Here Come the Double Deckers

1970 - 1971

Tiger Takes Off

12th September 1970

Episode 1

Tiger accidentally goes for a trip on a hovercraft Brains created.

The Case of the Missing Doughnut

19th September 1970

Episode 2

Doughnut eats an invisibility formula Brains invented.

Get a Movie On

26th September 1970

Episode 3

The gang make a film to enter a contest.

Star-Struck

3rd October 1970

Episode 4

The gang are chased around Elstree Studios, as they look for a lost dog.

Happy Haunting

10th October 1970

Episode 5

Albert takes them to a stately home for a day out.

Summer Camp

17th October 1970

Episode 6

They camp in a field with a middle aged couple who get the worst of it.

The Pop Singer

24th October 1970

Episode 7

The group try to launch The Cool Cavalier's pop career with a disco.

Scooper Strikes Out

31st October 1970

Episode 8

Scooper is knocked out by the baseball and dreams he is with Alice in Wonderland.

The Go-Karters

7th November 1970

Episode 9

A biker sabotages the group's go-kart, so Spring ends up in court after a high speed police chase.

Robbie the Robot

14th November 1970

Episode 10

Brains invents a robot which is sent to rescue Tiger's tiger from a neighbors garden.

A Helping Hound

21st November 1970

Episode 11

The gang unsuccessfully try to help a woman decorate her house, but a lost dog comes to their aid.

Invaders from Space

28th November 1970

Episode 12

Men in spacesuits are advertising a new sweet called Planet 7, but the gang think it is an alien invasion.

Barney

5th December 1970

Episode 13

Barney is a one-man band who keeps getting moved on by the police.

Man's Best Friend

12th December 1970

Episode 14

The gang put on a show with aluminium foil as an entry fee to buy a guide dog for the blind.

United We Stand

19th December 1970

Episode 15

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.

Up to Scratch

26th December 1970

Episode 16

Billie has to look after a dog named Scratch which runs off after a man with a flea circus turns up.

A Hit for a Miss

2nd January 1971

Episode 17

The boys fall for substitute teacher Miss Petit, which makes Billie jealous, and help her put on a show for an old folks home.

Top Cast

Melvyn Hayes•Peter Firth•Bruce Clark

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.

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Melvyn Hayes Image

Melvyn Hayes

Albert

Peter Firth Image

Peter Firth

Scooper

Bruce Clark

Sticks

Gillian Bailey Image

Gillian Bailey

Billie

Michael Audreson

Brains

Debbie Russ Image

Debbie Russ

Tiger

Douglas Simmonds

Doughnut

Brinsley Forde Image

Brinsley Forde

Spring

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