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The Biz was a BBC children's television drama series about a group of teenagers at a fictional stage school.
The series was written by Chris Ellis and Sarah-Louise Hawkins. The directors were David Andrews and Nigel Douglas. It ran for three series, from 1994 to 1996.
Set at Markov's School of Dance and Drama, it was a portmanteau show in which different students took centre stage from week to week. It showed training, auditions and performances.
Paul Nicholls, in one of his early roles, played up-and-coming star Tim Marshall. The role reflected his own later life as Tim had to deal with attention from the press and the public.
The series has also been airing on ABC in Australia.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Series 1, Episode 1February 15, 1995—
- S01E02Series 1, Episode 2February 22, 1995—
- S01E03Series 1, Episode 3March 1, 1995—
- S01E04Series 1, Episode 4March 8, 1995—
- S01E05Series 1, Episode 5March 15, 1995—
- S01E06Series 1, Episode 6March 22, 1995—
Season02
- S02E01Series 2, Episode 1December 5, 1995—
- S02E02Series 2, Episode 2December 7, 1995—
- S02E03Series 2, Episode 3December 12, 1995—
- S02E04Series 2, Episode 4December 14, 1995—
- S02E05Series 2, Episode 5December 19, 1995—
- S02E06Series 2, Episode 6December 21, 1995—
Season03
- S03E01Series 3, Episode 1December 3, 1996—
- S03E02Series 3, Episode 2December 5, 1996—
- S03E03Series 3, Episode 3December 10, 1996—
- S03E04Series 3, Episode 4December 12, 1996—
- S03E05Series 3, Episode 5December 17, 1996—
- S03E06Series 3, Episode 6December 19, 1996—
- S03E07Series 3, Episode 7December 30, 1996—
- S03E08Series 3, Episode 8January 2, 1997—
- S03E09Series 3, Episode 9January 7, 1997—
- S03E10Series 3, Episode 10January 9, 1997—
- S03E11Series 3, Episode 11January 14, 1997—
- S03E12Series 3, Episode 12January 16, 1997—
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