On the Buses

Blakey is nervous, for a lit cigarette has caused a fire in the paint shop. He decides to ban all smoking on duty and instructs his crew to attend a special course on fire-fighting. But guess who gets his fingers burned.

Musing that it’s a sorry state of affairs to have to go to work to get some peace and quiet, Stan decides to step in when Olive and Arthur’s marriage seems to be on the rocks, but after a failed attempt to save it, Jack comes up with a master plan with a trick, but for who?

Stan is in an embarrassing position. On Friday he went to the dog track and lost a week’s wages; now it’s Saturday and Mum wants her housekeeping money. Faced with the double dilemma of paying Mum and Basher (who lent him some money), Stan is ready to do almost anything for money!

Arthur and Olive are having another argument - because Arthur has forgotten their wedding anniversary. But this time it’s all too much for Stan!

It’s one thing to have principles, but when those principles demand that you go on unofficial strike without strike pay, then resolution can weaken. Stan, however, is firm in his resolve to fight Blakey’s latest outrageous instruction, whilst being made to decorate Mum’s ceiling, and stop the cook Elsie being sacked before the end of the week. It results in a head-on clash between Union and Management, with Brother Stan caught in the cross-fire.

Inspector Blakey has his medical, unaware that Stan and Jack are standing behind the screen hanging on his every word. They overhear Blakey tell the doctor that his "days are numbered," and, overcome with remorse with the way they have treated the Inspector in the past, swear to be kind to him during his last few hours on Earth.

Mum wins a prize of a holiday for two when she goes in for a raffle run by Inspector Blakey. But the big question is: Should Stan, Olive or Arthur accompany her?