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The Best Episodes of On the Buses

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The Best Episodes of 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...

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  1. Background image for Foggy Night
    8.9/10(105 votes)

    #1 - Foggy Night

    S3:E9

    Stan and Jack's bus is caught in thick fog which causes problems for them, especially as Blakey and the Butler family are also on board.

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for Brew It Yourself
    8.2/10(97 votes)

    #2 - Brew It Yourself

    S3:E4

    Stan plans on brewing his own beer to save money. Trouble is, once he's tested it, he also goes back to work, where Blakey spots him and notices he's drunk. So when Blakey pulls Stan in for a breath test, it's up to Jack to find a way for him to pass the test without being caught.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for Going Steady
    8.2/10(77 votes)

    #3 - Going Steady

    S3:E11

    Stan has been seeing Blakey's niece, Sally. When Stan announces that he wants to marry her, Blakey insists that he and Sally meet Stan's family. So when Stan invites them round for dinner, all the family act posh, until Sally starts criticizing everything that Stan does and says.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(74 votes)

    #4 - The Squeeze

    S3:E12

    Money is so tight in the Butler household, that they decide to sell various things to raise some cash, including Arthur's motorbike and side car.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Cistern
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #5 - The Cistern

    S3:E2

    A noisy cistern in the Butler household is just the start of the troubles. Buying a new loo isn't the problem, it's how to get it home from the shop!

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    Director:Unknown
  6. Background image for Goodbye Stan
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #6 - Goodbye Stan

    S7:E7

    Stan decides he can make more money if he heads North and gets work in a car factory but,rather than hand in his resignation, he gets Blakey to sack him so that he can get a week's wages. He celebrates his last night at home and is unable to eat the fry-up his Mum has cooked him so he sticks it in his uniform pocket,a fact that Blakey discovers when he comes around to collect the uniform. However,as he has been evicted from his own lodgings,he takes Stan's room and becomes the Butlers' new lodger

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Busman's Perks
    7.9/10(80 votes)

    #7 - Busman's Perks

    S3:E5

    Arthur and Olive's bedroom needs decorating, so the Butlers decide to paint the room the same colour as the Luxton Town and District Buses to save money.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.8/10(71 votes)

    #8 - Late Again

    S2:E5

    Stan is burning the candle at both ends, what with his new girlfriend keeping him out late at night and then having to do the early shift at the depot.

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    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #9 - First Aid

    S3:E1

    Blakey decides that all the Bus Crews, including Stan and Jack, must pass a first aid course .

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.8/10(68 votes)

    #10 - Union Trouble

    S6:E5

    When the management sacks Elsie the canteen lady, Stan stages a one man hunger strike.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #11 - The Used Combination

    S2:E2

    Arthur's motorcycle and side car are in desperate need of repairs. Stan says that he can get the spare parts from the bus depot, if he can sneak them out past anyone in particular who might be watching.

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    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #12 - Self Defence

    S2:E3

    After a number of assaults on bus staff, the management introduce judo lessons. Enter Blakey as the judo instructor!

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    7.7/10(84 votes)

    #13 - Mum's Last Fling

    S3:E7

    Mum gets a new boyfriend and starts to go out a lot, leaving the family to fend for themselves.

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    Director:Unknown
  15. Background image for On the Make
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    #14 - On the Make

    S3:E13

    Edna the clippie has been thrown out of her home by her landlady. Feeling sorry for her, Stan persudes his family to take her in as a lodger. But his intentions are not entirely honourable as he hopes that it means that they might get closer. However he does not bargain on Edna bringing Coco her great dane!

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Friends In High Places
    7.7/10(76 votes)

    #15 - Friends In High Places

    S7:E12

    When Mrs. Butler goes for a job at the depot's canteen, she is interviewed by an old boyfriend, Mr. Simpson who is one of the managers. After she gets the job, Jack and Olive try to use Mum's influence with Mr. Simpson to try and get one over on Blakey.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Inspector's Niece
    7.6/10(81 votes)

    #16 - The Inspector's Niece

    S3:E3

    Sally is the Inspector's niece and is put on Stan's bus as the new clippie. How will Stan cope with her Uncle Blakey watching?

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for The New Uniforms
    7.6/10(77 votes)

    #17 - The New Uniforms

    S3:E10

    Stan and Jack have been chosen as guinea pigs for the Company's tasteful new grey uniform. They are set against the idea until they realise it's just the job for pulling the ladies!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Bye Bye Blakey
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #18 - Bye Bye Blakey

    S6:E6

    Stan and Jack mistakenly think that Blakey might be dying, after he has a medical at the depot.

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    7.6/10(71 votes)

    #19 - The Prize

    S6:E7

    When the raffle ticket that Stan buys for Mum wins second prize of a holiday for two in Spain, the family are extra nice to her, in an effort to be the one picked to go on holiday with her.

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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for Hot Water
    7.6/10(73 votes)

    #20 - Hot Water

    S7:E8

    Jack and the inspector attempt to fix a water heater.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Bus Driver's Stomach
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #21 - Bus Driver's Stomach

    S1:E4

    Sitting on the bus engine all day has given Stan an over acidic stomach, known at the depot as 'bus drivers stomach'. When Blakey announces medical checks for the staff, Stan has to try and get himself fit to pass the medical, even if it means giving up greasy fried food!

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    7.5/10(69 votes)

    #22 - The Poster

    S7:E4

    A poster of a faceless driver appears at the depot. It is a plan to boost falling passenger figures and advertises a competition with a prize of a hundred pounds to be ... The perfect driver.Jack secretly enters Stan though the other finalists are hunky sportsmen and Stan's family take him to the chemist to buy him a rejuvenating face pack to give him a chance. Will he beat off the well-toned opposition to get his face - and - name on the poster? Of course he will.

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    Director:Bryan Izzard
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Family Flu
    7.4/10(80 votes)

    #23 - Family Flu

    S2:E1

    Mum and Olive are in bed with the flu and it is not long before Arthur joins then. Stan is rushed off his feet looking after them and doing his shifts at the depot. To recover, the family go to stay with Aunt Maud. Stan and Jack plan a party in their absence, if Stan can stay fit!

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    7.4/10(74 votes)

    #24 - Bon Voyage

    S2:E6

    Stan and Jack are going on holiday but first there is the small matter of getting a suntan before they go. What better place to sunbathe than at the Cemetery Gates terminus but, having their uniforms stolen whilst sunning themselves is going to prove difficult to explain away back at the depot.

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  26. Background image for The New Conductor
    7.3/10(94 votes)

    #25 - The New Conductor

    S1:E2

    When Stan sees his new clippie Iris all his nervousness goes, and they end up on a date together. He tells mum he is working an extra shift so he can take Iris out. What will Arthur and Mum think when he takes her home after the pub?

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Best Episodes Summary

"Foggy Night" is the best rated episode of "On the Buses". It scored 8.9/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Ronald Chesney, it aired on 2/27/1970. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brew It Yourself".