On the Buses: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Stan Butler works as a bus driver for the Luxton & District Bus Company. He lives at home with his overbearing mother, his frumpy sister Olive and his lazy brother in law Arthur. Stan's route is the number 11 to the Cemetary Gates which he works with his conductor Jack. Stan and Jack have an eye for the ladies and are often found chatting up either the female bus conductors or the canteen staff. The bane of Stan's life is Inspector 'Blakey' Blake who is often checking up of them and threatening them with the sack for lateness and untidyness.

Series details

• Title: On the Buses
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1969-02-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1973-05-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 5972
• IMDb ID: tt0063936
• TVDB ID: 77019

Cast and credited roles

• Anna Karen — Olive
• Bob Grant — Jack
• Stephen Lewis — Inspector
• Doris Hare — Mum
• Cicely Courtneidge — Mum
• Reg Varney — Stan
• Michael Robbins — Arthur

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1969-02-28; final listed air date 1969-04-11; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1969-05-31; final listed air date 1969-07-05; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 1970-01-02; final listed air date 1970-03-27; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1970-11-27; final listed air date 1971-02-21; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 1971-09-19; final listed air date 1971-12-26; episode order: 15.
• Season 6: premiered 1972-02-20; final listed air date 1972-04-02; episode order: 7.
• Season 7: premiered 1973-02-02; final listed air date 1973-05-20; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from On the Buses on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.