Buses on Screen celebrates buses as they've been depicted on screen over the years, on film, on TV, in screen advertising, even in music videos. This is the perfect meeting of a great form of public transport and one of the great mediums of mass communication!
What's listed here?
All sorts of feature films, televison shows, TV and cinema adverts Including public information films), music videos, short films, even cinema newsreels. There's also a page for sightings that haven't been fully identified yet. (Everyday news items are not usually recorded, unless of special interest).
Latest sightings:
18 April 2022: Laura and Disorder (BBC comedy, 1989):- London Country Leyland-National.
18 April 2022: Shewolf of London (ITV Studios-BBC crime drama, 2013-):- Shetland-based vehicles, including two Mercedes/Plaxton Beaver 2.
10 April 2022: Shetland (ITV Studios-BBC crime drama, 2013-):- Shetland-based vehicles, including two Mercedes/Plaxton Beaver 2.
25 March 2022: The Fan (1949, Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene):- London Transport STD33 (Leyland Titan TD4).
25 March 2022: Artful Codgers (Channel 4 documentary, 2008):- Arriva North West Dennis Dart.
25 March 2022: Dear Frankie (2004, Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler):- Harte of Greenock Dennis Dart.
25 March 2022: Endeavour (Mammoth Screen-ITV crime drama, 2012-):- Sullivan Buses Routemaster.
25 March 2022: The Town that Thread Built (BBC Scotland documentary, 2017):- McGills, First and Western Scottish.
22 March 2022: Trusadh: Air na Busaichean (MacTV-BBC Alba documentary series, 2008-):- over 100 buses in the Highlands and Islands, mostly Bedfords, since 1924.
22 March 2022: MacGyver (Paramount action series, 1985-92):- West Yorkshire Bristol Lodekka in Vancouver.
22 March 2022: Snowball (1960, Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith, Zena Walker, Dennis Waterman):- Thames Valley Bristol L and four open top Bristol Ks.
22 March 2022: A Walk on the Moon (1999, Bobby Bariello, Diane Lane, Anna Paquin):- Western Flyer converted to a mobile shop.
22 March 2022: Target (BBC crime drama, 1977-8):- screencap added of Thames Valley Bristol Lodekka.
22 March 2022: West 11 (1963, Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman, Diana Dors):- SELNEC Leyland Titan.
22 March 2022: Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974, John Hurt, David Warner, John McEnery):- SELNEC Leyland Titan.
6 March 2022: Mach Às Mo Rathad (MacTV-BBC Alba documentary, 2021):- MacLennan of Stornoway PC09SFC, a Scania K340/Irizar.
6 March 2022: Great Coastal Railway Journeys (BBC documentary, 2022-):- reflected Optare Solo SR of Bus na Comhairle.
6 March 2022: One By One (BBC drama series, 1984-7):- screencaps added of West Wight Bedford SB3 VVP911.
6 March 2022: The Collectors (BBC drama series, 1986):- Excelsior Volvo B907SPR and Bluebird, Weymouth Bedford CRW518T.
6 March 2022: Belfast (2021, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Catriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan):- Ensign Bus RF319 dressed as Belfast City Transport 762.