On The Buses - Happy 40th Anniversary Page 4

No sorry Aaron I don't I'm afraid.Other photos from the same photo shoot but all of them are the same size.

Boooo!

Oh well. Interesting to see her do that kind of thing, even if no detail is visible!

Seen as you seem to be a Buses expert Craig, do you know any information about the two short extracts of 'On the Buses' as part of ITV's Christmas Comedy Carnival which featured on Christmas day 1969 and 1972. Do you have any info about them or copies?

Quote: Jack Massey @ May 31 2009, 2:24 PM BST

Seen as you seem to be a Buses expert Craig, do you know any information about the two short extracts of 'On the Buses' as part of ITV's Christmas Comedy Carnival which featured on Christmas day 1969 and 1972. Do you have any info about them or copies?

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Well I can tell you that no master copies exist as ITV wiped those tapes though I know that other copies exist of one of those Christmas specials which Reg Varney wasn't in. Basically, it was a sketch of a live chicken (someone's intended Christmas dinner) gets loose on one of the buses and Blakey runs into trouble trying to track it down.

Thanks for the info Craig.

Well I can now reveal what the front cover of my first book will look like:-

http://www.apexpublishing.co.uk/pubdetails.asp?Num=206

Feel free to leave your opinions on it.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Does look really good Craig, really looking forward to reading it.

I'd just like to add that the book is now available to pre-order at the following retailers:-

Waterstones
Amazon.co.uk
W H Smith

If anyone is interested I will be appearing on Leith FM on Monday morning for an interview regarding my up and coming book On The Buses: The Complete Story.Interview due to start around 11am.

Yes, I will try and get my computer to play the station and if I can, I will listen.

Quote: Jack Massey @ July 3 2009, 1:40 PM BST

Yes, I will try and get my computer to play the station and if I can, I will listen.

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If you missed it Jack here is a link to my interview on Leith FM:-

http://www.apexpublishing.co.uk/pubDetailsP2.asp?Num=206&List=6

Will listen now Craig, will make a nice before I go to bed.

Just listened to both interviews Craig. Very nice interviews, I didn't know for example Doris Hare was always going to be in it and Cicely Courtneidge only knew she'd be in it for a series and also didn't know that Reg's daughter was in the first film. But it seems a brilliant project, I certainly will be purchasing a copy. Great stuff and glad somebody has at last wrote a book on the brilliant sitcom. Well done for getting it together and the very best of luck for the book.

Cheers Jack and who knows it may not be the last book either.