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''The Baker Street Boys'' is a British

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series made by the

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and first shown in 1983. The series recounts the adventures of a gang of street urchins living in Victorian

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who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their own.

Production

Anthony Read Anthony Read (21 April 1935 – 21 November 2015) was an English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, which included a period as a script ...

planned out the show's format. Read had previously been a script editor and writer on the 1965 '' Sherlock Holmes'' series starring

Douglas Wilmer Douglas Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series ''Sherlock Holmes''. Early life Wilmer was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and received his education at Kin ...

. He claimed to have long wondered what the Irregulars got up to when not in the service of Sherlock Holmes and the series deals with this subject. Although Holmes was always absent (explained on-screen by his being too busy working on another case, being held captive by Professor Moriarty, or confined to bed by illness), Dr. Watson was always around to assist the Irregulars when necessary. Holmes was only ever seen obliquely (Roger Ostime provided the character's voice) while Dr. Watson,

Inspector Lestrade Detective Inspector G. Lestrade, or Mr. Lestrade ( or ), is a fictional character appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Lestrade's first appearance was in the first Sherlock Holmes story, the novel '' ...

and Mrs. Hudson all featured more prominently. The part of Professor Moriarty was portrayed by

Colin Jeavons Colin Abel Jeavons (born 20 October 1929) is a retired British television actor. Career Jeavons' earliest television role was as Jules Neraud in an episode of the 1956 anthology series of teleplays ''Nom-de-Plume''. Broadcast live, it is unkno ...

, who would later go on to play

in the acclaimed Granada adaptation.

Cast

Starring

*Jay Simpson as Wiggins *Damion Napier as Beaver *

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as Shiner *David Garlick as Sparrow *Debbie Norris as Queenie *Suzi Ross as Rosie

Recurring

*Roger Ostime as Sherlock Holmes (voice only) *

Hubert Rees Hubert Rees (27 April 1928 – 20 October 2009) was a Welsh character actor, known for his supporting roles in British television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Rees was born on 27 April 1928 in Abergavenny, Wales. Career R ...

as Dr. Watson *

Stanley Lebor Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy series ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', the Mongon Doctor in ''Flash Gordon'' (1980), and ...

* Pat Keen as Mrs. Hudson *

as Professor James Moriarty

Episodes

Eight episodes were broadcast:

VHS release

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).

Books

Seven books based on the TV series have been published to date:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker Street Boys, The BBC children's television shows Period television series Sherlock Holmes television series 1980s British children's television series 1983 British television series debuts 1983 British television series endings 1980s British mystery television series