Dream Team is a British sports drama television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky One from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Premier League football club Harchester United.
The show's cast varied over the years with many comings and goings that reflect the natural course of a professional football club throughout various seasons.
Lisa Burstow, Terry Kiely, Alison King, Danny Husbands, Andy Ansah, Emma Gilmour, Daymon Britton, John Salthouse, Philip Barantini and Francis Johnson were the most frequently cast members over the 10 seasons.
Notable other actors included Martin Crewes, Ricky Whittle, Charles Venn, Michael Melia, Luke Mably, Dhaffer L'Abidine, Jamie Lomas, Robert Kazinsky, Kara Tointon and Robbie Gee.
Many real life footballers and members of English sporting community including presenters and commentators also featured on the show.
Following the announcement of Dream Team being axed, many of the main cast members left the programme at the start of series ten.
A unique identity to hold, Dream Team wasn't the first UK-made drama to crack this particular market, that accolade belonging to Galaxy's soap Jupiter Moon in 1990, a show only curtailed by the merger of the channel's owner, British Satellite Broadcasting, with rivals Sky Television, shuttering virtually all of BSB's output in favour of Sky's.
[4] The Dream Team series used a technique called rotoscoping to create the live action football sequences, that would put players from the clubs competing against real-life players and teams from the Premier League, EFL Championship, and internationally in the UEFA Cup, and Champions League.