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Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International and aired by Sky One, that chronicles the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United F.C..
A significant part of the action, including game play, is shot at The New Den, the home ground of the Football League Championship club Millwall, though recent matches in season 9 have been shot at Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea.
The series has run for 8 seasons and currently screening the 9th Season. Although the show has had a long and successful run, its viewing figures have been in decline recently and the cancellation of the show has been announced. The 10th season of the show will be the last, with the final ever episode expected to screen in May 2007. The club are based in the fictional town of Harchester (which is said to be close to Tamworth) in the West Midlands. The most popular stars of the show are Alison King who plays Lynda Block and Terry Kiely who played Karl Fletcher.
The Show
The team won the 1999 FA Cup against Manchester United but their captain was killed after the chairman ordered a different player to be shot for having an affair with his wife. In 2002 they reached the UEFA Cup final, losing 0-1 after the reserves played the game, due to the first team's coach being involved in a motorway crash.
In the 2003-04 season, the team finished fourth in the Premiership, qualifying for the Champions League qualifying phase, but was also relegated to The Championship because of a match fixing scandal. The 2004-05 season saw the team make it into the Champions League group phase. It also saw Harchester defeat West Ham United in the Championship playoff final (in real life, West Ham defeated Preston North End in the playoff final that season). But following that feat, the bus carrying most of the team was involved in an explosion, caused by ex-manager Don Barker deliberately driving straight into the bus.
Celebrity cameo appearances have included Jordan, Rebecca Loos and Craig Charles, as well as a host of footballers such as ex-England internationals Rodney Marsh and Chris Powell, Dutch international Mario Melchiot and recently departed Charlton manager Alan Curbishley. Dannielle Brent has made an appearance as Jennifer Taylor.
Karl Fletcher
Arguably the most famous character in Dream Team was Karl Fletcher (played by Terry Kiely), who became the series' stalwart character, remaining a fixture in the cast from the beginning of season 1 through to the end of season 8. During his tenure with Harchester, Fletcher was briefly promoted to manager, became a father, married (and divorced) physiotherapist Abbi Fletcher, was briefly jailed before finally being killed by deranged manager Don Barker. The death of Fletcher was seen by many as a desperate attempt to boost falling ratings, but in truth lay in the fact that Kiely wanted to pursue other projects (namely Channel 5 soap-opera Family Affairs) and had grown tired with the character. Fletcher (or 'Fletch' as he was affectionately known) remained the most popular character throughout the entire show, topping the popularity ratings each year until the character's death.
Cast
Current members of the cast (as of after 29 episodes of Season 9)
- Alison King
as Lynda Block (1998-2002, 2003, 2005) - Jamie Lomas
as Alex Dempsey (2005) - Lucinda Kennard
as Amy Kerrigan (2005) - Naomi Ryan
as Ashleigh King (2005) - Julie Healy
as Chloe Tyler (2005) - Jessica Jane
as Cindi Marshall (2005) - Danny Husbands
as Danny Sullivan (2001) - Junior Nunoo
as Eugene Rose (2005) - Jonathan Howard
as Gavin Moody (2005) - Pedro Cunha
as Hector Briganza (2006) - Duncan Pow
as Liam Mackay (2005)
- Joachim Raaf
as Felix Hahn (2005-2006) - Lauren Gold
as Scarlett Rose (2005-2006) - Robert Kazinsky
as Casper Rose (2005-2006) - Ricky Whittle
as Ryan Naysmith (2002-2006)
The End
It was announced that series 10 will be that last series of Dream Team, as it has not been re-commissioned for an 11th series.
Storyline Guides
Series One - 1997 - 1998
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Series Two - 1998 - 1999
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Series Three - 1999 - 2000
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Series Four - 2000 - 2001
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When the season climaxed there was a mystery person holding an object and they struck Prashant in the head and left him for dead.
Series Five - 2001 - 2002
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Series Six - 2002 - 2003
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Series Seven - 2003 - 2004
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Series Eight - 2004 - 2005
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This was the first season that Harchester United played football outside the Premiership, they managed successfully to win promotion in the play-off final, but the majority of the team were killed instantly when ex-manager Don Barker (who was about to be arrested for the murder of Karl Fletcher) crashed his car at speed into the team coach in a suicide bid which saw the entire team bar 3 player perish.
Series Nine - 2005 - 2006
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Foreign Audience
In the United States, Fox Soccer Channel (like Sky, a part of News Corporation) airs the series several series behind Sky One. Series is currently aired in Serbia, on Studio B television.
DVD Release
Sky Television currently have no plans to release Dream Team on DVD. *
External links
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