Here Come the Double Deckers
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Here Come the Double Deckers was a seventeen-part British children's TV series from 1970/1971 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was a red double-decker London bus in an old works yard. A rare BBC/US TV (ABC) co-production, it was a comedy adventure sitcom similar in look and feel to other late 1960s / early 1970s sitcoms such as The Monkees, The Partridge Family and the Banana Splits.
The program made its debut in September 1970 in the US on ABC, and on January 8, 1971 in Britain on BBC One.
Each week saw the gang in a contrived adventure including episodes based around a runaway home-made hovercraft, a chocolate factory and a gun that shot out candy pieces, invading Martians, and a haunted house.
The cast were unknowns apart from Melvyn Hayes who appeared as Albert the Street Cleaner. Of the younger stars, Peter Firth has gone on to a prominent acting career, appearing in Equus, The Hunt for Red October, Tess, Pearl Harbor and Spooks. Co-star Brinsley Forde later became the lead singer in Aswad.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Children
- Michael Audreson - Brains, a classic early TV portrayal of the nerd type.
- Gillian Bailey - Billie
- Bruce Clark - Sticks
- Peter Firth - Scooper, the leader
- Brinsley Forde - Spring
- Debbie Russ - Tiger
- Douglas Simmonds - Doughnut
[edit] Adults
- Melvyn Hayes - Albert
[edit] Episodes
- Tiger Takes Off
- The Case of the Missing Doughnut
- Get a Movie On
- Starstruck
- Happy Haunting
- Summer Camp
- The Pop Singer
- Scooper Strikes Out (also starred a young Jane Seymour)
- The Go-Karters
- Robbie the Robot
- A Helping Hound
- Invaders from Space
- Man's Best Friend
- Barney
- United We Stand
- Up to Scratch
- A Hit for a Miss
