On the Buses
About On the Buses
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting.
ITV1's On the Buses is a comedy series. The series is filed under working class, mother, sister, and brother-in-law.
Its 7 seasons and 74 episodes aired between February 1969 and May 1973. Seasons run to about 11 episodes.
Reg Varney appears as Stan Butler, Bob Grant as Jack Harper, Stephen Lewis as Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake, and Doris Hare as Mum.
dinnerladies, Workin' Moms, and Open All Hours make useful companions to On the Buses, all filed under sitcom.