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<div>{{Short description|British children's TV series (1977–1979)}}<br />
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{{Infobox television<br />
| image = The Paper Lads.jpg<br />
| creator =<br />
| based_on = <br />
| developer = <br />
| writer = Ian Cullen<br />
| director = [[Derek Martinus]]<br />
| creative_director = <br />
| starring = Tony Neilson<br>[[John Bowler (actor)|John Bowler]]<br>Andrew Edwards<br>Peter Younger<br>[[Glynn Edwards]]<br>Anne Jameson<br />
| theme_music_composer = Jon Camp<br>Michael Dunford<br />
| opentheme = "Back Home Once Again"<br>{{nowrap|performed by [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]]}}<br />
| endtheme = <br />
| composer = <br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| num_series = 2<br />
| num_episodes = 14<br />
| executive_producer = <br />
| producer = John K Cooper<br />
| editor = <br />
| location = <br />
| cinematography = <br />
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| runtime = <br />
| company = [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]<br />
| channel = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]<br />
| first_aired = {{Start date|1977|08|24|df=y}}<br />
| last_aired = {{End date|1979|01|22|df=y}} <br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Paper Lads''''' is a [[children's television series]] produced by [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]] and broadcast nationally on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 24 August 1977 to 22 January 1979. It was set in the northern industrial city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], although much of the series was filmed in [[Gateshead]], and recounted the adventures of a group of [[newspaper]] delivery boys and a girl.<br />
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There were two series made, each of seven episodes. William Corlett's four scripts for the series won him the Writer's Guild Award for Best Children's Writer.<ref>William Corlett, ''The Door in The Tree'', Pocket Books, page 298.</ref><br />
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The signature tune of the series, "Back Home Once Again", was performed by [[progressive rock]] band [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]], and it appears (re-recorded) as a full-length song on their 1978 album ''[[A Song for All Seasons]]''.<br />
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The full series was released on DVD by Network in July 2013.<br />
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Two [[novel]]s by William Humble based on the series were released by children's paperback publisher [[Target Books]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0398538|title=The Paper Lads}}<br />
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[[Category:1977 British television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:1979 British television series endings]]<br />
[[Category:1970s British children's television series]]<br />
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]<br />
[[Category:ITV children's television shows]]<br />
[[Category:Television series by ITV Studios]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows produced by Tyne Tees Television]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows set in Newcastle upon Tyne]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows set in Tyne and Wear]]<br />
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