The Sleepover Club (TV series)
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The Sleepover Club is an Australian/British live action series that was produced Andy Rowley
for Wark Clements Burberry Production in association with Rialto Films, with the assistance of the Pacific Film and Television Commission for ITV
Network United Kingdom, Nickelodeon
(2002-2008) and Pop Girl
United Kingdom and the Nine Network
Australia. It is distributed internationally by Southern Star Sales.
Andy Rowley
Andy Rowley is a British television producer known for his children's dramas, including Jeopardy, which won a BAFTA Award for best children's drama in 2002, and Microsoap, Prix Jeunesse winner and BAFTA best children's drama award winner in 1999....
for Wark Clements Burberry Production in association with Rialto Films, with the assistance of the Pacific Film and Television Commission for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
Network United Kingdom, Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...
(2002-2008) and Pop Girl
Pop Girl
Pop Girl is a free-to-air television channel owned by CSC Media Group, showing cartoons, live action and pop music videos for girls aged 6 to 16...
United Kingdom and the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
Australia. It is distributed internationally by Southern Star Sales.
Series One
Frankie with her three best friends Fliss, Kenny and Lyndz are part of the sleepover club, where each member holds sleepovers, the club is joined by Rosie after she emigrates from England following the death of her mother. The club now five-members strong deals with every-day problems. The main antagonists are called the M.M.M's an acronym for their three members Matthew, Marco and Michael who always try to interfere with the girls' lives. The club is also targeted by two posh girls Sara and Alana whom always try to join the club or disband it.Main Characters
- Francesca (Frankie) Thomas (Caitlin StaseyCaitlin StaseyCaitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress from Melbourne, who is best known for her previous role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club...
) is a girl who dreams of being an actress. She is the leader of the Sleepover Club. Her best friend is Kenny. She can be quite bossy. Her favorite colour is PurplePurplePurple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
. Charlie of Series 2 is her cousin. She is an only child who lives with her parents. Her mother becomes pregnant in one episode. - Rosie Cartwright (Eliza Taylor-CotterEliza Taylor-CotterElizabeth Jane "Eliza" Taylor-Cotter is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Janae Timmins in long-running soap opera Neighbours.-Biography and Career:...
) is an aspiring writer and journalist. She wants to take after her father as he is a journalist. She was the last girl to join the SoC, in episode 2. She is the smartest of the girls and can be quite brash. Her favourite colour is Yellow. Her mother died and she lives with her father David and her brother Will. She has a crush on Lyndz's brother Tom. - Felicity "Fliss" Sidebotham (Ashleigh ChisholmAshleigh ChisholmAshleigh Chisholm is an Australian actress. She starred as Felicity 'Fliss' Sidebotham in The Sleepover Club, a children's television show about five pre-teenage girls...
), is a young fashion enthusiast. She was known as the bubbly fashionista and also she has a crush on her fellow student Ryan Scott. Fliss's parents are divorced and she no longer sees her father. Her mother remarries in the last episode of Series One. She has a younger brother called Callum, who was bullied in one episode. He hates The Sleepover Club.Her favourite colour is Pink. She is best friend with Lyndz. She can be shallow and self-centred. - Kendra "Kenny" Tam (Hannah WangHannah WangHannah Wang is an Australian actress most known for playing the sporty Kenny on the children's programme The Sleepover Club. Hannah is also a host of Rush TV on ABC 3.In 2011, she got a small role in Sleeping Beauty...
) is the athletic member of the club. She wishes to manage Manchester United F.C.Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
when she is older. She takes part in all sorts of physical activities from soccer to athletics and is a fan of Manchester United F.C.. She lives with her sister, mother, father and grandmother.Her favourite colour is Orange. In the book series her name was Laura McKenzie. She is best friends with Frankie. - Lyndsey "Lyndz" Collins (Basia A'HernBasia A'HernBasia A'Hern is an Australian actress. She is well known for her roles on television shows, including, The Sleepover Club, McLeod's Daughters, Out of the Blue, Don't Blame the Koalas, and Double Trouble....
) is considered to be the most laid back and nicest member of the group and she likes animals. It has been mentioned that when she is older, she wants to run a horse riding school as she is an avid rider. She has a fraternalFraternalFraternal can refer to:*A fraternal benefit society is a non-profit, mutual aid organization that ensures members and their families and maintains an active lodge system. Members of a fraternal benefit society come together as local volunteer groups that conduct activities to benefit members and...
twin brotherTwinA twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
, Michael who is one of the M&Ms and she also has an older brother, Tom. Her favourite colour is Green. She is best friends with Fliss.
Recurring Characters
- Matthew McDougal (Ryan CorrRyan Corr- Life and career :Corr was born in Melbourne. He started his acting career at the age of thirteen with the Film Opraholic. His first television performance was on The Sleepover Club with a supporting role as Matthew McDougal...
) is the leader of the M&M's, a group of boys. His mother is a friend of Fliss' mother, so they often see each other which provides a chance to spy on her and the club activities. He is also a friend of Fliss' younger brother, Callum. He has secretly a crush on Frankie. - Marco de Peiri (Stefan La Rosa) is the friendliest member, who sometimes gives away the boy's plans. Later, Marco has a growing interest in Fliss, and is secretly a nice guy.
- Michael Collins (Blake Hampson) is also Lyndsey's twin brother. Michael also has occasional fleeting moments of goodness.
- Alana (Ashleigh BrewerAshleigh BrewerAshleigh Brewer is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Kate Ramsay in the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Biography and personal life:...
) is the lackey friend of Sara. The Sleepover Club members call her Alana Banana. - Sara (Annaleise Woods) is dedicated to disbanding the Sleepover Club. She is in the same class as Frankie and her friends. She is also known as Sara Tiara to the Sleepover Club members.
Series Two
3 years later after series 1, Frankie (now 16) is forced to move away from her home town after her father receives a job promotion, she takes with her the Sleepover club book. Due to complications, she stays with her cousin for a week. There she discovers her cousin Charlie struggling to balance her social life with her four best friends. She entrusts Charlie with a new sleepover club book as Charlie, Maddy, Tayla, Jess and Brooke form a sleepover club. The main antagonists are called "The Blockheads" consisting of Jason, Simon and Declan who with the aid of Krystal and Caitlyn try to meddle with the clubs affairs.Main Characters
- Charlotte "Charlie" Anderson (Morgan GriffinMorgan GriffinMorgan Griffin is an Australian actress. From 2006 until 2007 she starred in the second series of the Nickelodeon show The Sleepover Club....
) is the leader of the second generation of the Sleepover Club. Charlie's best friend has been Maddy since kindergarten. Charlie is an only child and lives with her parents. She and Frankie are cousins. When she is older she wishes to become a journalist. She was inspired by her cousin Frankie of Season One. - Madeleine "Maddy" Leigh (Emmanuelle Bains) is the very competitive and sporty one of the group. Her main interests are basketball and surfing and she always tries her best to win. She has been best friends with Charlie since Kindergarten. She was inspired by Kenny of Season One.
- Tayla Kane (Rachel WatsonRachel WatsonRachel Watson is an aspiring Australian actress and is best known for her role as "Tayla" in the second series of the Australian children's television show The Sleepover Club. The second series was made in 2005 and has since been broadcast on channels in various countries such as "Nickelodeon" in...
) is not the smartest of the girls. She is fashion-conscious and always listens to her psychic phone pal Zodiac Zoe. She lives with her younger sister and her parents. She was inspired by Fliss of Season One. - Brooke Webster (Katie Nazer-Hennings) enjoys photography and knows a lot about computers. Her best friend is Jess. She has a stepbrother named Simon who is one of the Blockheads. She was inspired by Rosie of Season One.
- Jessica "Jess" Philips (Monique WilliamsMonique WilliamsMonique Williams is an Australian actress, best known for playing Jess in The Sleepover Club.-Personal life:Williams moved from South Africa to Australia with her family when she was four years' old. She attended John Curtin College of the Arts after being accepted for the specialist drama program...
) is the artsy and shy one of the group. She is down to earth and hates to see animals locked up in cages. Her best friend is Brooke. She lives with her parents and older brother Zac. She was inspired by Lyndz of Season One.
Recurring Characters
- Jason Block (James Bell) is the brains of the Blockheads, and is always thinking of a plan to benefit himself. Jason is the enemy of the Sleepover Club. Jason and Charlie used to be best friends as kids because they are neighbours.
- Simon Webster (Nathan CoenenNathan CoenenNathan Coenen is an Australian actor.He is most well known for his work in The Sleepover Club 2, a TV series aired across Australia and Europe, as well as the short feature Tinglewood, which blitzed the festival season with success.He was nominated for a Young Artists Award in the Best Performance...
) is the main deceiver out of the three as he always goes with his step sister's mind rather than Jason's. He gets the gossip from Brooke to relay to Jason. He's secretly interested in Tayla. - Declan (Shannon LivelyShannon LivelyShannon James Lively is an Australian actor who has recently finished producing the second series of The Sleepover Club. He graduated in the class of 2009 from Corpus Christi College, Bateman. He has finished working on a new Australian television series entitled Wormwood...
) is Jason's 3rd henchman. Not the smartest, mostly just tags along because its something to do. - Krystal Beasley (Julia O'Connor) is always trying to learn the Sleepover Clubs secrets and asks Caitlyn to do so. Secretly everyone at school cals her 'Beastley'. She is also an only child. Jason said that she thinks she's always important.
- Caitlyn (Ruby Hall) is a sweet nice young lady. She is also Krystals friend who follows her around is often asked by her to spy on The Sleepover girls.
Episodes
| Seasons | Episodes | First air date | Last air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 1 November 2002 | 20 February 2004 | |
| 2 | 26 | 27 October 2006 | 25 January 2008 | |
Media and DVDs
Both seasons of The Sleepover Club have been released on DVD. Besides numerous volumes, the first season was released in 2007 and contains all 26 episodes of the first season, and the second season was released in August 2007 and contains all 26 episodes of the second season.| Title | Region 2 release date |
Region 4 release date |
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| Series One |
26 | Blackhorse Entertainment Dark horse Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort.-Origin:The term began as horse racing parlance... |
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| Series Two |
26 | Blackhorse Entertainment Dark horse Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort.-Origin:The term began as horse racing parlance... |
Filming
- The original series was produced in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and post produced by Cutting Edge Gold Coast and Brisbane. The glorious beaches and attractive beach side homes were a major feature of the series which featured the famous M&M's in various shore side exploits.
- The second season was filmed in and around Western Australia's Perth Metropolitan area at locations such as the Fremantle Jail (no longer in service, but now a major tourist attraction), the Sunset Men's home (turned Psychiatric Hospital, also no longer in use), Churchlands Senior High School and Hillary's boat harbour as well as at other various locations.
External links
- http://sleepoverclub.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sleepover_Club_Wiki - The Sleepover Club Wiki