🚌 On The Buses Series 1 Guide
⭐ The programme
- 🚌 Title: On the Buses
- Country: United Kingdom
- 📺 Network: ITV
- 🏢 Production company: London Weekend Television
- 📅 Original run: 1969–1973
- 📚 Series: 7
- 🎞️ Episodes: 74
- ✍️ Creators: Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
- 🎵 Theme: “Happy Harry”
- 🎼 Composer: Tony Russell
- 🎭 Genre: Sitcom
- ⭐ Principal stars: Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins and Cicely Courtneidge.
🚌 SERIES 1 — 1969
📺 7 episodes | 28 February–11 April 1969
Series 1 established the world of Stan Butler, his family, Jack Harper and Inspector Blakey. Stuart Allen produced and directed the series, and every episode was written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe.
👥 Regular cast
- 🚌 Reg Varney — Stan Butler
- 🎫 Bob Grant — Jack Harper
- 👮 Stephen Lewis — Inspector Cyril “Blakey” Blake
- 👩 Anna Karen — Olive Rudge
- 👵 Cicely Courtneidge — Mum/Mabel Butler
- 👨 Michael Robbins — Arthur Rudge
1️⃣ The Early Shift
📅 28 February 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Producer: Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Blakey changes Stan and Jack's working arrangements, putting them on the dreaded early shift. The inconvenient hours cause resentment, particularly because there are no proper canteen facilities. Stan becomes involved in an unofficial strike and the dispute attracts television attention, creating even more trouble at the depot.
2️⃣ The New Conductor
📅 7 March 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Stan discovers that Jack's position as his conductor may be under threat. The prospect of working with someone else causes rivalry and jealousy, while Blakey takes the opportunity to make life difficult for both men.
3️⃣ Olive Takes a Trip
📅 14 March 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Olive gets the opportunity to enjoy a trip away from home. Her plans provide Stan, Jack and the family with plenty of opportunities for interference, misunderstanding and comic complications.
4️⃣ Bus Drivers' Stomach
📅 21 March 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Stan's eating habits and the unhealthy lifestyle of the busmen become the centre of attention. Attempts to deal with the problem lead to the usual chaos at work and at home.
5️⃣ The New Inspector
📅 28 March 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Stan and Jack are alarmed when changes at the depot threaten their comfortable relationship with management. Blakey's position and authority become particularly important as the busmen discover that a new inspector could make their working lives even more difficult.
6️⃣ The Canteen
📅 4 April 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: Trouble at the depot canteen creates another battleground between the staff and management. Stan and Jack become involved in the dispute, while the canteen becomes the setting for another series of schemes and arguments.
7️⃣ The Darts Match
📅 11 April 1969
✍️ Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe
🎬 Stuart Allen
🎥 Stuart Allen
📖 Synopsis: A darts match becomes a matter of enormous importance to the busmen. Stan and Jack become determined to win, but their competitive spirit and Blakey's interference turn a simple sporting event into a comic battle.