The Sarah Jane Adventures
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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 living in
Ealing, London, 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. The programme won a
Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama.
As of 2024, all of the series are on
BBC iPlayer and also
Max (streaming service) in the US.
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