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Since the ending of the short television series nearly famous there has been a petition enforced by fans of the show all over england it is aimed that the petition can get 5000 signitures in order to present to channel 4 for another series including aaron johnson (Owen) |
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Revision as of 13:14, 22 December 2007
| Nearly Famous | |
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| File:Nearly Famous Title.png Nearly Famous Opening Credits | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Opening theme | "Just for Tonight" by One Night Only |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Simon Crawford Collins Jane Featherstone Alison Jackson |
| Production locations | Sidcup, Kent |
| Running time | 45 minutes approximately, 65 minutes with adverts |
| Original release | |
| Network | E4 |
| Release | 8 November 2007 – present |
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Nearly famous is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as The OC and Skins. The opening music is by a group named One Night Only, who make a cameo appearance in the mini-series. Official website www.e4.com/nearly famous. Also found on Myspace and Bebo. Songs from the series can be found on the Myspace.
It is shown on E4, Thursdays 11pm. The show debuted on E4 on 8th November 2007 and ended its run on the 13th of December 2007. It is filmed in Kent.
There are no such plans to continue into a second series just yet but the series has been left open so that in the future a second series could be made on demand.
The six part series follows Lila (Talulah Riley – Pride and Prejudice, St Trinian’s), an awkward 19 year old with a mentally ill mother, but with an exceptional talent for writing; Owen (Aaron Johnson – The Illusionist), he can’t read music any more than he can re-write his wayward past. Joe, (Tunji Kasim) who looks and acts like a geek. And Kate (Anna Brewster – Mrs Henderson Presents, The Tudors) a beautiful, ambitious actress, who’s sick of living in the shadow of her successful film director Dad. Over the six week series the world of this unlikely group of friends is explored.
Main Characters
Aaron Johnson as Owen Stephens - Musician with a bad temper and an even worse reputation.
Talulah Riley as Lila Reed - Writer whose mother has a mental health condition and doesn't want to let go of her daughter.
Tunji Kasim as Joe Bailey - Techie geek who wants to do something with his life.
Anna Brewster as Kate Ryman - Actress daughter of a famous director who wants to get recognition for her own talent.
Jimi Mistry as Matt Bright - Music teacher
Rebecca Palmer as Jen Bracken - Writing Teacher
Lizzy McInnerny as Rita Rocheman - Dance Teacher
Ralph Brown as Dominic Soloman - Drama teacher
Other Cast
Anna McAuley as Henri
Max Gell as Cal Redmond
Rosalind Halstead as Kelly Short
Greg Chillin as Ash Chopra
Gina Bellman as Traci Reed
Trivia
- The theme music for the show is 'Just for Tonight' by indie band One Night Only.
- All the scenes shot at the college were filmed on location at Rose Bruford College.
Links
[: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?NF489246&1]
petition
Since the ending of the short television series nearly famous there has been a petition enforced by fans of the show all over england it is aimed that the petition can get 5000 signitures in order to present to channel 4 for another series including aaron johnson (Owen)