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television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...
starring British pop group
S Club
S Club 7 were a British pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group ...
. This was the only series that was not filmed in America, instead, it was filmed in
Barcelona
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, Spain. The programme was shown every week on
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
from 20 September 2002 to 27 December 2002 and starred all members of S Club. The show also featured Alícia González Laá, as housekeeper Maria, and Jeremy Xido, as Lyall, their mentor from the record company of which the group were signed.
The series aired in the United States, once again changing its name. However, in a break from the previous "S Club 7 in ..." pattern, the show was simply called "S Club" on the title screen, however referred to as "S Club 7 in Barcelona" in promos and commercials. It aired on
ABC Family
The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...
from 21 September 2002 to 14 December 2002.
The series saw
Paul Cattermole
Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002.
Early life
Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theat ...
leave the group. This mirrored real life events, when in March 2002, Paul announced that he was to leave S Club.
There is one post series event, a movie entitled ''
Seeing Double''.
Plot
As with past series, ''Viva S Club'' takes place following the events in ''
Hollywood 7
''Hollywood 7'' (known as ''S Club 7 in Hollywood'' in the U.S.) is the third series in the BBC television series starring British pop group S Club 7 and the second television series shot in California. The programme was shown every week on CBBC ...
'', in which the band has become popular Stateside, but not so much internationally. The series sees band member
Paul Cattermole
Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002.
Early life
Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theat ...
leave the group, featuring in only five episodes. The remainder of the series featured the events of the remaining S Club members who had renamed, S Club. The series sees the group gaining new manager Mr Wendelbaum, who employs Lyall and Maria as their mentor and housekeeper.
The final episode entitled ''Let's Get Out of Here'', somewhat made fun of the way their series ended, the plot of the finale centred on Tina and a recent break up with a boyfriend whose dad happens to be a
Mafioso leader. In the midst of the episode the group reminisce over the past few years and in the end they jump on a boat that was heading to
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
before Jo pilots the boat back to the United Kingdom.
Cast
Main
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Tina Barrett
Tina Ann Barrett (born 16 September 1976) is an English singer and actress. Her major breakthrough came in 1999 when she became a member of the pop group, S Club 7. She has been a member of spin-off group S Club Allstars (previously "S Club 3" ...
as Tina
*
Paul Cattermole
Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002.
Early life
Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theat ...
as Paul (first 5 episodes)
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Jon Lee as Jon
*
Bradley McIntosh
Bradley John McIntosh (born 8 August 1981), also known as City Boy, is a British singer, rapper, record producer and actor. He was a member of the pop group S Club 7 where he enjoyed five years of hit singles, arena tours and awards. Since 2008, ...
as Bradley
*
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara (born 29 April 1979) is an English pop singer. She is best known for being a member of pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. Born and raised in Romford, she launched her career at age 16 working with Max Martin. O'Mear ...
as Jo
*
Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Louise Spearritt (born 1 April 1981)Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, , p. 478 is an English actress and singer. She is an original member of the pop group S Club 7. Spearritt is also known fo ...
as Hannah
*
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April 1978) is an English singer, television personality, actress and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. She released her solo debut studio album ''Funky Dory'' in Sep ...
as Rachel
* Jeremy Xido as Lyall Robinson
* Alícia González Laá as Maria
Recurring
* Montse Mostaza as Conseula
Episodes
Home media
Unlike the previous three series, ''Viva S Club'' was never released on
VHS or DVD worldwide. It has, however, been repeated several times on the
CBBC Channel
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7– ...
.
On 3 March 2008,
19 Management
Simon Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer renowned for nurturing and inspiring world class entertainment talent. He is the creator of the ''Idols'' TV format, including the UK s ...
re-released the band's movie,
Seeing Double, and online rumours suggested that ''Viva S Club'' was to be released on DVD. However nothing was confirmed.
Since S Club broke up in 2003, the fans have tried several ways and have created many online petitions to make 19 Entertainment release the series, no one succeeded.
References
External links
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{{S Club 7
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2000s British children's television series
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2002 British television series endings
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Television series by Disney–ABC Domestic Television
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British children's musical television series
Television shows set in Spain
Television shows set in Barcelona
Television series based on singers and musicians