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Night School: The Web Series
GenreDrama
Teen
Created byCJ Daugherty
Jack Jewers
Written byCJ Daugherty
Jack Jewers
Directed byJack Jewers
Starring
  • Jessica Sargent
  • Campbell Challis
  • Danny Carmel
  • Grace Parry
  • Jodie Hirst
  • Damien Thomas
  • Lewis Lilley
  • Jessica Swallow
  • Kunjue Li
  • Louis Clarke-Clare
  • Tom Blount
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producerCJ Daugherty
ProducerJack Jewers

Night School is a British web series based on the Night School books by CJ Daugherty.[1] It was the first ever web series based on a British young adult book.[2] The show premiered on YouTube on December 12, 2014.[3] The series was written and created by CJ Daugherty and Jack Jewers.

Series overview

The series follows Allie Sheridan a 17-year-old girl from Brixton who is sent away to boarding school after a string of arrests. But the school isn't all it seems. Cimmeria Academy is an exclusive private school for the children of the elite. At the heart of Cimmeria is Night School, a Bullingdon Club style secret society whose members are both destined to run the country and mentored by the world’s most powerful people. But Allie soon learns that their glamorous and exciting world is laced with deception. And danger. Everyone lies and everyone hides secrets. Secrets that can kill.[4]

Though set within the world of the Night School novels, the web series presents new stories featuring the characters, rather than a straight adaptation of the books.[5]

Cast and characters

Main cast

  • Jessica Sargent as Allie Sheridan
  • Campbell Challis as Carter West
  • Danny Carmel as Nathaniel St. John
  • Grace Parry as Katie Gilmore
  • Jodie Hirst as Jo Arringford
  • Damien Thomas as Jeremy Simpson
  • Lewis Lilley as Mark Lacey
  • Jessica Swallow as Eleanor Crawley
  • Kunjue Li as Lucy Li
  • Louis Clarke-Clare as Sylvain Cassell
  • Tom Blount as Gabe Porthas

Production

The project was announced in October 2014 [6]/. Filming took place between August and November 2014 in the south of England, with principal locations including Frensham Heights School near Farnham, Surrey.[7]/

Episodes

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Release date
11"Flashback"Jack JewersCJ Daugherty & Jack JewersDecember 12, 2014 (2014-12-12)
22"The Other One"Jack JewersCJ DaughertyDecember 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)
33"Power"Jack JewersCJ DaughertyDecember 26, 2014 (2014-12-26)
44"The Gilmore Girl"Jack JewersCJ DaughertyJanuary 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)
55"All the Pretty Killers"Jack JewersCJ DaughertyJanuary 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)
66"Bang"Jack JewersCJ DaughertyJanuary 16, 2015 (2015-01-16)

Reception

Night School was covered widely in the UK media on its release, with some international coverage too. The response was positive. The Guardian ran a front page story on the series[8][9] and hosted the first episode.[10] The US-based Daily Dot headlined their coverage "Watch Night School if You Want to Keep Up With the Tweens in Your Life" and described the series as "a heads-up as to what your younger sister or daughter will be talking about in a few weeks.".[11] Teen publications such as Maximum Pop!,[12] Sugarscape,[13] and Top of the Pops[14] covered the series extensively, with positive reviews.

The US-based Indie Series Network (originators of the Indie Soap Awards) named Night School the best web series in the world in its weekly poll of independently-produced web series three times, for Power,[15] All the Pretty Killers,[16] and Bang,[17] and nominated a fourth time for The Gilmore Girl.[18] The same polls named Danny Carmel best actor;[19] and Jodie Hirst[20] and Jessica Sargent[21] best actress.

The series had extensive coverage in the regional UK media, including the Eastern Daily Press,[22] the Southern Daily Echo,[23] Get Surrey,[24] the Bournemouth Echo[25] and the Belfast Telegraph.[26] BBC Radio and London Live[27] broadcast news features and interviews about the series.

Night School was an official selection at the Marseille Web Fest,[28] NYC Web Fest,[29] Washington D.C. Web Fest[30] and Dublin Web Fest.[31] In February 2016 Night School was nominated for five awards at the Indie Series Network Awards in Los Angeles.[32]

References

  1. ^ "Night School Web Series". CJ Daugherty.com. October 13, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "UKYA's First Ever Web Series Based on a YA Book". Guardian.com. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "UKYA's First Ever Web Series Based on a YA Book". Guardian.com. December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Start Watching Night School if You Want to Keep Up With the Tweens in Your Life". The Daily Dot. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "Author CJ Daugherty on Adapting Books for the Web". Guardian.com. December 5, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Night School Web Series". CJ Daugherty.com. October 13, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "Grace Parry Talks About All Things Gilmore". The Pewter Wolf. January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  8. ^ "UKYA's First Ever Web Series Based on a YA Book". The Guardian. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  9. ^ "Teen Book Series: First Webisode". The Guardian (Screen Capture). December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  10. ^ "UKYA's First Ever Web Series Based on a YA Book". Guardian.com. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  11. ^ "Start Watching Night School if You Want to Keep Up With the Tweens in Your Life". The Daily Dot. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  12. ^ "Watch Episode 2 of Night School: the Web Series - Carter Gets His Nipples Out and Shows His Soft Side". Maximum Pop. December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  13. ^ "Watch the Chilling Final Episode of the YouTube Adaptation of Night School by CJ Daugherty". Sugarscape. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  14. ^ "Ghostly Night School Haunts the Web". Top of the Pops Magazine. December 16, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  15. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Dec 21-27". Indie Series Network. January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  16. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Jan 4-10". Indie Series Network. January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  17. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Jan 11-17". Indie Series Network. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  18. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results December 28th 2014-Januard 3rd 2015". Indie Series Network. January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  19. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Dec 21-27". Indie Series Network. January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  20. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Jan 4-10". Indie Series Network. January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  21. ^ "Web Series of the Week Results Jan 11-17". Indie Series Network. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  22. ^ "Norfolk Actress Stars in Web Series Proving a Hit Online". Eastern Daily Press. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  23. ^ "Hampshire Actress to Star in New Series Based on Novels". Southern Daily Echo. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  24. ^ "Farnham Author CJ Daugherty Talks Night School". Get Surrey. January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  25. ^ "How YouTube Helped 2014's Fastest Selling Book". Bournemouth Echo. December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  26. ^ "How Zoella Has Brought the Internet to Book Book". Bournemouth Echo. December 20, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  27. ^ "Night School Books to Become YouTube Series". London Live. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  28. ^ http://www.marseillewebfest.com/en/category/edition2015-en/
  29. ^ http://nycwebfest.com/
  30. ^ https://www.facebook.com/DCWebFest/posts/1143919132294736
  31. ^ http://dublinwebfest.com/2015/09/dubwebfest-official-selection/
  32. ^ http://www.indieseriesawards.com/2016/02/nominations-announced-for-7th-annual.html
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