"On the Buses" Busmen's Perks (1970)

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Director:

Stuart Allen

Writers:

Ronald Wolfe (creator) and
Ronald Chesney (creator)

TV Series:

"On the Buses" (1969)

Original Air Date:

30 January 1970 (Season 3, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Inspector | Bus Driver | Bus | Bachelor | Working Conditions

Cast

Reg Varney	...	Stan Butler
Doris Hare	...	Mum
Michael Robbins	...	Arthur Rudge
Anna Karen	...	Olive Rudge
Bob Grant	...	Jack Harper
Stephen Lewis	...	Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake
Norman Mitchell	...	Nobby
Lynn Dalby	...	Janet

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: The shadow of the boom mic passes over Olive's head twice in the opening scene at the dinner table.

"Like mushrooms? There's plenty growing on the ceiling!"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Olive and Arthur are constantly complaining about the state of their room, so Stan bribes Nobby at the depot into letting him have a couple of tins of paint. The room is duly decorated, and nice it looks too. But there's a snag - Arthur has forgotten to mix hardener in with the paint, hence it is still wet when he and Olive go to bed. Stumbling about in the dark, the short-sighted Olive leaves green hand prints everywhere...

This plot later provided a story element in the film 'Holiday On The Buses', only then it was a holiday camp chalet that got painted. Lynn Dalby went on to play 'Hazel' in the hit series 'Budgie' starring Adam Faith. Funniest moment - Olive asking an incredulous Stan if its not too late to put the hardener in the paint. His reply: "Hang on love, I'll scrape it off the walls and put it back in the tins!".