On the Buses
On the Buses (1969-1973)
Seasons: 7,
episodes: 74
Episode runtime: 30 min
Average rating:
7/10
2 932
Status
Ended
Country
Network
ITV1, London Weekend Television
Production
Genre
Actors
Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Cicely Courtneidge, Kate Williams, Gwendolyn Watts, Yutte Stensgaard
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Stuart Allen
Operator
Composer
Editing
Short description
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.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1969-02-28 | 6.8 | |
| 6 | 1969-05-31 | 7.7 | |
| 13 | 1970-01-02 | — | |
| 13 | 1970-11-27 | — | |
| 15 | 1971-09-19 | — | |
| 7 | 1972-02-20 | — | |
| 13 | 1973-02-02 | 7 |
What's left behind the scenes
- Although he was expected to play a character between 30 and 40 years old, Reg Varney (1916-2008) was 52 at the start of filming. To look younger than he actually was, the actor had to undergo heavy makeup.
- Bob Grant, who played the bus conductor, had actually worked as a bus conductor at one time to pay for his studies.
- In 1990, there were plans to revive the series under the title 'Back on the Buses'.
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