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 OC and Skins

Skins (TV series)

Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...

. The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on the 13th of 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. The series ends with Owen leaving school, and his devastated friends, after being kicked out.

Although it was virtually ignored, it gained a large fanbase between 13-20-year olds.

Synopsis

The six part series follows Lila (Talulah Riley

Talulah Riley

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn is an English actress whose films include Pride and Prejudice, St Trinian's, The Boat That Rocked and St...

), 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

Anna Brewster

-Acting career:Anna has appeared in the films Anita and Me, Mrs Henderson Presents, Hippie Hippie Shake with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People...

) 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.

Characters

• Aaron Johnson as Owen Stephens - A talented musician with a past that seems to haunt him.
• Talulah Riley
  Talulah Riley
  Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn is an English actress whose films include Pride and Prejudice, St Trinian's, The Boat That Rocked and St...
  
   as Lila Reed - A writer with a heart. Her mother has a mental health condition and does not want to let go of her daughter.
• Tunji Kasim as Joe Bailey - Misunderstood technology geek from a tough background who wants to achieve something in life
• Anna Brewster
  Anna Brewster
  -Acting career:Anna has appeared in the films Anita and Me, Mrs Henderson Presents, Hippie Hippie Shake with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People...
  
   as Kate Sherman - An actress striving to receive recognition of her own talents without the help of her famous father.
• Jimi Mistry
  Jimi Mistry
  -Early life:Mistry, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England to an Indian Hindu father and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. He was brought up a Roman Catholic and attended St. James' Catholic High in Cheadle Hulme before his family moved to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School...
  
   as Matt Bright - Music teacher who has a long and complicated history with Jen. He has hopes to make it big in the music industry.
• Rebecca Palmer as Jen Bracken - Writing Teacher with marital problems, Matt is her only means of support.
• Lizzy McInnerny as Rita Rocheman - Dance Teacher who has a history with Dominic.
• Ralph Brown
  Ralph Brown
  Ralph William John Brown is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked, and the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace...
  
   as Dominic Soloman - Drama teacher and Principal of the Salinger School

Other Cast

• Ella Jones
  Ella Jones
  Ella Jones is a British actress. After a few small roles, she became a household name when she was cast as Sam in The Queen's Nose, following the departure of Victoria Shalet from the programme. That same year, she played the younger version of Holly alongside Anna Popplewell in Me Without You....
  
   as Sarah
• Anna McAuley as Henri
• Max Gell as Cal Redmond
• Rosalind Halstead
  Rosalind Halstead
  Rosalind Halstead is a British actress, model and dancer.Halstead trained for five years at the Central School of Ballet, and danced at Sadler's Wells Theatre...
  
   as Kelly Short
• Gregg Chillin
  Gregg Chillin
  Gregg Chillin is a British actor and video game voice actor.Chillin is notable for his appearance as Owen in the first series of BBC Three's Being Human....
  
   as Ash Chopra
• Gina Bellman
  Gina Bellman
  Gina Bellman is a New Zealand-born British actress currently starring in the series Leverage as Sophie Devereaux for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television.-Personal life:...
  
   as Traci Reed
• Nicolas Woodman
  Nicolas Woodman
  Nicolas Woodman is an English actor who currently plays Jack Hollins in the BBC soap opera, Doctors.-Television career:Woodman started acting in 2003 with a TV break in the BBC Birmingham soap Doctors. In 2005 he had another TV role in the BBC programme The Afternoon Play as just The Boy...
  
   as Jamie

Soundtrack
Incidental music by Simon Boswell

Original songs by Joe Boswell

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen's

Choreographed by Caroline Pope