6.5 – 'Life Serial'; Buffy's powers are tested by Andrew and co, who seek to expose and exploit her weaknesses. find out more...

US teen heart-throb Johnny Depp plays Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, the coolest dude in school and the baddest boy in Baltimore. Rich, prim, new girl Alison thinks he's a dream, her grandmother thinks he's a nightmare. An even weirder cast than 'Hairspray' in this quirky, offbeat musical extravaganza that's got a touch of traditional John Waters shock stuff, but is predominately a parody of both 50s teen rebellion and 50s teen musical flicks. Its reputation has grown hugely with time. find out more...

Protected Daddy's girl 'Baby' attends an up-market summer camp in New York State's Catskill Mountains and falls for dance instructor Johnny, something she must hide from her respectable control freak parents. find out more...

Jennifer Beals was plucked from obscurity to star in this early 80s Cinderella-style tale in which she plays an impossibly gorgeous 18-year-old welder who works as a go-go dancer by night, but secretly dreams of being a famous ballerina. In between all this she does a lot of romping around with her big slobbery dog, avoids the attentions of her handsome, rich, devoted boss and rides her bicycle frantically around Pittsburgh. Beals looks engaging enough, but it's all highly improbable and there's find out more...

A high school musical which ripped off everything it could from the 1950s. At the time it was slated, but, in retrospect, it started a trend and is nowhere near as bad as some of the movies which followed it. In fact, one could go as far as to say it's now a bit of a classic... find out more...

Sarah dreams of becoming a ballerina, but the death of her mother finds her moving to the deprived South Side of Chicago and living with her estranged dad. One of the few white faces in a predominately black neighbourhood Sarah feels uncomfortable until she is befriended by Chenille and her brother Derek. A passion for dance, and each other, soon blossoms between Sarah and Derek, but they must fight increasing opposition from family and friends to remain true to their dreams and each other. find out more...

Episode 9, Cassie; Chris has a subarachnoid haemorrhage and Cassie goes to New York. find out more...

When Tyler finds himself doing community service at a school for the performing arts, he also finds Nora, a beautiful and privileged classically trained dancer, who's searching for a temporary replacement for her injured partner. Spying Tyler's smooth moves, Nora decides to take a chance on him, geting him enrolled in the school, but as they begin training, tension builds, tempers flare and the differences in their backgrounds explode. 'Step Up' is a standard wrong side of the tracks/right side find out more...

Andie's a (female) rebellious street dancer enrolled and struggling in an elite arts school, Chase is a bloke dancer at the same school and he's very good. Together the two must overcome the complacent job's worth attitude of the script writer by shakin' what they got and winning the meanest, coolest battle of the boogie, "The Streets". You know who you are - if you like this kinda' thing you'll love this. Me? I'm off to beat my head against a wall… in rhythm... but the dancin's pretty cool. find out more...

Moose has promised his parents that he's hung up his Nikes as he heads off to New York University. Of course he meets Luke and joins with his House of Pirates dance crew who are limbering up for a World Jam dance contest with rival outfit the House of Samurai. Luke meets Nathalie and Moose meets Camille and, of course, romance ensues.
Never mind the cliches it's the dancing that counts - and it's up with the best. find out more...