Take Off

Take Off is the first episode of the Miami 7 Television series which was broadcast on CBBC for the first time on 8 April 1999.

Plot
At the start of the series we meet the main characters Jo, Hannah, Rachel, Jon, Bradley, Paul and Tina. These people seven British people in their twenties and are part of a band/ group named S Club 7, and have already written a number of songs including Everybody Wants Ya.

Despite being ready to become famous, the band are demoralised by their band management and a lack of decent gigs offers and decide to confront their manager, Danny Parsons the head of a London talent agency. Danny doesn't know what to do with the band but wants the band as far away from him as possible after they threaten to demolish him.

He phones Howard Borlotti, the owner of a Miami hotel named Paradise Hotel, who he'd previously met and gone fishing with. He convinces Howard to take them on for three months and the group arrives at the Paradise Hotel expecting to live a life of luxury, however, hotel manager Howard has other plans for S Club 7.

Unbeknown to them, the Paradise hotel is a run down mess and Howard forces them to work as hotel staff rather than as full-time performers.

Cast

 * Jo O'Meara as Jo
 * Hannah Spearritt as Hannah
 * Rachel Stevens as Rachel
 * Jon Lee as Jon
 * Bradley McIntosh as Bradley
 * Tina Barrett as Tina
 * Paul Cattermole as Paul
 * Paul Louis - Marvin Borlotti
 * Alfie Wise - Howard Borlotti

Trivia

 * The scenes of the show that took place in the hotel rooms of the Florida Paradise were actually filmed beforehand, back in London.
 * Most of the Miami scenes were shot in an area called Lauderdale by the Sea.
 * Clips from the show feature in S Club 7's video for "Bring It All Back" (the theme song for the series).