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    Here Come The Double Deckers

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    1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 1 (UK)
    17 x 14 minute episodes

    The Double Deckers were Billie, Brains, Sticks, Scooper, Spring, Doughnut and Tiger. They were joined by their street-sweeper friend Albert, played by Melvyn Hayes from Summer Holiday (1962) – his second time on a London bus.

    Using a disused London Transport double-decker bus housed in a London junkyard as their HQ, the kids found themselves involved in a constant stream of zany parent-free escapades.

    doubledeckers5

    In the opening episode (‘Tiger Takes Off’), building a hovercraft causes problems for the gang when Tiger inadvertently takes it for a spin through town.

    In other episodes; Doughnut becomes invisible, the kids make a movie, they visit a haunted house, travel the countryside in a covered wagon, create a robot and perform in front of the Queen.

    The series was initially rejected by ITV, only to be snapped up by the American ABC network and then screened in Britain by the BBC.

    Of the show’s young stars, only Peter Firth went on to a successful movie and television career (Hunt For Red October, Spooks) although Michael Audreson played Winston Churchill (aged 13) in Young Winston.

    Brinsley Forde gave up acting soon after Double Deckers but went on to fame as the guitarist for British reggae band, Aswad.

    Douglas Simmonds (the ever-so-slightly plump Doughnut) became a physicist with the UK Department of Health. Melvyn Hayes went on to star in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.

    Get on board! Get on board!
    Come and join the Double Deckers
    Take a ticket for a journey
    On our double-decker London bus

    Ring the bell (ding! ding!)
    Toot the horn (honk! honk!)
    When you ride with the Double Deckers
    Fun and laughter is what we’re after
    On our double double double-decker bus 

    You’ve been on board! You’ve been on board!
    You’ve been onboard with the Double Deckers
    Tell your friends that you’ve been riding
    On our double double double-decker bus

    La la la! La la la!
    La la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la
    On our double-decker London bus
    . . . see you next weeeeeek!

    Scooper
    Peter Firth
    Billie

    Gillian Bailey
    Brains

    Michael Audreson
    Doughnut

    Douglas Simmonds
    Spring

    Brinsley Forde
    Sticks

    Bruce Clark
    Tiger

    Debbie Russ
    Albert

    Melvyn Hayes
    Policeman

    Derek Guyler

    Episodes

    Tiger Takes Off | The Case of the Missing Doughnut | Get a Movie On | Star-Struck | Happy Haunting | Summer Camp | The Pop Singer | Scooper Strikes Out | Robbie the Robot | The Go-Karters | A Helping Hound | Invaders From Space | Barney | Man’s Best Friend | United We Stand | Up To Scratch | A Hit for a Miss

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