On the Buses (series)
- User score: 7.3
- Production country: GB
- Production companies: LWT
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 2/28/1969
- Release date of last episode: 5/20/1973
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 7 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 74
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
