On The Buses - Series 1 (DVD)

ON THE BUSES ============ Written by created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney and originally broadcast from 1969 to 1973. On the buses ran for 74 episodes each being a half hour long and lasted for 7 series. They also made 3 movies, On the Buses, Mutiny on the Buses and Holiday on the Buses. INTRODUCTION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The bus station that Stan, Jack and Blakey worked at was The Luxton & District Bus Company and most of the episodes where ...
...or if Arthur found out, on purpose. In the end Stan spend most of his time desperately failing to get anywhere. In the first series Stans mum was played by Cicely Courtneidge who was a house hold name and a star in her own right but she left and that’s when Doris Hare took over the role and made it her own. The series pretty much carried on in the same vein until Arthur decided to leave and eventually Stan left. The series hobbled on for one ...

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Introduction On the Buses was televised from 1969 to 1973 - hard to believe that it's now as old as me! I can't say I can remember it when it was first shown, but remember seeing replays as a child and my mum's always telling me about cosy evenings in by the fire watching it. It is thoroughly politically incorrect, but whatever this says about the period, On the Buses was one of the most successful comedy series ever made and 74 episodes were made ...
...main actors as cartoon characters on the front. The actors/characters The sitcom revolves around Stan Butler, played by Reg Varney, and his family. Stan is a bus driver who struggles to make a living to support himself and his mother. In his late 30s/early 40s, he still lives at home and has never had a steady girlfriend. His life is thwarted at every turn by Inspector Blake, who keeps a close eye on Stan and his shenanigans. Stan's friend, Jack, ...

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On the Buses is a classic TV comedy that ran for seven series between the years of 1969 and 1973. This situational comedy revolved around the life of bus driver Stan Butler and the rest of his family, which include his overly doting mother, his sister Olive and her husband Arthur. Other important characters include Stan's best friend Jack, the conductor on his bus and Inspector Blake. The On the Buses series 1 DVD contains the first 7 episodes of ...
...this however I can only give this series 4/5 stars due to the fact that Cicely Courneidge's performance as mum simply isn't the best it could be and seeing as she is such an integral character this does put a bit of a dampers on the series as a whole. ...

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