The light-hearted adventures of freckle-faced 13-year-old tyke Mike Willis (Denis Gilmore) who lives on Stilton Street and fancies himself as a young inventor and uses his dad’s garage as a laboratory.
His first wacky idea is to invent black whitewash, seeing it as a much-needed commodity for the building trade.
Helping Mike in his schemes are his long-suffering tomboy sister, Kate (Deborah Cranston), and his three friends Pete (Laurie Heath), Alfie (Leslie Hart) and Joey (Billy Hamon).
Ginger-haired lead Denis Gilmore was something of a child star before coming to Rediffusion’s Mike. He was known all over the country as the impish boy who reminded his mother “Don’t forget the Fruit Gums, Mum” in a series of television advertisements and he replaced Dennis Waterman as the lead in the second of the BBC’s Williamseries in 1963.
Mike Willis
Denis Gilmore Kate
Deborah Cranston Pete
Laurie Heath Alfie
Leslie Hart Joey
Billy Hamon Mum (Edna Willis)
Sheila Shand Gibbs Dad (Jim Willis)
Geoffrey Matthews Ron Coggins
John Barrard Aunt Jemima
Damaris Hayman
Episodes
A Black Wash-Out | A Night to Remember | The Wandering Overcoat | The Spirit of Flung Tu Lo | Oil… Black Gold! | One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make | The Return of Stockpot Johnson | The Quiet Little Restaurant | What a Motley Lot | It’s a Good Job Dummies Can’t Speak | From Berlin with Love | How to Get in a Pickle Without Even Trying | The Big Beat Contest
