Youth organisations Peckham Youth Forum and the Peckham Programme are staging their own version of TV show Fame Academy to find stars of the future living in southeast London. The final of Star Academy will take place on 19 February at Peckham Square and will feature performances from local 15- to 18-year-olds in the categories of song, dance and the spoken word, which includes rap.
TV companies BBC, Carlton and Sky will be on hand to offer careers advice to anyone thinking about working in the media. Councillor Catherine Bowman, executive member for regeneration and economic development, said: "The next Ms Dynamite or Craig David could be living here in Peckham."
