Life Bites is a British adaptation of the Disney Channel Italy Original Series Life Bites - Pillole di Vita on Disney Channel Italy. It premiered on 6 September 2008. The show series looks at the everyday adventures of Chloe and Harvey, who are brother and sister and their relationships with family and friends. Each show looks at variety of themes including school, dating, sport and music. The school which they attend is filmed at Brentside High School in Hanwell, West London.

Series

Season 2 started in July 2009. Season 3 was expected to premiere in March 2011, but was postponed. The third series will premiere on Disney Channel in October 2011.

Main

The following actors, have so far appeared in all episodes of the series:

• Amy Wren as Chloe
• Benedict Smith as Harvey, brother of Chloe
• Tianna Webster as Molly, younger sister of Chloe and Harvey
• Rupert Simonian as Frank, classmate
• Nicola Posener as Pyper, Chloe's best friend
• Lucien Laviscount
  Lucien Laviscount
  Lucien Leon Laviscount is a British actor and socialite and perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jonah Kirby on popular BBC One drama Waterloo Road. He is also widely known for appearing on Celebrity Big Brother 2011,...
  
   as Jake, Harvey's best friend
• Dominique Moore
  Dominique Moore
  Dominique Moore is a British actress best known for playing Chanel O'Grady in the ITV2 television drama Footballers' Wives: Extra Time.Dominique is a former pupil of Sylvia Young Theatre School. The BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary series Paddington Green followed her as she tried to win a...
  
   as Esther, Chloe's and Pyper's best friend
• Jeremy Irvine
  Jeremy Irvine
  -Early life:Irvine was educated at Bedford Modern School, an independent school in the county town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, followed by the National Youth Theatre and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.-Acting career:...
  
   as Luke, Harvey and Frank's best friend
• Naomi Scott
  Naomi Scott
  Naomi Scott is an English actress, singer and musician. She is best known for her role as Mohini "Mo" Banjaree in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, and as Megan in the Disney Channel UK series Life Bites. She currently co-stars in the Steven Spielberg-produced series Terra...
  
   as Megan, Pyper's and Chloe's best friend

Recurring

• Neil Roberts
  Neil Roberts (actor)
  Neil Roberts is an English actor, known for portraying Rex Buckland in Charmed, Gavin Arnold in Family Affairs and Richard in Life Bites.-Background:...
  
   as Richard
• Andrea Spisto as Jenni
• Claire Cage as Mum
• Brad Kavanagh
  Brad Kavanagh
  Brad Lewis Kavanagh is an English actor and singer-songwriter, originally from Whitehaven, Cumbria.-Acting career:Kavanagh made his acting debut in the West End in Billy Elliot the Musical as Billy's best friend, Michael, at the age of 11...
  
  as band member in Harvey's, Frank's and Luke's band

Series 2: 2009-2010

Series 2 had 10 episodes, including a Halloween special and a Christmas special.

Series 3

Series 3 began production in October 2011. The third series is set to contain 26 episodes. Amy Wren, Benedict Smith, Neil Roberts, Claire Cage and Tianna Webster will all return as Chloe, Harvey, dad, mum and Molly. Dominique Moore and Naomi Scott will also return as Esther and Megan, and Rupert Simonian will return as Frank. There will be 3 new characters introduced, which will be another friend of Chloe's, and 2 new friends of Harvey's.
Series 3 will premiere in January 2012.