Itv sitcom about a bus driver, his colleagues and family. Stan butler reg varney was born on july 11, 1916 in canning town, london, england as reginald alfred varney. The show ended up being exported to 38 countries around the world and is still being given reruns on tv to this day. It was the first episode of on the buses to air in the 1970s, the first colour episode and the first episode where blakey says, i hate you butler.
On the buses was one of the earliest british sitcoms to centre on workingclass peoples lives. The sound and picture quality are excellent considering the age of the material. Go to love on the buses they just dont make them like this any more i can watch these all day long and still laugh got to love good old blakey on the buses is like only fools and horses you just wanna keep laughing and watching highly recommend to all. On the buses, industrial action strike digital spy. The second season of busy buses aired in 2005 episodes edit. All the family gather at blakeys bedside not so much to wish him to get well as to watch the colour set. Londons buses are set to get a colourful makeover, as the mayor of london and transport for london have announced the trial of a new colourcoded bus network.
It is a well known fact that on the buses was filmed at london wood green, depot of the eastern national omnibus company. Stan makes a down payment on a new colour television set but,since. All three films were produced by hammer film productions who switched to making film spinoffs from popular television shows following the decline of hammer horrors. The buses are green though, in the black and white episodes, its hard to tell. Holiday on the buses saw the action switch to a holiday camp and the various antics and disasters that happened here as stan, jack and blackley all take up jobs on the camp site. Green colour episodes of the tv series and holiday on the buses only. Stay in touch with on the buses next episode air date and your favorite tv shows.
To get colour television in the uk in 1971 when this was made, you had. Here you fint both the broadcast episodes as the next episodes. The seven seasons consisting of 74 episodes were some of the most successful of the early 1970s and reflect the tastes and opinions of the time. Red, blue and white the colours and shape of the union jack, only seen on a private hire. The new tubestyle design approach aims to make the uk capitals buses as simple to use as the london underground, says the mayors office. Sammys new friend sammy is out on the school run when he meets another bus who looks just like him, except in a different colour and they soon make friends the football match there is a football match between the chumley buses and the nettlefidget rovers buses. Peppa pig official channel peppa pig best festival special.
Towards the end of the series, arthur has left olive they have no children, they get divorced and stan takes a job in the midlands. Of course, fans know that it was based around the bus depot where both stanreg varneyand jackbob grantworked but there was more to it than just driving buses. Most episodes centred on stan and jacks battles with the dimwitted blakey, who would usually retort i ate you butler, andor the lads attempt to woo the. Tfl trials new simple, colourcoded bus system design week. A wide variety of bus colour options are available to you, there are 1,241 suppliers. You have clicked a page that seems to be very popular. The fourth season of the show was hit by the itv colour strike which ran from late 1970 to early 1971, consequently seven episodes of the season were made in. Why the school bus never comes in red or green the new. We have created a world of peppa with episodes and compilations to keep even the most dedicated peppa fans happy. The viewer can empathize with stan and arthurs suffering. Olive and arthur are unhappily married, which is often joked about. He was an actor and writer, known for on the buses 1969, on the buses 1971 and holiday on the buses 1973. On the buses was an extremely popular television situation comedy, written by ronald wolfe and ronald chesney, which began in 1969. On the buses the final two episodes from the archive.
It spawned three spinoff feature films and a stage version. The material on this website is intended for personal. Mrs browns boys seems to have been influenced by on the buses. Nbc, 19591963 two black and white seasons, two color seasons, namesake of the nbc laramie peacock signifying a color program when the peacock first appeared preceding an episode of this show on january 2. This is the american release and is region 1 coded so you will need to make sure that you have a dvd machine that plays american dvds. On an exceptionally foggy night stan refuses to carry on with the journey unless. Stan butler lives at home with his overbearing mother, his frumpy sister olive and his lazy brother in law arthur.
So basically, in may i always watch the last episodes of programs. Stan and jack have nowhere to take their girls except the back seats of the bus. Here you will find all the episodes of the serieson the buses. Special of on the buses, shown as part of the allstar comedy carnival 25 dec 1969 thu 6pm. Watch on the buses online full episodes of season 7 to 1. Sammy is out on the school run when he meets another bus who looks just like him, except in a different colour and they soon make friends. The cast gelled on screen from the first episode, with everyone. This is a clip from episode 14 of season 5 on the buses is a british comedy that ran from 1969 to 1972.
Watch on the buses episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. There were also 3 spin of feature films from the series. Stan and the family decide to buy a colour television. Color in this picture of a bus and others with our library of online coloring pages. Black black and white episodes of the tv series only. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series on the buses. Itvs on the buses became something of a cult comedy when it was first aired and its popularity can be judged by the fact that it ran for seven series and 74 episodes. Reproduction of coloring pages or other material on this web site, in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without prior written consent of coloring2 print website. The following is a list of episodes for on the buses, an english sitcom that aired on itv from 28 february 1969 to 20 may 1973. This may be due to the colour technicians strike over the 1970 71 period. On the buses can be compared to the movie franchise carry on in depicting working class life, with women often the object of physical attraction and not given the opportunity to be anything more.
Whilst blakey is watching the set in his office there is an explosion,injuring him. His conductor was jack harper played by bob grant and the flyintheointment of his life was inspector blake played by stephen lewis. Stan is sure the set has blown up and so he spends the rest of his christmas money on a colour set for blakey. Choose per series where you want be kept informed of. Alibaba manufacturer directory suppliers, manufacturers. To clear the coloring page to start over, click and hold down on the eraser icon. This footage of 1927 london was filmed by claude friesegreene, a pioneer of the moving picture, using a process of shooting in colour that was developed by his equally groundbreaking father william. On the buses is one of my all time favourite television comedy series. This week was the final 2 episodes of on the buses. Welcome to the official peppa pig channel and the home of peppa on youtube. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. A total of 74 episodes of on the buses were broadcast over seven series. On the buses the l bus full episode s4 e06 by myblizniaki. In 1990 there were plans to revive the series as back on the buses, and the original cast appeared on wogan to promote the new series.
Sammy badly wants to play in the annual chumley football match. Inspector blakey moved into the butler household as a lodger, so he was promoted from a bitplayer to the shows primary character. Yellow never seen, only mentioned to be the other colour alongside green in busmens perks. On the buses is a british television sitcom that was broadcast on itv from 1969 to 1973. The bane of their lives inspector blakey blake who often checks up on them and. Stan makes a down payment on a new colour television set but, since. The buses in the films are mostly red ones, with one green one not including the windsor safari park tour bus in mutiny on the buses. I really enjoy this show, but the later colour episodes are a lot better, probably because they are more familiar to a modern audience being colour. The fourth series was affected by the itv colour strike, with seven of thirteen episodes being made in black and white. Jackthelad bus driver and conductor stan and jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and inspector blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery. On the buses series 4 episode guide british comedy guide. The allbritish friesegreene natural colour process, as used exclusively by friesegreenes company spectrum films, was hoped to be the next big leap in. On the buses s4 ep8 the anniversary by roger emory. From this depot, every day, the 251 service to southend would operate, via the town of rayleigh and right past my door.
Running from 1969 to 1973, with three spinoff movies, on the buses was made by london weekend television. More outrageous behaviour from those ladies and gentleman that work on the buses. The big game rivals on the yorkshire buses reel truth. Stan and his family decide to invest in a new colour television but they have problems when they try to get rid. Series 5 thru 7 show little improvement in the visual quality. With reg varney, doris hare, michael robbins, anna karen. The buses in the films are red not counting the windsor safari park tour bus in mutiny on the buses. Its setting was the luxton and district traction company, where stan butler played by reg varney worked as a bus driver. Perhaps you are wondering why i would want to watch the final 2 episodes. Recurring characters include stans mum, sister olive and brotherinlaw arthur. To print out a black and white coloring sheet, use the eraser to remove all the colors in the picture, and click the printer icon. Network distributing ltd film tv home entertainment on the buses. The standard color of americas school buses is known as national school bus yellow. The series was to reflect the lives of the working classes of the time and this was part of the formula for its success.
Bus coloring pages coloring pages printable coloring. It was created by ronald chesney and ronald wolfe, who wrote most of the episodes. Shows that switched to color in their original run. Being a life long fan of television, not just as programs but how the industry works, i am conditioned to think all seasonseries finales happen in may. Despite the writers previous successes with the rag trade and meet the wife with the bbc, the corporation rejected on the buses, not seeing much comedy potential. Varney did feature in the third on the buses movie later on in 1973, holiday on the buses 1973. Sammys new friend is the first episode of thesecond season. His absence was explained by stan moving to the midlands, to work in a bus manufacturing factory. It was colour and had arthur and had doris hare plays mum.
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