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‘Busman’s holiday!’

TV series ‘On the buses’ (1971)

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Voting ended onAug 25, 2025

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Pinocchio (03-03-1940)

by MerrillDe Maris (W.); Hank Porter (P.) and Bob Grant (I.)

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"Why don't you become a clippy?" Clippy was a slang term for a bus conductor and came from the ticket clipping machine they carried.

On The Buses was a London Weekend Television sitcom, created by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, that aired from 28 February 1969 to 20 May 1973 in the UK. Pictured are:

Reg Varney (1916-2008) as Stan Butler. Reg had also starred in The Rag Trade, broadcast 1961-1963, which had also been created by Chesney and Wolfe.

Stephen Lewis (1926-2015) as Inspector Cyril Blake or "Blakey". He came up with the show's catchphrase "I 'ate you Butler" himself and, when touring as an actor, was known to visit local bus depots in character as Blakey and shout at staff.

Bob Grant (14 April 1932 - 8 November 2003) as Jack Harper.

Anna Karen (1936-2022) as Olive Rudge (Stan's sister).

The other main cast were Michael Robbins as Arthur Rudge and Cicely Courtneidge and Doris Hare who both played Stan's mum, Mabel.

Three movies were made - On The Buses, Mutiny on the Buses and Holiday on the Buses.

For the true anoraks out there the bus shown above is a Bristol Lodekka (the name coming from it having a lower overall height than the standard double-decker bus).

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Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) dir. Joan Littlewood

Starring- Barbara Windsor, James Booth, George Sewell, Stephen Lewis, Roy Kinnear, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce, Avis, Bunnage, Barbara Ferris, Murray Melvin, Bob Grant, Victor Spinetti, Harry H Corbett, Authur Millard, Queenie Watts, Glyn Edwards, John Junkin

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On the Buses  -  ITV  -  February 28, 1969 - May 6, 1973

Sitcom (74 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Reg Varney as Stanley "Stan" Butler

Cicely Courtneidge (series 1) and Doris Hare (series 2–7)

Anna Karen as Olive Rudge

Michael Robbins as Arthur Rudge.

Bob Grant as Jack Harper

Stephen Lewis as Cyril "Blakey" Blake

Recurring characters

Michael Sheard as the General Manager of the bus depot

Madeleine Mills and Sandra Miller as the Inspector's niece

Sandra Bryant as Sandra, a clippie at the bus depot

Terry Duggan and Norman Mitchell as Nobby

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Reg Bareny recalls the classic skid pan scene from on the buses

Reg Bareny recalls the classic skid pan scene from on the buses

In our latest set of clips from our new documentary ON THE BUSES AT THE MOVIES, Reg Varney looks back on the classic skid pan scene from the 1971 comedy film On the Buses. (more…)

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Vintage Comic - Dell Four Color #0442

Pencils: Bob Grant Inks: Bob Grant Dell (Dec1952)