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The Baker Street Boys

The Baker Street Boys
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 (1983-03-08) – 1 April 1983 (1983-04-01)

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:


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