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I remember it well,the series revolved around a posh ladies finishing school run by Gracie Ellis,assisted by Mr Dunn the vicar and his wife Flora,plus Mr Ellis who was a teacher at the school.He had a daughter Catherine at the school and a son Jimmy who was the handy man,The Dunns had a daughter Stella at the school and a son Daniel who I think was a trainee vicar.Camilla De La Mer arrived,after being expelled from her previous school for setting fire to it.She arrived with leather jacket and rock and roll attitude.She converted the girls to rock and roll and helped Jimmy spruce up the local cafe,turning it into a juke joint.The episodes I remember involved Irish girl Bernadette inventing a musical vanity case,Catherine attempting to become a photo model,Daniel becoming a rock singer,managed by Patsy,Teddy Boys trying to wreck the cafe and bash Jimmy,and finally Stella being betrothed to rich twit Barton James,only to jilt him at the altar.It was later revealed Barton's Father Quinlan,had jilted Gracie many years before.Jimmy and Camilla never quite got it together,and their entry into the local dance contest was spoilt by Jimmy going to find Stella,who had run away from her wedding.This all happened in the final episode,and Patsy announced to the owner of the cafe that she was pregnant.....but who was the Dad ?.....sadly we'll never know.All this led to the promise of another series,which never came.I have seen the video (long deleted) at car bootys and also the CD of songs from the series,and it was repeated on a sky channel about five years ago...so keep your eyes peeled.

I remember this series too, and I agree, I'd love to see it repeated. What I remember most of all about "Head Over Heels" was the fact the final episode ended in a cliff-hanger when the chubby girl that never seemed to have much luck with "boys" confided in a friend that she was pregnant. This was supposed to lead into the second series (ITV actually commissioned another series), but just before shooting was about to begin on season two, Carlton TV who made the show pulled the plug on it at the eleventh hour. I remember reading an interview with one of the show's stars some time afterwards and she said none of the cast and crew were given a reason as to why the show was axed, but rumours suggest that ITV were ploughing a lot of it's drama budget into "Soldier, Soldier" which would become one of that channel's biggest hits of the 90s.

The theme song, also entitled "Head Over Heels" was sung by Nick Haverson and it was actually released as a single (which I bought…..and the soundtrack album too!). I think that's what most people remember most of all about the show because it fitted so well into the 50s nostalgia atmosphere. The song was also used as part of the show when Nick Haverson's character ("Daniel Dunn") sung it during the last episode to win a talent contest.

Although I haven't seen it myself, I have heard it's been repeated several times since its original 1993 airing. Some regional ITV stations have shown "Head Over Heels" in weekend afternoon time slots, and some have shown it in the early hours of the morning. When ITV Granada had its "Granada Plus" channel on SKY Television, the show was repeated on that at least once. So there's hope it might be repeated again. The entire series was also available on video cassette about a year after the series ended, but the title has since been deleted. I don't think it's available on DVD.

i absolutely love this show! i was 11 years old when it aired and i became obsessed with it from episode one. i actually taped them all except from the first episode (i didn't know how good it was!) and i still have them to this day. i vaguely remember the first episode, Mrs Ellis burns Camilla's jacket on a bonfire and jimmy saves when shes not looking. I was really into the fifties music and fashion (still am really) and this show completely gave me my fix of them. I remember being so excited when my dad bought me a copy of the sound track (on tape of course)i played it over and over (wonder if my parents thought i was odd?) does anybody else remember this as fondly as i do? surly its not just me and one other woman in england! come on people you know you loved it