Nearly Famous
| Nearly Famous | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Holly Phillips |
| Directed by |
Sheree Folkson Mat Whitecross John Hardwick |
| Opening theme | "Just for Tonight" by One Night Only |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Simon Crawford Collins Jane Featherstone Alison Jackson |
| Producer(s) | Emma Kingsman-Lloyd |
| Location(s) | Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, Kent, England |
| Editor(s) |
Richard Mark Elson Philip Hookway Jackie Ophir |
| Running time | 45 minutes approximately, 65 minutes with adverts |
| Release | |
| Original network | E4 |
| Original release | 8 November – 13 December 2007 |
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 O.C. and Skins. The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on 13 December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England.
There are no plans to continue into a second series, but the series has been left open so that a second series could be made on demand.
Although it was virtually ignored, it gained a large fanbase between 13- to 20-year-olds. It had many story lines which related well to this target market, including drinking, drugs, money, sex and virginity.
The six part series follows Lila (Talulah Riley), an awkward 19-year-old with a mentally ill mother, but with an exceptional talent for writing; Owen (Aaron Johnson), who can not read music any more than he can re-write his wayward past; Joe, (Tunji Kasim) a nice guy with a talent doing light and sound, who is a bit of a nerd; and Kate (Anna Brewster) a beautiful, ambitious actress, who is 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.
Incidental music by Simon Boswell
Original songs by Joe Boswell
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen's
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