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On the Buses
A British sitcom which focuses on working-class life. The bus driver Stanley "Stan" Butler is a somewhat frustrated bachelor, forced to share a house with his overly conservative and financially needy mother Mabel, his overweight sister Olive, and his stuck-up brother-in-law Arthur Rudge. So he tries to have some fun while working by flirting with attractive women, messing with the people which he dislikes, and scheming for extra money. His best friend is the conductor and shop steward Jack Harper, though he is not above seducing Stan's girlfriends or backstabbing Stan for personal gain. Their main foe is the bus depot's inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake, a frustrated bureaucrat who keeps trying to have the men either disciplined by their superiors or outright fired. Since Blakey is overzealous in trying to enforce the rules, and he is not particularly trusted by anyone else, his efforts are doomed to failure.
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Episode 1
Olive's Divorce
25 mins
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.
Awards
- 1973 - Logie - Best British Show - winner
