On the Buses
Released: 1971
Comedy
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of
Starring: Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant, Andrea Lawrence, Pat Ashton
Directed by: Harry Booth
Written by: Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
Language: English
Scenes
To protest the bus firm not hiring sexier women drivers, the men put diuretics in the women's tea. This causes the women to leap from their buses in a panic and head for the nearest public lavatories. One lady driver is even caught short along a rural highway, forcing her to squat behind a bush. This leads to a public indecency complaint against the bus company. Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis) takes one of the teas intended for the ladies, and is forced to run to the gents' loo in desperation as well. Just prior to this scene, there is a discussion of one of the men's wives taking the diuretics and needing to "spend a penny" every 10 minutes, which is only 5 minutes more often than usual.
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Alternate Titles
A buszon
Der total verrückte Autobus (TV)