High Peak

High Peak is a 2012 rural serial drama and collaborative project, produced by Gambox Productions, a short-lived union betweem forum member Chloe and former forum member MGambitt. Development of the project began in November 2011, before Episode 1 was published on 13th February 2012. It lasted for 36 episodes before being dropped in May 2012; Episode 37 was written but never published at the time.
A second version began development shortly after the first was axed, but MGambitt soon dropped out, marking the demise of Gambox Productions. As a result, all rights to the project transferred to Chloe's company Imago Productions, and Imago published this second version between September and November 2012, before the project was dropped again.
In August 2017, a third version began but this is now considered to be a pilot run, having lasted only 9 episodes. 
On 11th May 2020, Episode 37 of 1.0 was released for the first time, as part of a revamp of the High Peak board.
===Premise===
The project is set in the fictional northwest Derbyshire village of Miller, which itself is on the outskirts of the equally fictional market town of Malrith. Also mentioned are the unseen neighbouring villages of Bellfield, Greenchapel and Wolverdere - the latter usually in a derogatory manner. No precise location is identified, but Miller is based in the eponymously-named High Peak area, which is north of the Peak District and Derbyshire Dales and is said to be roughly equidistant between Manchester and Sheffield. Logically this puts it in the vicinity of Buxton. Exterior shots of Miller were filmed in and around the real-life village of Edale.
To help distinguish it from rival rural soaps, such as The Archers and Emmerdale, High Peak has no farming element at all. Instead, the main focus is on a family-run holiday village, Chalet Peaks, owned and run generationally by the core Sheldon family. Apart from this, and the country pub - The Crown Tavern - the countryside setting is largely incidental to the otherwise ordinary ups and downs of both familiar and non-familiar community life.
===Title Card===
The project went through several incarnations of title card, which were always designed by Imago Productions. However, Chloe - who is Imago Productions - said she was never happy with any of the designs, including the one to the left, which is the actual, authentic version of the title card used in 2012. In 2020, she retroactively designed a new one, together with a new logo, to replace all the original branding. This can be seen in the top-left of this article. It depicts the words 'High Peak', written in title case, with one word a pale yellow and the other white, in the centre of and back on to a background image of a picturesque, cosy-looking country lane. The colour scheme of blue/green/white/yellow, together with the brown stone colours of the cottages, are used to create a rural feel to the project.
===Theme Tune===
An instrumental version of "Talk" by Coldplay was used as the theme tune, Chloe feeling that the gentle but vibrant nature of the track 'suited the project down to the ground'.
===Reception===
High Peak received a very positive reception from the outset and throughout its run. At WRIXAS 2, on 2nd April 2012, the project was nominated for 12 awards, and won 5 of them. These were for:
*BEST EPISODE: Episode 20 (Exit Strategy)
*BEST SCENE: Molly's Emotional Exit (Episode 20)
*BEST FRIENDSHIP: Jaimee Sheldon & Luke Rowland
*BEST NEW PROJECT
*BEST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT (Chloe & MGambitt)
===Legacy===
In the wake of the projects success, several rural serial drama projects followed on the forum. However they, like High Peak itself, were also short-lived. Two more versions of High Peak followed, neither of which involved MGambitt this time, helmed solely by Chloe, under the auspices of Imago Productions. High Peak 2.0: Pilot Version 1.0, as it is retroactively known, began on 3rd September 2012 and was published between September and November 2012. It lasted 30 episodes before stalling.
On 15th August 2017 - Chloe's birthday - she released an untitled thread that hinted towards a new version of the project. Then the next day, on 16th August 2017, she released a statement revealing that a new version would begin on 4th September 2017, almost five years since the last version had run. A special five-night run of episodes then ran from 4th-8th September 2017. Once again, the project received a very positive reception, but this time only lasted 9 episodes, the final one airing on 11th February 2018. On the 29th March 2018, the project was officially axed. As such, it has been retroactively renamed High Peak 2.0: Pilot Version 2.0.
The original version of High Peak, and High Peak 2.0: Pilot Version 1.0, were both removed from the forum some years ago, a decison in hindsight Chloe says she regrets. It was her intention to launch a third version much sooner; two test episodes were written in 2016, but never saw the light of day. Due to various incidences of technical loss and damage, much information about High Peak - including features and casting information - is irritrievably lost. However, all episodes from all versions remain in Chloe's possession.
All versions are to be restored in an ongoing fashion in the coming weeks and months. This became the first time the forum has had the chance to read Episode 37 from the original version, or the two test episodes from 2016. It was also the first time the character of Alex Sheldon - who made his debut at the end of Episode 37 - was revealed.
===Sets (original version)===
*Chalet Peaks - a holiday village owned by Bob and Edie Sheldon, but run by their son Sam and his wife Debbie. Bob and Edie do not live there, but Sam and Debbie do - as do their three teenage children: Kayley, Tom and Jaimee
*Garage - owned and run by mechanic Eddie McIntyre
*High Tea - a punnily-named tearooms owned, run and lived in by Bob and Edie
===Cast (1.0)===
Character 	
Actor 	
Duration (by episodes)
Aiesha Wyver 	Kylee Russell 	35-37
Alan Draycott 	Clive Russell 	10-11
Alex Sheldon 	Clive Owen 	37
Angus McIntyre 	Alexander Ludwig 	2-37
Bob Sheldon 	Bob Hoskins* 	1-37
Callum McCormack 	Uncredited 	10
Catherine Kaminski 	Gwyneth Paltrow 	2-37
Courtney Kaminski 	Kathryn Prescott 	2-37
Debbie Sheldon 	Alex Kingston 	1-37
Deepak Singh 	Ramon Tikaram 	3-37
Eddie McIntyre 	Stephen Purdon 	2-37
Edie Sheldon 	Anita Dobson 	1-37
Emma Draycott 	Amelia Lily 	10-37
Flynn Rowland 	Finton Flynn 	1-37
Gary Nesbitt 	Uncredited 	10-11
Graham Padley 	Gray O'Brien 	34-37
Helen Draycott 	Una Stubbs 	19
Izzy Aston 	Hollie Steel 	3-37
Jaimee Sheldon 	Eden Taylor-Draper 	1-37
Jake Lucas 	Lucien Laviscount 	10-11
Josh Rowland 	Colin Salmon 	1-37
Kate Bagshaw 	Jane Gurnett 	2-37
Kayley Sheldon 	Holly Kenny 	1-37
Kyle Hardman 	Jensen Ackles 	8
Lewis Kaminski 	Matt Healy 	3-37
Linda Nicholls 	Gaynor Faye 	16-37
Luke Perry 	Perry Kiely 	1-37
Margaret Youlgreave	Cornelia Frances* 	18-37
Marissa Kaminski 	Tina O'Brien 	3-37
Mark Aston 	Chris Fountain 	3-37
Mindi Singh 	Shelley Conn 	3-37
Molly Rowland 	Georgie Henley 	1-37
Paul Farmer 	Charlie Rowe 	27-37
Philippa Hardy 	Paula Wilcox 	6-37
Rowan Youlgreave 	Nicholas Hoult 	27-37
Sam Sheldon 	Dominic Power 	1-37
Sarah Farley 	Joanne Farrell 	34-37
Seb Sawley 	Thomas Brodie-Sangster	16-37
Tessa Rowland 	Kate Winslet 	1-37
Tina Dempsey 	Uncredited 	8
Tom Sheldon 	Liam Aiken 	1-37
 	TOTAL 	41
*Asterisked actors are now deceased