Series · Comedy
On the Buses (1969)Season 5
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
- Writers
- Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe, Jonathan Lynn
- Network
- ITV1, London Weekend Television
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- February 28, 1969
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Reg VarneyStan Butler
Bob GrantJack Harper
Stephen LewisInspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake
Anna KarenOlive Rudge
Doris HareMum
Michael RobbinsArthur Rudge
Cicely CourtneidgeMum
Michael Sheard- Terry DugganIrate Passenger
John Lyons
Nosher PowellBert
Kate WilliamsDoreen
Ruth Kettlewell- Gwendolyn WattsIris
- Sandra Bryant
Larry Martyn
Norman MitchellNobby- Claire Davenport
- Michael SlaterTV Newsman
- Valerie NewboldJenny
Episodes
0/15 watched- Episode 1: The Nursery30 min · Sep 19, 1971
- Episode 2: Stan's Room30 min · Sep 26, 1971
- Episode 3: The Best Man30 min · Oct 3, 1971
- Episode 4: The Inspector's Pets30 min · Oct 10, 1971
- Episode 5: The Epidemic30 min · Oct 17, 1971
- Episode 6: The Busmen's Ball30 min · Oct 24, 1971
- Episode 7: Canteen Trouble30 min · Oct 31, 1971
- Episode 8: The New Nurse30 min · Nov 7, 1971
- Episode 9: Lost Property30 min · Nov 14, 1971
- Episode 10: Stan's Uniform30 min · Nov 21, 1971
- Episode 11: The Strain30 min · Nov 28, 1971
- Episode 12: The New Telly30 min · Dec 5, 1971
- Episode 13: Vacancy for Inspector30 min · Dec 12, 1971
- Episode 14: A Thin Time30 min · Dec 19, 1971
- Episode 15: Boxing Day Social30 min · Dec 26, 1971
