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  • belinda
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    • Feb 2008
    • 618

    #1

    RIP Blakey

    Loved On The Buses as a child

    Actor Stephen Lewis, best known for his role as officious inspector "Blakey" in 1970s sitcom On the Buses, dies aged 88, his family announces.
  • GUT
    Commissioner
    • Jan 2014
    • 7841

    #2
    "'ll get you Butler"

    R.I.P.
    G U T

    There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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    • GUT
      Commissioner
      • Jan 2014
      • 7841

      #3
      I always thought he looked like Phillip Jackson, Japp off the Poirot series.
      G U T

      There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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      • belinda
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        • Feb 2008
        • 618

        #4
        Yes he does!

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        • GUT
          Commissioner
          • Jan 2014
          • 7841

          #5
          Wifey Poo

          says Japp is Blakey and Olive's love child.
          G U T

          There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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          • Rosella
            Chief Inspector
            • Sep 2014
            • 1542

            #6
            What an image that conjures up, and Blakey and Olive both so attractive. Anyway, I loved On The Buses, corny though it was. It would probably be so dated if you tried watching it now, but it gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. RIP 'Blakey'.

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            • GUT
              Commissioner
              • Jan 2014
              • 7841

              #7
              Originally posted by Rosella View Post
              What an image that conjures up, and Blakey and Olive both so attractive. Anyway, I loved On The Buses, corny though it was. It would probably be so dated if you tried watching it now, but it gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. RIP 'Blakey'.
              It's still on tele here from time to time, I still get a laugh.
              G U T

              There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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              • Robert
                Commissioner
                • Feb 2008
                • 5163

                #8
                Yes, he was a good comic actor. Also appeared as Smiler in Last of the Summer Wine.

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                • belinda
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                  • Feb 2008
                  • 618

                  #9
                  Originally posted by GUT View Post
                  Wifey Poo

                  says Japp is Blakey and Olive's love child.
                  I'm scarred for life now but she's not wrong

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                  • Mayerling
                    Superintendent
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 2762

                    #10
                    "On the Buses" was just another of the great BBC comedies they never brought to the U.S. We were lucky to get "As Time Goes By", "Keeping Up Appearances", and "Are You Being Served?". We did not get "Dad's Army" either, for that matter.

                    Jeff

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                    • belinda
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                      • Feb 2008
                      • 618

                      #11
                      For those who haven't seen or want to remember

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                      • Mayerling
                        Superintendent
                        • Feb 2008
                        • 2762

                        #12
                        Originally posted by belinda View Post
                        For those who haven't seen or want to remember
                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICf8WsVf7xE
                        Thanks Belinda. I watched the episode dealing with the "training bus". It was very amusing.

                        I saw there are other episodes.

                        Jeff

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                        • GUT
                          Commissioner
                          • Jan 2014
                          • 7841

                          #13
                          No dads army....

                          Time for another revolution I think.
                          G U T

                          There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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                          • Bridewell
                            Commissioner
                            • Apr 2011
                            • 4038

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Rosella View Post
                            What an image that conjures up, and Blakey and Olive both so attractive. Anyway, I loved On The Buses, corny though it was. It would probably be so dated if you tried watching it now, but it gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. RIP 'Blakey'.
                            There are repeats of 'On The Buses' running regularly in the afternoons in the UK on ITV3.
                            I won't always agree but I'll try not to be disagreeable.

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