I Dream is a British children's musical television comedy

Television comedy

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 programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004 (see 2004 in television

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). It was set at an esteemed performing arts

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 college near Barcelona

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, Spain

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

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 group S Club 8

S Club 8

S Club 8, previously known as S Club Juniors, was a spin-off of the UK pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Rochelle Wiseman and Frankie Sandford, were all in their early teens or younger when they were...

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

Christopher Lloyd

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.

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) songs and dance numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Wood called the show "a modern day Fame".

The lead production company was 19 Television, a subsidiary of the corporation 19 Management, which is owned by the show's executive producer

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, Simon Fuller

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. The first episode of I Dream aired on Wednesday September 22, 2004 on BBC One

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

Laila Rouass

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

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.

Cast

• Frankie Sandford
  Frankie Sandford
  Francesca "Frankie" Sandford is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and currently a member of girl group The Saturdays; under the record label of Fascination Records and Polydor Records. The band have had huge success, releasing eleven singles of which ten have charted inside the top 10 on...
  
  : Frankie
• Calvin Goldspink
  Calvin Goldspink
  Calvin Goldspink is a British actor and former child pop star. He first came to notice as a member of the juvenile manufactured pop group S Club Juniors...
  
  : Calvin
• Daisy Evans: Daisy
• Stacey McClean
  Stacey McClean
  Stacey McClean is an English solo singer. She was in S Club spin-off band, S Club 8 and in 2009 took part in the sixth series of The X Factor.-2001–04: S Club Juniors:...
  
  : Stacey
• Hannah Richings: Hannah
• Jay Asforis: Jay
• Aaron Renfree: Aaron
• Rochelle Wiseman
  Rochelle Wiseman
  Rochelle Eulah Eileen Wiseman is an English singer, actress and television presenter. She is best known for her work in pop groups S Club 8 and The Saturdays...
  
  : Rochelle
• Helen Kurup
  Helen Kurup
  Helen Kurup is a British actress best known for her role as Khush in the CBBC's I Dream. She is the sister of actress and singer Debbie Kurup.- Career :...
  
  : Khush
• Rachel Hyde-Harvey
  Rachel Hyde-Harvey
  Rachel Hyde Harvey is an English actress and singer who is best known for her appearance in I Dream alongside S Club 8. She has also appeared in episodes of The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and My Family. She also appeared in Busted's "What I Go To School For" music video...
  
  : Amy
• Lorna Want
  Lorna Want
  Lorna Want is a British actress most noted for her appearances in the 2005 CBBC/Simon Fuller television series I Dream with S Club 8.-Career:...
  
  : Natalie
• Matt Di Angelo
  Matt Di Angelo
  Matt Di Angelo in London, England is an English actor and singer.He is mostly known for playing fictional character Deano Wicks in the popular British soap EastEnders, and for his current role of Sean Kennedy in the BBC series Hustle.-Education:He attended Southgate School, and started studying...
  
  : Felix
• George Wood
  George Wood (actor)
  George Wood is an English actor, best known for his role of Ollie in the TV series I Dream.- Bio :Wood speaks French and Italian...
  
  : Ollie
• Christopher Lloyd
  Christopher Lloyd
  Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He played Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi and more...
  
  : Professor Toone

Episodes

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

Songs

1. "Welcome to Avalon Heights" (Prof. Toone's version), "Why Me?" (Felix, Ollie, Amy, Natalie and Khush), "Why Me?" (Ollie's version)
2. "Beautiful Thing" (Calvin and Jay), "Can I Trust You?" (Felix and Amy)
3. "Waste Your Time on Me" (Natalie), "Take Me as I Am" (Khush)
4. "Make a Change" (Prof. Toone, Frankie and Calvin), "I'm Here" (Ollie)
5. "I'm Not Coming with You" (Khush), "Goodbye Radio" (Felix)
6. "You're a Star" (Natalie), "Don't Steal Our Sunshine" (Frankie and Calvin)
7. "Sunshine" (Ollie), "Been There" (Calvin)
8. "Show Me the Stage" (Calvin, Aaron and Jay), "Our Life" (Stacey, Amy and Natalie)
9. "I Dream" (Amy), "Back Off" (Jay)
10. "Open Up My Heart" (Felix and Amy)
11. "Here Comes Summer" (Calvin), "All of the Above" (Felix)
12. "Higher" (Ollie), "Say It's Alright" (Ollie)
13. "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: Rochelle Wiseman

Rochelle Wiseman

Rochelle Eulah Eileen Wiseman is an English singer, actress and television presenter. She is best known for her work in pop groups S Club 8 and The Saturdays...

, Daisy Evans and Hannah Richings did not have a solo in any of the show's songs.

Theme tune and soundtrack

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

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 on November 15, 2004. It reached number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart

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

Soundtrack album

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 titled Welcome to Avalon Heights

Welcome to Avalon Heights

Welcome to Avalon Heights is an album released by the cast of British children's musical television comedy I Dream. It features vocals from all of the cast, including that of popular group S Club 8.-Album information:...

was released and entered the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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at number 133 in its first week.

External links

• I Dream - Official site (now redirects to 19 Entertainment)