"Hit Me Baby 1 More Time" (2005) TV series

Director:

Jonathan Bullen

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2 April 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Pop acts of yesteryear perform their classic hits and contemporary cover versions in a bid to reach the grand final and compete for the chance to release a double A-side single in the UK.

Plot Keywords:

Title Based On Song | Digit In Title | Non Fiction | Number In Title

Cast

Vernon Kay

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Himself - Host (8 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

UK:75 min (including commercials) (8 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Version of "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" (2005)

A Waste Of Time Would Be A Better Title

The premise : A bunch of has been pop stars compete in a competition where they're voted through to a grand final where the winner gets to cut a double A side single which will hopefully see them relaunch their pop career

This might actually be inaccurate insofar that the contestant had a successful pop career in the first place . So far we've seen Dr And The Medics ( 2 hit singles ) , Bacarra ( 2 hit singles ) , Tiffany ( 1 hit single ) , Haddaway ( 2 hit singles ) all compete . Having a couple of hit singles doesn't really qualify anyone as a rock god in my opinion . I should also apologise for using the word " hopefully " in my opening paragraph because that might lead someone reading this to believe that anyone is interested in these here today gone today non entities making a chart comeback

Vernon Kay presents the show in an amateur manner and so far we've seen Tiffany , Shaking Stevens and Carol Decker make it through to the grand final but the ultimate winner will be former pop poppet Billie Piper , not because she's taking part in the meaningless contest but because she's playing the Doctor's companion in the new series of DOCTOR WHO which is on the other side at the same time as this load of pathetic crap