The second series of ''
On the Buses'' originally aired between 31 May 1969 and 5 July 1969, beginning with "Family Flu". The series was produced and directed by Stuart Allen, and the designer was Andrew Gardner. All the episodes in this series were written by
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Chesney (born René Lucien Cadier; 4 May 1920 – 12 April 2018) and Ronald Wolfe (born Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff; 8 August 1922 – 18 December 2011) were British television comedy scriptwriters, best known for their 1960s and 1970s si ...
and
Ronald Wolfe.
It was the first series to use the animated sequence that was continued to use until Series 6, it is also the last series to be broadcast in black and white. (with the exceptions of some episodes of Series 4)
Cast
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Reg Varney as Stan Butler
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Bob Grant as Jack Harper
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Anna Karen as Olive Rudge
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Doris Hare
Doris Breamer Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a British actress, comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom ''On the Buses'' and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actres ...
as Mabel "Mum" Butler
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Stephen Lewis
Stephen Henry Lewis (born November 11, 1937) is a Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster, and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s.
During many of those years as leade ...
as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake
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Michael Robbins as Arthur Rudge
Episodes
See also
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1969 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1969.
Events
January
*3 January – ITV Granada exclusively begins showing the American cartoon series '' Spider-Man'' long before any other ITV regions.
*4 January – Guitarist Jimi Hen ...
References
External links
Series 2at the
Internet Movie Database
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{{On the Buses
On the Buses
1969 British television seasons