On The Buses - Series 2 (DVD)

On the Buses ran from 1969 to 1973 for a total of seven series. It is a classic situational comedy that focuses on the work and home life of bus driver Stan Butler. The series follows Stan and the rest of his family including his overbearing Mum, his slightly stupid sister Olive and her husband Arthur as well as his best friend and fellow Bus depot worker Jack Harper. The On the Buses series 2 DVD contains all 6 fantastic episodes from series 2, ...
...2 sees Doris Hare take on the role intended and written for her, Mum. For me this is the most important thing as Doris Hare really fulfils the role in a way the Cicely Courtneidge, Mum in the first series, never could. She plays up the overbearing mother side of things and settles into the family with an ease that suggests she was there all along. After the first series together the rest of the cast are already well settled in their roles and so ...

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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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