Uncertain Nights

Uncertain Nights, by AppleCobbler (applecobbler123), Chloe (equanox) and Ross (ross1998) - AKA 'ACORN Productions' - is an urban serial drama set in the fictional residental and shopping suburb of Nights Cross in the West Midlands city of Birmingham. Most of the drama takes place on Violet Lane, where residents live and/or run their own businesses. In the latter half of the series, a fictional suburb was created for Violet Lane and surrounding areas, called Nights Cross. 'ACORN' was, at the time, an acronym of its writers usernames - AppleCobbler, Noxy (Chloe) and Ross. 'Uncertain Nights' is the only ACORN project ever made. Season 1 began on Monday 24th October 2011, ending on Friday 13th July 2012 with Episode 128.
A special episode to mark the UK Olympics ceremony of 2012, titled 'Olympic Nights' (written only by AppleCobbler), aired on Sunday 12th July 2012, complete with its own Olympics-themed title card designed by Chloe (who would later join the show as a co-writer and co-executive producer). As 'Olympic Nights' was a one-off spin-off - with no storylines connected to the main show - it is not regarded as an official episode of 'Uncertain Nights.' However, given that it was broadcast during Season 1, it is regarded as being a part of the Season 1 era cannonically.
Season 2 of 'Unertain Nights' began on Tuesday 28th August 2012 with Episode 129, ending on Friday 26th July 2013 with Episode 245. Season 2 is made up of 116 episodes, compared with Season 1's 128 episodes.
The much shorter (and final) Season 3 began on Monday 26th August 2013 with Episode 246, ending on Thursday 24th October 2013 - the show's second anniversary - with the final episode of the show. Season 3 consists of just 25 episodes. Season 3 is notably more low-key with its storytelling compared to the busy Season 2, as ACORN attempted to tie up as many loose ends as possible in order to bring the show to a close, after more than two years on air.
'Uncertain Nights' is one of only three WX projects which began in 2011 (the others being the 'The Avenue' and 'These Days 1.0', both long-since defunct). With 270 episodes under its belt, 'Uncertain Nights' is likely to remain the WX project with the most number of episodes to its name for the forseeable future.
'Uncertain Nights' is the fourth most successful project in the history of Writers Express - and the second most successful soap - having won 19 WRIXAS (Writers Express Awards). The show also had a number of scritped episodes, the final of which was Episode 248 - broadcast on Wednesday 28th August 2013 - as part of the Season 3 opening week five-nighter.
From Monday 30th September-Friday 4th October 2013, a five-part x five-minute spin-off series called the 'Uncertain Nights Monologues', was aired. The series - like the main show - consisted of bittersweet writing, and was shown the week after Season 3 launched. No episodes of Season 3 aired in the week that the Monologues series did. Again, though the Monologues are not official episodes of 'Uncertain Nights', they are regarded as being part of the Season 3 era cannonically. The monologues included the characters of Cass Franklin (Monday 30th September 2013), Charlie Banks (Tuesday 1st October 2013), MIa Palmer (Wednesday 2nd October 2013), Oscar Clark (Thursday 3rd October 2013) and finally Nancy Evans (Friday 4th October 2013). The first four Monologues were written by Chloe alone, with the final monologue co-written by AppleCobbler and Chloe. The mini-series was met with critical acclaim.
In all, between Monday 24th October 2011 and Thursday 24th October 2013, there were 270 episodes of 'Uncertain Nights' and five episodes of the 'Uncertain Nights Monologues'.
The project fell into real-time delay in September 2013, but eventually finished its run on Saturday 25th January 2014.
On Sunday 1st August 2021, as part of WX's month-long 10th anniversary celebrations, Chloe and Ross released an exclusive retrospective interview looking back on 'Uncertain Nights' and its impact, over seven-and-a-half years on. AppleCobbler did not participate as he an inactive forum member. On Thursday 12th August 2021, Episode 270 was republished in a revamped form. Apart from some minor tweaks to the dialogue, the revamp was visual.
The rights to the show now belong to Red Lion Pictures.
==Final Cast==
Character 	Actor 	Duration 	From Episode
Oscar Clark 	Russell Tovey 	2011 - 13 	Episode 1-270
Sanchia Clark 	Sarah Jayne Dunn 	2011, 2012 - 13	Episode 1-23, 54-270
Percy Renshaw 	Tom Chambers 	2011 - 13 	Episode 1-105, 134-136, 146-270
Leah Richardson 	Kelsey-Beth Crossley	2011 - 13 	Episode 1-270
Natalie Renshaw 	Adele Silva 	2011 - 13 	Episode 2 - 105, 134 - 136, 146-270
Simone Smith 	Madeline Howard 	2011 - 13 	Episode 2 - 105, 134 - 136, 146-270
Gordon Palmer-Clark 	Rob-James Collier 	2011 - 13 	Episode 2-270
Patrick Palmer-Clark 	Sam Attwater 	2011 - 13 	Episode 2-270
Brenda Richardson 	Angela Lonsdale 	2011 - 13 	Episode 2-156; 200-270
Del(ilah) Pearce 	Naomie Harris 	
2012;
2013 	Episode 39-94; 245-270
Jasmine Clark 	Suzanne Shaw 	2012 - 13 	Episode 59-270
Megan Green 	Karen Hassan 	2012 - 13 	Episode 73-270
Jake Green 	James Alexandrou 	2012 - 13 	Episode 73-270
Nancy Evans 	Barbara Young 	2012 - 13 	Episode 73-270
Joan Clark 	Beverley Callard 	2012; 2013 	Episode 103-168; 181-183; 256-270
Ethan Clark 	Gray O'Brien 	2012 - 13 	Episode 108-270
Billie Franklin 	Chelsee Healey 	2012 - 13 	Episode 124-270
Mia Palmer 	Rebecca Ryan 	2012 - 13 	Episode 125-270
Will Palmer 	Joel Courtney 	2012 - 13 	Episode 125-270
Charlotte Franklin 	Jadagrace Berry 	2012 - 13 	Episode 133-270
Rob Foster 	Joe Dixon 	2012 - 13 	Episode 143-270
Cass Franklin 	Alison Hammond 	2012 - 13 	Episode 152-270
Amber Franklin 	Laya Lewis 	2012 - 13 	Episode 152-270
Joel Franklin 	Corbin Bleu 	2012 - 13 	Episode 152-270
Ash Franklin 	Dev Patel 	2012 - 13 	Episode 152-270
Casey Clark 	Uncredited 	2012 - 13 	Episode 182-270
Claire Spencer 	Heather Peace 	2013 	Episode 187-205; 250-270
Beth Newton 	Zoe Henry 	2013 	Episode 192-250; 262-270
Charlie Banks 	Max Beesley 	2013 	Episode 197-270
Sarah Banks 	Ellen Page 	2013 	Episode 197-270
Seth Banks 	Andy Moss 	2013 	Episode 197-270
Malcolm Newton 	Jeremy Irons 	2013 	Episode 207-270
Alfie Foster-Richardson	Uncredited 	2013 	Episode 226-270
Abbie Renshaw 	Georgia May Foote 	2013 	Episode 230-270
Natasha Banks 	Claire Cooper 	2013 	Episode 245-251; 270
Jesse Young 	Dan Jongebloed 	2013 	Episode 241-270
Madeleine Young 	Liliana Mumy 	2013 	Episode 241-270
Simon Nelson 	Sean Wilson 	2013 	Episode 245-250; 262-270
Connor Pearce 	Uncredited 	2013 	Episode 245-270
John Robinson 	David Tennant 	2013 	Episode 250-270
Danny McCartney 	Franz Drameh 	2013 	Episode 270
Sophie McCartney 	Bethany Attrup 	2013 	Episode 270
Rory Campbell 	Tom Conti 	2013 	Episode 270