Holiday on the Buses

Holiday on the Buses is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Bryan Izzard and starring Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant.

However, a mishap while travelling to the camp leads to them losing most of their luggage in the river, while one case they recover is so filled with mud that the clothes inside are ruined.

While working the tour bus, Stan makes attempts to snare the affections of a female guest by the name of Mavis, but is repeatedly thwarted by her overbearing mother.

Horrified, knowing that they would have to pay for the damage as it wasn't minor, the Butlers become forced to redecorate the chalet before Blakey or the management find out as Stan would get sacked.

Once finished, Arthur decides to use petrol from his motorcycle to clean the brushes, yet in doing so, neglects to tell anyone that Olive poured it down the toilet, resulting in it being blown up when Stan carelessly discards a cigarette into it.

Needing to once again repair the damage, Stan and Jack steal a new toilet from the camp's stores, while having Olive and Arthur join Blakey's old-time dancing class in order to divert the Inspector's attention.

However, the Inspector's joy is short-lived when Luigi angrily accuses him of lying, after the manager, unaware of the truth, reveals that no such amorous event occurred in his chalet as he and his wife were only out for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, Stan and Jack, delighted that Blakey is now gone, set their sights on two new female guests, and borrow the bus for an evening trip to the beach.

[7] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Dire third spin-off from the television series, in which Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard eventually crop up in a guest capacity to demonstrate that the art of getting a laugh is not yet, as one had begun to think, quite dead.

For the rest, Anna Karen once more sacrifices all human dignity for the part of Olive, while Reg Varney, Bob Grant, and in particular Stephen Lewis, all grunt, groan and emit dirty sniggers every time a 'piece of skirt' comes into view.

"[9] Hugh Leonard writing in the Sunday Independent gave the film zero stars out of four, commenting "This one should be buried in unhallowed ground.