Here Come the Double Deckers addition, future "Double Deckers" cast members Brinsley Forde and Michael Audreson were among the stars of "Six and a Half", and Melvyn Hayes appeared in a few episodes. "Six and a Half" also featured several gags and plotlines that would later be reused in "Double Deckers". Here Come the Double Deckers Here Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970 to 1971, revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused junk yard. A co-production between British independent film company Century Films and the television
Brinsley Forde chart hit, "Give A Little Love". The band continued to feature in the top 20 on the British charts with the album "Distant Thunder", and the tracks "On and On", "Next to You" and "Shine". In September 2009, Forde appeared with Dizzee Rascal performing "We can't tek no more of that" from Dizzee's album "Tongue n' Cheek" on the BBC2 show "Later... with Jools Holland". Forde followed this up with a repeat performance as part of the BBC Electric Proms in October 2009. Forde was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year