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The Biz | |
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Genre | Drama Soap |
Written by | Chris Ellis, Sarah-Louise Hawkins, Jeremy Front, Matthew Graham |
Directed by | David Andrews, Nigel Douglas, John Smith |
Theme music composer | Michael Omer |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Marilyn Fox |
Producers | Richard Callanan, John Smith |
Running time | 30 mins |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 15 February 1995 – 16 January 1997 |
The Biz is a BBC children's television drama series about a group of teenagers at a fictional stage school. [1] The series was written by Chris Ellis, Jeremy Front, Matthew Graham and Sarah-Louise Hawkins. The directors were David Andrews (series one), Nigel Douglas (series two) and John Smith (series three). Wayne Fowkes was the choreographer and original music was composed by Michael Omer. [2] It ran for three series (24 episodes) from 1994 to 1996.
Set at Markov's School of Dance and Drama in Richmond, it was a portmanteau show in which different students took centre stage from week to week. It showed training, auditions and performances.
Actor | Character | Who are they? | Series One | Series Two | Series Three |
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Students/children | |||||
Marie Wevill | Pippa Jackson | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Paul Nicholls | Tim Marshall | Student | Y | Y | (Y) |
Hannah Lawrence | Julia "Jules" Hart | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Lindsey Wise | Emma Holmes | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Mohammed George (as Mahommed George) | Ben | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Keeley Forsyth | Nicky Williams | Student | Y | Y | - |
Nathan Constance | Luke Fredericks | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Stephanie Bagshaw | Sasha Hamilton | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Craig Stein | Mark | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Sacha Pitimson | Chris Murray | Student | Y | Y | Y |
Hilja Lindsay-Parkinson | Natalie Walton | Student | Y | Y | Y |
John Glynn | Barry Wilson | Boarding house brother | Y | Y | Y |
Andrew-Lee Potts (as Andrew Potts) | Leo | Student | - | Y | Y |
Rhys Moore | Huw Williams | Student | - | Y | Y |
Vanessa Cavanagh | Amber | Student | - | Y | Y |
Rudolf Gordon | Jake | Student (Alice's brother) | - | Y | (Y) |
Lindsay Payne | Alice | Student (Jake's sister) | - | Y | (Y) |
Sarah French | Zara | Student | - | - | Y |
Natalie Anderson | Francesca | Student (Leo's step-sister) | - | - | Y |
Max Wrottesley | Vince | Student | - | - | Y |
Zander Ward | Terry Ryan | Student | - | - | Y |
Steven White | Zak | Rachel's son | - | - | Y |
School staff | |||||
Terence Harvey | Gerry Clark | drama teacher (head teacher) | Y | Y | Y |
Sally Spencer-Harris | Caro Hamilton | school secretary and Sasha's mother | Y | Y | (Y) |
Delia Lindsay | Gaby Markov | head teacher | Y | Y | (Y) |
Geoffrey Bayldon | Markov | school founder and Gaby's father | Y | - | - |
Nicola Bryant | Martine Johnson | dance teacher | Y | Y | Y |
Tim Adams/Tim Scott-Walker | Paul Jellico | drama teacher and office support | - | Y | Y |
Ania Sowinski | Kerry | new school secretary and part-time student | - | - | Y |
Paul Nicholls, in one of his early roles, played up-and-coming star Tim Marshall. The role reflected his own later life as Tim had to deal with attention from the press and the public.
The Biz contained several original songs from composer Michael Omer.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 15 February 1995 | 22 March 1995 | 6 |
2 | 5 December 1995 | 21 December 1995 | 6 |
3 | 3 December 1996 | 16 January 1997 | 12 |
The series has also aired on ABC in Australia.
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