The Baker Street Boys | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Created by | Arthur Conan Doyle |
Written by |
Richard Carpenter Anthony Read |
Directed by |
Marilyn Fox Michael Kerrigan |
Starring |
Jay Simpson Debbie Norris Suzi Ross Adam Woodyatt David Garlick Damion Napier Roger Ostine Hubert Rees Colin Jeavons Stanley Lebor Pat Keen |
Theme music composer |
David Epps Alan Roper |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Paul Stone Anthony Gruner |
Running time | 25 mins |
Production company(s) | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC |
Original release | 8 March | – 1 April 1983
The Baker Street Boys is a British television series made by the BBC and first shown in 1983. The series recounts the adventures of a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their own.
Eight episodes were broadcast:
In 1985, the BBC released 4 episodes from the series on VHS video. They were edited into two 48-minute-long episodes.
The two stories featured were "The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case" (from Episodes 1 and 2) and "The Adventure of the Winged Scarab" (from Episodes 5 and 6).
Seven books based on the TV series have been published to date: