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Best of Friends (disambiguation)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ19919614 ↗
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Best of Friends is a British children's television programme that aired between 2004 and 2008.

(The) Best of Friends may also refer to:

Theatre and books

The Best of Friends (play), a 1987 epistolary play by Hugh Whitemore

The Best of Friends, a 1902 play by Cecil Raleigh

The Best of Friends, a 1972 novel by Joy Fielding

Film and television

The Best of Friends (film), a 1982 Australian romantic comedy

"Best of Friends," an episode of the TV series Eight Is Enough

"Best of Friends / Aftermath / Dream Boat," an episode of the TV series The Love Boat

"Best of Friends," an episode of the TV series Night Court

Music

Albums

The Best of Friends (album), a compilation album by Loggins and Messina

Best of Friends, an album by The Smurfs nominated for Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, 1983

Best of Friends (Twennynine album), 1979

Best of Friends, a 2007 album by Jools Holland

Best of Friends, a 1984 album by Tom Paxton, Anne Hills & Bob Gibson

The Best of Friends, an album by John Lee Hooker

Songs

"Best of Friends," a song from the Disney film The Fox and the Hound

"Best of Friends," a song by Joan Baez from the album Where Are You Now, My Son?

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