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Wolfblood is a fantasy teen drama television series. Created by Debbie Moon, it is a co-production between CBBC and ZDF/ZDFE. The television series revolves around the life of the species known as wolfbloods. They are creatures that have enhanced senses and look like humans but can turn into wolves at will — reminiscent of werewolves — but can also control their transformation during the day as well. They are distinct from werewolves but just like werewolves, their transformation is uncontrolled during a full moon, and they are at their weakest during "the dark of the moon", at a new moon. The television series focuses on their daily life and the challenges that they face to hide their secret. Each series has new characters and concepts.
The television series has won the Royal Television Society Award for the Children's Drama category in 2013. It also won the Banff Rockie Award in the category for 'Best Children's Programme (fiction)' in the same year. In 2015 the television series won the British Screenwriters' Award in the category 'Best British Children's Television'.




Episodes






Cast






= Main

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Aimee Kelly (series 1–2) as Madeline "Maddy" Smith
Bobby Lockwood (series 1–3) as Rhydian Morris
Kedar Williams-Stirling (series 1–3) as Thomas "Tom" Okanawe
Louisa Connolly-Burnham (series 1–3) as Shannon Kelly
Gabrielle Green as Katrina McKenzie (series 1–5)
Leona Vaughan (series 2–5) as Jana
Louis Payne (series 4–5) as Terrence "TJ" Cipriani
Jack Brett Anderson (series 4–5) as Matei Covaci
Sydney Wade (series 4–5) as Emilia Covaci
Michelle Gayle (series 4–5) as Imara Cipriani
Rukku Nahar (series 4–5) as Selina Khan




= Recurring

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Shorelle Hepkin (series 1–4) as Kay Lawrence
Rachel Teate (series 1–4) as Kara Waterman
Jonathan Raggett (series 1–3) as Jimi Chen
Niek Versteeg (series 1–3, Wolfblood Secrets) as Liam Hunter
Nahom Kassa (series 1–3) as Sam
Mark Fleischmann (series 1–5, Wolfblood Secrets) as Mr. Jeffries
Marcus Garvey (series 1–2) as Daniel "Dan" Smith
Angela Lonsdale (series 1–2) as Emma Smith
Ursula Holden-Gill (series 1–3) as Miss Fitzgerald
Siwan Morris (series 1–3, Wolfblood Secrets) as Ceri
Alun Raglan (series 2–4) as Alric
Lisa Marged (series 2–4) as Meinir
Cerith Flinn (recurring: series 2–4, guest: series 5) as Aran
Effie Woods (series 2) and Letty Butler (series 3–5, Wolfblood Secrets) as Rebecca Whitewood
Dean Bone (series 2–3) as Harry Averwood
Richard Harrington (series 3) as Gerwyn
Mandeep Dhillon (series 3) as Dacia Turner
Jacqueline Boatswain (series 3–4) as Victoria Sweeney
Shaun Dooley (series 3) as Alexander "Alex" Kincaid
Natasha Goulden (series 4–5) as Robyn
Chloe Hesar (series 4) as Carrie
Fraser James (series 4–5) as Madoc
Rod Glenn (series 4-5) as Warrior Wolfblood
Andrew Scarborough (series 5) as Joshua Hartington
Laura Greenwood (series 5) as Hafren
Ruby Barker (series 5) as Daisie




= Guest

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Sam Fender (episode 1.6) as Dean




Plot


Series 1 deals with Maddy Smith and Rhydian Morris trying to balance their lives as wolfbloods with their human sides, while trying to keep their secret from being exposed. The start of the show sees Maddy, who lives with her wolfblood family in Stoneybridge, Northumbria, coming ever closer to her first transformation. When new boy Rhydian arrives at Bradlington High School, Maddy recognises him as being a wolfblood too. Rhydian, who lives with his foster family, has only recently started changing into a wolf, having been unaware of wolfbloods prior to his move to Stoneybridge. The Smith family claim him as a distant cousin, and help him settle in and learn about the wolfblood way of life. Rhydian becomes friends with Maddy's best friends Tom and Shannon, who are unaware of Maddy's and Rhydian's secret. As the series ends Tom and Shannon finally learn the truth. Rhydian was the star of series one becoming a popular hit for young teens
A webisode titled The Scape Goat takes place between the first and second series. Jana, daughter of wild wolfblood pack leader Alric, persuades Rhydian to take her to a town so that she can experience the human world. Upon their return to the forest they are discovered and Alric, already disgusted by Rhydian's failure on his first hunt, sentences him to be tied to a rock without food or water for a fortnight. Sensing that Alric is bent upon Rhydian's destruction come what may, Rhydian's biological mother, Ceri, secretly helps him to escape.
Series 2 is set three months after the series 1 finale. Jana arrives in Stoneybridge, claiming to have been exiled from the wild wolfblood pack. Despite occasional conflicts with Maddy, she befriends Maddy, Rhydian, Tom and Shannon and falls in love with the human world. Eventually she leaves to become the new wild wolfblood pack leader, her father having been exiled. It is discovered that Shannon is spying on the Smiths and collecting information on werewolves. When Maddy is almost killed as a result, she decides to destroy all of the data she has gathered. Liam, a boy at their school, then also begins investigating werewolves. Suspicious of the Smith family, he steals a dog chew from which Dr. Whitewood is able to extract and analyse a sample of the DNA of Maddy's father. With the results proving that the Smiths are not human they are forced to leave the country and, with the help of a contact, go to Canada. At the series' conclusion Maddy says goodbye to her friends and confesses her love for Rhydian.
Between series 2 and series 3 seven webisodes known as Jana Bites take place. They tell the story of Jana's adventures as pack leader of the wild wolfbloods, and end with her being shot and injured while trying to lead hunters away from the pack. This leads to her reappearance in series 3.
Series 3 is set two months after Maddy and her family leave Stoneybridge. Rhydian is heartbroken after Maddy's departure. Jana returns from the wild wolfblood pack in dire need of help, bringing with her new allies. Together with his friends, Tom, Shannon and Jana, Rhydian attempts to focus on life beyond school and Stoneybridge. Rhydian meets a new wolfblood named Dacia from a biotech company called Segolia, which assists wolfbloods and helped the Smiths to leave the country. She tells him that Maddy and her parents are safe in Canada, and offers him a job with the company which is secretly run by wolfbloods and their human allies. It transpires that Segolia is researching the medical uses of wolfblood DNA. They are particularly interested in Jana and her wild pack because they have special abilities, verging on telepathy or magic, that are lost to other wolfbloods. Dr. Whitewood reappears, still desperate to find evidence of wolfbloods, but Dacia prevents her from revealing the wolfblood secret by bribing her with the offer of a job at Segolia. As the series accelerates towards a climax, Rhydian must unite the wild wolfblood pack or their species will face extinction. The series ends with Rhydian reuniting with Maddy (both in wolf form) in the snow in Canada.
Set between series 3 and 4 is an animated motion comic on the CBBC website known as New Moon Rising. Victoria Sweeney, the head of Segolia's security, sends Jana to investigate an elderly wolfblood and his nurse, while Shannon and Tom visit Rhydian and Maddy in Canada. This comic makes a "happy ending" for Rhydian, Maddy, her family and friends, as the characters all left the show.
Series 4 is set in a big city that Jana moves to after leaving Stoneybridge, where she joins her former classmate Katrina (who now runs her uncle's "Kafe" café) and Mr Jeffries (her ex-head teacher turned author of "Bloodwolf" young adult novels). The city is unnamed, but the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle appears in some scenes and also the new animated opening credits.
Jana meets three new wolfblood families - brother and sister Matei and Emilia from Eastern Europe, TJ and his mother Imara who are Afro-Caribbean, and Selina and her parents who are Muslims. They become the catalyst for the formation of a new pack. With the wolfblood secret looking increasingly fragile, the pressures on Jana grow, forcing her to question where she truly belongs and who she can trust. This leads to a cataclysmic decision that will change all of their lives forever.
Set between series 4 and 5 is an animated motion comic on the CBBC website known as Hunter's Moon.
Also between series 4 and 5 ten mini-episodes known as Wolfblood Secrets take place. It consisted of scenes set in an office run by an unnamed organisation where members of the series 4 cast were interviewed by 2 mysterious characters - Mr. Smith, and his superior, Ms. Jones - who want to know all they can about Wolfbloods. This was intercut with clips from Wolfblood episodes to illustrate what they are talking about. Jones returns as a character in series 5.
Series 5 begins with the secret no longer a secret, and the world has changed for Jana, Matei, Selina, TJ, and Imara. Suddenly they're the most visible wolfbloods on the planet, and everyone has an opinion about what they did. Some humans are excited by the reveal of this new species – and some are hostile and scared. As tensions rise on both sides, difficult choices lie ahead.




Production


Wolfblood was created after series creator Debbie Moon, during a visit to a bookshop, saw the words "wolf" in one book title and "blood" in another and blended them together. The series was commissioned after the BBC Writersroom website announced an open call for children's drama scripts. Moon was among eight writers taken to a conference centre in Kent, and, after a few days of intensive development, it became one of two new original children's dramas to be commissioned by CBBC. The series was filmed in the north-east of England by the same crew who filmed Tracy Beaker Returns. Early series filming locations included Hookergate School and the woods of the surrounding Rowlands Gill countryside, from series 4 onwards the filming moved to at Heworth Grange Comprehensive in East Gateshead (Hawthorn Comprehensive in the series) and the areas around Windy Nook and Newcastle.
Production for series 1 began in February 2012 and ran until May 2012. It was shot in 3 production blocks: episodes 1–4, episodes 5–8, and episodes 9–13. A second series was confirmed after the final episode of the first series had aired. Filming for the second series began February 2013 and ended May 2013. All of the directors were new to the series, and it was shot in four production blocks: episodes 1–4, episodes 5–8, episode 9, and episodes 10–13. Filming for the third series began in February 2014 and ended in May 2014 and the series aired from 15 September until 27 October 2014.




Home media


The first three series are available on DVD in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Germany (the latter has also released the series in Blu-ray format). They are also available in many other countries via Amazon and other online retailers.




Awards and nominations






Spin-off


The second series was accompanied by a 10 part wildlife spin-off series exploring wolves, hosted by Bobby Lockwood. This has been produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, entitled Wolfblood Uncovered; it began airing on 9 September 2013. Wolfblood Uncovered compares scenes in Wolfblood with facts about real wolves, and points out how wolf behavior is reflected in the actions of the characters in the story, such as living in packs, defending territory against rivals, fear of fire and enclosed spaces, reliance on sense of smell and a carnivorous diet.




See also


Naagin
H2O: Just Add Water
Mako: Island of Secrets




References






External links


Wolfblood at BBC Online
Wolfblood at IMDb
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Wolf Blood, also known as Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest, is an American silent 1925 werewolf film starring George Chesebro, who also co-directed it with B-serial veteran Bruce M. Mitchell. The film has been referenced in a number of books as being the first werewolf movie ever made. This however is erroneous; the first werewolf movie is The Werewolf, a film made in 1913. However that film is considered to be lost. Therefore, Wolf Blood could be called the earliest surviving werewolf film. Although this film is labeled as a horror, there is very little in the feature film to be qualified as a horror film. Instead the film focuses more on romance and archaic action rather than suspense and fear as we have seen in other horror films of the time. The film is said to have more in common with westerns and adventure films of the 1920s.This film's importance to the genre of horror comes more so from its historical importance rather than historical impact. Wolf Blood is available commercially as an extra on a DVD together with F.W. Murnau's The Haunted Castle.




Plot


Dick Bannister is the new field boss of the Ford Logging Company, a Canadian logging-crew during a time when conflicts with the powerful Consolidated Lumber Company, a bitter rival company, have turned bloody, like a private war. His boss, Miss Edith Ford, comes to inspect the lumberjack camp, bringing her fiancé Dr. Horton with her. Dick is attacked by his rivals and left for dead. His loss of blood is so great that he needs a transfusion, but no human will volunteer, so the doctor uses a wolf as a source of the blood. Afterwards, Dick begins having dreams in which he runs with a pack of phantom wolves, and some rival loggers are killed by wolves. Soon, the news has spread through the camp and most of the lumberjacks begin to believe that Dick is a werewolf. Jules Deveroux dies violently, and Dick wonders if he did it. Dick attempts to jump off a cliff, but is rescued by Edith, who reveals that Deveroux died in a fair fight, not from Dick supposedly becoming a werewolf. Dick and Edith embrace.




Cast



George Chesebro as Dick Bannister.
Marguerite Clayton as Miss Edith Ford, owner of the Ford Logging Company.
Raymond "Ray" Hanford as Dr. Eugene "Gene" Horton, Edith's fiancé.
Roy Watson as Jules Deveroux, envious owner of the Consolidated Lumber Company.
Milburn Morante as Jacques Lebeq, notorious bootlegger.
Frank Clark as Old Pop Hadley, alcoholic woods guard for the Ford Logging Company.
Jack Cosgrave as Edith's uncle and manager.




Production


The film attempts to use modern techniques unique to horror films at the time with the use of techniques such as eye-line matches, cutaways, and continuity matching. The film also chooses to use many jump cuts and transitional dissolves. According to Neil Worcester these techniques are used very clumsily and are considered jarring or mistimed. Other notable techniques used in this film are low-key lighting, long sequences with very wide angles and stretched-out travelogue sections. There is also the use of color tint on scenes to establish night time and day time in certain scenes




Werewolf Myth


Unlike its famous counterparts vampires, ghosts, and witches, werewolves were only known through old folktales and stories. Because of this George Chesebro was able to use this lack of knowledge at the time to experiment with the myths and legends of werewolves in the later part of the film. Unlike later werewolf movies we know today, this film does not mention any of the modern tropes such as transforming on a full moon, or killing one with a silver bullet. The “werewolf” depicted in this film is not a man transforming into a wolf or wolfman but rather a man changing into a very violent man. Although this film is considered the earliest surviving werewolf film this film would have no impact on later films such as Universal Studios 1935 film Werewolf of London & Universal's 1941 film The Wolf Man.




Criticism


Many people criticize the film for not truly embodying the genre of horror due to its lack of scare factor and lack of anything actually supernatural. According to Neil Worcester many of the film's cinematography techniques are considered unappealing and jarring. Watchers of the film also criticize the use of romance and drama because they believe it takes away from the original purpose of the film. The initial reception of the film is unknown however this film was George Chesebro's first and only directing role before he became a full time actor.

In his "modern" assessment of Wolf Blood in the 2016 reference Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era, film critic Troy Howarth describes its pace as sluggish and overall style a disappointment:The film spends an eternity dwelling on its old-fashioned romantic scenario before even beginning to toy with the notion of a man turning into a wolf. Even more disappointing, no actual transformation ever occurs. The filmmaking is crude and antiquated, even for its time.




References






External links


Wolf Blood at IMDb
Wolf Blood is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Wolf Blood at AllMovie
Wolf Blood (1925) Review J Luis Rivera

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