holiday on the buses (1973)

"I'm sorry you broke your foot, it should have been your neck."
Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Blakey (Stephen Lewis) are finally sacked for incompetence and are forced to take summer jobs at a holiday camp, and the usual mayhem ensues, especially when Stan wangles it for his family to join him.
Hammer decided the public were suckers for punishment, and foisted a third installment of the On The Buses series on the by now suspecting audience, and despite it having its moments, this proved to be the end of the franchise.

mutiny on the buses (1972)

"You lecherous moron."
Bus driver Stan Butler (Reg Varney) is under pressure to get married and leave home, but needs to get his brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins) some work first. So he hits on the idea of teaching Arthur to drive a bus and get a job at the depot. His second plan is to take on some of the extra work available driving special tours to Windsor Safari Park.
Like most 70's males, Stan is sex obsessed, clueless and klutzy, a combination that leads to lots of embarrassing, and unfunny situations.

on the buses (1971)

"Oh my god, look what you've done!"
The successful TV series spins off into the highest performing film of 1971. The plot resolves around Stan (Reg Varney) needing some money, and quick, but his overtime has been cut as the bus company have decided to take on some female drivers. So with Jack (Bob Grant), they decide to get the new employees the sack in an attempt to get his overtime back.
Mildly amusing and decidedly unpc, that is more of an historical document, showing the cultural life of Britain at that point in time, and how far we have come since.

the runaway bus (1954)

aka Scream In The Night.
"This place has more inside than outside"
When London airport is fog bound, passengers are bused to alternative airports, but amongst te six people in one group is a quarrelsome women (Margaret Rutherford), a Stewardess (Petula Clark), and a bank robber desperate to get away. All driven by a comical driver (Frankie Howerd).
Thriller that gives way quickly to become a comedy ensemble piece, though one that never really takes off, and that's a better pun than most of the comedy here!

up pompeii (1971)

"She was the original good time had by all."
The everyday life of Roman era Pompeii, as seen through the eyes of Lurcio (Frankie Howerd). Trouble comes when Lurcio, charged with arranging his masters latest orgy in honour of Emperor Nero, inadvertently gets hold of a scroll plotting the Emperor's assassination and the plotters want it back.
Leiden with innuendo, this popular TV series spun off into a number of films, taking the Asterisk view of history.