🚌 On The Buses Series 6 Guide

🚌 SERIES 6 — 1972

📺 7 episodes | 20 February–2 April 1972

🎥 Producer: Derrick Goodwin / Bryan Izzard

🎬 Directors: Derrick Goodwin / Bryan Izzard

✍️ Writers: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, George Layton and Jonathan Lynn.

The later production team expanded beyond the original Chesney/Wolfe writing partnership.

1️⃣ No Smoke Without Fire

📅 20 February 1972

📖 Synopsis: Rumours begin circulating at the depot. Stan and Jack become worried that something is happening behind their backs, while Blakey is only too pleased to investigate.

2️⃣ Love Is What You Make It

📅 27 February 1972

📖 Synopsis: Love and romance become the focus of attention. Stan and Jack try to improve their romantic prospects while dealing with the complications caused by their family and work.

3️⃣ Private Hire

📅 5 March 1972

📖 Synopsis: Stan becomes involved with private-hire work. The prospect of making extra money seems attractive, but it creates difficulties with his normal bus duties.

4️⃣ Stan's Worst Day

📅 12 March 1972

📖 Synopsis: Everything seems to go wrong for Stan. Problems at home, at work and with Blakey combine to give him a particularly miserable day.

5️⃣ Union Trouble

📅 19 March 1972

📖 Synopsis: Industrial relations become the centre of attention. The busmen find themselves caught up in a dispute involving the union and management.

6️⃣ Bye Bye Blakey

📅 26 March 1972

📖 Synopsis: Stan and Jack mistakenly believe that Blakey may be dying after he undergoes a medical examination at the depot. Their reaction to the supposed departure of their enemy reveals just how complicated their relationship has become.

7️⃣ The Prize

📅 2 April 1972

📖 Synopsis: Mum wins second prize in a raffle — a holiday for two in Spain. Suddenly the family becomes extremely affectionate towards her as everyone tries to influence who gets to accompany her.

The synopsis of “Bye Bye Blakey” and “The Prize” is independently listed in the episode database.

🎄 1972 special — All Star Comedy Carnival

📅 25 December 1972

This was a special rather than a regular Series 6 episode, which explains why it is sometimes listed separately from the 74-episode total.