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On The Buses. Stan Butler (Reg Varney). Copyright: London Weekend Television
On The Buses

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 7, Episode 1 - Olive's Divorce

Olive is in trouble - Arthur has left her for good and she has to face the divorce court. Afterwards she's almost inconsolable and doesn't feel like being alone, but Mum's off to Aunt Maud's and Stan has a date.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 25th February 1973
Time
8:30pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Reg Varney Stan Butler
Bob Grant Jack Harper
Stephen Lewis Inspector Blake
Anna Karen Olive
Doris Hare Mum
Guest cast
Sandra Bryant Sandra
Writing team
Ronald Chesney Writer
Ronald Wolfe Writer
Ronald Wolfe Script Editor
Ronald Chesney Script Editor
Production team
Bryan Izzard Director
Bryan Izzard Producer
Alan Hunter-Craig Production Designer
Rodney Cammish Production Designer

Press

There was something missing during "On the Buses" (LWT) besides the regretted absence of Michael Robbins, that is, who is written out of this series. I finally isolated it to the smell of ozone. This was not a bus, it was a boarding house. Precisely the kind of humour which traces its descent from postcards and piers.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 10th February 1973

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