I Dream

I Dream
Genre	Sitcom Musical Teen drama Children
Created by	Simon Fuller
Developed by	Simon Fuller Paul Dornan
Starring	S Club 8 Christopher Lloyd Matt Di Angelo Lorna Want Rachel Hyde-Harvey George Wood Helen Kurup
Opening theme	"Dreaming" by Calvin Goldspink and Frankie Sandford
Country of origin	United Kingdom (filmed in Spain)
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Simon Fuller
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	19 Entertainment
Original release
Network	CBBC (on BBC One)
Release	22 September (2004-09-22)[1] – 15 December 2004 (2004-12-15)
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I Dream is a British children's musical television comedy programme aimed at teenage audiences, which aired in 2004. It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and focuses on 13 teenagers who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the summer. All eight members of the pop group S Club 8 star in the show alongside five other young actors and actresses and Hollywood film actor Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future fame.

I Dream has 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) songs and dance numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Wood explained the show "a modern day Fame".^[2]

The series' 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 22 September 2004 on BBC One. From the week of 23 November episodes were aired on Thursday instead of Wednesday, and the thirteenth and final episode aired on 16 December and featured Laila Rouass. Reruns of the show in the UK were broadcast on the CBBC Channel.

The show was panned by critics, and ended up being cancelled after one series. While the UK aired and ran reruns of the whole series on the BBC, other countries such as Spain, the USA and France, chose to cancel airings of the show mid-series due to low viewing figures.

The show also spawned a soundtrack and third album for S Club 8, called Welcome to Avalon Heights. However, it failed to obtain much commercial success, peaking at number 133 in the UK album charts. It did not chart in any other countries.

Shortly after the show ended, S Club 8 disbanded.