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Holiday on the Buses

1973 · 85 min

A breezy, silly seaside romp full of slapstick mishaps and cheeky innuendo that you can switch off and enjoy.

Directed by
Bryan Izzard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare
Tagline
Their Most Hilarious Yet!
Overview
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Bryan Izzard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • family
  • class
  • friendship
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Bryan Izzard
Written by
Ronald Chesney, Ronald Wolfe
Starring
Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Wilfrid Brambell, Kate Williams
Music
Denis King
Cinematography
Brian Probyn
Runtime
85 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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