On The Buses - Series 6 (DVD)

On the Buses is a classic situational comedy that ran for seven series between the years of 1969 and 1973. Despite its age it simply has to be my favourite ever comedy and is something I can watch over and over again. On the Buses follows the day-to-day antics of lecherous lay-about Stan Butler, a bus driver at the local depot, and his equally lazy and lecherous best friend and conductor Jack Harper. Together the pair will do near enough anything to avoid doing work. The bus company's Inspector however has other ideas and is constantly reminding them to 'Get that bus out'. Somehow though the Inspector is the least of Stan's worries because when he gets home ...  Read the complete review

In this sixth series of the hit sixties/seventies comedy, Stan and Jack are still working on the buses, trying to get the better of Inspector Blake whenever they can. Stan is still living at home with his mother, sister Olive, and her husband, Arthur, but things are getting difficult - Olive and Arthur seem to be arguing from noon to night and the atmosphere in the house is so bad that he is glad to go to work! On top of that, he is trying to stop smoking, which doesn't do much for his temper. Union trouble and strikes mean that he has to spend nights at work too - will his time away result in better relations between Olive and Arthur? And will Stan finally find the ...  Read the complete review