Britannia High

★ 5.2•2008•1 Seasons•ANIME

Drama

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.

Top Cast

Mark Benton

Mitch Hewer

Sapphire Elia

Adam Garcia

Stefan

Georgina Hagen

Matthew James Thomas

Episodes

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1. Let's Dance

A new set of students start at the school and Lauren finds it difficult to make the required grade. She finds life even harder when her classmates find out that she didn't even have to audition to get a place at the school. Danny attempts to help Lauren but she begins to wonder if all the hassle is really worth it.

Aired: 10/26/2008

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2. Behind the Mask

Danny finds himself clashing with with his music teacher when she tells him that he has to to stop acting like the class crown and to perform better in his academic classes.