On the Buses

Overview

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.

Roughly 37h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 74 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Series cast and crew

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  Reg VarneyStan Butler
  74 episodes

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  Bob GrantJack Harper
  74 episodes

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  Stephen LewisInspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake
  74 episodes

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  Anna KarenOlive Rudge
  74 episodes

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  Doris HareMum
  67 episodes

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  Michael RobbinsArthur Rudge
  61 episodes

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  Cicely CourtneidgeMum
  7 episodes

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  Michael Sheard
  6 episodes

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  Terry DugganIrate Passenger
  5 episodes

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  John Lyons
  4 episodes

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  Nosher PowellBert
  3 episodes

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  Kate WilliamsDoreen
  2 episodes

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  Ruth Kettlewell
  2 episodes

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  Gwendolyn WattsIris
  2 episodes

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  Sandra Bryant
  2 episodes

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  Larry Martyn
  2 episodes

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  Norman MitchellNobby
  2 episodes

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  Claire Davenport
  2 episodes

Network

ITV1, London Weekend Television

Seasons and episodes

• Series 11969 · 7 episodes
• Series 21969 · 6 episodes
• Series 31970 · 13 episodes
• Series 41970 · 13 episodes
• Series 51971 · 15 episodes
• Series 61972 · 7 episodes
• Series 71973 · 13 episodes