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Genre | Fantasy Teen drama Horror Children's television series |
Created by | Debbie Moon |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
Original languages | English German |
No. of series | 5, Wolfblood Secrets |
No. of episodes | 61 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 21–24 minutes |
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Network | CBBC |
Release | 10 September 2012 – 1 May 2017 |
Wolfblood is a fantasy teen drama television series. [1] 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'.
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. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8]
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.
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. [9]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2013 | British Academy Children's Awards [10] | Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television | Wolfblood | Nominated |
Children's Performer | Aimee Kelly (Maddy Smith) | Nominated | ||
Bobby Lockwood (Rhydian Morris) | Won | |||
Children's Drama | Production Team | Nominated | ||
Children's Writer | Debbie Moon | Nominated | ||
Royal Television Society Awards | Children's Drama [11] | Wolfblood | Won | |
Best Drama Production [12] | Wolfblood | Nominated | ||
Banff Rockie Awards [13] | Best Children Programs Fiction | Wolfblood | Won | |
2014 | British Academy Children's Awards [14] | Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television | Wolfblood | Nominated |
Children's Drama | Debbie Moon, Matthew Evans, and Foz Allan | Nominated | ||
Children's Writer | Debbie Moon | Won | ||
Royal Television Society Awards [15] | Children's Fiction | Wolfblood | Nominated | |
Broadcast Awards [16] | Best Children's Programme | Wolfblood | Nominated | |
2015 | British Academy Children's Awards [17] | Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television | Wolfblood | Nominated |
Children's Drama | Debbie Moon, Jonathan Wolfman, and Sallie Aprahamian | Nominated | ||
British Screenwriters' Awards [18] | Best British Children's Television | Wolfblood | Won | |
2016 | Royal Television Society Awards [19] | Best Drama (Below £600k) | Wolfblood | Nominated |
British Academy Children's Awards | Children's Performer [20] | Leona Vaughan | Nominated |
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