Britannia High
Britannia High is a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television and Globe Productions for the ITV network. The series focused on the lives of a group of teenagers and their mentors at a fictional London theatre school. It aired on ITV and TV3 Ireland, premiering on 26 October 2008.
The show starred Sapphire Elia, Georgina Hagen, Mitch Hewer, Rana Roy, Matthew James Thomas and Marcquelle Ward, as well as Adam Garcia as the dance mentor, Lorraine Pilkington as the music mentor and Mark Benton as the school principal and acting mentor. In addition to the main cast, the series featured cameo performances from Girls Aloud, Boyzone, Matt Willis and Gemma Bissix. Also, Aston Merrygold, lead singer of hit boyband JLS, auditioned for the role before his success in the boyband - but only made it to the final 16. George Ure who attended Mountview Academy also auditioned before his success in the Musical Wicked where he played Boq. Pixie Lott also auditioned as did Ed Sheeran and Danielle Peazer. The show featured an original soundtrack which was created by a team of pop producers and writers in the UK, led by Take That member Gary Barlow.
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: ITV1
Director: Arlene Phillips, David Ian
Cast: Mark Benton, Mitch Hewer, Sapphire Elia, Adam Garcia, Georgina Hagen, Matthew James Thomas
Crew: Arlene Phillips (Writer), Arlene Phillips (Executive Producer), Gareth Philips (Producer)
First Air Date: Oct 26, 2008
Last Air date: Dec 21, 2008
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 9 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 5.20/10 by 4.00 users
Popularity: 3.2532
Language: English
Keyword : musical, drama school
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