| Pineapple Dance Studios | |
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| Format | Docusoap |
| Starring | Louie Spence Andrew Stone Tricia Walsh-Smith Debbie Moore Mark Battershall Laura Pye |
| Narrated by | Michael Buerk |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Pineapple Dance Studios and other locations |
| Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) 46 minutes (without commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sky1 |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original run | February 14, 2010 – present |
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| Followed by | Pineapple Dance Studios Christmas Special |
| Related shows | Show Business |
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Pineapple Dance Studios is a docusoap which aired on Sky1 during 2010. The show gave viewers an insight into the world of Pineapple Dance Studios, a London dance complex, and introduced several employees including Louie Spence and Andrew Stone. The show was first broadcast on 14 February 2010 on Sky1. With narration by ex-BBC newsreader Michael Burk, it was a documentary that included impromptu dancing and the promotional tag-line: "Pineapple Dance Studios: bitching is fabulous!". It was sponsored by Just Dance.
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Andrew Stone is a dance teacher at Pineapple Dance Studios. He started dancing when he was eight years old and since then has danced with singers Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.[1] Andrew featured prominently in the 2010 TV series Pineapple Dance Studios and features with his former band Starman in the follow-up series, Louie Spence's Showbusiness.
Stone took part in the 2010 series of Big Brother in the UK,[2] and was part of an all-male tribute band to the Pussycat Dolls called the "Alley Cat Dogs" but says he left when he was the only one who could dance well enough.[3]
Mark Battershall is a choreographer.
After initially indicating that a second series would be produced, Sky1 reverted this decision due to Louie Spence's involvement on his own talk show and as a judge in So You Think You Dance, replacing Sisco Gomez, both were later scrapped. It was announced by Louie on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on 9 July that the show would be returning under the title of Louie Spence's Showbusiness. He also stated that it would be "the same as always but bigger; if that's possible."
Sky Magazine announced in its December 2010 issue that there would be a 2010 Christmas special on 20 December at 9.30 pm on Sky1.[4] Andrew Stone would also get his own one-off TV programme called Andrew Stone's Meaning Of Christmas on Sky1. It was also announced that Louie Spence would make an "Alternative Queen's speech". Louie dressed in royal robes and spoke on how his year had been while introducing some of the people who had made it special. There was a final national anthem with some dance included.[5]