🚌 On The Buses Series 3 Guide

🚌 SERIES 3 — 1970

📺 13 episodes | 2 January–27 March 1970

🎥 Producer: Stuart Allen

🎬 Director: Stuart Allen

✍️ Principal writers: Ronald Chesney & Ronald Wolfe

👥 Principal cast

Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Doris Hare and Michael Robbins.

1️⃣ First Aid

📅 2 January 1970

📖 Synopsis: Stan and Jack become involved with first-aid training. Their attempts to demonstrate their competence quickly descend into comic confusion.

2️⃣ The Cistern

📅 9 January 1970

📖 Synopsis: A problem involving the household cistern causes considerable inconvenience. Stan tries to deal with the situation while avoiding responsibility.

3️⃣ The Inspector's Niece

📅 16 January 1970

📖 Synopsis: Blakey's niece enters the picture and Stan and Jack become interested. Their attempts to impress her are complicated by the fact that she is related to their formidable inspector.

4️⃣ Brew It Yourself

📅 23 January 1970

📖 Synopsis: Stan and the others become involved with home brewing. What appears to be an economical way of enjoying a drink soon produces the predictable consequences.

5️⃣ Busmen's Perks

📅 30 January 1970

📖 Synopsis: Stan and Jack take advantage of some of the privileges associated with being busmen. Their enthusiasm eventually creates problems at the depot.

6️⃣ The Snake

📅 6 February 1970

📖 Synopsis: A snake causes panic and confusion. Stan and Jack's attempts to deal with it turn an apparently simple problem into another comic disaster.

7️⃣ Mum's Last Fling

📅 13 February 1970

📖 Synopsis: Mum decides that she should have some excitement in her life. Stan is less enthusiastic when her plans threaten to disrupt the family.

8️⃣ Radio Control

📅 20 February 1970

📖 Synopsis: New technology and radio control become the focus of the story. Stan and Jack discover that technological improvements do not necessarily make their lives easier.

9️⃣ Foggy Night

📅 27 February 1970

📖 Synopsis: Poor visibility causes problems for Stan and Jack while they are working. The fog creates opportunities for confusion on the road and at the depot.

🔟 The New Uniforms

📅 6 March 1970

📖 Synopsis: The bus company introduces new uniforms. Stan and the other busmen are not particularly impressed with the changes, leading to arguments and attempts to avoid the new regulations.

1️⃣1️⃣ Going Steady

📅 13 March 1970

📖 Synopsis: Romantic relationships become the subject of attention. Stan and Jack find that keeping their private lives separate from their work is easier said than done.

1️⃣2️⃣ The Squeeze

📅 20 March 1970

📖 Synopsis: Financial and personal pressures begin to squeeze the characters. Stan looks for ways to escape his problems but inevitably makes matters worse.

1️⃣3️⃣ On The Make

📅 27 March 1970

📖 Synopsis: Stan and Jack look for opportunities to improve their fortunes. Their schemes and attempts at making money create the kind of complications that Blakey is only too happy to exploit.