Mrs Wilson's Diary". Guide to Musical Theatre. 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020 . Retrieved 5 April 2021. His family – dependent on Stan’s income – decide that Stan must train his unemployed brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins) to drive a bus. Two further spin-off films were made, Mutiny on the Buses (1972), and Holiday on the Buses (1973) with Stan working as a bus driver at a holiday camp in Prestatyn, Wales. [14] By the time the third film was made, On the Buses had come to an end, having just broadcast its seventh series. Karen and co-stars Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis were the only members of the cast to appear in all seventy-four episodes of the series, as well as the three feature films. [15] Ann Harrison McCall (19 September 1936 – 22 February 2022), professionally known as Anna Karen, was a British actress best known for playing Olive Rudge in the ITV sitcom On the Buses from 1969 to 1973 including its film spin-offs and stage version and Aunt Sal in the BBC soap opera EastEnders on a recurring basis from 1996 to 2017. She also reprised the role of Olive Rudge in The Rag Trade from 1977 to 1978, while her film roles included parts in two Carry On films: Carry On Camping (1969) and Carry On Loving (1970). Whelan, Zara (4 October 2017). "Remember Olive from On the Buses? You won't believe what she looks like now". North Wales Live.

Grant, Bob (26 January 1959). Quatermass and the Pit — Hob ( Television). BBC. Event occurs at 2 minutes 12 seconds. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020 . Retrieved 5 April 2021. Has been electrocuted When it hit its stride, it was comedy gold, brilliant and very, very funny, the highlight I thought was the outstanding Foggy night, such an original episode, it's brilliant, up there with the best. Arthur loses his job and Stan trains him to become a bus driver, which creates more problems than benefits for the family; Grant, Bob (1960). The Criminal ( Motion picture trailer). StudioCanal Ltd. Event occurs at 1 minute 56 seconds. Walker, Craig (2012). The On The Buses Quiz Book. Andrews UK Limited. p.267. ISBN 978-1-909143-11-1.a b c d e Hayward, Anthony (21 November 2003). "Bob Grant Obituary". The Independent. p.21. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019 . Retrieved 5 April 2021. Lothario conductor in the sitcom 'On the buses' Programme Highlights". Reading Evening Post. 4 January 1969. p.9. ISSN 1353-9264 . Retrieved 5 April 2021– via British Newspaper Archive. Stan gets engaged to a clippie, who wants them to get a place of their own before they get married; Grant was born in Hammersmith, West London, on 14 April 1932, the son of Albert George Grant (1909–1985) and Florence (1909–2001), néeBurston. He was educated at Aldenham School. [1] Early career [ edit ] Joan Littlewood directed Grant, as Kitely, in Every Man in His Humour, at the Fourth International Season of the Theatre of the Nations Festival in 1960.

Characters from On The Buses appeared in two other series. A spin-off, Don't Drink the Water (1974–75), ran for thirteen episodes, featuring Blake retiring to Spain with his sister Dorothy (Pat Coombs - who also played one of the female bus drivers in the first On The Buses film). Anna Karen reprised her role as Olive in LWT's revival of The Rag Trade, which ran for two series in 1977–78.

The main basis of the plot is this - Stan becomes engaged to sexy clippie Suzy ( Janet Mahoney ). She wants them to buy a house together but when he fails to come up with enough money for the deposit, he suggests that they live with his family for the time being, but Suzy is reluctant to settle down unless they have their own space. However Stan's dreams of moving out are thwarted when Arthur loses his job and is unable to support the family. In desperation, Stan teaches Arthur to drive so he can get a job as a bus driver. Here We Go Again!: After Susy leaves him, Stan falls in love with Gloria and proposes to her, starting up the trouble of having to save up for a flat all over again.

Among the best scenes were the cat-fight between Olive and 'Nymphie Norah' ( a clippie who Arthur seems to have a thing going with, played by Pat Asthon ), which culminates in Norah getting a jug of water tipped over her head by Mrs. Butler, a botched fire drill at the depot in which the whole depot is engulfed in foam, Stan reversing into the bus company's new van, crushing it like a beer can and Olive falling off of Arthur's bike and down a manhole. The film's catchy theme tune was an accordion arrangement composed by Ron Grainer. In addition, two five-minute Christmas specials were made by LWT as part of an All Star Comedy Carnival in 1969 and 1972, ITV's answer to the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars programme. The 1969 edition has been lost, but the 1972 edition – featuring a goose that the cast are chasing for Christmas dinner – exists in the Thames Television archive, which is now owned by FremantleMedia. The film was made on location and at Elstree Studios at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. [8] Stage 5 at Elstree was used for the exteriors of the bus station both in this film and in the later sequels. [9] Brum's own special arts Grant". Sandwell Evening Mail. 28 February 1986. p.25. OCLC 52228801 . Retrieved 10 April 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes, The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films, Titan Books, 2007 p 149 In the first episode of series 6, former London Transport bus Leyland Titan PD2 RTL1557 (OLD 666) is featured and burnt out.