The Boot Street Band

{{Short description|BBC children comedy television programme}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = 22 min | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = BBC One | first_aired = {{start date|1993|11|11|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1994|12|15|df=y}} | num_series = 2 | num_episodes = 12 }}

'''''The Boot Street Band''''' was a BBC children comedy television programme which aired for two six-episode seasons in 1993–4.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Boot Street Band (TV Series 1993–1994) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384722/|access-date=25 February 2021}} {{unreliable source?|date=April 2021}}</ref> It was set in a school which appears to be run by the students, and was created by Andrew Davies and Steve Attridge. Steve Attridge wrote the second series and a book based on the idea.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cardwell|first=Sarah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlMOF_Jee-YC&q=%22the+boot+street+band%22&pg=PA37|title=Andrew Davies|date=22 July 2005|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-6492-0|language=en}}</ref> Idris Elba got his TV break by appearing in the series. Roland MacLeod played Mr Lear and Richard Davies played Mr Cramp.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 November 1993|title=The Boot Street Band|language=en-GB|pages=101|work=The Radio Times|issue=3644|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c2986e1713f64b758d9ab1c4080b7028|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020123359/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c2986e1713f64b758d9ab1c4080b7028|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|access-date=25 February 2021|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>

== Episodes ==

=== Season 1 === {{Episode table |season= | title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Part One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|11|11}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020123359/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c2986e1713f64b758d9ab1c4080b7028] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Part Two | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|11|18}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020143427/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/73904c2c956c451ebc55512395ab8baf] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Part Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|11|25}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020105924/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/18b9dd6b7ef24dd08857a684232d193e] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Part Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|12|2}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020080158/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fa17310177be4220bc226777106ff511] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Part Five | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|12|9}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020083723/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f690a6a6de904eb9852941affe9a98b9] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Part Six | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1993|12|16}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020172146/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/67cbae2702a944b9b6dc97a11ac99d72] }} }}

=== Season 2 === {{Episode table |season= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The School Secretary | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|11|10}}[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/92377297a676400dbaf22aee60457f66]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = New Brains for Old | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|11|17}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20250916031815/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/96629c5340cb4ce0918bf2354e879fcd] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Take Away Trouble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|11|24}}[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0e2691e6f295414a9d79f17c0a006716]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = The Great Pretender | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|12|1}}[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c08f37cde72b46b9827a772d14497f35]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Standing for Office | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|12|8}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20210116095504/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd046b8d48d54414bfd941385972859b] }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Great Exchange | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|12|15}}[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ba8963de7e794e07b627fdcc44808e3d]{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} }} }}

== References == <references />

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0384722|The Boot Street Band}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boot Street Band, The}} Category:1993 British television series debuts Category:1994 British television series endings Category:BBC children's television shows Category:1990s British children's television series Category:English-language British television shows Category:Television shows written by Andrew Davies