McFly - Television and Film Appearances

Television and Film Appearances

In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty. In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums. The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film. The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London. The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On 16 March 2007, McFly guest starred in the Top Gear comic relief show Top Gear of the Pops, where they were given a challenge to come up with a song from scratch without using the words 'love', 'baby', or 'heart'. In addition, they had to include in the song the words 'sofa', 'administration', and 'Hyundai'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai Administration' and placed as a B Side on The Heart Never Lies Single. Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne showing their support for Mr Saxon (The Master played by John Simm) to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards. McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with... in 2007.

On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach in Weston-super-Mare.

McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, was broadcast at Vue cinemas across the UK on the same day.

On 25 August 2008, McFly performed at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party. On 14 December, they were the headline music act for Miss World in South Africa, which had a predicted worldwide audience of over 2 billion viewers. Their hits "5 Colours In Her Hair" and "Lies" were played during the show. They appeared in teen soap Hollyoaks on Channel 4 on Friday, 8 May 2009 performing in the SU Bar with The Somethings as a support group. On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingão do Faustão which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers. In June and July 2009, they did a Woodland tour, performing at forest venues around the UK. In October 2008 McFly performed on the 50th birthday programme of Blue Peter, live outside BBC Television Centre.

Furthermore, McFly have also been referenced on Television shows such as "Hope and Faith", "Skins" and "Pretty Little Liars" McFly made a cameo appearance in Derren Brown's Enigma tour in 2009-10. A recording of the live stage show first aired on Channel 4 on 6 January 2011. McFly made a return to T4 on the Beach in July 2011.

Tom Fletcher took on The Cube in a celebrity special in the 3rd season, and walked away with £100,000. The band's drummer, Harry Judd, won the 9th series of Strictly Come Dancing with his dance partner Aliona Vilani. Dougie Poynter won the 11th series of the UK TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd appeared on the "Hunks Special" of Celebrity Juice in 1 March 2012. Danny Jones also participated in 2010's Popstar to Operastar.

The band had their own fly on the wall documentary series in 2011. It followed the band as they embarked on their latest UK tour. It ran for 6 episodes. The first episode aired on 5Star on 11 May, the last episode aired on 15 June. In 2012 McFly appeared on the celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal in which they won £10,000 for their chosen charities.