Roy Simpson

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.

A group of seven children have various comic misadventures whilst trying to help people, in this series of movies produced by the Children's Film Foundation, based on Hal Roach's "Our Gang" series of comedy shorts.

Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.

Toby tries on a dummy ape skin which is intended for the local jumble sale, and is mistaken for a real ape which has escaped from a travelling circus. Peewee manages to befriend the real ape by giving him a bunch of bananas.

Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the British will lose control of it. During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals' morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to "kidnap" a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.

The kids find a pianola, and try to bring it to junkyard owner Old Tom. But when it runs away, with Peewee trapped inside of it, nothing but chaos ensues.

The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem; getting the raft to the canal.

The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a river.

An errant cricket ball causes mayhem as the gang try to recover it.

The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. But Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with boss man Matt Busby.

When the Gang decide to be helpful, something is bound to go wrong. They borrow a ladder unknowingly from a decorator, who attempts to climb out of the window, not realising that his ladder has gone!

Whizz and Peewee would like to join the club, but first they must spend an hour in a haunted house.

The gang help in the collections for a youth club, by doing odd jobs around the neighborhood and getting into trouble at the same time.

It's hard to find a person whose life has not been touched by a nurse, yet how much do we know about these people we let into some of the most intimate, joyful and difficult moments of the human experience?