
On The Buses
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1969 - 1973
- 74 episodes (7 series)
Comedy following workshy bus driver Stan and his family; his conductor, Jack; and their depot boss, Inspector Blake. Stars Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Cicely Courtneidge and more.
- Series 5, Episode 2 repeated Sunday at 2:05am on ITV3
Streaming rank this week: 739
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Series 7, Episode 1 - Olive's Divorce
Olive is in trouble - Arthur has left her for good and she has to face the divorce court. Afterwards she's almost inconsolable and doesn't feel like being alone, but Mum's off to Aunt Maud's and Stan has a date.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 25th February 1973
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Reg Varney | Stan Butler |
Bob Grant | Jack Harper |
Stephen Lewis | Inspector Blake |
Anna Karen | Olive |
Doris Hare | Mum |
Sandra Bryant | Sandra |
Ronald Chesney | Writer |
Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
Ronald Wolfe | Script Editor |
Ronald Chesney | Script Editor |
Bryan Izzard | Director |
Bryan Izzard | Producer |
Alan Hunter-Craig | Production Designer |
Rodney Cammish | Production Designer |
Press
There was something missing during "On the Buses" (LWT) besides the regretted absence of Michael Robbins, that is, who is written out of this series. I finally isolated it to the smell of ozone. This was not a bus, it was a boarding house. Precisely the kind of humour which traces its descent from postcards and piers.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 10th February 1973