Sarah Jane Adventures to Return – Twice

Despite the recent controversy regarding BBC spending it seems that the Beeb still recognises quality TV: it’s been announced that The Sarah Jane Adventures (SJA) will return. To make the news even better, the BBC has commissioned not just one but two new series of 24 thirty minute episodes.

SJA Series 4 will start shooting in Wales later this month. There’s no exact date for transmission but it should be some time this autumn. As well as Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, companions Luke, Clyde and Rani (Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra) also return. Writers include Phil Ford, Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.

The fifth season will go into production next year, the casting hasn’t yet been confirmed.

CBBC Controller Damian Kavanagh said:

[The Sarah Jane Adventures has] been a huge ratings and critical success on CBBC and we hope our viewers are going to be hooked on Sarah Jane’s action-packed adventures for some time to come

March 5th, 2010 BBC, News | no comments