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Here Come the Double Deckers

TV·1970–1971·1 season, 17 episodes·ABC·Family, Comedy·30m·Created by Roy Simpson, Harry Booth

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Here Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970-71 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused works yard.

Cast

Melvyn HayesMelvyn HayesAlbertPeter FirthPeter FirthScooper
Bruce Clark
Bruce ClarkSticksGillian BaileyGillian BaileyBillie
Michael Audreson
Michael AudresonBrainsDebbie RussDebbie RussTiger
Douglas Simmonds
Douglas SimmondsDoughnutBrinsley FordeBrinsley FordeSpring

Episodes by season

Season0117Episodes1970–71Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Tiger Takes OffSeptember 12, 1970—Tiger accidentally goes for a trip on a hovercraft Brains created.
  2. S01E02Here Come the Double Deckers S01E02The Case of the Missing DoughnutSeptember 19, 1970—Doughnut eats an invisibility formula Brains invented.
  3. S01E03Here Come the Double Deckers S01E03Get a Movie OnSeptember 26, 1970—The gang make a film to enter a contest.
  4. S01E04Here Come the Double Deckers S01E04Star-StruckOctober 3, 1970—The gang are chased around Elstree Studios, as they look for a lost dog.
  5. S01E05Here Come the Double Deckers S01E05Happy HauntingOctober 10, 1970—Albert takes them to a stately home for a day out.
  6. S01E06Here Come the Double Deckers S01E06Summer CampOctober 17, 1970—They camp in a field with a middle aged couple who get the worst of it.
  7. S01E07The Pop SingerOctober 24, 1970—The group try to launch The Cool Cavalier's pop career with a disco.
  8. S01E08Here Come the Double Deckers S01E08Scooper Strikes OutOctober 31, 1970—Scooper is knocked out by the baseball and dreams he is with Alice in Wonderland.
  9. S01E09Here Come the Double Deckers S01E09The Go-KartersNovember 7, 1970—A biker sabotages the group's go-kart, so Spring ends up in court after a high speed police chase.
  10. S01E10Here Come the Double Deckers S01E10Robbie the RobotNovember 14, 1970—Brains invents a robot which is sent to rescue Tiger's tiger from a neighbors garden.
  11. S01E11A Helping HoundNovember 21, 1970—The gang unsuccessfully try to help a woman decorate her house, but a lost dog comes to their aid.
  12. S01E12Invaders from SpaceNovember 28, 1970—Men in spacesuits are advertising a new sweet called Planet 7, but the gang think it is an alien invasion.
  13. S01E13BarneyDecember 5, 1970—Barney is a one-man band who keeps getting moved on by the police.
  14. S01E14Man's Best FriendDecember 12, 1970—The gang put on a show with aluminium foil as an entry fee to buy a guide dog for the blind.
  15. S01E15United We StandDecember 19, 1970—The owner of the yard that the gang use wants to turn it into a car park, but the kids sabotage his meeting with the Mayor.
  16. S01E16Up to ScratchDecember 26, 1970—Billie has to look after a dog named Scratch which runs off after a man with a flea circus turns up.
  17. S01E17Here Come the Double Deckers S01E17A Hit for a MissJanuary 2, 1971—The boys fall for substitute teacher Miss Petit, which makes Billie jealous, and help her put on a show for an old folks home.

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