Groove High

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***Groove High*** is a British musical comedy television series that premiered on Disney Channel on 10 November 2012. The series was created by Frédéric Puech and Vriglle Troullot. The show has 338 episodes in the seven seasons and is a mixture of live action and animation.

## Premise

Groove High is a live action/animated comedy series following a group of talented kids that attend a quirky school for performing arts. The show uses both live action and animation. Each show begins in live action whereby Tom and Zoe (played by Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey in the english-language version) are two rock superstars tourin with their band. Between shows they like to remember the good old days at their high school Groove High. As they remember key events the show presents their memories as animated flashbacks. Often their memories are slightly distorted or exaggerated and Tom and Zoe's live action counterparts frequently interrupt the flashbacks to disagree about how it really happened.

## Production

Groove High is a co-production between French animation companies Planet Nemo and Nexus Factory and Irish production company Telegael. Voice recording work for the animated sections began in April 2010, with live action filming completed at Telegael Productions in Ireland, October 2011.

Animation was completed by two companies, Jetoon in China, and PASI in the Philippines.

All music in the show including the threme song were originally written arranged and recorded by Belgian composers Eric Renwart and Marja Supponen, then sung by lead actors Jonathan Bailey and Samantha Barks.

In October 2013 the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh seasons was announced, which would be co-produced by TF1 (seasons 2-7), DQ Entertainment (seasons 2-5), MoonScoop (seasons 2-3), Globosat and ZDF Enterprises (seasons 3-7) to be aired in November 2013 to June 2019.

## Cast and characters

### Original Main Cast

* Tom Mason - Florian Frin
* Zoe Myer - Alice Gingembre

### Main cast

* Tom Mason - Jonathan Bailey
* Zoe Myer - Samantha Barks

## Other characters

* Baz Trobatori - Rasmus Hardiker
* Victoria (Vic) Benson - Jules de Jongh
* Lena Michelle Fayot - Rebekah Staton
* Lex Turtletaub - Rasmus Hardiker
* Sasha Turtletaub - Rasmus Hardiker
* Myriam (Coco) Clarington - Beth Chalmers
* Duke Kincaid - Rupert Degas
* Jessica Lawson - Montanna Thompson
* Clara Hastumer - Emma Tate
* Fred Wilson - Jimmy Hibbert
* Alex Carlin - Nisha Nayar
* Lulu Myer (Zoe's little sister) - Dani Harmer
* Harry Kante - Joe Starrs
* Max Govern - Connor Byrne
* Sam Rockwell - Sonny Muslim
* Anna Patterson - Alicia Hooper
* Zack Chong - Luke Youngblood
* Justine Samar - Chloe Hibbert Waters
* Rick Batambuze - Darragh Mortell
* Ben Edwards - James Cartwright
* Sarah Harrington - Abby Rakic-Platt
* Bridget Lavillant - Chelsie Padley
* Roxy Shanaka - Deepal Parmar
* Chantal Boyak - Sophie Sherrington
* Georgia Littlewood - Nicola Reynolds
* Kelly Shanaka - Annette Bentley
* Peter Harryson - Craig Roberts
* Alice Myer (Zoe's daughter) - Kirstal Lau
* James Van Potts - Sharon D. Clarke
* Ying Hua - Stacy Liu
* Angie and Clarisse - Gwen and Nelly Currant
* Kenji Turtletaub - Connor Lawson
* Mary Reeves - Cara Readle
* Erika Whitson - Jessie Williams
* Newton McLaine - Philip Graham Scott
* Chloe Winters - Jasmine Uson
* Richard Hameed - Chris Slater
* Kyle Maydons - Joe Maw
* Ralph Jackson - Noah Marullo
* Olivia Newcombe - Jessica Revell
* Mark De Souza - John Bell
* Antonia Miller - Amy-Leigh Hickman
* Seth Mahoney - Daniel Pearson
* Jake Penryn - Miles Butler-Hughton
* Molly Hill - Annabelle Davis
* Susie-Rose Byrnes - Carma Hylton
* Annika Peterson - Saffron Coomber
* Wendy Bellman - Millie Redfearn
* Hannah Smith - Anya Cooke
* Priscilla Peterson - Ruth Gemmell
* Jody Lansdowne - Chris Robson
* Camilla (Zoe's little sister) - Olive Gray
* Miss Singleton - Beth Chalmers
* Dr. Khan - Rupert Degas
* Rouge Militia - Lisa Coleman
* Louise Govern (episode 338) - Teresa Gallagher
* Scoot (Zoe's lizard) - David Freedman
* Daisy (Tom's lizard) - David Freedman

### *The Little Lulu Show* counterparts (episode 338)

* Little Lulu - Jane Woods
* Tubby - Bruce Dinsmore
* Annie - Michael Caloz
* Willie - Andrew Henry
* Gloria - Angelina Boivin
* Wilbur - Jacob D. Tierney
* Margie - Janice Kawaye
* Alvin - Ajay Fry
* Eddie - Justin Bradley
* Iggie - Jane Woods
* The Twins - Elizabeth Daily
* Gertie - Vicki Lewis
* Mrs. Martha Moppet - Pauline Little
* Mr. George Moppet - Gary Jewell

## Broadcast

The series airs on Disney Channel in the UK, France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. It also airs on Kids Central in the United States, Teletoon+ in Poland, BBC Kids in Canada, Nickelodeon in the Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, PBS in Malta, TG4 in Ireland, Televisa in Latin America, YLE in Finland, TV5 Monde in France, MBC 3 in the Middle East and E-Junior in the United Arab Emirates.

## International releases

*Groove High* was first released in the France on September 5, 2012 on Disney Channel.

To view a full worldwide list, see *Groove High/International releases*.