The Baker Street Boys is a British

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 television

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 series made by the BBC

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 and first shown in 1983. The series is based around a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London

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 who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes

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 in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their own.

Episodes

Eight episodes were broadcast:

#	Original airdate	Title
1	8 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case, Part 1"
2	11 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Disappearing Dispatch Case, Part 2"
3	15 March 1983	"The Ghost of Julian Midwinter, Part 1"
4	18 March 1983	"The Ghost of Julian Midwinter, Part 2"
5	22 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Winged Scarab, Part 1"
6	25 March 1983	"The Adventure of the Winged Scarab, Part 2"
7	29 March 1983	"The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant, Part 1"
8	4 April 1983	"The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant, Part 2"

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

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

Title	Author	Date	Publisher	ISBN
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Disappearing Detective	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2005	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-84428-961-5
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2006	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-0-74457-016-8
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2006	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-40630-088-8
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Limehouse Laundry	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2007	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-40630-341-4
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Stolen Sparklers	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2008	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-40630-342-1
The Baker Street Boys: The Case of the Haunted Horrors	Anthony Read Anthony Read Anthony "Tony" Read is a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print...	2009	Walker Books Ltd	ISBN 978-1-40630-343-8