| The Sleepover Club |
Article Index for The |
Website Links For Sleepover |
Information AboutThe Sleepover Club |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT THE SLEEPOVER CLUB | |
| childrens itv television programmes | |
| australian childrens television series | |
| nine network shows | |
| 2003 television program debuts | |
''The Sleepover Club'' is a series of children’s books by author Rose Impey, and a Children’s Television programme based on the series. Whereas the book is set in England , the television show is set in the Australian beachside suburb of Crescent Bay (a fictional place). The programme revolves around five young girls who are part of a club in which they sleepover at each others' houses at least once a week. Along with the everyday issues that plague preteen girls such as school projects, makeovers and boys the members of the club also have to worry about their arch-rivals the M&Ms, Matthew, Michael and Marco, intent on spoiling the girls' fun. The series is based on the books by Rose Impey. In the books the girls are 10 years old and live in Cuddington, Leicester , and the M&Ms are two girls named Emma Hughes and Emily Berryman. The television show was produced by Wark Clements Burberry Production , in association with Rialto Films , with the assistance of the Pacific Film and Television Commission for ITV Network United Kingdom, Nickelodeon United Kingdom and Nine Network Australia. It is distributed internationally by Southern Star Sales . Two of the actors are now in Neighbours . CAST SERIES ONE The Sleepover Club Francesca (Frankie) Thomas Francesca Thomas ( Caitlin Stasey ) is the self-appointed leader of the sleepover club. Although a great friend to the girls, her bossiness becomes an issue on more than one occasion. She is best friends with kenny. Rosie Cartwright Rosie Cartwright ( Eliza Taylor-Cotter ) is a young English girl and the newest member of the sleepover club. She and her family (dad and her brother) moved to Australia after the death of her mother. A prank pulled on the M&Ms sees her inducted into the club. Felicity (Fliss) Sidebotham Felicity Sidebotham ( Ashleigh Chisholm ), a young fashion purist, is in love with the cutest boy in school, Ryan Scott. She is the ditsy blonde in the club who often tends to speak before thinking. In the show it is revealed that her father left the Sidebotham family three years ago. Kendra (Kenny) Tam Kendra Tam ( Hannah Wang ) is the sporty member of the club. She takes part in all sorts of physical activities from soccer to athletics and displays her affection for Manchester United FC . In the book series, the character is White and her name is Laura Mackenzie and she supports Leicester city football team. She shares a room with her older sister Molly, and has a fear of heights. Lyndsey (Lyndz) Collins Lyndsey Collins ( Basia A'Hern ) is the one that is the softest, especially with animals. She is best friends with Rosie. Her twin brother Michael is one of the M&Ms in the TV series. In the books she has four brothers. Frankie: leader, owner of the group, she has to make all the decisions,Best friend of Kenny Rosie: the new member, intelligent, good writer,Good friend of Lyndz Fliss: Girly Girl , not a fashion statement, fashion victim,likes Ryan Scott Kenny: loves sports, best friends with Frankie, supporter of Manchester United Lyndz: loves animals, came from England like Rosie (4 years ago), loves horses and horse riding,sister of Mitchael The M & Ms The group that the girls consider their sworn enemies consist of leader Matthew McDougal ( Ryan Corr ), Marco de Pieri ( Stefan La Rosa ) and Michael Collins ( Blake Hampson ), who is also Lyndsey's twin brother. They are always trying to destroy the girl's sleepovers. Matthew is the leader. In the book the M&Ms are actually 2 girls Emma Hughes and Emily Berryman. The Enemies Sara Tiara and Alana Banana Sara Tiara ( Annalise Woods ) and Alana Banana ( Ashleigh Brewer ) are two girls who love to mock the sleepover club and their affairs. Throughout the course of the show it is discovered that Sara Tiara is in fact jealous that she was never allowed to join the club. This results in her trying everything in her power to be accepted. THE BEACH HUT CAFE OWNER Mr. Stefanopolis (Mr. S) Mr. Stefanopolis played by Vince D'Amico is the Greek owner of the Beach Hut Cafe in which the girls spend most of their time. He frequently jokes with the girls and they are kind of friends. He even hosts one of their sleepovers when his Greek niece comes to stay with him. THE TEACHERS Ms. Nickels Ms. Nickels ( Emma Skelton ) is the girls’ clumsy class teacher. During the show she shows interest in Rosie’s father. Mr. Biceps Mr. Biceps ( Peter Rasmussen ) is the P.E. teacher at the girls’ schools. Due to his physical fitness the girls have dubbed him Mr. Biceps. THE CRUSH Ryan Scott Ryan Scott ( Craig Marriott ) is Fliss's longtime crush and, according to her, the cutest guy at school. THE SIBLINGS Callum Sidebotham Callum Sidebotham ( Trent Sullivan ) is the younger brother of Fliss. He's always eating and thinks the sleepover club is silly. Molly Tam Molly Tam ( Hannah Ling ) is the mean older sister of Kenny. She wants to spoil every sleepover held at Kenny's house. CAST SERIES TWO The Sleepover Club=== Charlie Anderson Charlie ( Morgan Griffin ) is the leader of the new sleepover club, and got the idea for the club from her cousin, Frankie ( Caitlin Stasey ). Charlie is particularly good friends with Tayla Hayes and Maddy Lee. She is a writer for the school newspaper and loves to have fun. Tayla Hayes Tayla Hayes ( Rachel Watson ) has a brainbox of a younger sister to whom she is very close. Tayla is fashion obsessed and always likes to look good wherever she is because "You are what you wear". She also likes to hear her horoscope from physic phone pal, Zodiac Zoe. She is the girly one. Maddy Lee Smith Maddy ( Emanulle Bains ) is the sporty one of the group and likes nothing more than to ride the surf, and to hang with her best friends. Maddy loves all exercise. Her best friends in the sleepover club is Charlie and Tayla. She has known Charlie since kindergarten. She is the sporty one. Her middle name is Lee, she hates it when she was in 2nd grade she got picked on. Because of her middle name Lee (Its spelt the boy way) Brooke Webster Brooke ( Katie Nazer-Hennings ) enjoys photography and is a shy and nice girl. Her step-brother is block head Simon. Her main best friend is Jess. She is the smart one. Jess Jess ( Monique Williams ) is the artist of the club who loves to watch her favorite show, "The Beach of Hearts". She's is also a pro at her favorite game, "cheesey" which involves stuffing as many cheese puffs as you can into your mouth. She is the artistic one. The Enemies Krystal Krystal ( Julia O'Connor ) is a self-centred and bossy person that dreams of becoming a TV news anchorwoman. She is forever bossing around her only "friend" Caitlin. She appears to have everything but in fact is neglected by her parents. She always goes crying to "daddy" but seeing as her dad is always busy she only has Caitlin to push around. Caitlin Caitlin ( Ruby Hall ) is always being walked all over by bossy best friend Krystal. Caitlin is a push over, but a VERY nice one at that. She only listens to Krystal since she too doesn't have many friends. The sleepover club think that she is really nice but she lets Krystal push her around to much they even considered letting her into their club. The Blockheads Jason Jason Block is the brains of the blockheads, he is always thinking of a plan to benefit himself. Jason is played by James Bell Simon Simon is the main deceiver out of the three as he always goes with her sisters mind other than Jasons. Simon is played By Nathan Coenen Declan Declan is basically a normal guy, with a smaller IQ and often doesn't know whats going on during Jason's schemes but he still tags along for no apparent reason. Declan is played By Shannon Lively . CHARACTER COMPARISON
SERIES ONE The following is a list of episodes from series one of The Sleepover Club. The series consisted of 26 episodes, airing almost daily. The series debuted on November 12 2003 and finished its run on January 1 2004 . A DVD of this series was released in January 2007 .
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||