Bob Wilson (cartoonist)

The illustrations from the books were used to create a six-part Yorkshire Television series for ITV, first broadcast in 1984.

In the series, Stanley is portrayed as a young boy around 10 years of age.

He lives in a fictional town called "Huddersgate", Oop North, “where it’s boring and slow” – with his Grandma at number four, Prince Albert Row.

Stanley goes through a series of unlikely adventures in which he is invariably the hero, defeating thieves and preventing tragedies.

A 1989 documentary by Thames Television illustrates the methods Wilson uses to construct the books.