
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1969 - 1973
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 74 (7 series), plus 1 short special
- Starring
- Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Cicely Courtneidge, Doris Hare and Michael Robbins
- Writers
- Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, George Layton and Jonathan Lynn
- Directors
- Stuart Allen, Derrick Goodwin and Bryan Izzard
- Producers
- Stuart Allen, Derrick Goodwin and Bryan Izzard
Life on the buses is a relatively care-free one for workmates Stan Butler (driver) and Jack Harper (conductor) - much to the chagrin of their pencil-moustachioed boss at the Luxton & District Traction Company, Inspector Cyril Blake (affectionately known as 'Hitler'), who spends half of his time trying to get them out of the depot on time and the other half trying to get them fired.
When failing to get their bus to the cemetery gates and back anything remotely like on time, Stan and Jack can be found stuffing their faces with cheap nosh in the depot canteen; chasing the female clippies and any other dolly birds they happen to spot on their route; stuffing their faces with more nosh at Stan's house; or trying to avoid his quarrelsome family.
Living with his mum, Mabel; younger sister Olive; and her ever-irritated husband Arthur, Stan's not got too bad a life on the whole, although his own consistent trail of pratfalls, plus Mum's slightly old-fashioned nature, always seem to get in the way of his getting a girlfriend, and his own loveable laziness stops him earning more money and being able to move out! But Mum's cooking is a real bonus - as long as she doesn't leave it to Olive to take over kitchen duties!
- Part of
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 28th February 1969 on ITV at 7:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Sunday 20th May 1973 on ITV at 8:30pm
- Last repeat
- Thursday 2nd January 2020 at 2:30am on ITV3
Website links
- Television Heaven Article
Television Heaven has an article about On The Buses. - IMDb
- Wikipedia

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