The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 & 5 Commissioned

The BBC Press Office have announced today that The Sarah Jane Adventures has been commissioned for a further two series!

Elisabeth Sladen, Thomas Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra will all reprise their roles as Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, and Rani in Series four.

Damian Kavanagh says: "We are thrilled to be making many more episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

"It is 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."

BBC Wales Head of English Language Programmes, Clare Hudson, says: "The idea for The Sarah Jane Adventures sprang from the success of Doctor Who and it has since rocketed in popularity in its own right, thanks to the vision, talent and hard work of the show's brilliant cast and crew."

The new adventures will feature the usual mixture of thrills, scares and fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man, the sinister Shansheeth, the series' first visit to an alien world, and even a dangerous journey back into history.

Brian Minchin has been appointed as producer and Nikki Wilson as executive producer alongside Russell T Davies.

Writers on the fourth series include Phil Ford (also co-producer), Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.

Series four is due to be transmitted later this year and series five in 2011.

(Source: BBC Press Office)

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