On The Buses
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1969 - 1973
- 74 episodes (7 series)
Comedy following workshy bus driver Stan and his family; his conductor, Jack; and their depot boss, Inspector Blake. Stars Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen, Cicely Courtneidge and more.
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Series 2, Episode 4 - Aunt Maud
Dogs are only allowed to travel on the top deck of a bus, but when they are as big as Aunt Maud's 'pet', it is best that they should not travel at all...
Further details
When Aunt Maud comes to visit the Butlers, the family are in for an uncomfortable time! She brings with her a large pet dog and asks Arthur and Olive embarrassing questions about their lack of a family - Stan, meanwhile, receives a grilling over his lack of a wife!
The trouble doesn't end there for Stan as he is forced to sleep downstairs in an armchair and then has the task of trying to smuggle his aunt and her dog back to the train station aboard his bus.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 21st June 1969
- Time
- 7pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Reg Varney | Stan Butler |
| Bob Grant | Jack Harper |
| Stephen Lewis | Inspector Blake |
| Anna Karen | Olive |
| Doris Hare | Mum |
| Michael Robbins | Arthur Rudge |
| Betty Hare | Aunt Maud |
| Ronald Chesney | Writer |
| Ronald Wolfe | Writer |
| Stuart Allen | Director |
| Stuart Allen | Producer |
| Andrew Gardner | Production Designer |