our Life" (Stacey, Amy and Natalie) #"I Dream" (Amy), "Back Off" (Jay) #"Open Up My Heart" (Felix and Amy) #"Here Comes Summer" (Calvin), "All of the Above" (Felix) #"Higher" (Ollie), "Say It's Alright" (Ollie) #"Be My Lollie" (Prof. Toone and Lollie Das), "I Want You" (Prof. Toone and I Dreamers), "I Want You Around" (Felix and Amy) *Opening Theme: "Dreaming" (Frankie and Calvin) Note:

and

did not have a solo in any of the show's songs.

Theme song and soundtrack

The show's theme song, "Dreaming", was performed by band members Frankie and Calvin and was released as a

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on 15 November 2004. It reached number nineteen on the

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, and was billed as 'I Dream featuring Frankie & Calvin'. On 29 November 2004 an official ''I Dream''

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titled '' Welcome to Avalon Heights'' was released and entered the

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at number 133 in its first week. In France, the song "Say It's Alright" was released as a single in July 2005 and reached number 32.

References

External links

*
''I Dream'' – Official site
(now redirects to 19 Entertainment) * {{Authority control 2000s British children's television series 2004 British television series debuts 2004 British television series endings BBC children's television shows S Club 8 Television series about teenagers Television shows set in Spain