This article is about the TV series. For the first spin-off film, see On the Buses (film).
On the Buses
Title card used from series 3 to 6; the animated titles were introduced in series 2.
Genre
Sitcom
Created by
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Written by
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Bob Grant
Stephen Lewis
George Layton
Jonathan Lynn
Directed by
Stuart Allen
Howard Ross
Derrick Goodwin
Bryan Izzard
Starring
Reg Varney
Bob Grant
Anna Karen
Cicely Courtneidge (1969)
Doris Hare (1969–73)
Stephen Lewis
Michael Robbins (1969–72)
Opening theme
"Happy Harry"
Composer
Tony Russell
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
7
No. of episodes
74 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time
25 minutes
Production company
London Weekend Television
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
28 February 1969 (1969-02-28) – 20 May 1973 (1973-05-20)
Related
Don't Drink the Water
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On the Buses is a British television sitcom that was broadcast on ITV from 1969 to 1973. It was created by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, who wrote most of the episodes. It spawned three spin-off feature films and a stage version. 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 in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television (LWT), who loved the idea; the show was accepted, and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
The series is centred on the working-class life of Stan Butler and Jack Harper, who are the crew of the Number 11 bus at the Luxton and District Motor Traction Company. The action mostly takes place at the Butler home and at the bus depot.[1] Network On Air describes the show as having a "bawdy, comic postcard humour and resolutely working-class outlook", and notes the series became "one of the most popular British comedy series of its era, if not all time."[2]
^"On the Buses - ITV Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
^"Network Distributing Ltd Film TV Home Entertainment". Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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