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Comedy - Director: Stuart Allen - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare, Reg Varney more

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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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Set around a London bus depot,On the Busesstarred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor ... more
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
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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
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Set around a London bus depot,On the Busesstarred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor ... more
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
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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
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Review of On The Buses - Series 4 DVD by MI9to5

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 ... Read review

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On The Buses - Series 4 DVD

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): NETWORK; FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Release date: 15/05/2006

No of Discs: 2

Catalogue No: 7952435

Barcode: 5027626243548

Producer: Stuart Allen

Screenwriter: Ronald Wolfe, Ronald Chesney

DVD Description

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.

Languages

Main Language: English

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