DECADE goes classic 70s and 80s TV THEME TUNES for Saturday Night…#3. HERE COME THE DOUBLE DECKERSThe Double Deckers were Billie, Brains, Sticks, Scooper, Spring, Doughnut and Tiger, and joined by street-sweeper Albert (Melvyn Hayes - who seemed to have a thing for double decker buses!)This 17-part British children's TV series broadcast from 1970 to 1971 revolved around a disused London Transport double-decker bus housed in a London junkyard that was HQ for the parent-free adventures of the 'Double Deckers'.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 shoot 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.Apart from established actor Melvyn Hayes, the children were a mix of unknowns and those that already established themselves as child actors.PETER FIRTH ('Scooper', the leader of the gang) would go on to be a successful movie and television career.BRINSLEY FORDE ('Spring') gave up acting soon after Double Deckers but went on to fame as the guitarist for British reggae band, ASWAD.DEBBIE RUSS ('Tiger', the youngest member of the gang, who has a stuffed animal tiger also called "Tiger".) went on to become a radio news presenter.DOUGLAS SIMMONDS ('Doughnut') became a physicist with the UK Department of Health. MELVYN HAYES went on to star in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. He turned 85 this year!For the further adventures of Michael Audreson (science geek 'Brains'), Gillian Bailey (tomboy 'Billie') and Bruce Clark (American drummer 'Sticks').... ...visit the 'Double Deckers' WHERE ARE THEY NOW page: www.thedoubledeckers.com/now.htm——————————————————————Thank you to everyone who has joined DECADE. As many of you know the page is just me, Paul. I write and research the articles, and edit the videos, often reinventing them entirely.It now takes almost an entire day of work to put together content for the page. If you could see fit to make a small donation then I would be eternally grateful.Thank you and best wishes, | Decade 77-87 - a grown up disco: new wave, punk, postpunk, goth & indie