Comedy - Director: Stuart Allen - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare, Reg Varney more
The complete episodes from the fourth series that follows the antics of Stan the bus driver and Jack, his conductor as they try to avoid the miserable Inspector Blake.
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and driver of the No.11 bus who still lives with his Mum (Cicely Courtneidge), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis)This first series was broadcast in black and white in 1969. Much of the comedy derives from gender role reversal--Stan and Arthur forced to do the household chores when Olive and Mum fall ill ("Family Flu"); "The Canteen", in which the busmen decide to run the canteen themselves; or "The Darts Match", in which Stan and Jack are bested at darts by--imagine--a pair of dollybird clippies.Despite its immense popularity,On the Buseshasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex, making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence.On the DVD:On the Buseshas no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment.--David Stubbs
and driver of the No 11 bus who still lives with his mum (Cicely Courtneidge in the first series, Doris Hare in the second), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis)The first series was broadcast in black and white in 1969, and the show eventually ran until 1973. Eventually,On the Buseswould be both celebrated and reviled for its leery, pre-feminist sauciness, and for the exasperated gurning of Lewis' little Hitler-esque inspector. The first series in particular, however, is more keen to develop the theme of Stan as Mummy's boy, with Lewis only a secondary character. Much of the comedy derives from gender role reversal--Stan and Arthur forced to do the household chores when Olive and Mum fall ill ("Family Flu"); "The Canteen", in which the busmen decide to run the canteen themselves; or "The Darts Match", in which Stan and Jack are bested at darts by--imagine--a pair of dollybird clippies.Despite its immense popularity,On the Buseshasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex--even a bared male nipple--making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence.On the DVD:On the Buseshas no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment. --David Stubbs
Production Year: 1967 - Comedy - Director: Eric Sykes - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Eric Sykes, Frankie Howerd, Joanna Lumley, Tommy Cooper, Reg Varney, Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Andrew Sachs
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Comedy - Director: Harry Booth, Bryan Izzard - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Wilfrid Brambell, Kate Williams
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Comedy - Director: Stuart Allen - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Reg Varney
Advantages: Fantastic episode scripting Disadvantages: Some episodes in black and white
On the Buses is a classic situational comedy that ran for seven series between the years of 1969 and 1973. Despite its age it simply has to be my favourite ever comedy and is something I can watch over and over again.
On the Buses follows the day-to-day antics of lecherous lay-about Stan Butler, a bus driver at the local depot, and his equally lazy and lecherous best friend and conductor Jack Harper. Together the pair will do near enough anything ... ...Series 4 of on the Buses contains 13 fantastic episodes and follows the same pattern as the previous two series' with each 25 minute episode telling a different story. Obviously therefore the episodes can be viewed at stand alones but more enjoyment is definitely to be had if they are viewed in chronological order. Unfortunately industrial action at the time of filming this series means that 7 of the 13 episodes only exist in black and white. This ...
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The complete episodes from the fourth series that follows the antics of Stan the bus driver and Jack, his conductor as they try to avoid the miserable Inspector Blake.
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