Curtis Alexander
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Curtis Alexander is a footballer on the fictional footballing drama Dream Team, played by Chucky Venice
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Curtis first appeared in the fifth season of the show as a friend of Monday Bandele who was manager of Harchester United at the time. He agreed to sign for the team if Monday would sign his older brother Linton. However Curtis pulled out of the deal, revealing it to be just a scam to get his brother signed.
boss Patrick Doyle
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Things get off to a rocky start for Curtis when he is accused of rape while on a night out even though he is found innocent this knocks his confidence. When Karl Fletcher
finds out about Patrick Doyle's match-fixing, Curtis is accused of being in on it because of his association with Doyle this meant that Curtis missed an important goal in a cup match. It later transpired that it was Jamie Parker who was working for Doyle and not Curtis.
At the start of the next season Curtis feels like he is being replaced by star striker Luke Davenport
, however he becomes happier when he starts romancing new receptionist Grace Ikema. Grace turns Curtis to Christianity and he gets baptised however Grace is appointed team-coordinator under strict instructions that she is not to have a relationship with any players. With Curtis having to keep his relationships under wraps he becomes frustrated and ends up getting drunk and sleeping with Donna Connelly the new wife of his team-mate Clyde. When Tony Boyle reveals this news trying to disgrace Donna, Grace breaks up with Curtis and he is ostracised by a lot of the team for sleeping with the wife of another player.
After Harchester is liquidised, Curtis joins forces with Dean Boyle to keep the club alive and get them keep playing ultimately the club is saved. When the truth about Stuart Naysmith
and his match-fixing comes out, Curtis his made temporary manager of the team and is responsible for getting them into the Champion's League both as a player and as the manager however their enthusiasm is short-lived as they are relegated to the Championship for match-fixing.
In the show's Eighth Season, Curtis is made captain but is offered a deal to play for his boyhood team of Charlton Athletic
, however Dean who is now chief executive of the team stops the deal going through. New manager Don Barker
also feels that Curtis is lacking motivation and threatens to replace him with Frank Stone
as captain but Curtis shows the leadership skills necessary when he admonishes Clyde for not finishing a training course this is one of the events that ultimately leads to Clyde's suicide.
Curtis then finds out about Frank's bisexuality and Barker forces Curtis to tell him and his daughter Jodie, also Frank's wife, the truth. After this revelation Curtis wants to leave the club but Barker plants drugs on him and shops him into the police to stop him leaving. The truth about Stone's sexuality then comes out after Curtis accidentally lets it slip to journalist Paul Hankin. After Barker is finally released, Curtis is one of the favourites to become manager however Vivian Wright
believes that Curtis will try and utilise an injured Ryan Naysmith
too quickly and convinces Eli Knox
to make him manager instead.
Curtis is able to come through this and puts the team back into the Premier League in the play-offs.
Chucky Venice
Chucky Venn is an English actor, best known for two television roles, in both of which he played footballers: Curtis Alexander in Sky One's Dream Team and Tremaine Gidigbi in Footballers' Wives.Born Charles Venn, he grew up on the tough Mozart Estate, which was at the time a notorious...
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Curtis first appeared in the fifth season of the show as a friend of Monday Bandele who was manager of Harchester United at the time. He agreed to sign for the team if Monday would sign his older brother Linton. However Curtis pulled out of the deal, revealing it to be just a scam to get his brother signed.
Harchester career
When his brother dies in a coach crash killing three other people, he signs for real under the management of his old PSGParis Saint-Germain FC
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club , also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG , is a professional association football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded on 12 August 1970, thanks to the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain...
boss Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle is a Scottish musician and film score composer. A longtime collaborator of actor/director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work scoring such critically acclaimed films as Henry V , Sense and Sensibility , Hamlet , and Gosford Park , as well as noteworthy blockbusters as Harry...
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Things get off to a rocky start for Curtis when he is accused of rape while on a night out even though he is found innocent this knocks his confidence. When Karl Fletcher
Karl Fletcher
Karl Fletcher was a character in the Sky One drama Dream Team played by Terry Kiely. He is the only character to have appeared in every series of the show until the death of the character in the 2004-05 series, at which point he has appeared in a flashback, and most recently, a ghost.Fletcher has...
finds out about Patrick Doyle's match-fixing, Curtis is accused of being in on it because of his association with Doyle this meant that Curtis missed an important goal in a cup match. It later transpired that it was Jamie Parker who was working for Doyle and not Curtis.
At the start of the next season Curtis feels like he is being replaced by star striker Luke Davenport
Luke Davenport
Luke Davenport is a fictional association football player who appeared on the British drama Dream Team, about the equally fictitious Harchester United. He is played by Neil Newbon....
, however he becomes happier when he starts romancing new receptionist Grace Ikema. Grace turns Curtis to Christianity and he gets baptised however Grace is appointed team-coordinator under strict instructions that she is not to have a relationship with any players. With Curtis having to keep his relationships under wraps he becomes frustrated and ends up getting drunk and sleeping with Donna Connelly the new wife of his team-mate Clyde. When Tony Boyle reveals this news trying to disgrace Donna, Grace breaks up with Curtis and he is ostracised by a lot of the team for sleeping with the wife of another player.
After Harchester is liquidised, Curtis joins forces with Dean Boyle to keep the club alive and get them keep playing ultimately the club is saved. When the truth about Stuart Naysmith
Stuart Naysmith
Stuart Naysmith was a fictional footballer on Sky One's television drama Dream Team. He was a central defender and manager for Harchester United...
and his match-fixing comes out, Curtis his made temporary manager of the team and is responsible for getting them into the Champion's League both as a player and as the manager however their enthusiasm is short-lived as they are relegated to the Championship for match-fixing.
In the show's Eighth Season, Curtis is made captain but is offered a deal to play for his boyhood team of Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
, however Dean who is now chief executive of the team stops the deal going through. New manager Don Barker
Don Barker
Don Barker is a fictional character in the series Dream Team, played by Jon Morrison.Don Barker had a reputation of being a hard-nosed, tough manager, renowned for making teams achieve promotion in the lower leagues...
also feels that Curtis is lacking motivation and threatens to replace him with Frank Stone
Frank Stone
Frank Stone , was an English painter. He was born in Manchester, and was entirely self-taught.He was elected an associate of the Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1833 and member in 1843; and an associate of the Royal Academy in 1851.The works he first exhibited at the Academy were portraits,...
as captain but Curtis shows the leadership skills necessary when he admonishes Clyde for not finishing a training course this is one of the events that ultimately leads to Clyde's suicide.
Curtis then finds out about Frank's bisexuality and Barker forces Curtis to tell him and his daughter Jodie, also Frank's wife, the truth. After this revelation Curtis wants to leave the club but Barker plants drugs on him and shops him into the police to stop him leaving. The truth about Stone's sexuality then comes out after Curtis accidentally lets it slip to journalist Paul Hankin. After Barker is finally released, Curtis is one of the favourites to become manager however Vivian Wright
Vivian Wright
Vivian "Jaws" Wright was a fictional character in the Sky One drama series Dream Team in Series 7 and immediately became one of the maddest, strangest and most popular characters in the show.-Joining Harchester United:...
believes that Curtis will try and utilise an injured Ryan Naysmith
Ryan Naysmith
Ryan Naysmith was a character in the Sky One football drama Dream Team from 2002-2006. He played on the left wing and was the son of Stuart Naysmith and godson of Harchester legend Henry Leslie. He joined Harchester United after being released from Birmingham City due to committing arson...
too quickly and convinces Eli Knox
Eli Knox
Eli Knox was a character in the fictional series of Dream Team.He was played by Shane Lynch, former member of Boyzone. The character was not a success with fans, making few appearances, and eventually leaving after just one season....
to make him manager instead.
Curtis is able to come through this and puts the team back into the Premier League in the play-offs.
Death
Curtis is later one of the players who is killed when an enraged Barker drives his car into the team bus following the Play Off Final.External links
- Harchester.net Official website
- Harchester.tv Curtis Alexander Profile
- HarchesterUnited.Org