Here Come the Double Deckers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 junk yard.

Each week saw the gang in a separate adventure including episodes based around a runaway homemade hovercraft, a chocolate factory and invading 'Martians' with guns that shot out chocolate candy, a disastrous camping holiday, collecting tin foil for a guide dog, becoming pop moguls with their protégé 'The Cool Cavalier' and a haunted stately home.

The programme made its debut on 12 September 1970 at 10:30 am ET in the US on ABC, and at 4:55 pm on 1 January 1971 in Britain on BBC 1.

Series details

• Title: Here Come the Double Deckers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 1970-09-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1971-01-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14727
• IMDb ID: tt0066669
• TVDB ID: 77049

Cast and credited roles

• Peter Firth — Scooper
• Brinsley Forde — Spring
• Gillian Bailey — Billie
• Michael Audreson — Brains
• Douglas Simmonds — Doughnut
• Bruce Clark — Sticks
• Debbie Russ — Tiger

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1970-09-12; final listed air date 1971-01-02; episode order: 17.

Source and licence

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