Atlantis High is a teen comedy melodrama television series, filmed in New Zealand, that aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom from September 2001 to March 2002. Atlantis High both parodies soap operas and pays homage to spoof television. Overview The series revolves around 16-year-old Giles Gordon (Michael Wesley-Smith), who has just moved to Sunset Cove, "a beautiful coastal surfing town where the sun is always shining, the people are all beautiful and everything is perfect... or so it seems". He enrolls in Atlantis High School, where he soon discovers that Sunset Cove is unlike any town he has ever seen: populated by double-agents, aliens and high school students with blue hair and pointy ears, its inhabitants are eccentric lunatics who at times turn into superheroes or other whimsical figures. Cast and characters Main Michael Wesley-Smith as Giles: Giles Gordon has just moved to Sunset Cove and quickly becomes an outsider at Atlantis High. Giles soon falls in love with Octavia, and becomes friends with fellow school outsiders Jet and Beanie. Robyn Malcolm as Violet: Violet Profusion is the scheming principal of Atlantis High. Ken Blackburn as Mr. Dorsey: Atlantis High's science teacher, he is secretly an alien, and is looking for the lost city of Atlantis to save his species. Ray Henwood as Commander Vermont: He commands the local military forces in Sunset Cove, and is aware of the alien presence. Commander Vermont is initially unaware that he shares a secret past with his wife and Dorothy. Loren Horsley as Sabrina: She is the glamorous, ultra-popular girl at Atlantis High, and will do anything to stay on top. Elizabeth McGlinn as Octavia: Unbeknownst to her parents and schoolmates, Octavia Vermont is secretly an agent working for the Agency, under the direction of Q. She and Giles have a tempestuous relationship. Todd Emerson as Beanie: He is a strange student at Atlantis High with out-sized ears. Beanie's memories appear to have been compromised, and his origin is one of the bigger mysteries at Atlantis High. Lucy Gamble as Sophie: Many at Atlantis High consider Sophie May to be deranged, and Sophie claims she is haunted by a "poltergeist". She is initially infatuated with Antony, but her attentions later turn elsewhere. Lee Donoghue as Josh: The ultra-rich, vain and conceited jock of Atlantis High, Josh Montana secretly moonlights as the Silver Lining, the ersatz superhero of Sunset Cove. Laura Wilson