The BEST Episodes of On the Buses
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2019
Network: ITV
Running from 1969 to 1973, with three spin-off movies, 'On the Buses' was made by London Weekend Television. Stan Butler lives at home with his overbearing mother, his frumpy sister Olive and his lazy brother in law Arthur. Stan works as a bus driver for the Luxton & District Bus Company, with his conductor Jack. The bane of their lives Inspector 'Blakey' Blake who often checks up on them and threatens them with the sack for lateness and untidiness.
#1 - The Used Combination
Season 2 - Episode 2
Arthur's motorcycle and side car are in desperate need of repairs. Stan says that he can get the spare parts from the bus depot, if he can sneak them out past anyone in particular who might be watching.
8.91 
#2 - Cover Up
Season 4 - Episode 9
Stan offers to re-cover Mum's upholstery but he can only get hold of the material used for bus seats.
8.71 
#3 - The Darts Match
Season 1 - Episode 7
Stan and Jack are challenged to a darts match by two clippies, Iris and Jenny. Stan feels he's a bit out of practice and so spends all his spare time practicing his darts playing. When he drops one of his darts in Olive's stew, he has to use a new set which he is not used to. His darts playing has the added problem of Iris' flirting during the match!
8.67 
#4 - Christmas Duty
Season 4 - Episode 5
Stan and Jack are lumbered with Christmas Day duty in the Depot.
8.50 
#5 - Lost Property
Season 5 - Episode 9
Stan and Jack find some fish and chips on their bus and, to cut a long story short, eat them. Then a woman comes into the depot to report the loss to Blakey...
8.50 
#6 - The Cistern
Season 3 - Episode 2
Attempting to fix his noisy WC, Stan manages to put a spanner in the works...
8.45 
#7 - The Strain
Season 5 - Episode 11
Stan tries to prove his strength by picking up his girlfriend with one hand. In doing so, he strains his back and has to wear a surgical corset...
8.38 
#8 - Foggy Night
Season 3 - Episode 9
Freezing fog forces Stan to pull off the road, with Mum, Arthur, Olive and Blakey on board...
8.36 
#9 - The Anniversary
Season 4 - Episode 8
Stan and his family are celebrating Olive and Arthur's 10th wedding Anniversary.
8.33 
#10 - The Best Man
Season 5 - Episode 3
The Inspector's niece is getting married. Much to Blakey's alarm, Stan is to be Best Man...
8.33 
#11 - The Allowance
Season 7 - Episode 11
There's a new clippie at the depot, the militant Jessie. Outraged that the female clippies have to pay to use the public conveniences, while the male staff don't, she lobbies the management for an allowance to cover the cost.
8.33 
#12 - Family Flu
Season 2 - Episode 1
Mum and Olive are in bed with the flu and it is not long before Arthur joins then. Stan is rushed off his feet looking after them and doing his shifts at the depot. To recover, the family go to stay with Aunt Maud. Stan and Jack plan a party in their absence, if Stan can stay fit!
8.30 
#13 - Brew It Yourself
Season 3 - Episode 4
Jack leads Stan astray when he convinces him to start home brewing beer.
8.30 
#14 - Busmen's Perks
Season 3 - Episode 5
Olive wants to redecorate her bedroom but the only paint to hand is Bus Green...
8.30 
#15 - The Kids' Outing
Season 4 - Episode 7
Much to his disgust, this year it is Stan's turn to drive the bus for the children's annual outing.
8.29 
#16 - The Prize
Season 6 - Episode 7
When the raffle ticket that Stan buys for Mum wins second prize of a holiday for two in Spain, the family are extra nice to her, in an effort to be the one picked to go on holiday with her.
8.29 
#17 - Aunt Maud
Season 2 - Episode 4
Aunt Maud comes to stay and upsets the family home life. The little dog of Aunt Maud's has now grown into a huge animal and also upsets Stan's peaceful home
8.27 
#18 - First Aid
Season 3 - Episode 1
Stan fibs his way past the First Aid test but how will he cope with a real emergency?
8.27 
#19 - The Inspector's Niece
Season 3 - Episode 3
A new clippie hides a terrible secret - she's Blakey's niece!
8.25 
#20 - The Injury
Season 4 - Episode 12
When Stan injures his foot, Jack is ready with plenty of good advice.
8.25 
#21 - Private Hire
Season 6 - Episode 3
After a bit of unlucky gambling, Stan borrows some money off Basher, but when Basher wants it back Stan hasn't got it so Jack suggests that they borrow a bus to take the old folks out on a trip, as paying customers.
8.25 
#22 - Union Trouble
Season 6 - Episode 5
When the management sacks Elsie the canteen lady, Stan stages a one man hunger strike.
8.25 
#23 - On The Omnibuses
Season 7 - Episode 6
t's a hundred years since the Luxton Bus Company came into being and fifty years since they got their first motor bus. To celebrate the good old days Blakey organizes an exhibition and,after showing Mum and Olive around some of the museum pieces, Stan falls asleep at the wheel of a bus from the turn of the century,imagining his present-day family and colleagues in previous incarnations. Olive is a militant suffragette,Mum a washerwoman and Blakey is still Blakey,except his nickname is the Kaiser.
8.25 
#24 - Mum's Last Fling
Season 3 - Episode 7
When Mum uses kiss-proof lipstick and stays out untill 1.30am, everyone suspects the worst.
8.20 
#25 - Friends In High Places
Season 7 - Episode 12
When Mrs. Butler goes for a job at the depot's canteen, she is interviewed by an old boyfriend, Mr. Simpson who is one of the managers. After she gets the job, Jack and Olive try to use Mum's influence with Mr. Simpson to try and get one over on Blakey.
8.20