California Dreaming was a British reality television

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 programme, broadcast on Channel 4

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's T4

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 strand, that followed six British

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 celebrities seeking success in Hollywood. They lived in a Hollywood mansion

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 and were trained by doing challenges set by acting guru Bernard Hillier. The programme's title came from the song "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas

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.

Contestants

The celebrities that took part in the series were:

• Jodi Albert
  Jodi Albert
  Jodi Mary Albert is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the British soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2004, returning for guest appearances in 2005 & 2006, and her inclusion as one fifth of Irish girl group Wonderland.-Biography:Albert attended the...
  
   (actress)
• Anouska de Georgiou (actress)
• Ewen Macintosh (played Keith in The Office
  The Office (UK TV series)
  The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
  
  )
• Ashley Mulheron
  Ashley Mulheron
  Ashley Mulheron is a Scottish actress and television presenter.Mulheron trained as an actress on the 1 year course at Central School of Speech and Drama in London....
  
   (television presenter)
• Giles Vickers-Jones
  Giles Vickers-Jones
  Giles Vickers-Jones is a TV presenter and writer.He has hosted shows such as ITV at the Movies, Reading Festival for ITV, Playdate and presented on T4 and E! as well as producing shows.-Television career:...
  
   (model and presenter)

External links

• California Dreaming at Channel4.com