The BEST episodes of On the Buses
Every episode of On the Buses ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of On the Buses!
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 Inspector's Niece
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1970
A new clippie hides a terrible secret - she's Blakey's niece!
#2 - Foggy Night
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1970
Freezing fog forces Stan to pull off the road, with Mum, Arthur, Olive and Blakey on board...
#4 - Brew It Yourself
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1970
Jack leads Stan astray when he convinces him to start home brewing beer.
#7 - The Darts Match
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/1969
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!
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#10 - The Kids' Outing
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/10/1971
Much to his disgust, this year it is Stan's turn to drive the bus for the children's annual outing.
#11 - The Cistern
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1970
Attempting to fix his noisy WC, Stan manages to put a spanner in the works...
#12 - The Strain
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1971
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...
#14 - On The Omnibuses
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/1973
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.
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#16 - Mum's Last Fling
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1970
When Mum uses kiss-proof lipstick and stays out untill 1.30am, everyone suspects the worst.
#18 - The Prize
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/2/1972
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.
#19 - The Football Match
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/1973
The bus crews are encouraged to form their own staff football team,to take on the Basildon Bashers. Jack and Stan are not enthusiastic but there is a five pound bonus on offer. The depot only has one star player,young Bob,and Stan injures him in training,so he asks Blakey if he can field a substitute - Olive. Blakey feels that women and football do not mix - until he sees the Basildon Bashers. They are an all-female team and they contrive by fair means and foul to give Stan's team a good pasting.
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#21 - The Perfect Clippie
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/1973
With money tight as ever in the Butler home Stan asks Blakey to employ Olive on the buses and eventually he relents. Olive's last excursion into being a conductress was a disaster but now she is completely in charge,super-efficient to the point of annoying, particularly as she has learnt the rule book off by heart and takes Stan to task for his rule-bending.It can't last..
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#23 - First Aid
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1970
Stan fibs his way past the First Aid test but how will he cope with a real emergency?
#24 - Family Flu
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/31/1969
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!
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