The film is the third spin-off film from the ITV sitcom On the Buses and succeeded the films On the Buses (1971) and Mutiny on the Buses (1972).
On the Buses, a British sitcom broadcast from 1969 to 1973, which included a character named Jack Harper
The format of On the Buses was sold to American television, where it was remade by NBC as Lotsa Luck, starring Dom DeLuise as Stanley Belmont with Kathleen Freeman as Iris Belmont, his mum, Wynn Irwin as Arthur Swann, Beverly Sanders as Olive Swann and Jack Knight as Bummy Pfitzer, his best friend.
•
Stan's usual buses, AVW 399F and AEV 811F, are both still extant, in Lille, France and Los Angeles, California respectively.
On the Buses | Buses in London | White Buses | Volvo Buses | Strathclyde Buses | Seoul Buses | On the Buses (film) | Mutiny on the Buses | Lothian Buses | Perryman's Buses | London Buses route X26 | London Buses route 68 | London Buses route 236 | Ipswich Buses | Eastbourne Buses | Central Buses | Buses in Sydney | Buses and Trains | Arriva Buses Wales |
In popular culture, Bristol Lodekkas featured extensively in the early-1970s London Weekend Television series On the Buses, with actor Reg Varney driving and Bob Grant his conductor.
Primarily a comedy actor, he is best remembered for the role of Arthur Rudge, the persistently sarcastic husband of Olive (Anna Karen), in the popular sitcom On the Buses (1969–73).