The Sarah Jane Adventures

*The Sarah Jane Adventures*
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Genre	Science fiction
Created by	Russell T Davies
Showrunners	Russell T Davies; Phil Ford
Starring	Elisabeth Sladen; Yasmin Paige; Tommy Knight; Daniel Anthony; Anjli Mohindra; Sinead Michael;
Voices of	Alexander Armstrong; John Leeson;
Theme music composer	Murray Gold
Composers	Sam Watts; Dan Watts;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	53 (27 serials) + 1 short (list of serials)
Production
Executive producers	Russell T Davies; Julie Gardner; Phil Collinson; Piers Wenger; Nikki Wilson;
Producers	Brian Minchin; Nikki Wilson; Matthew Bouch; Susie Liggat;
Running time	60 minutes (New Year's Day special); 25–30 minutes (series); 5 minutes (Comic Relief special);
Production company	BBC Cymru Wales
Original release
Network	CBBC (2007–2011); BBC HD (2009–2011); BBC One; BBC One HD (2010–2011);
Release	1 January 2007 –; 18 October 2011
Related
	Sarah Jane's Alien Files; Doctor Who; Torchwood; Class;
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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, and 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 with the Doctor. Following Sladen's death in 2011, the BBC confirmed that the show would not return for a sixth series.

The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, "Invasion of the Bane", on 1 January 2007, and broadcast until Sladen's death in 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.^[1]^[2] The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama.^[3]

As of 2024, all of the series are on BBC iPlayer and also Max (streaming service) in the US.^[4]