Rock Rivals

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Rock Rivals
Format	Drama
Created by	Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Starring	Michelle Collins Sean Gallagher Alison Newman Gary Cooke Helen Modern Lisa Dwan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Shed Media Element Pictures
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original airing	5 March 2008—23 April 2008
Chronology
Related shows	Bad Girls Footballers' Wives Waterloo Road
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Rock Rivals is a British television drama for ITV and began airing on ITV and TV3 Ireland on Wednesday 5 March 2008.

It is produced by Shed Media, the company behind Footballers' Wives, Bad Girls and Waterloo Road. The series is sponsored by Nivea Deodorant.

1 Background
2 Plot
3 Episodes
4 Cast
5 Series Guide
- 5.1 Series One (2008)
- 5.2 Series Two (TBA)
6 DVD release
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Background

The 8-part first series ^[1], filmed during summer 2007 to Autumn 2007 and was delivered to ITV in Spring 2008. Michelle Collins said on Loose Women on 4th July that it would be filmed over a 4 month schedule and would probably air in January or February 2008.

On July 2, 2007, it was announced that former EastEnders actress, Michelle Collins and ex Coronation Street actor, Sean Gallagher have both been cast for the lead roles of characters, Karina Faith (Collins) and her husband Mal (Gallagher).^[2] Filming was Dublin, Ireland.

Rock Rivals finally wrapped on Stage B of Ardmore Studios in Bray on Friday the 16th of November. Two alternative endings were filmed of the final episode. The viewing public will get to vote for their favourite finalist, and the appropriate version will be aired.^[3]

[edit] Plot

As Bad Girls portrayed life in a women's prison, Footballers' Wives on the sordid world of sex-and-football and Waterloo Road followed the lives of teachers and pupils of a failing comprehensive school, Rock Rivals follows the lives, trial and tribulations of two celebrity judges on a X Factor style show as their marriage falls apart. Simon Cowell ^[4] has joined forces with Shed Media to produce the new show.^[5]

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Rock Rivals episodes

[edit] Cast

Main article: List of characters in Rock Rivals

[edit] Series Guide

[edit] Series One (2008)

The first series began on Wednesday 5 March 2008 on ITV, and had a viewership of 3.9 million.^{[citation needed]}On 13 March 2008, Rock Rivals lost 1 million viewers, gaining only 2.9 million viewers. The third episode of the drama lost another 100,000 viewers on 19 March 2008, which gave the drama 2.8 million viewers. By its fourth outing, the series had just only 2.2m viewers. However, by the last episode Rock Rivals attracted more viewers; 3 million, according to The Guardian.But according to other reports it was 3.1 - 3.3 million[1]/

[edit] Series Two (TBA)

Shed productions are deciding on whether or not produce another series. According to Inside Soap Magazine, the series has been axed, leaving Michelle Collins fuming at jibes that didn't help the series made by Graham Norton on his chatshow. However, ITV have yet to confirm this. This news has disappointed at least 3 million viewers.

[edit] DVD release

The first series of Rock Rivals was released in the UK on 28 April 2008 ^[6].

Rock Rivals: Series One
	Set Details			Special Features
	8 Episodes 3-Disc Set 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles: No English (Stereo)			Alternate Ending Making The Music The Producer's Tale Choosing The Winner The Actor's Tale The Contestan't Tale My Favourite Scene
	Release Dates
	United Kingdom	Australia	United States
	28 April 2008