The Evermoor Chronicles

British television series

The Evermoor Chronicles is a television series for the Disney Channel.[3] It is produced by Lime Pictures. The series premiered on the Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) on 10 October 2014.[3] It began on 17 October 2014 on the Disney Channel in the United States, [4][5] and on the Family Channel in Canada.[6]

The Evermoor Chronicles
Genre
Created by
  • Diane Whitley
  • Tim Compton
Starring
Opening theme"Forevermoor" performed by Naomi Sequeira[1] (Season 1) "Forevermoor" performed by Jasmine Elcock[2] (Season 2)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersRebecca Hodgson
Bede Blake
ProducerTim Compton
Production companiesLime Pictures
All3Media
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel (United Kingdom)
Release10 October 2014 (2014-10-10) –
14 June 2017 (2017-06-14)

The series is about Tara Crossley. She is an American teen who moves from the United States to an English village called Evermoor. As her mother and father unpack at their new home, Tara, her brother, and her British step-siblings adjust to their new life. Danger, mystery and intrigue come along with the adventure.

Cast and characters

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  • Clive Rowe as Mayor Chester Doyle
  • Finney Cassidy as Cameron Marsh
  • George Sear as Seb Crossley
  • Georgia Lock as Bella Crossley
  • Georgie Farmer as Jake Crossley
  • Jordan Loughran as Sorsha Doyle
  • Naomi Sequeira as Tara Crossley

Development

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On 17 March 2014, the series was announced.[7] Filming took place in the spring of 2014 at Arley Hall in Cheshire.[7] The series has been described as "a hugely exciting project for the team here in EMEA with a gripping story that I’m sure will captivate our global Disney Channel audience. The movie’s intriguing cast of characters also gives us a great opportunity to find exciting new talent” by David Levine.[7] Lime Pictures produced the special, which was created by Diane Whitley and Tim Compton. The executive producers was Rebecca Hodgson. The producer was Compton.[8] It was a co-production between Disney U.S. and the Walt Disney Company EMEA.[8]

Episodes

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Series 1 Pilot (2014)

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Evermoor pilot movie episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by UK air date U.S. air date[9] UK viewers
(in millions)[10]
U.S. viewers
(in millions)
101"The Mysterious Village"Chris CottamBede Blake10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)17 October 20141.111.86[11]
Tara moves to the village of Evermoor after living in America, only to discover her new home houses a tapestry which supposedly predicts the future. When the tapestry predicts a fire at Evermoor Manor, no one in her family, except Tara, believes it is a genuine prediction. Shortly after, Bella discovers a fire at the manor, and things start to get complicated.
102"Fire In House"Chris CottamBede Blake17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)17 October 20141.091.86[11]
Tara and Seb investigate what caused the fire, only to discover clues that suggest Aunt Bridget may have been murdered by poison.
103"Magical Typewriter"Chris CottamBede Blake24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)24 October 20141.691.61[12]
Esmerelda reveals to the other everines that the symbol means that a supreme everine is coming and that they haven't woven a real prediction since the Crossley's arrival, Esmeralda planned the fire and that they don't have any more golden thread, Tara discovers this by overhearing their conversation, she also discovers that a piece of golden thread is in The Typewriter so that's why whatever you type comes true. She also discovers that Aunt Bridget is still alive! Meanwhile, Seb accidentally drinks the poison and collapses...
104"Supreme Everine"Chris CottamBede Blake31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)24 October 20142.211.45[12]
Tara has to find out a way to save her family from disappearing from Evermoor because Esmeralda unpicks their family thread. Tara discovers that she is the Supreme Everine.

Series 1 (2015–2016)

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The Evermoor Chronicles series 1 episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers
(in millions)[10]
105 (1)"Normal[13][14]"Rebecca RycroftBede Blake9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)[13][15][16]1.20
Tara has saved her family from extinction. Esmerelda is getting closer to working out the Supreme Everine’s identity. Tara tries to throw her off the scent but it goes horribly wrong.[13]
106 (2)"Weaving Bad[13][17]"Rebecca RycroftBede Blake10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)[18]1.14
Cotton Lively, a former Everine, comes out from the rip in the Tapestry that Tara made. She infected with Gillypox, a highly contagious disease and wants to get revenge on the Everines.[13]
107 (3)"Night of the Stench"Rebecca RycroftBede Blake16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)[19]1.16
Tara finds out she is the case of Cameron's fate and she must wait until the bell rang to see him, but what if the bell is rung early for someone. Meanwhile, Seb and Sorsha look for Cameron's mother and make an unexpected discovery.
108 (4)"Drifty"Rebecca RycroftBede Blake17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) [20]0.98
Fiona finds Tara'old teddy bear, Drifty, and fixes him with golden thread. However, not only does the thread make him talk, his lullaby makes people go to sleep forever.
109 (5)"Tallulah Brinkworth Meets Her Match"Rebecca RycroftBede Blake23 November 2015 (2015-11-23) [21]1.50
Tara hatches a plan to pull her magical self out of the tapestry to help defeat Bridget. Instead she pulls out Tallulah Brinkworth, her fictional alter-ego. Meanwhile, Bridget makes a terrible pact with the Founder Everines.[13]
110 (6)"Forevermoor"Jordan HoggBede Blake24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)1.42
Tara wakes up in Bridget’s dream-like version of Evermoor. She and the whole village are under Bridget’s spell. Can Otto wake Tara up so she can destroy Bridget’s kingdom?[13]
111 (7)"Day of Hearts"Jordan HoggJulie Bower30 November 2015 (2015-11-30)1.00
Two of the three Founders have now taken villagers as hosts but Tara smashed the lantern before the third Founder could be released. So the Founders plot their revenge on her.[13]
112 (8)"The Labours of Bella"Jordan HoggNeil Jones1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)0.90
Tara has a terrible admission to make to Cameron. Bella learns the cost of lying when Esmerelda makes her take an exam to prove her right to the title Supreme Everine.[13]
113 (9)"Spellbound[22]"Jordan HoggSarah Courtauld7 December 2015 (2015-12-07)0.90
Tara convinces Cameron to set Flynn the spider to cut off their final tie with magic. Meanwhile, the Evermoor High students participate in the annual spelling bee, Spellbound.
114 (10)"Nothing Rhymes with Cameron[23]"Jordan HoggBede Blake8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)0.82
Tara gets golden thread on her watch and can turn back time, which is useful when a humiliating poem about Cameron goes public.
115 (11)"Twist of Fate"Graeme HarperSarah Courtauld15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)N/A
As Circle Page, it is Seb's job to guard the tapestry from any intruders. However, it is prom night, so he and Tara get a tapestry leaker - a past Circle Page called Chess - to guard it instead.
116 (12)"A Fuffwah too Far"Graeme HarperBede Blake16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)N/A
The tapestry has been stolen and Tara is the scapegoat. Sorsha is expelled from the Circle and Otto meets a terrible fate.
117 (13)"Valentina"Graeme HarperNeil Jones17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)N/A
Otto has been turned into a statuette by the lantern, and needs true love's kiss to bring him back to life. Fortunately, the beautiful demi-goddess of love, Valentina, has just appeared on Earth. The only problem is, she is Otto's ex-girlfriend, and she is angry at him for breaking up with her.
118 (14)"Operation Lights Out"Graeme HarperSarah Courtauld18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)N/A
Sorsha's Worry-No-More dolls have made Tara crazy. She uses Bella's purple cloak, and scares Bella. Tara loses her dolls while running around, and Jake and Ludo pick them up to put in their Casket of Eternity. Cameron, who has gone to check on Tara, finds them and throws them into the lake, stopping their curse. Sorsha and Tara both go back to normal, but Tara quickly realises that Bella is in danger and rushes back to the manor.
119 (15)"Being Bella"Graeme HarperBede Blake22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)N/A
Bella is now a statuette. Tara must make Cameron fall for Bella so he will kiss her to make her human again, but the only way she can do that is to pretend to be Bella.
120 (16)"The Science of Seb"Steve HughesNeil Jones29 February 2016 (2016-02-29)N/A
The third Founder has gone into Sorsha, but she is resisting it with her love for Seb. Esmerelda and Lacie turn their spider into a pretty girl to entice Seb away from Sorsha and allow the Founder to completely take over her. Meanwhile, Tara and Otto discover who has been taken over by the founders.
121 (17)"The Rise of Hollowfall"Steve HughesTim Compton7 March 2016 (2016-03-07)N/A
Evermoorian legend dictates that when Hollowfall rises, a champion must be selected to venture there. Seb volunteers to impress Sorsha, but as she now contains a Founder, Tara and Otto need to keep them together to stop the Founder from taking her over.
122 (18)"New Flames"Steve HughesPaul Gerstenberger14 March 2016 (2016-03-14)N/A
Tara has promised Esmerelda and Lacie that she will break up Seb and Sorsha to allow the Founder to take over Sorsha.
123 (19)"The Egg and the Snoot"Steve HughesBede Blake21 March 2016 (2016-03-21)N/A
After the founders cursed Evermoor the only chance to rescue is solving a puzzle Otto got from his father before he were banished but because of their distress it'll have unexpected consequences.
124 (20)"Nevermoor"Steve HughesBede Blake28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)N/A
After Sorsha lost against the founder in her the three now united founders try to destroy Evermoor and the only chance to save it is to release the princess of Hollowfall. But there is another problem, Agatha put Sorsha, Esmerelda and Lacie in danger. Can Tara free the founders from their bodies and save them before they are eaten by the bog?

Series 2 (2017)

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Series 2 of The Evermoor Chronicles was confirmed via Disney Channel UK's 2017 video on YouTube. Main characters Georgia Lock, Sammy Moore, Finney Cassidy, Georgie Farmer, Alex Starke, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Clive Rowe, and India Ria Amarteifio return. New additions to the main cast include Ben Radcliffe as Iggi, Otto's brother, Scarlett Murphy as Alice Crossley, Bella's cousin, Ben Hull as Jed Crossley, Bella's uncle and Alice's father, and Christopher Brand as Davorin, an evil man trapped inside a magic mirror. A brand new plot, opening theme song, and new cast members are made into the second series. The new series premiered Monday, May 8, 2017.

The Evermoor Chronicles Series 2 episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers
(in millions)
201 (21)"Splintered[24]"Paul CotterBede Blake8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)[24]N/A
Bella is set to leave for fashion school, but when a mysterious man in a magic mirror shatters Ludo into magical splinters, she realizes she must stay to fix Ludo.[24]
202 (22)"The Things They Say About Alice[24]"Paul CotterNeil Jones15 May 2017 (2017-05-15)[24]N/A
Alice is nervous about her first day at Evermoor High. A magic splinter causes rumours about her to come true and she becomes a rampaging rock star.[24]
203 (23)"No Life Crisis[24]"Paul CotterTim Compton22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)[24]N/A
It's Ludo's birthday and Bella is determined to make it the best ever by arranging for Jake to turn up. But Jake wants to hang out with Lacie, Ludo starts to feel truly invisible.[24]
204 (24)"Love (Really) Hurts[24]"Paul CotterBede Blake29 May 2017 (2017-05-29)[24]N/A
Otto tries to impress Bella by joining Cameron's wrestling team. He uses a magic splinter to make him a champion wrestler. Bella finds out Otto has cheated.[24]
205 (25)"Rags To Riches[24]"Sarah WalkerBede Blake5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)[24]N/A
Iggi mislays the map of the cryptstones and Alice was the only other person to see it, so Iggi asks her on her first ever date to get the cryptstone locations from her.[24]
206 (26)"Dogsbody[24]"Sarah WalkerNeil Jones12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)[24]N/A
Bella stages a fashion show to save her fashion school application. Meanwhile splinter magic causes Jake to inadvertently swap brains with Ludo's dog.[24]
207 (27)"El Monsignor's Last Stand[24]"Sarah WalkerSarah Courtauld19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)[24]N/A
Jed asks Crimson on a date, Alice is determined to stop it. She uses splinter magic to bring to life El Monsignor, Crimson's favorite romantic hero.[24]
208 (28)"The Itchies[24]"Sarah WalkerPaul Gerstenberger26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)[24]N/A
Bella invites Harper, a fashion vlogger, to Evermoor, hoping to boost her fashion cred. But soon Bella has another problem - splintered Bog Lice have escaped and are creating the itchiest of problems.
209 (29)"Race to Stink Island[24]"Patrick HarkinsPaul Gerstenberger3 July 2017 (2017-07-03)[24]N/A
Ludo remembers he was filming on his phone the night he was shattered. They race to the island to find it. But betrayal and heartbreak also await.
210 (30)"Little White Big Fat Lie[24]"Patrick HarkinsBede Blake10 July 2017 (2017-07-10)[24]N/A
Bella's determined to end Iggi's deception and uses splinter magic to make a truth ray. But Bella hits Alice with the ray, just when she needs to pull off a lie she has told Jed.
211 (31)"Showtime![24]"Patrick HarkinsSarah Courtauld17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)[24]N/A
It's opening night of the school play, but Bella has bigger worries - Iggi has discovered the last cryptstone is under Evermoor manor -and he's determined to raise it. The school show becomes a major showdown.
212 (32)"Vampire Luau[24]"Patrick HarkinsBede Blake24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)[24]N/A
Unaware that Davorin is free, Bella celebrates being accepted to fashion school and the gang arrange a farewell party - But when Davorin turns up uninvited it's up to Bella and Otto to save Evermoor from his revenge.

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