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The Worst Episodes of On the Buses

Every episode of On the Buses ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of On the Buses!

Worst episode
S7E10 What The Stars Foretell
5.880 votes
Best episode
S3E9 Foggy Night
8.9110 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.9avg
Binge time
1d 13h
74 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    On the Buses Season 7 Episode 10 - What The Stars Foretell
    5.8/10(80 votes)

    S7:E10

    The Stars make good reading for Mum and Olive. It says romance is in the air. Who will be the unlucky victims?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. On the Buses Season 5 Episode 1 - The Nursery
    5.8/10(79 votes)

    S5:E1

    The management at the depot has decided to open a staff nursery to enable the clippies to return to work. Stan and Arthur both agree that it would be a good idea if Olive took a job as a part time nurse's assistant. However an accident involving Olive's glasses leaves Stan and Jack holding the baby!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 2 - The Perfect Clippie
    6.1/10(75 votes)

    S7:E2

    With money tight as ever in the Butler home Stan asks Blakey to employ Olive on the buses and eventually he relents. Olive's last excursion into being a conductress was a disaster but now she is completely in charge,super-efficient to the point of annoying, particularly as she has learnt the rule book off by heart and takes Stan to task for his rule-bending.It can't last..

    Director:Bryan Izzard
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 1 - Olive's Divorce
    6.3/10(82 votes)

    S7:E1

    It's six months since Arthur walked out on her so Olive,armed with a list of grievances prepared by Mum and Stan,goes to court and is granted her divorce.With Mum going to stay with Aunt Maud Olive is very much the gooseberry as she accompanies Stan and his girl-friend Sandra to the pictures - to see a sexy film about a recently divorced woman - where Olive sits next to a groper. Stan gets Blakey to see Olive home whilst he goes to Sandra's for some rumpy-pumpy but Olive turns up to interrupt him as she has forgotten her house key.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. On the Buses Season 2 Episode 4 - Aunt Maud
    6.3/10(79 votes)

    S2:E4

    Aunt Maud comes to stay and upsets the family home life. The little dog of Aunt Maud's has now grown into a huge animal and also upsets Stan's peaceful home

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  6. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 9 - The Visit
    6.4/10(80 votes)

    S7:E9

    Blakey invites his mum over to the Butler home now that he is living there. Mrs. Butler is none to happy.

    Director:Bryan Izzard
    Writer:Jonathan Lynn

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  7. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 3 - Olive Takes a Trip (aka Olive's First Day)
    6.5/10(96 votes)

    S1:E3

    To help with the family income, Olive gets a job as a clippie. She gets put on Stan's bus, against his wishes. The trouble is Olive does not travel well!

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  8. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 6 - On The Omnibuses
    6.5/10(83 votes)

    S7:E6

    t's a hundred years since the Luxton Bus Company came into being and fifty years since they got their first motor bus. To celebrate the good old days Blakey organizes an exhibition and,after showing Mum and Olive around some of the museum pieces, Stan falls asleep at the wheel of a bus from the turn of the century,imagining his present-day family and colleagues in previous incarnations. Olive is a militant suffragette,Mum a washerwoman and Blakey is still Blakey,except his nickname is the Kaiser.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. On the Buses Season 6 Episode 4 - Stan's Worst Day
    6.5/10(77 votes)

    S6:E4

    It's been a pretty bad week for Stan, Arthur and Olive are constantly arguing and keeping him awake which also makes him late for work and so tired that he falls asleep and crashes the bus.

    Director:Derrick Goodwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. On the Buses Season 6 Episode 1 - No Smoke Without Fire
    6.6/10(88 votes)

    S6:E1

    After a carelessly discarded cigarette end causes a fire at the depot, it is decided that all the staff must undergo fire fighting training.

    Director:Derrick Goodwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 13 - Gardening Time
    6.6/10(78 votes)

    S7:E13

    Blakey and Jack have entered into the depot flower and vegtable competition. The rivalry is fierce as they both try to create the best garden.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. On the Buses Season 4 Episode 13 - Not Tonight
    6.6/10(75 votes)

    S4:E13

    When Stella, the shapely new waitress in the cantenn, makes a pass at Stan, he's both pleased and surprised.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 3 - The Ticket Machine
    6.7/10(74 votes)

    S7:E3

    Mum and Olive run up debts of fifty pounds when they buy things to sell on from a catalogue firm only for Olive to break them. When Blakey refuses to give him his bonus Stan warms to Jack's idea of using a stolen ticket machine to charge for fares that will not be recorded so they can pocket the profits. After Blakey has come to the house and almost sat on the machine Stan decides to confess about the machine but Blakey gives him his bonus.However he has found out about the ticket machine and makes Stan donate the money to the bus crews' charity organization.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 7 - The Darts Match
    6.8/10(90 votes)

    S1:E7

    Stan and Jack are challenged to a darts match by two clippies, Iris and Jenny. Stan feels he's a bit out of practice and so spends all his spare time practicing his darts playing. When he drops one of his darts in Olive's stew, he has to use a new set which he is not used to. His darts playing has the added problem of Iris' flirting during the match!

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  15. On the Buses Season 6 Episode 2 - Love Is What You Make It
    6.8/10(78 votes)

    S6:E2

    Olive tries to make Arthur jealous by pretending to seduce another man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jonathan Lynn

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  16. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 1 - The Early Shift
    6.9/10(125 votes)

    S1:E1

    The bus crews go on strike because of disagreements with the management. It causes no end of trouble at work and at home. Stan is hailed hero of the day.

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  17. On the Buses Season 6 Episode 3 - Private Hire
    6.9/10(71 votes)

    S6:E3

    After a bit of unlucky gambling, Stan borrows some money off Basher, but when Basher wants it back Stan hasn't got it so Jack suggests that they borrow a bus to take the old folks out on a trip, as paying customers.

    Director:Bryan Izzard
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. On the Buses Season 7 Episode 11 - The Allowance
    7.1/10(77 votes)

    S7:E11

    There's a new clippie at the depot, the militant Jessie. Outraged that the female clippies have to pay to use the public conveniences, while the male staff don't, she lobbies the management for an allowance to cover the cost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 6 - The Canteen
    7.2/10(93 votes)

    S1:E6

    After complaints are made about it, the bus crews decide to take over the running of the canteen and make Olive the new cook.

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  20. On the Buses Season 4 Episode 4 - The Other Woman
    7.2/10(82 votes)

    S4:E4

    At the busman's social, Arthur is spending he time and money on one of the clippies, Wendy, much to Olive's chagrin. When Olive throws Arthur out, the family thinks he is staying with Wendy, but actually he spends the night in his motorbike sidecar!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. On the Buses Season 5 Episode 3 - The Best Man
    7.2/10(80 votes)

    S5:E3

    Stan has been asked to be best man for Bill's wedding to Blakey's niece. However after a boozy stag night, the Butler's have the problem of getting Bill to the altar despite him being the worst for wear!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. On the Buses Season 5 Episode 6 - The Busmen's Ball
    7.2/10(79 votes)

    S5:E6

    It's time for the annual Busman's Ball. Stan and Jack persuade the management to book a stripper instead of the usual magician for the caberet, while Olive is busy altering her posh frock for the night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. On the Buses Season 4 Episode 8 - The Anniversary
    7.2/10(69 votes)

    S4:E8

    It's Arthur and Olive's tenth wedding anniversary and Aunt Maud has bought them a puppy as a present.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 2 - The New Conductor
    7.3/10(105 votes)

    S1:E2

    When Stan sees his new clippie Iris all his nervousness goes, and they end up on a date together. He tells mum he is working an extra shift so he can take Iris out. What will Arthur and Mum think when he takes her home after the pub?

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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  25. On the Buses Season 1 Episode 5 - The New Inspector
    7.3/10(88 votes)

    S1:E5

    Stan is in need of some extra cash, so he applies for a position as an Inspector, but soon starts to worry about what the other lads will think of him.

    Director:Stuart Allen
    Writers:Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe

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Worst Episodes Summary

"What The Stars Foretell" is the worst rated episode of On the Buses. It scored 5.8/10 from 80 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on April 29, 1973.

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