The fourth series of ''
On the Buses
''On the Buses'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom that was broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 1969 to 1973. It was created by Chesney and Wolfe, Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, who wrote most of the episodes. It spawned thr ...
'' originally aired between 27 November 1970 and 21 February 1971, beginning with "Nowhere to Go". The series was produced and directed by Stuart Allen and designed by Alan Hunter-Craig. 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.
Cast
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Reg Varney
Reginald Alfred Varney (11 July 1916 – 16 November 2008) was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom ''On the Buses'' (1969–73) and its thr ...
as Stan Butler
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Bob Grant as Jack Harper
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Anna Karen
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 st ...
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
Michael Anthony Robbins (14 November 1930 – 11 December 1992) was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Arthur Rudge in the TV sitcom and film versions of ''On the Buses'' (1969–73).
Career
Michael Robbins was born in ...
as Arthur Rudge
Episodes
See also
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1970 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1970.
Events
January
*1 January–5 February – BBC2 airs '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', a series of six teleplays, each of which focusses on the life of one of King Henry VIII of Engla ...
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1971 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1971.
Events
January
*3 January – BBC Open University broadcasts begin on BBC2.
*27 January – Valerie Barlow is electrocuted by a faulty hairdryer and then perishes in a house fire on ...
References
External links
Series 4at the
Internet Movie Database
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1970 British television seasons
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