About this season
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.
Episodes (17)
1. Tiger Takes Off
Aired 12 September 1970 • 30 min
Tiger accidentally goes for a trip on a hovercraft Brains created.
2. The Case of the Missing Doughnut
Aired 19 September 1970 • 30 min
Doughnut eats an invisibility formula Brains invented.
3. Get a Movie On
Aired 26 September 1970 • 30 min
The gang make a film to enter a contest.
4. Star-Struck
Aired 3 October 1970 • 30 min
The gang are chased around Elstree Studios, as they look for a lost dog.
5. Happy Haunting
Aired 10 October 1970 • 30 min
Albert takes them to a stately home for a day out.
6. Summer Camp
Aired 17 October 1970 • 30 min
They camp in a field with a middle aged couple who get the worst of it.
7. The Pop Singer
Aired 24 October 1970 • 30 min
The group try to launch The Cool Cavalier's pop career with a disco.
8. Scooper Strikes Out
Aired 31 October 1970 • 30 min
Scooper is knocked out by the baseball and dreams he is with Alice in Wonderland.
9. The Go-Karters
Aired 7 November 1970 • 30 min
A biker sabotages the group's go-kart, so Spring ends up in court after a high speed police chase.
10. Robbie the Robot
Aired 14 November 1970 • 30 min
Brains invents a robot which is sent to rescue Tiger's tiger from a neighbors garden.
11. A Helping Hound
Aired 21 November 1970 • 30 min
The gang unsuccessfully try to help a woman decorate her house, but a lost dog comes to their aid.
12. Invaders from Space
Aired 28 November 1970 • 30 min
Men in spacesuits are advertising a new sweet called Planet 7, but the gang think it is an alien invasion.
13. Barney
Aired 5 December 1970 • 30 min
Barney is a one-man band who keeps getting moved on by the police.
14. Man's Best Friend
Aired 12 December 1970 • 30 min
The gang put on a show with aluminium foil as an entry fee to buy a guide dog for the blind.
15. United We Stand
Aired 19 December 1970 • 30 min
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.
16. Up to Scratch
Aired 26 December 1970 • 30 min
Billie has to look after a dog named Scratch which runs off after a man with a flea circus turns up.
17. A Hit for a Miss
Aired 2 January 1971 • 30 min
The boys fall for substitute teacher Miss Petit, which makes Billie jealous, and help her put on a show for an old folks home.