Hollywood 7
Encyclopedia
Hollywood 7 was the third series in the BBC
television series starring British pop group S Club 7 and the second television series shot in California
. The programme was shown every week on CBBC from September 25, 2001 and December 20, 2001 and starred all seven members of the band as themselves. The series also featured former Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams
as Dean Strickland, S Club 7's manager.
Following the pattern of the previous series of the show, the show was renamed S Club 7 in Hollywood for American audiences. It aired on the renamed ABC Family
network from September 15, 2001 to 26 January 2002.
and L.A. 7
, which portrays the band as struggling just to make known of their existence, Hollywood 7 portarys the band's experiencing what they've been hoping for since they came to the States: having an agent, getting a record deal, becoming publicized, etc. They film their first music video, become a support act for a Latin heart-throb, and even have their first concert. At the end of the series, the group have to move back to England to record their album and start internationally promoting S Club 7, just as they're starting to become fully assimilated into American life.
The series also saw, mirroring real life, a relationship between Hannah
and Paul
develop. In the fifth episode of the series, they share a kiss which sends shock waves throughout the band.
Hollywood 7 was released on PAL
video
on April 29, 2002. Unlike previous releases, it is only available in a "Complete Boxset" containing all thirteen episodes. The series was never released in America on NTSC
VHS
, nor was it ever released on DVD
in America or the United Kingdom
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series starring British pop group S Club 7 and the second television series shot in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The programme was shown every week on CBBC from September 25, 2001 and December 20, 2001 and starred all seven members of the band as themselves. The series also featured former Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams
Barry Williams
Barry William Blenkhorn , known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.-Early life and career:...
as Dean Strickland, S Club 7's manager.
Following the pattern of the previous series of the show, the show was renamed S Club 7 in Hollywood for American audiences. It aired on the renamed ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
network from September 15, 2001 to 26 January 2002.
Main cast
- Tina BarrettTina BarrettTina Ann Barrett is a London based singer-songwriter and actress. Her major breakthrough came in 1999, at the age of 22 when she became a member of the pop group/band, S Club 7 where she enjoyed five years of hit singles, arena tours and awards.Barrett was born to an English father and Guyanese...
- as herself - Paul CattermolePaul CattermolePaul Gerald Cattermole , St Albans, Hertfordshire, England) is an English singer and actor. He was previously a member of S Club 7, and was the lead singer of the band Skua and latterly Charlie Bullitt until he left in October 2005....
- as himself - Jon Lee - as himself
- Bradley McIntoshBradley McIntoshBradley John McIntosh is a British singer, best known for being part of the band S Club, who had several hits.-1998–2003: S Club and Breakthrough:...
- as himself - Jo O'MearaJo O'MearaJoanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
- as herself - Hannah SpearrittHannah SpearrittHannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....
- as herself - Rachel StevensRachel StevensRachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
- as herself - Barry WilliamsBarry WilliamsBarry William Blenkhorn , known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.-Early life and career:...
- Dean Strickland
Plot
In the first episode of the series, the band decide to give themselves 24 hours to get themselves a new manager. The group come across Dean Strickland and he adopts the band as their new manager. Shortly into the series, the group find themselves without a record deal and so they have to search for a deal, or else they'll disband. Luckily, the group find a record company willing to sign them. Unlike Miami 7Miami 7
Miami 7 is a television series starring British pop group S Club 7. Thirteen episodes were produced and aired on CBBC from 8 April 1999 to 1 July 1999 During each episode, the members would perform one of the songs from their album S Club. All seven members of the band starred as themselves...
and L.A. 7
L.A. 7
L.A. 7 was the second series in the BBC television series starring British pop group S Club 7. The programme was shown every week on CBBC from April 6, 2000 to July 6, 2000 and starred all seven members of the band as themselves...
, which portrays the band as struggling just to make known of their existence, Hollywood 7 portarys the band's experiencing what they've been hoping for since they came to the States: having an agent, getting a record deal, becoming publicized, etc. They film their first music video, become a support act for a Latin heart-throb, and even have their first concert. At the end of the series, the group have to move back to England to record their album and start internationally promoting S Club 7, just as they're starting to become fully assimilated into American life.
The series also saw, mirroring real life, a relationship between Hannah
Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....
and Paul
Paul Cattermole
Paul Gerald Cattermole , St Albans, Hertfordshire, England) is an English singer and actor. He was previously a member of S Club 7, and was the lead singer of the band Skua and latterly Charlie Bullitt until he left in October 2005....
develop. In the fifth episode of the series, they share a kiss which sends shock waves throughout the band.
Episodes
| Title | |S Club sing | September 27, 2001 | "Show Me Your Colours" | 27 | |
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| Still in Hollywood, S Club 7 decide to give themselves 24 hours to find a manager, or else they will return to England and split up as a band. Whilst searching, Jo and Bradley pay for the help of Psychic Pete who tells them they will find success at the place where the big silver birds go to die. Meanwhile, an unsuccessful manager, Dean Strickland (played by Barry Williams Barry Williams Barry William Blenkhorn , known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.-Early life and career:... ) gives himself 24 hours to find talent or else he will give up his career. He too enlists the help of Mystic Pete who tells them he will find success where the big silver birds go to die. Luckily, Tina saves Dean from a thief stealing his watch and so the gang end up coming into contact with him. |
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| "Dosh" | October 4, 2001 | "It's Alright" | 28 | ||
| Feeling sad, the group are cheered up when their first paycheck arrives. Apart from Jo, who decides to save hers, the group go on a spending spree. Hannah buys some fish, Bradley tries to impress a girl, Paul buys some new water equipment, Jon gets a year pass for Universal Studios Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use... , Tina pays for a $600 dance class and Rachel buys some new clothes. However, when they compare paychecks, the group realise they are being paid different amounts. The group decide to confront Dean about it and they find out that the reason is that they are paid according to how popular they are. |
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| "Public Relations" | October 11, 2001 | "You You (S Club 7 song) "You" was the 9th single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on 11 February 2002. The track was a very uptempo-retro number reminiscent of the group's third single "You're My Number One". The video was set in the 1950s and is described in the BeSt CD booklet as the "candyfloss-bright,... " |
29 | ||
| With publicity running dry, Dean hires an expert who sets up some attention-grabbing publicity stunts, many of which consist of contrived stories. The plan goes horribly wrong with Rachel and Hannah getting a real shock on a Jerry Springer Jerry Springer Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991... type show, Tina having to deal with some painful lies about plastic surgery and Jon being matched up with a fake girlfriend. |
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| "Doing the Deal" | October 18, 2001 | "Don't Stop Movin' Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song) "Don't Stop Movin" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 2001.S Club 7 recorded the song in early 2001 after they finished making their second album, 7, with their regular songwriter, Simon Ellis, and Shep Solomon, who had worked on hits in the 90s by Eternal, Michelle Gayle etc... " |
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| Dean tells the band if they're unable to get a record deal, they would have to part ways. So Dean gets busy and sends out demos to various record companies. The band are then told to wait in a house put up by Dean, and wait for a telephone call. After a long time, Dean phones and says one record company wants to pick them up, but require the group to perform first. After the performance, the record company decide to pick the group up. Meanwhile, Hannah and Jo fall out over a boy. | |||||
| "The Kiss" | October 25, 2001 | "Show Me Your Colours" | 31 | ||
| Reflecting real life events, Hannah and Paul kiss for the first time. Confused about their feelings for each other, they both decide to deny it and keep it a secret from the rest of the group. Meanwhile, S Club 7 gets an extra member in shape of a new dog. | |||||
| "The Fan" | November 1, 2001 | "Summertime Feeling" | 32 | ||
| On the set of their first music video, the group have a director who wants to take the video in many directions. He cannot make his mind up, and the group adopt some strange costumes such as Yin and yang Yin and yang In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only... theme, cowboys and cowgirls and devils and angels. In the end, the group decide to make their own music video featuring new footage at the beach, and old footage from the video shoot. Meanwhile, a fan becomes obsessed with Bradley, then later Rachel. |
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| "The Cousin" | November 8, 2001 | "Dance, Dance, Dance" | 33 | ||
| Hannah's cousin Ben comes to visit but he turns out to only want to be a part of the band's success. He asks for money and even ropes the band into playing at a Mafia wedding! Meanwhile, Jon, Paul and Bradley get the job of training Dean to run in the L.A. marathon! | |||||
| "The Stylist" | November 15, 2001 | "Have You Ever Have You Ever (S Club 7 song) "Have You Ever" was a single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on 19 November 2001. Following the success of the 2000 Children in Need track, "Never Had a Dream Come True", the BBC asked S Club 7 to perform the 2001 track for the charity too. "Have You Ever" was co-written by Cathy Dennis, A.... " |
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| Dean decides that S Club 7 need a complete makeover and so sets about creating new identities for the band. Unfortunately, the group don't take too kindly to their new looks and so decide to stage a rebellion. | |||||
| "Alone Again" | November 22, 2001 | "Stronger" "Sunshine" |
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| The band's manager, Dean, is sacked by their record company for being too old and the future of S Club 7 looks bleak. The group have to risk everything in order to get him back or else it could, once again, mean the end for S Club. Meanwhile, Rachel is traumatised after discovering she has a grey hair; she becomes convinced that she is ageing prematurely. | |||||
| "Supporting Parts" (1) | November 29, 2001 | "You You (S Club 7 song) "You" was the 9th single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on 11 February 2002. The track was a very uptempo-retro number reminiscent of the group's third single "You're My Number One". The video was set in the 1950s and is described in the BeSt CD booklet as the "candyfloss-bright,... " S Club Party S Club Party "S Club Party" is a dance-pop song written by Mikkel Eriksen, Hallgeir Rustan and Tor Erik Hermansen for S Club 7's debut album S Club . Released in the UK on 20 September 1999, the song was produced and written by Stargate and received a mixed reception from music critics... "Friday Night" |
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| S Club 7 are asked to support a massive Latino superstar, Miguel Delgado, who the four girls are all crazy for. However, they accidentally knock him out just before going on stage and so have to perform whilst they try to wake him up at the same time. | |||||
| "The Vanishing" (2) | December 6, 2001 | "Don't Stop Movin' Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song) "Don't Stop Movin" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 2001.S Club 7 recorded the song in early 2001 after they finished making their second album, 7, with their regular songwriter, Simon Ellis, and Shep Solomon, who had worked on hits in the 90s by Eternal, Michelle Gayle etc... " |
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| After ruining Miguel Delgado's concert and making him lose his memory, the group decide to hang low. So, they decide to hide out in a dirty motel. Finding themselves broke, they send Hannah and Jon back to the apartment in disguise - Hannah dressed as a hairy Irishman and Jon as a girl! When they are out trying to get money from the apartment, Miguel - thinking Jon is a girl - asks him out on a date. | |||||
| "The Concert" | December 13, 2001 | "Never Had a Dream Come True Never Had a Dream Come True "Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 27 November 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need song. The song was a great success in the UK, where it became the group's second #1 single on the UK Singles Chart and becoming the ninth... " "Bring the House Down" "Reach Reach (S Club 7 song) "Reach" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 22 May 2000. "Reach" is an up-tempo track co-written by Cathy Dennis and Andrew Todd .. The lyrics were probably inspired by a Shirley Bassey double A-side of "Reach For The Stars" and "Climb Every Mountain" although the song itself sounds... " |
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| The group land a concert where they have to perform in front of thousands of fans. However, Rachel gets extremely nervous and has stage fright and Tina fears she may lose her voice on stage. However, when it comes to their performance they manage to get over their nerves and perform for the fans. | |||||
| "The Return" | December 20, 2001 | "Have You Ever Have You Ever (S Club 7 song) "Have You Ever" was a single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on 19 November 2001. Following the success of the 2000 Children in Need track, "Never Had a Dream Come True", the BBC asked S Club 7 to perform the 2001 track for the charity too. "Have You Ever" was co-written by Cathy Dennis, A.... " |
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| After finally breaking America, S Club 7 are being sent off to do some international promotion. They are overjoyed when they hear that they get to finally go home to England after a very successful few months in the USA. As they pack, they reminisce on everything that has happened since their plane trip to Miami all the way until their first concert. | |||||
Video Releases
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
video
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
on April 29, 2002. Unlike previous releases, it is only available in a "Complete Boxset" containing all thirteen episodes. The series was never released in America on NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
, nor was it ever released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in America or the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.