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''Britannia High'' is a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television (now part of ITV Studios) 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,〔(TV Guide )〕 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.〔(Introducing ITV's New Musical Drama Britannia High )〕 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. The show has been compared to the popular musicals ''High School Musical'' and ''Fame''. The cast, however, are of the opinion that ''Britannia High'' is, "Something new. And it's British."〔()〕 A second series was ruled out in January 2009 by ITV after the first received poor ratings, being beaten by other shows such as BBC's ''Antiques Roadshow''. ==Production== ''Britannia High'' was based on an idea by ''Strictly Come Dancing'' choreography judge Arlene Phillips and theatre impresario David Ian, who were both executive producers for the show. It was developed by producer Gareth Philips for ITV Productions in Manchester. Alongside Philips, the production team consisted of series producer and lead director Brian Grant, executive producers Kieran Roberts and Mark Wells, and Anna Land for Globe Productions. It was written by Jonathan Harvey, Damon Rochefort, Julie Jones, Kirstie Falkous, and John Regier. In addition to Arlene Phillips managing the choreography, Gary Barlow was heavily involved in providing the score of ''Britannia High''. Guy Chambers, Steve Mac, Andy Hill, Mark Owen, James Bourne and Elliot Kennedy also contributed to the musical component of the show. ''Britannia High'' was commissioned by ITV from ITV plc's in-house production division. After low ratings, ITV did not commission a second series, though Arlene Phillips told ITN that the format was "not done and dusted". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Britannia High」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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