Series 3
Episode 1 - First Aid
After Blakey gets injured whilst aboard Stan's bus he pushes through a rule wanting all busmen to be capable of rendering first aid and Stan and Jack must pass a test.Given a day to brush up on the subject Stan relies on help from Arthur and Olive but will they be of much help and how will Stan react in a real emergency.
First Transmitted:- 2nd of January 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 2 - The Cistern
After disasterous attempts at plumbing ruins their toilet, the Butler household are forced to club together to buy a new cistern and toilet.The problem is how to get the goods home without paying to get it delivered and also who will do all of the plumbing?Life is never easy for the Butlers and aren't going to get any easier.
First Transmitted:- 9th of January 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 3 - The Inspector's Niece
Stan has an attractive new clippie assigned to his bus and has romantic feelings towards her straight away.The only problem for Stan is that she happens to be Inspector Blake's niece and he is watching Stan closely.
First Transmitted:- 16th of January 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 4 - Brew It Yourself
Stan tries is hand at brewing his own beer but makes an error in judgement and ends up brewing a very strong beer.Just one pint won't do any harm surely but its enough to make Stan drunk when he turns up at the depot for his shift.Blakey is quick to seize the opportunity to finally get his own back on Stan and he demands he takes a breathyliser test and its up to his shop steward and best friend Jack to save Stan from the sack but can he do it?
First Transmitted:- 23rd of January 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 5 - Busmen's Perks
Arthur is demanding his bedroom gets decorated claiming it is 'unfit for human habitation' so instead of getting the decorators in Stan gets some paint from the bus depot.Arthur and Stan should have no problem painting the room but they do and it all gets rather painful for Arthur and costly for Stan.
First Transmitted:- 30th of January 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 6 - The Snake
Stan and Jack are vying for the affections of the bus canteen's employee.They turn up for an Indian night at the canteen to see her dancing with her pet snake and so Stan isn't fed up when Jack takes her on a date as he is also lumbered with her snake.Jack has the last laugh though that sees the Butler household at the mercy of a reptilian visitor.
First Transmitted:- 6th of February 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 7 - Mum's Last Fling
Mum finds herself a boyfriend who just happens to be a busman at Stan's depot and she begins to dress less conservatively and wear make-up and fun-wigs to impress him.Arthur and Stan are left to the mercy of Olive's cooking as her mum spends more and more time with her boyfriend.Bills are going unpaid as mum spends money on her nights outbut is it true love or will hearts be broken?
First Transmitted:- 13th of February 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 8 - Radio Control
The buses are fitted with radio control which is a great inconvenience to Stan and Jack as they plan to have some fun with their female trainee clippies en route to the Cemetery Gates.Jack uses his military experience to tamper with the equipment but will this solve their problem?
First Transmitted:- 20th of February 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 9 - Foggy Night
Hazardous weather conditions are to cause problems for Stan and Jack as they battle through thick fog to pick up mum,Olive and Arthur after a visit to Aunt Maud.If that isn't enough of a problem they have Inspector Blake aboard to make the trip even more uncomfortable but Stan and Jack refuse to let their nemesis get them down.
First Transmitted:- 27th of February 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 10 - The New Uniforms
Stan and Jack are labelled 'the scruffiest busmen in the depot' by Blakey and when new uniforms are designed its them who are used to model them.The new uniforms cause a dilemma as they make Stan and Jack look like Peruvian Postmen but are a hit with the opposite sex.
First Transmitted:- 6th of March 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 11 - Going Steady
Stan has been going steady with a clippie called Sally but she just happens to be Inspector Blake's niece.With the talk of wedding bells in the air, Inspector Blake and his niece come to visit the Butler's for tea and Stan is doing his best to keep in Blakey's good books but will Sally get on with Stan's protective mum?
First Transmitted:- 13th of March 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 12 - The Squeeze
The Butler household is going through a financial crisis and it is Arthur who is called upon to sell his treasured motorbike and sidecar but in its condition selling it proves difficult.Stan uses all the tricks in the book and manages to persuade Blakey that the sidecar is just what he needs.Now all the bike needs to do is survive the road test.
First Transmitted:- 20th of March 1970 at 8.30pm
Episode 13 - On The Make
When the Butler's decide to take in a lodger Stan has an attractive clippie in mind.He gives up his room and bed to the lodger in the hope of romance in return.He gets something in return but it isn't romance.
First Transmitted:- 27th of March 1970 at 8.30pm
FOOTNOTE
It was Series 3 that saw On The Buses transmit in colour on television for the first time with the episode 'First Aid'.We also see different closing credits used through the series with still images of the cast shown in the episode 'The Cistern'.
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