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The Worst 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. 5.5/10(71 votes)

    #1 - The Nursery

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    S5:E1

    The management at the depot has decided to open a staff nursery to enable the clippies to return to work. Stan and Arthur both agree that it would be a good idea if Olive took a job as a part time nurse's assistant. However an accident involving Olive's glasses leaves Stan and Jack holding the baby!

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  2. 5.9/10(72 votes)

    #2 - What The Stars Foretell

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    S7:E10

    The Stars make good reading for Mum and Olive. It says romance is in the air. Who will be the unlucky victims?

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  3. 6.0/10(68 votes)

    #3 - The Perfect Clippie

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    S7:E2

    With money tight as ever in the Butler home Stan asks Blakey to employ Olive on the buses and eventually he relents. Olive's last excursion into being a conductress was a disaster but now she is completely in charge,super-efficient to the point of annoying, particularly as she has learnt the rule book off by heart and takes Stan to task for his rule-bending.It can't last..

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  4. 6.2/10(72 votes)

    #4 - Aunt Maud

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    S2:E4

    Aunt Maud comes to stay and upsets the family home life. The little dog of Aunt Maud's has now grown into a huge animal and also upsets Stan's peaceful home

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  5. 6.2/10(75 votes)

    #5 - Olive's Divorce

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    S7:E1

    It's six months since Arthur walked out on her so Olive,armed with a list of grievances prepared by Mum and Stan,goes to court and is granted her divorce.With Mum going to stay with Aunt Maud Olive is very much the gooseberry as she accompanies Stan and his girl-friend Sandra to the pictures - to see a sexy film about a recently divorced woman - where Olive sits next to a groper. Stan gets Blakey to see Olive home whilst he goes to Sandra's for some rumpy-pumpy but Olive turns up to interrupt him as she has forgotten her house key.

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  6. 6.3/10(68 votes)

    #6 - Stan's Worst Day

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    S6:E4

    It's been a pretty bad week for Stan, Arthur and Olive are constantly arguing and keeping him awake which also makes him late for work and so tired that he falls asleep and crashes the bus.

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  8. 6.4/10(71 votes)

    #7 - The Visit

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    S7:E9

    Blakey invites his mum over to the Butler home now that he is living there. Mrs. Butler is none to happy.

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  9. 6.5/10(86 votes)

    #8 - Olive Takes a Trip (aka Olive's First Day)

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    S1:E3

    To help with the family income, Olive gets a job as a clippie. She gets put on Stan's bus, against his wishes. The trouble is Olive does not travel well!

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  10. 6.5/10(68 votes)

    #9 - Not Tonight

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    S4:E13

    When Stella, the shapely new waitress in the cantenn, makes a pass at Stan, he's both pleased and surprised.

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  11. 6.5/10(73 votes)

    #10 - On The Omnibuses

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    S7:E6

    t's a hundred years since the Luxton Bus Company came into being and fifty years since they got their first motor bus. To celebrate the good old days Blakey organizes an exhibition and,after showing Mum and Olive around some of the museum pieces, Stan falls asleep at the wheel of a bus from the turn of the century,imagining his present-day family and colleagues in previous incarnations. Olive is a militant suffragette,Mum a washerwoman and Blakey is still Blakey,except his nickname is the Kaiser.

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  12. 6.6/10(80 votes)

    #11 - No Smoke Without Fire

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    S6:E1

    After a carelessly discarded cigarette end causes a fire at the depot, it is decided that all the staff must undergo fire fighting training.

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  13. 6.6/10(66 votes)

    #12 - The Ticket Machine

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    S7:E3

    Mum and Olive run up debts of fifty pounds when they buy things to sell on from a catalogue firm only for Olive to break them. When Blakey refuses to give him his bonus Stan warms to Jack's idea of using a stolen ticket machine to charge for fares that will not be recorded so they can pocket the profits. After Blakey has come to the house and almost sat on the machine Stan decides to confess about the machine but Blakey gives him his bonus.However he has found out about the ticket machine and makes Stan donate the money to the bus crews' charity organization.

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  14. 6.7/10(81 votes)

    #13 - The Darts Match

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    S1:E7

    Stan and Jack are challenged to a darts match by two clippies, Iris and Jenny. Stan feels he's a bit out of practice and so spends all his spare time practicing his darts playing. When he drops one of his darts in Olive's stew, he has to use a new set which he is not used to. His darts playing has the added problem of Iris' flirting during the match!

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  15. 6.7/10(70 votes)

    #14 - Love Is What You Make It

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    S6:E2

    Olive tries to make Arthur jealous by pretending to seduce another man.

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  16. 6.7/10(71 votes)

    #15 - Gardening Time

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    S7:E13

    Blakey and Jack have entered into the depot flower and vegtable competition. The rivalry is fierce as they both try to create the best garden.

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  17. 6.8/10(64 votes)

    #16 - Private Hire

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    S6:E3

    After a bit of unlucky gambling, Stan borrows some money off Basher, but when Basher wants it back Stan hasn't got it so Jack suggests that they borrow a bus to take the old folks out on a trip, as paying customers.

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  18. 6.9/10(111 votes)

    #17 - The Early Shift

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    S1:E1

    The bus crews go on strike because of disagreements with the management. It causes no end of trouble at work and at home. Stan is hailed hero of the day.

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  19. 7.1/10(72 votes)

    #18 - Dangerous Driving

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    S4:E3

    When an article is printed in the paper saying that bus drivers are at risk from health problems, Mum decides to put Stan on a diet.

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  20. 7.1/10(74 votes)

    #19 - The Other Woman

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    S4:E4

    At the busman's social, Arthur is spending he time and money on one of the clippies, Wendy, much to Olive's chagrin. When Olive throws Arthur out, the family thinks he is staying with Wendy, but actually he spends the night in his motorbike sidecar!

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  21. 7.1/10(62 votes)

    #20 - The Anniversary

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    S4:E8

    It's Arthur and Olive's tenth wedding anniversary and Aunt Maud has bought them a puppy as a present.

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  22. 7.1/10(73 votes)

    #21 - The Best Man

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    S5:E3

    Stan has been asked to be best man for Bill's wedding to Blakey's niece. However after a boozy stag night, the Butler's have the problem of getting Bill to the altar despite him being the worst for wear!

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  23. 7.1/10(70 votes)

    #22 - The Busmen's Ball

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    S5:E6

    It's time for the annual Busman's Ball. Stan and Jack persuade the management to book a stripper instead of the usual magician for the caberet, while Olive is busy altering her posh frock for the night.

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  24. 7.1/10(69 votes)

    #23 - The Allowance

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    S7:E11

    There's a new clippie at the depot, the militant Jessie. Outraged that the female clippies have to pay to use the public conveniences, while the male staff don't, she lobbies the management for an allowance to cover the cost.

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  25. 7.2/10(83 votes)

    #24 - The Canteen

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    S1:E6

    After complaints are made about it, the bus crews decide to take over the running of the canteen and make Olive the new cook.

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  26. 7.2/10(71 votes)

    #25 - The Football Match

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    S7:E5

    The bus crews are encouraged to form their own staff football team,to take on the Basildon Bashers. Jack and Stan are not enthusiastic but there is a five pound bonus on offer. The depot only has one star player,young Bob,and Stan injures him in training,so he asks Blakey if he can field a substitute - Olive. Blakey feels that women and football do not mix - until he sees the Basildon Bashers. They are an all-female team and they contrive by fair means and foul to give Stan's team a good pasting.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Nursery" is the worst rated episode of "On the Buses". It scored 5.5/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1971. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "What The Stars Foretell".