Screen One
(BBC drama strand 1989-97)
Episode 1.01: One Way Out:
Features a night time appearance by a Scania Metropolitan/MCW in London Transport colours:
This might be either MD98 (OUC98R) or MD99 (OUC99R), which were by the time of filming with Brakell of Cheam.
Episode 1.02: Nineteen 96:
Shot partly in Cardiff, hence glimpses of various Cardiff Transport buses:
Only one glimpse is identifiable, Cardiff 512 (A512VKG), a 1984 East Lances-bodied Leyland Olympian:
Episode 1.03: The Accountant:
Set in London, and features a number of London Buses MCW Metrobuses:
Also seen is a Neoplan National Express Rapide coach:
Episode 1.06: The Mountain and the Molehill:
Set in 1944, this episode features JT4077, a 1937 Bedford WTB/Duple in the livery of Comfy-Lux coaches, better known in later years as owned and operated by John Woodham:
Episode 2.03: Police:
Odd tale of schoolchildren and retribution includes a trip on an unidentified double-decker. It's dual-door and the livery looks like Brighton Transport, which suggests a Leyland Atlantean:
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Episode 2.04: Sweet Nothing:
Various fragments of London buses, including an AEC Routemaster, a Leyland Titan….:
….also two Leyland B20 Fleetlines, of which this is one:
Episode 2.07: Sticky Wickets:
Features a group of German businessmen abord this Duple 320-bodied Bedford YNV, E762HJF, new to Reynolds of Maerdy, but displaying fleetnames for Roberts Coaches (thanks James Prince):
Episode 2:10: Happy Feet:
A major role is played by PPC275, a 1951 Bedford OB/Duple:
Episode 3.03: Filipina Dreamgirls:
A number of jitneys appear:
There's also a scene at Cardiff Bus Station:
Episode 4.03: Born Kicking:
Drama about the first woman to play for a men's football team (played here by Queens Park Rangers) unfortunately never gives a clear view of the 'EPR' team coach, which is a shame , since it's an unusual LAG Panoramic, F766XNH:
Episode 4.06: Running Late:
The central character, played by Peter Bowles, boards London Buses AEC Routemaster RM121 (VLT121):
Episode 4.07: Losing Track:
Set in 1951, stars Alan Bates and briefly features former Crosville Bedford OB/Duple MFM39, of Vista Coachways, Yatton. (thanks Terry Jones) - although you don't see much of it:
Episode 4.08: Trust Me:
Somewhere in Bristol, a Badgerline Leyland Olympian climbs a hill:
On board (ostensibly) Alfred Molina's character strikes up a conversation:
Later he makes a phone call. There are two Badgerline Optare Starriders behind him:
Behind the second we can see a Leyland Olympian and a Bristol VRTSL:
The scene shifts, and now we also see another Olympian, another VRTSL, and a Leyland-National 2:
……and then an Alexander-bodied Volvo B10M-56 intrudes:
Episode 5.01: Wide Eyed and Legless:
Blackpool trams:
Episode 6.02: A Breed of Heroes:
Drama about British soldiers in Northern Ireland during the troubles includes a Bristol RE being set alight in rioting; later there is actual footage of burning buses:
Special: First and Last:
Included in the Screen One canon, but also treated separately as a TV movie, Joss Ackland stars as a man who walks from one end of Britain to the other. Seen at the Cornish end (just about) is this Duple Dominant-bodied coach of Truro Tours:
This Duple Dominant II gets better coverage. It's CAA263V, a Volvo B58-61 working for Coachman of Portsmouth:
Also seen is United Automobile 2344 (C344VVN), a 1986 Mercedes L608D with Reeve Burgess body: