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I Dream
Genre	Pre-Teen Dramedy/Musical
Starring	S Club 8
Country of origin	England (filmed in Spain)
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBBC
Original run	September 22, 2004 – December 16, 2004

I Dream was a half-hour-long British children's musical television comedy programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004 (see 2004 in television). It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and it focused on thirteen youths who are invited to enrol at the college, which is named Avalon Heights, over the summer. All eight members of the pop group S Club 8 starred in the show alongside five other young actors and actresses and Hollywood film actor Christopher Lloyd.

I Dream had 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) song and dance numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Ollie called the show "a modern day Fame".^[1]

The lead production company was 19 Television, a subsidiary of the corporation 19 Management, which is owned by the show's executive producer, Simon Fuller. The first episode of I Dream aired on Wednesday September 22, 2004 on BBC One. 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. Reruns of the show in the UK were broadcast on the CBBC Channel.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Trivia 3 Notes 4 External links

Helen Kurup - Khush

George Wood - Ollie

Matt Di Angelo - Felix*

Rachel Hyde-Harvey - Amy

Lorna Want - Natalie

Aaron Renfree - Aaron

Calvin Goldspink - Calvin*

Jay Asforis - Jay

Stacey McClean - Stacey

Frankie Sandford - Frankie

Rochelle Wiseman - Rochelle

Hannah Richings - Hannah

Daisy Evans - Daisy

Rachel Hale - Analie

Christopher Lloyd - Professer. Toone

The show's theme tune, "Dreaming", is performed by band members Frankie and Calvin and was released as a single on November 15, 2004. It reached number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart, and was S Club 8's lowest charting single at the time. On November 29, 2004 an official I Dream soundtrack album titled Welcome to Avalon Heights was released and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 133 in its first week.

1. ^ "I Dream". Designer Magazine. 2004. Retrieved August 5, 2006.

• Official site - now redirects to 19 Entertainment
• I Dream at the Internet Movie Database