Miami 7 | |
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Also known as | S Club 7 in Miami |
Directed by | Andrew Margetson |
Starring | S Club 7 Alfie Wise Paul Louis |
Opening theme | "Bring It All Back" |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Simon Fuller Malcolm Gerrie Christopher Pilkington |
Running time | 25 mins (approx) |
Production company | Initial |
Original release | |
Network | CBBC (on BBC One) |
Release | 8 April – 1 July 1999 |
Related | |
Back to the '50s , Boyfriends & Birthdays L.A. 7 (2000) Hollywood 7 (2001) Viva S Club (2002) |
Miami 7 (known as S Club 7 in Miami in the United States) is a television series starring English pop group S Club 7. Thirteen episodes were produced and aired on CBBC from 8 April to 1 July 1999. [1] During each episode, the members would perform one of the songs from their first album S Club . All seven members of the group star as fictionalised versions of themselves. It was created and partially written by Kim Fuller (brother of the group's manager), who also created and wrote the Spice Girls' 1997 film Spice World .
Renamed as S Club 7 in Miami, the show broadcast in the United States on Fox Family from 1999 until 2002. [2] It also aired on VRAK.TV, MusiquePlus and BBC Kids in Canada and Nickelodeon in Latin America.
The show saw the group (such as Bradley, Rachel, Paul, and Hannah), desperate to make it big, offered a chance for success in Miami by their management. Instead, the gang find themselves working in a hotel for Howard and Marvin Borlotti and entertaining the guests of the hotel. They learn to deal with the culture shock of being in a new country and eventually enjoy and somewhat become accustomed to what America has to offer.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Take Off" | Andrew Margeston | Kim Fuller | 8 April 1999 (UK) November 6, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The gang are demoralised by bad management and a lack of decent gigs. However, when they are sent to Miami to perform they see it as their chance to find fame and fortune. The group arrives at the Paradise Hotel expecting to live a life of luxury, however, hotel manager Howard has other plans for S Club 7. Songs: "Everybody Wants Ya" "It's a Feel Good Thing (Buenos Tiempos)" | |||||
2 | "Howard's Hotel" | Andrew Margeston | Kim Fuller | 15 April 1999 (UK) November 6, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The hotel is not as glamorous as the group's agent promised them. Instead of singing and performing, the gang have to work as hotel employees, rather than as full-time performers. When Howard does ask the group to sing, his choice of song is not from their original songs and is not their musical style. After being booed by the hotel crowd for the poor song choice, they promptly get back at Howard by performing their own song "S Club Party". Songs: "I Really Miss You" "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" "S Club Party" | |||||
3 | "The Blue Chevy" | Andrew Margeston | Kim Fuller | 22 April 1999 (UK) November 12, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The group persuades Howard to pay them decent wages and sell them his spare car, which promptly breaks down. Jo and Bradley decide to secretly take parts from Howard's Red Chevy and put them in their own car (a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible). Song: "Down at Club S" | |||||
4 | "Wind Resistance" | Andrew Margeston | Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite | 29 April 1999 (UK) November 13, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
With a hurricane en route, Howard leaves Paul in charge of the hotel and the Hawaiian Luau party he has planned for its guests. Unfortunately, Paul becomes extremely bossy and forces the group to wear grass skirts. As the storm rages, the gang discover Howard has taken shelter in the basement, and persuade him that the hurricane has passed. Song: "Everybody Wants Ya" | |||||
5 | "The Man from E.M.I." | Andrew Margeston | Georgia Pritchett | 6 May 1999 (UK) November 20, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The gang are excited to hear that the head of EMI Records is staying at the hotel. Meanwhile, Rachel is upset that her boyfriend has not written yet, whilst Jo becomes angry at her boyfriend, Robert, for writing too often. Jo decides to break up with him only to discover that her boyfriend is standing behind her. Jo then fixes her mistake by writing and performing a song dedicating her love for him, during which he hooks up with the executive woman, who specialises in elevator music. Song: "Two in a Million" | |||||
6 | "Alligator" | Andrew Margeston | Paul Dornan | 13 May 1999 (UK) November 26, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
Howard finds himself with a date with a swimsuit model and Rachel, Tina and Jo set about giving him a complete makeover. Meanwhile, the boys and Hannah decide to free their boss's pet alligator, Clint, but are disappointed when Clint returns. Marvin explains to them that he is a homing (domesticated but allowed some freedom) alligator. Howard's date is a disaster – his dinner partner, Arlene, has no fashion sense. He returns home disappointed, but apparently he has taken his new-found metrosexuality a bit too seriously. Song: "So Right" | |||||
7 | "Volleyball" | Andrew Margetson | Paul Dornan | 20 May 1999 (UK) November 27, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The group give Jon tips on chatting up girls. They are also given a volleyball lesson by some locals, who turn out to be workers at Howard's cousin Hank's hotel. Howard decides to set up a volleyball match between the two hotels and bets that S Club will lose. S Club are fuming and do everything they can to win the match. Song: "You're My Number One" | |||||
8 | "Alien Hunter" | Andrew Margetson | Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite | 27 May 1999 (UK) December 4, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The band become the stars of the fictional hit TV series, Alien Hunter; the hotel is used as a filming location. Tina, dressed as an alien, falls asleep in a laundry truck and wakes up in a busy shopping mall on the other side of the city, where she meets a handsome photographer. Meanwhile, Tina's dad suddenly turns up at Paradise Hotel and blames Howard for her mysterious disappearance. Meanwhile, Rachel and Hannah have a slight falling out over Rachel teasing Hannah about her role on the show. Song: "We Can Work It Out" | |||||
9 | "Missing" | Andrew Margetson | Georgia Pritchett | 3 June 1999 (UK) December 11, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
Howard loses S Club, in a card game, to his cousin Hank, who runs the nearby Sunset Sands Hotel, which seems to resemble what their agent in England promised them. As Hank treats the band worse than Howard, the band begin to realise that working for Howard is not as bad as they had thought. With the group away from the hotel, Howard and Marvin's profits are down and they are actually missing the gang, so they set up another card game to win them back. Song: "I Really Miss You" | |||||
10 | "Court in the Act" | Andrew Margetson | Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite | 10 June 1999 (UK) December 18, 1999 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
Howard erects a sculpture of himself outside S Club's dormitories and gets into trouble with Raylan Crowe from the Department of Labour for employing foreigners at the hotel. In court, the band persuades the judge to let them stay by performing, whilst Howard is fined $5,000. To raise the money, he tries to sell the statue, which crumbles around him. Song: "Bring It All Back" | |||||
11 | "Bermuda Triangle" | Andrew Margetson | Georgia Pritchett | 17 June 1999 (UK) January 8, 2000 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
Wanting a day off, S Club 7 borrow Howard's boat and take a cruise back to the 1970s. Along the way they meet Elvis, Madonna and Cher before returning to 1999 where they discover that Howard has changed. Song: "Dancing Queen" | |||||
12 | "How Deep is Your Love" | Andrew Margeston | Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite | 24 June 1999 (UK) January 22, 2000 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
The group is given a holiday when the Department of Health shuts down Howard's hotel, so they head to the Miami Seaquarium to swim with dolphins. Rachel meets a photographer who reckons she would make a good model and Paul falls for scuba instructor Janeane, who seemingly likes him too. The others are not so sure though when they catch Janeane kissing another guy and discover she has also been dating Bradley. Song: "Hope for the Future" | |||||
13 | "Reprise" | Andrew Margeston | Kim Fuller | 1 July 1999 (UK) February 5, 2000 (Fox Family Channel, U.S.) | |
With their contract with Howard about to end and their deal with their old manager now expired, the gang look back over their time in Miami. They have lunch with Jill Ward (the star of Alien Hunter), who advises them to travel to Los Angeles to make a name for themselves. Howard has a "realization" that maybe he was a little too hard on S Club and tries to "apologize" to them and persuade them to stay. They refuse because they feel like they will be going nowhere as where they first started, although Howard is much closer to them than before, even admitting that he loves them and sharing an emotional goodbye with them. At the end of the episode, they have to decide between moving on to Los Angeles or returning to England to renew their expired management deal or split up as a group when they come across an intersection between the airport and the road to the LA. At the last second, they turn the car towards the long road to LA. Song: "Gonna Change the World" |
Title | Original airdate | U.S. airdate | S Club sing | # |
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"Back to the '50s" | 18 September 1999 (ITV) | 11 March 2000 | "You're My Number One" "Friday Night" "Viva La Fiesta" "S Club Party" | 1 |
The group begin their journey to Los Angeles from Miami. After accidentally coming across a time portal, they find a town in the 1950s, which is dominated by a gang. | ||||
"Boyfriends & Birthdays" | 12 December 1999 | 29 May 2000 | "Bring It All Back" "Reach" "Two In A Million" | 2 |
S Club take a rest stop at a trailer park near Paradise Beach in Smalltown, where they meet a family who live in an RV. They discover that the father may or may not arrive to attend the son's birthday, so they strive to make his birthday the best ever. Meanwhile, Rachel receives a call from her boyfriend back home, who asks her to choose: him or the group. |
Miami 7 was aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom from 8 April until 1 July 1999 with repeats until 2002. The series was also repeated on channels such as Play UK and Disney Channel.
The show was renamed as S Club 7 in Miami, was taken to America where it aired on Fox Family (now Freeform) from 1999 to 2002. [2] In foreign countries, It also aired on VRAK.TV, MusiquePlus and BBC Kids in Canada and Nickelodeon in Latin America.
Miami 7 was released on PAL video in 2000. It was released both as three individual cassettes or in a "Complete Boxset" containing all thirteen episodes. The first two volumes were also released on NTSC video however the third volume (containing the final six episodes) was never released. Also along with the L.A. 7 and Hollywood 7 series, it was never released on DVD. The NTSC version also contained bonus scenes and extra footage. [3]
In November 2023, the series was made available to stream in the UK on BBC iPlayer. [4]
The show was watched by 90 million viewers in over 100 countries. [5]
In 2002, the dates were: Tuesday 19 February – 60,000
Thursday 21 February – 70,000 [6] [ failed verification ]
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"S Club Party" is a song by British pop group S Club 7. It was released on 20 September 1999 as the second single from their debut studio album, S Club (1999). The song was written by Mikkel Eriksen, Hallgeir Rustan, Tor Erik Hermansen, and Hugh Atkins and produced by StarGate.
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L.A. 7 is the second series in the BBC television series starring British pop group S Club 7. The programme was shown every week on CBBC, from 6 April 2000 to 6 July 2000 and stars all seven members of the band as fictionalized versions of themselves. The series featured star from The Exorcist, Linda Blair as Joni, their landlord.
Hollywood 7 is 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 27 September 2001 and 20 December 2001 and stars all seven members of the band as fictionalized versions of themselves. The series also features former Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams as Dean Strickland, S Club 7's manager.
S Club 7 Go Wild! is a television series starring British pop group S Club 7, who worked with the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) to help raise awareness of the threats facing wildlife around the world. Each member adopted an endangered animal and travelled to their respective natural habitat in different locations around the globe. There were seven 30-minute episodes, one for each member of the band, which were aired on BBC Two in the UK.
The Greatest Store in the World is a book written by Alex Shearer, later made into a made-for-television film which was broadcast on 24 December 1999 by CBBC. The TV movie has been shown a few times at Christmas on the CBBC channel. It was filmed in the famous London department store Harrods.
Back to the '50s is the first one-off sitcom from the British pop group S Club 7. It first aired in 1999 and was produced for CITV. In this movie, the cast proceeds with their long drive from Miami to Los Angeles – when they suddenly find themselves in the 1950s, having travelled back in time. The episode itself is a parody of the films Grease and Back to the Future.
Artistic Differences is the third one-off programme from the British pop group S Club 7. It first aired in 2000 and was produced for ITV. In this TV special, the group look in danger when Bradley falls out with Paul over artistic differences and decides to join another band, while Rachel wants to leave the band and get married.