The Magnificent Six and 1/2 was a British comedy film series for the Children's Film Foundation. Based on Hal Roach's popular Our Gang series of shorts, "Six and 1/2" followed a group of seven children on their fun misadventures. Created by Harry Booth and Roy Simpson, the series ran in cinemas from 1968 to 1972, with three series and eighteen half-hour episodes in all. Following the first two series, Booth and Simpson decided to bring their children's series to television, eventually creating a very similar series called Here Come the Double Deckers!. The final "Six and 1/2" series was produced by a different company and featured an entirely new group of children in the cast. Series One (1968) The first series of The Magnificent Six and 1/2 starred Len Jones as the group's leader, Steve, Brinsley Forde as prankster Toby, Suzanne Togni as tomboy Liz, Ian Ellis as rather large Dumbo, Michael Audreson as the clever Whizz, Lionel Hawkes as the always hungry Stodger, and Kim Tallmadge as tag-a-long Peewee (the "1/2" in the serial's title). In the first episode, "Ghosts and Ghoulies", the rest of the gang meet Whizz and his little sister Peewee for the first time. Whizz and Peewee are allowed to join the gang if they spend the night in a haunted house. Produced by Century Films with Roy Simpson and directed by Harry Booth, the series debuted in February 1968. Episodes Ghosts and Ghoulies (The gang initiate new members Whizz and Peewee by having him spend the night in a haunted house.) When Knights Were Bold (The kids find a suit of armor, which Dumbo tries on, and quickly gets stuck in.) Billy the Kid (The gang are involved with a mischievous goat which turns out to be a missing regimental mascot.) Kontiki Kids (The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem: actually getting the raft to the canal) Bob-a-Job (The gang help in the collections for a youth club.) Peewee's Pianola (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.) Cast Len Jones as Steve Ian Ellis as Dumbo Brinsley Forde as Toby Suzanne Togni as Liz Lionel Hawkes as Stodger Kim Tallmadge as Peewee Michael Audreson as Whizz Series Two (1969) The second series was