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I can remember when this was first on I was in m first year of Senior School and all the girls were obsessed with this show. We used to watch it religiously every Monday night on ITV and then talk about it during Maths lessons the next morning. I couldn't tell you a single thing about it now, wouldn't recognise any of the people who were in it, except there was something in it about a dance contest and the geeky/mean girl trying to trick the "girl from the wrong side of the tracks" character by stealing her partner and entering in her place. Or something like that. I could also sing the theme tune, and the music was very catchy. I'd love them to repeat this show just to see if it really was as wonderful as I remember it being!

Okay, it's not the best film in the world, and it is true that Olivia is one of the most whiny, God-awful, self-obsessed characters ever created, but I think that's a lot to do with the actress playing her rather than the character itself. Taken on it's own it is a very sweet film, and James Purefoy is just so absolutely gorgeous that it is worth watching the film just to see the moment when his little heart breaks when she leaves him at the alter. I defy any woman in the world not to want to give him a cuddle and tell him it will be alright! If you go into it expecting Citizen Kane or It Happened One Night then of course you are going to be disappointed, but if you happen to see it one one evening late at night on BBC1 when you can't sleep then it's a pleasant way to spend 90 minutes.