Viva S Club
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Viva S Club was the fourth and final series in the BBC
BBC
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 television series starring British pop group S Club. This was the only series that was not filmed in America, filming, instead, in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. The programme was shown every week on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 from 20 September 2002 to 27 December 2002 and starred all members of S Club. The show also featured Alícia González, as housekeeper Maria, and Jeremy Xido, as Lyall, from the record company of which the band were signed.

The series aired in the United States, once again changing its name. However, in a break from the previous "S Club 7 in ..." pattern, the show was simply called "S Club" on the title screen, however referred to as "S Club 7 in Barcelona" in promos and commercials. It aired on 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...

 from 21 September 2002 to 7 December 2002.

The series saw band member Paul Cattermole
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....

 leave the band. This mirrored real life events, when in March 2002, Paul announced that he was to leave the band. There is one post series event, a movie entitled Seeing Double.

Main cast

  • Tina Barrett
    Tina Barrett
    Tina 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 Cattermole
    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....

      - as himself
  • Jon Lee - as himself
  • Bradley McIntosh
    Bradley McIntosh
    Bradley 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'Meara
    Jo O'Meara
    Joanne 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 Spearritt
    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....

     - as herself
  • Rachel Stevens
    Rachel Stevens
    Rachel 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
  • Jeremy Xido - Lyall
  • Alícia González - Maria

Plot

As with past series, Viva S Club takes place following the events in Hollywood 7
Hollywood 7
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...

, in which the band has become popular Stateside, but not so much internationally. The series sees band member Paul Cattermole
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....

 leave the group, featuring in only five episodes. The remainder of the series featured the events of the remaining band members who had renamed, S Club. The series sees the group gaining new manager, Mr Wendelbaum, who employs Lyall and Maria as their mentor and housekeeper.

The final episode entitled Let's Get Out of Here, somewhat made fun of the way their series ended, the plot of the finale centred around Tina and a recent break up with a boyfriend who's dad happens to be a Mafioso
Mafioso
Mafioso may refer to:* Mafioso , a 1962 Italian crime comedy film* Mafioso , a member of an Italian mafia clan* Mafioso rap, a hip hop sub-genre...

 leader. In the midst of the episode the band reminisce over the past few years and in the end they jump on a boat that was heading to Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 before Jo pilots the boat back to the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

.

Episodes

Title |S Club sing 20 September 2002 "Summertime Feeling" 40
S Club have a new manager, Mr Wendelbaum, who decides to send the group to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 to write their new album. They soon meet Lyall, who works for the record company, and Maria, their very own housekeeper. The group feel a little disappointed that, after success in the US, nobody recognises them in Spain. Bradley soon threatens to quit the group and become a painter; the future of the band becomes in doubt. This episode featured an appearance from 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...

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"A Problem Like Maria" 27 September 2002 "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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The band find it difficult to settle into Spanish life: Tina misses L.A., their new manager gets upset when they try to give him a few pointers how to do his job, and Maria starts to behave different. The group find out that she has had to keep down multiple jobs as she feels as if her wage isn't big enough. The group try to find a way of how to get her paid more money.
"Jon De Bergerac" 11 October 2002 "Sunshine" 42
After Bradley falls for a girl, he asks Jon to pen romantic letters and rhymes on his behalf, as he feels he's not up to the job. Jon gets into his new role and keeps sending the letters even when Bradley's relationship has ended. Hannah & Rachel attempt to give Jo a 'lady-like' makeover. Meanwhile, the rest of the group are having a different problem; they're suffering from writers block.
"Goodbye Is the Hardest Word" 18 October 2002 "Hello Friend" 43
Paul confesses to Hannah that he is ready to leave the band. He wants Hannah to help him break the bad news to the others. The band take the news hard, and try to persuade Paul to stay. Elsewhere, Jon tries to learn how to become a matador and Jo and Tina ban junk food in the house.
"Absent Friends" 25 October 2002 "Straight from the Heart" 44
The band decide that they have to remain together and shorten their name from S Club 7 to simply S Club. The group are missing Paul and are really upset until they decide to take over Paul's favourite local club, Club Catalan! There, they discover that Paul has one last surprise for the band before he goes on to leave the band. Paul's departure mirrors his exit from the band in real life. Meanwhile, Lyall pursues a certain waitress with the help of Maria.
"Shakedown" 1 November 2002 "Do It 'Till We Drop" 45
The band get lost in redecorating the club but Rachel and Tina cannot decide upon which colour to paint the walls. Meanwhile, Jon and Bradley battle to create the best cocktail and become Cocktail King.
"Superstition" 8 November 2002 "Gangsta Love" 46
Lyall tries to get S Club's latest demo played by cult radio personality, El Porco. However, the DJ is only interested in taking advantage of Lyall. To make matters worse, the group have a run of bad luck when Tina loses her lucky ring, Maria breaks her ankle and El Porco ends up in hospital after one of the band's gigs!
"Spanish Jon" 15 November 2002 "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...

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47
Jon surprises the band after he announces that he's Spanish as he has discovered the existence of a long lost relative and national hero, Don Edouardo Crespo de la Mancha Lee. Jon embraces the Spanish lifestyle by insisting on eating late, taking siesta
Siesta
A siesta is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal. Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those where the weather is warm....

s and going out to party late into the morning. The band also have to cheer up a broken-hearted Maria.
"The Rain in Spain" 22 November 2002 "Let Me Sleep" 48
Jo becomes more than just friends with a local Spanish footballer. As he's up for a transfer to a UK club, Jo offers to help him with his English. However, the transfer comes through and Jo realises that she doesn't want to let him go. Meanwhile, Lyall takes up a new habit of spending his time gazing at a local waitress.
"Of Mice and Music" 7 December 2002 "Dance" 49
The band discover that they have an infestation of mice, just before the food inspector arrives. The band are also told that they don't have a valid license to play at the club, and so it'd be illegal if the gig went ahead. In desperation, Rachel takes him on a date to try and change his mind and allow them to play. The episode takes its name from the John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...

 novel, "Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....

".
"Survival" 13 December 2002 "Hey Kitty Kitty" 50
After hitting the road to showcase their new songs, the band get lost in the middle of nowhere. So it isn't good news when their tour bus is stolen and they are left to survive with very little. Jon and Jo undergo a transformation to become Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...

 and Jane
Jane Porter (Tarzan)
Jane Porter is a major character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels, and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film.- In the novels :...

 while the rest of the guys plan how to fight off the wild animals and get them home.
"24 Minutes Till Doomsday" 20 December 2002 "Alive" 51
With just twenty four minutes to go before the band take to the stage for an open-air concert, Rachel realises that she's forgotten Tina's birthday and so, Rachel has to dash to get her a last minute present. Meanwhile, Hannah is desperately searching for a ladies' toilet that isn't out of order!
"Let's Get Out of Here" 27 December 2002 "Discotek" 52
In the Series Finale, with all the band feeling homesick, they're happy to make an escape from Tina's ex-boyfriend who won't take no for an answer; his dad even wants them to get married. After an amazing chase, S Club reach Barcelona's docks and jump on a ship leaving for England. But as they congratulate themselves on their incredible escape, they realise that the boat is headed for Egypt, not Britain! Jo ties up the crew of the boat, and for the first time in four seasons, the group head back to England.

Video/DVD Releases

Unlike the previous three series, Viva S Club was never released on VHS
VHS
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 or DVD worldwide. It has, however, been repeated several times on the CBBC Channel
CBBC Channel
CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...

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On 3 March 2008, 19 Management
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...

 re-released the band's movie, Seeing Double, and online rumours suggested that Viva S Club was to be released on DVD. However nothing has been confirmed, and these have remained rumours.

Since S Club broke up in 2003, the fans have tried several ways and have created many online petitions to make 19 Entertainment release the series, no one succeeded.
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