The Paper Lads

The Paper Lads is a children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television and broadcast nationally from 1977 to 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.

The Paper Lads
Written by	Ian Cullen
Directed by	Derek Martinus
Starring	Tony Neilson John Bowler Andrew Edwards Peter Younger Glynn Edwards Anne Jameson
Theme music composer	Jon Camp Michael Dunford
Opening theme	"Back Home Once Again" performed by Renaissance
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer	John K Cooper
Production company	Tyne Tees Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	24 August 1977 (1977-08-24) – 22 January 1979 (1979-01-22)

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.[1]

The signature tune of the series, "Back Home Once Again", was performed by progressive rock band Renaissance, and it appears (re-recorded) as a full-length song on their 1978 album A Song for All Seasons.

The full series was released on DVD by Network in July 2013.

Two novels by William Humble based on the series were released by children's paperback publisher Target Books.