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The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures title card used for all 5 series.
Genre	Science fiction Fantasy
Created by	Russell T Davies
Starring	Elisabeth Sladen Yasmin Paige Tommy Knight Daniel Anthony Anjli Mohindra Sinead Michael Alexander Armstrong (voice)
Theme music composer	Murray Gold
Composer(s)	Sam Watts
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	53 episodes + 1 short (list of serials)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Phil Collinson Piers Wenger Nikki Wilson
Producer(s)	Brian Minchin Nikki Wilson Matthew Bouch Susie Liggat
Running time	60 min (New Year's Day special) 25-30 min (series) 5 min (Comic Relief special)
Release
Original network	CBBC Repeats BBC One BBC One HD (2010–2011) BBC HD (2009–2011)
Picture format	SDTV (576i) (2007–2008) HDTV (1080i) (2009–2011)
Original release	1 January 2007 – 18 October 2011
Chronology
Preceded by	K-9 and Company
Related shows	Sarah Jane's Alien Files Doctor Who Torchwood Class Wizards vs Aliens
External links
Website

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme, that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme Doctor Who and is aimed at a younger audience than Doctor Who. It focuses on the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist who, as a young woman, had numerous adventures across time and space.

The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, "Invasion of the Bane", on 1 January 2007, and broadcast through to 2011. It was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2008 in the Drama category, and for a BAFTA Cymru in 2009 in the Children's Drama category. The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama.

A full series of ten 25-minute episodes began on 24 September 2007. The first series consisted of five two-part stories, and a second series, comprising six two-part stories, began airing on 29 September 2008. A third series, once again comprising six two-part stories to make a total of twelve episodes, with Russell T Davies serving as executive producer, aired from 15 October 2009 to 20 November 2009.

The fourth series was aired from 11 October 2010. An episode of another spin-off series, Sarah Jane's Alien Files, was shown immediately after each of the first episodes of the stories. Filming for three of six two-part serials planned for the fifth series was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen's death on 19 April 2011. Although some UK media, including the Sun, reported in early May 2011 that production of the series was to continue, the BBC stated explicitly that no further episodes would be filmed. The fifth series was broadcast starting 3 October 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays. It finished just two weeks later on 18 October 2011.