(Granada TV private eye drama series, 1985-7)

Don Henderson reprises the role of George Bulman, first seen in The XYY Man, and later in Strangers. By now Bulman has resigned from the police force and works as a private investigator, ably assisted by the equally quirky Lucy McGinty, played by Siobhan Redmond.

Episode 1.02:
George Bulman hops off London Transport AEC Routemaster RM1771 (771DYE):

A real find - a Royal Mail postbus, Dodge Spacevan WRN23Y, allegedly on the Isle of Lewis, but I'm not so sure:


Episode 1.07:
Again Bulman is travelling by Routemaster, but we don't see more than this:


Episode 1.08:
Greater Manchester PTE 120 (HNE650N), a 1975 Leyland-National, stopping to let passengers off:



Episode 2.02:
Behind Lucy McGinty (Siobhan Redmond) is a distant sightseeing bus, but it's not until she steps aside that we see the London Transport Leyland-National directly behind her:


Episode 2.03
This London Transport Routemaster passes too closely to identify:


Episode 2.05
Several London Transport buses seen in the background of this sequence, including Leyland Olympians and a Routemaster:

…but also an OV class Optare City Pacer - or at least its roof:


Episode 2.07
M class MCW Metrobuses and a Routemaster: