- Wannabes
"Wannabes" is an online interactive soap and game created for the
BBC by Illumna Digital. Wannabes follows on fromJamie Kane , the BBC's previous foray into online interactive drama. The show/game consists of 14 10 minute episodes released twice a week. During the episodes, viewers are prompted to help the character make decisions by selected one out of several possible alternatives. Depending on the choices made, the viewer/player will win or lose friends points from the different characters, unlocking extra content such as videos, emails and photos.The Story
Wannabes follows the lives of 7 teenagers in
Brighton as they go through the triumphs and traumas of love, work and quests for fame. To date 14 episodes have aired. Leila has moved to Brighton and become a journalist for a local newspaper, Lewis has quit his band to go solo, Charlie has become manager of the Wannabes club, and Jerome has returned from Iraq to win Rachel's heart.The Characters
*Charlie - Who wants to be famous and doesn't care what for.
*Leila - Who wants to be a journalist.
*Jerome - Who wants to win Rachel's heart.
*Rachel - Who wants to be a professional runner.
*Seb - Who wants to be rich.
*Jo - Who wants power, and turn Lewis into a success.
*Lewis - Who wants to be a rock star.The Episodes
*Episode 1 - A Blank Piece of Paper
*Episode 2 - Truth and Lies
*Episode 3 - Opportunity Knocks
*Episode 4 - Work
*Episode 5 - Under Covers
*Episode 6 - Out on the Edge
*Episode 7 - The Big Break Up
*Episode 8 - Love and War
*Episode 9 - Two Plus Two Makes Five
*Episode 10 - Laps and Hurdles
*Episode 11 - In and Out
*Episode 12 - Tangled Webs
*Episode 13 - True Selves
*Episode 14 - Home To RoostExtra Content
As part of a
viral marketing campaign,MySpace pages have been created for several of the characters, along withYouTube andFlickr entries. The sites host extra content from the show such as videos, photos, character email addresses and in-character blogs.External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/Wannabes/ Wannabes Home Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/LewisHopper/ Lewis's MySpace page]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ BBC]
* [http://www.illumina.co.uk/ Illumina]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ MySpace]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/03_march/10/wannabes.shtml/ BBC Press Release]
* [http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=utyPmSlounc&mode=user&search=/ News Story on YouTube]
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