Between 1855 and 1920, over a dozen weekly serials by various publishers were created with the copycat title Boys' Own.

Originally, the stories appeared as a weekly serial in 'The Forum' magazine.

Great Expectations (weekly serial, December 1860-August 1861)

Hard Times (weekly serial, April 1854-August 1854)

He wrote a weekly serial in "The Graphic".

A weekly serial written by popular authors of the time, such as William Black (although this seemed to appear in the 1880s).

The two halves of the book originally ran as weekly serials in the Pittsburgh Courier.

Countdown was unusual in carrying both weekly serials and complete stories, rotating the latter among the various TV programmes that it featured.

Purdy also directed weekly serials, notably Penny's Diary and the thriller Out of the Night.