On the Buses

Synopsis

On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.

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Streaming on

• ITV1↗
• London Weekend Television↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Reg Varney
  as Stan Butler
• 
  Bob Grant
  as Jack Harper
• 
  Stephen Lewis
  as Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake
• 
  Doris Hare
  as Mum
• 
  Anna Karen
  as Olive Rudge

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