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There have been hundreds of dramatisations over the years of classics and other books which have then been subsequently re-published with TV-themed covers. There have also been dramas that expand on classics or their authors and then novelised. This gallery shows a selection of some of these books in my collection or ones I know about that I want for my collection, plus some series that only had one book, and is an ongoing project (with a long way to go). If I discover, or it's brought to my attention, that any of the series featured here had more than the one book, they may be moved to their own gallery. See also Other TV Sci-Fi Books Gallery.

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Quick Click... 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s / 2020s

1966

Hawk
(Belmont Books)
On ABC in 1966 (17 episodes)
1970

Nanny and the Professor
(Lancer Books)
On ABC from 1970 to 1971 (3 seasons)
1972

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(Banbury Books)
On BBC in 1972 (TV Film)
1972

The Hole in the Wall
(Armada Books)
On BBC in 1972 (7 episodes)
1972

The Smith Family 1 : Meet the Smiths
(Berkley Books)
On ABC 1971 - 1972 (2 seasons)
1972

Banyon
(Warner Paperback Library Books)
On NBC-TV 1971 (Movie), 1972-73 (15 episodes)
1973

Tales From Wessex
(Pan Books)
On BBC in 1973 as "Wessex Tales" (6 episodes)
1974

Thursday's Child
(Armada Lions Books)
On BBC in 1972-73 (6 episodes)
1974

Boy Dominic
(Armada Books)
On ITV in 1974 (13 episodes)
1974

Robinson Crusoe
(New English Library Books)
On BBC in 1974 (TV Film)
1974

The View From Daniel Pike
(Arrow Books)
On BBC 1971 - 1973 (2 seasons)
1974

Intimate Strangers
(New English Library Books)
On ITV in 1974 (13 episodes)
1974

The Organization
(Quartet Books)
On ITV in 1972 (7 episodes)
1974

Carrie's War
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1974 (5 episodes)
1975

(Legend of) Robin Hood
(JM Dent Books)
On BBC in 1975 (6 episodes)
1975

Pollyanna
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1973 (6 episodes)
1975

Arthur of the Britons
(Target Books)
On ITV 1972 - 1973 (2 seasons)
1976

Tom's Midnight Garden
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1974 (3 episodes)
1976

The Canal Children
(Piccolo Books)
On BBC in 1976 (6 episodes)
1976

Dickens of London : The Gas-Light Boy
(Futura Books)
On ITV in 1976 (13 episodes)
1976

Little Lord Fauntleroy
(Collins Lions Books)
On BBC in 1976 (6 episodes)
1976

Luke's Kingdom
(Fontana Books)
On ITV in 1976 (13 episodes)
1976

Victorian Scandals
(Arrow Books)
On ITV in 1976 (7 episodes)
1976

Operation Patch
(Target Books)
On ITV in 1976 (7 episodes)
1976

McCoy
(Dell Books)
On NBC in 1975-76 (5 episodes)
1976

The Expert
(Sphere Books)
On BBC 1968-1976 (4 seasons)
1976

Lorna Doone
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1976 (5 episodes)
1977

Hawkmoor
(Penguin Books)
On BBC in 1978 (5 episodes)
1977

Raven
(Corgi Carousel Books)
On ITV in 1977 (6 episodes)
1977

This Year, Next Year
(Mayflower Books)
On ITV in 1977 (13 episodes)
1978

The Phoenix and the Carpet
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1976/77 (8 episodes)
1978

Danger UXB
(Pan Books)
On ITV in 1978 (13 episodes)
1978

The Moon Stallion
(Mirror Books)
On BBC in 1978 (6 episodes)
1978

Edward & Mrs Simpson
(Futura Books)
On ITV in 1978 (7 episodes)
1978

Out
(Corgi Books)
On ITV in 1978 (6 episodes)
1979

The Old Curiosity Shop
(Armada Books)
On BBC in 1979 (9 episodes)
1979

Quest of Eagles
(Target Books)
On ITV in 1979 (7 episodes)
1979

The Omega Factor
(BBC Books)
On BBC in 1979 (10 episodes)
1979

The Ravelled Thread
(Puffin Books)
On ITV in 1979 (6 episodes)
1979

Telford's Change
(Corgi Books)
On BBC in 1979 (10 episodes)
1980

Further Adventures of Oliver Twist
(Futura Books)
On ITV in 1980 (13 episodes)
1980

The Latchkey Children
(Magnet Books)
On ITV in 1980 (6 episodes)
1980

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
(Pan Books)
On ITV in 1980 (TV movie)
1981

Maybury
(Star Books)
On BBC 1981 - 1982 (2 seasons)
1981

Codename Icarus
(Knight Books)
On BBC in 1981 (5 episodes)
1981

House on the Hill
(Richard Drew Books)
On Scottish TV in 1981 (6 episodes)
1981

The Treachery Game
(BBC Books)
On BBC in 1981 (3 episodes)
1981

Nanny
(Granada Books)
On BBC 1981 - 1983 (3 seasons)
1981

Treasure Island
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1977 (4 episodes)
1982

On the Line
(Sphere Books)
On ITV in 1982 (13 episodes)
1982

Shannon
(Granada Books)
On BBC in 1981-82 (9 episodes)
1983

The Baker Street Boys
(Knight Books)
On BBC in 1983 (8 episodes)
1983

Grandad at Large
(Knight Books)
On BBC in 1979-1984 (22 episodes)
1983

By the Sword Divided
(Sphere Books)
On BBC 1983 - 1985 (2 seasons)
1983

The Bounder
(Arrow Books)
On ITV in 1982 (13 episodes)
1983

The Citadel
(New English Library Books)
On BBC in 1983 (10 episodes)
1983

Johnny Jarvis
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1983 (6 episodes)
1983

To Serve Them All My Days
(Coronet Books)
On BBC in 1980-81 (13 episodes)
1983

The Outsider
(Granada Books)
On ITV in 1983 (6 episodes)
1983

A Brother's Tale
(Corgi Books)
On ITV in 1983 (3 episodes)
1983

Seaview
(Knight Books)
On BBC 1983 - 1985 (2 seasons)
1984

The Box of Delights
(Fontana Lions Books)
On BBC in 1984 (6 episodes)
1984

Morgan's Boy
(Sphere Books)
On BBC in 1984 (8 episodes)
1984

Mitch
(New English Library Books)
On ITV in 1984 (10 episodes)
1984

Charlie
(Methuen Books)
On ITV in 1984 (4 episodes)
1984

Travelling Man
(Star Books)
On ITV 1984 - 1985 (2 seasons)
1984

Murder Not Proven?
(Richard Drew Books)
On BBC in 1984 (3 episodes)
1985

Brat Farrar
(Penguin Books)
On ITV in 1986 (6 episodes)
1985

Jenny's War
(Panther Books)
On ITV in 1985 (4 episodes)
1985

Lytton's Diary
(Thames Methuen Books)
On ITV 1985 - 1986 (2 seasons)
1985

Connie
(Methuen Books)
On ITV in 1985 (13 episodes)
1985

Lace 2
(Penguin Books)
On ABC in 1984 (2 episodes)
1985

Murder of a Moderate Man
(Arrow Books)
On BBC in 1985 (mini series)
1986

Seal Morning
(Arrow Books)
On ITV in 1986 (6 episodes)
1986

The Collectors
(Grafton Books)
On BBC in 1986 (10 episodes)
1986

A Little Princess
(Puffin Books)
On ITV in 1986 (6 episodes)
1986

The Singing Detective (Faber & Faber Books)
On BBC in 1986 (6 episodes)
1987

The Eye of the Dragon
(Knight Books)
On BBC in 1987 (5 episodes)
1988

Staying On
(Grafton Books)
On ITV in 1980 (1 season)
1988

Moondial
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1988 (6 episodes)
1989

Tales of Sherwood Forest
(Arrow Books)
On ITV in 1989 (7 episodes)
1989

The Paradise Club
(Star Books)
On BBC1 1989 - 1990 (2 seasons)
1990

Five Children and It
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1991 (6 episodes)
1993

Goggle-Eyes
(Penguin Books)
On BBC in 1993 (4 episodes)
1994

The Return of the Psammead
(BBC Children's Books)
On BBC in 1993 (6 episodes)
1996

Bramwell
(Carlton Books)
On ITV 1995 - 1998 (4 seasons)
1997

The Phoenix and the Carpet
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1997 (6 episodes)
1998

Children of the New Forest
(Puffin Books)
On BBC in 1998 (TV movie)
2010

Pretty Little Liars
(Atom Books)
On TV 2010 - 2017 (7 seasons)
2012

Call the Midwife
(Weidenfield & Nicolson Books)
On BBC 2012 - Present (12 seasons+)
2015

Wolf
(Penguin Books)
On BBC in 2023 (6 episodes)
2016

The Night Manager
(Penguin Books)
On BBC in 2016 (6 episodes)
2016

Versailles
(Corvus Books)
On BBC 2015 - 2018 (3 seasons)
2017

13 Reasons Why
(Penguin Books)
On Netflix 2017 - 2020 (4 seasons)
2017

Miraculous
(Igloo Books)
On Disney Channel 2015 - Present (5 seasons)
2018

The City & The City
(Picador Books)
On BBC in 2018 (4 episodes)
2018

The Alienist
(Sphere Books)
On Netflix in 2018 (10 episodes)
2018

Les Misérables
(BBC Books)
On BBC in 2018 (6 episodes)
2020

Noughts + Crosses
(Penguin Books)
On BBC 2020 - 2022 (2 seasons)
2020

Malory Towers
(Hodder Books)
On CBBC 2020 - 2024 (5 seasons)
2024

Rivals
(Penguin Books)
On Disney+ in 2024 (1 season)
2024

Apples Never Fall
(Penguin Books)
On BBC in 2024 (7 episodes)
2024

Cross (Along Came a Spider)
(Penguin Books)
On Amazon Prime in 2024 (8 episodes)