On the Buses cast and crew talk 'Arthur', Michael Robbins 

Just thought that now Anna Karen has passed they are all gone.R.I.P cast of OTB .

Michael Robbins brilliant character actor and his timing was always perfect don’t see his like now greatly missed R.l.P

I really believe that On The Buses was one of the very best TV programs to ever come out of the U.K, the cast were amazingly talented.

I always found his dry sarcasm the funniest thing in On The Buses R.I.P.

Michael Robins was a fantastic actor. One of my favourite characters in the series.

I used to love those little put downs and insults Arthur gave to Olive regularly in the show, and repeated excuses for avoiding " an early night " great...and very funny character's

A GIGANTIC THANKYOU TO ALL THE CAST OF" ON THE BUSE'S" MAY YOU ALL REST IN PEACE.🙏🙏🙏🙏

Good old British humour....outstanding actors....top of the class comedy...On the Buses...Man About the House...George and Mildred....this standard of comedy all gone. Greatly missed.

What a great actor really...in holiday on the buses the best line for me was Arthur is cleaning up scrubbing the floor olive is in bed she looks at him Arthur Arthur are you coming to bed he looks up and says I do believe this floor need another scrub with that dead pan look on his face....great actor and a really nice person...

Michael Robbin's also remember him in a Sweeney episode big brother.and in minder also ..great actor one of the best 👍

Im not crying its just dust in my eyes. RIP to them all. Thank you for the upload.

Miss them all, great actors and performers, may they rest in peace.

Saw him on a train travelling from Carlisle to Euston in the late 70’s. We were in the buffet car and he was downing vodkas. He looked very tanned. We were only in our early teens and too shy to ask for autographs

On the buses been on thousands of times and I always enjoy watching it . Arthur was so cool . His voice alone was funny . He was shouting at Victor Meldew in one foot in the grave and everyone automatically know it was him . R.I.P Michael.

Arthur is probably my favourite character. I do remember Michael Robbins in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, I love that film!

BRITISH "REAL COMEDY"NEVER DIES.

RIP Anna Karen on all the 2's (22/2/22) She had a slight memory loss in thiis though by saying she "doesnt know how Olive and Arther met maybe at one of her jobs or something" In an episode (cant remember which one) there are flashbacks to 10 years earlier when Jack had his first day (blakey was a driver away to be an inspector, stan was HIS clippy and moving up to driver, so jack came in as conductor, anyway i digress Arthur came to look at a room as a lodger the same time as stan had offered it to Jack, thats how they met, Arthur was lodging in the household :) I also found it funny that the guy from the on the buses fan club speaking on this was called Steve Luxton (when the show was about the Luxton Bus Company) :D

Brilliant actor and a very very funny, dry, sense of humour. Well missed Arthur 💚

The guy has me in stitches still when I watch on the buses....he was comedy gold was michael rip

Best show to come out of the UK! I grew up watching this great show!

It was a great set of 3 films Hammer made of On the Buses, such a great cast and so funny. Especially the Knicker thief scene with Wendy Richards it is hilarious when Blakey ends up getting the blame. Such great comedy. They were all such versatile actors.

Stephen Lewis is totally different from his on screen Blakey,of screen he looks so down to earth relaxed.Stan looked great for his age,he was 50 playing Stan a 30 yr old he did great too. Arthur was always horrible mean and tight with his money it was left to Stan paying extra all the time. Poor olive Arthur was so mean to her,she tried her best I’m surprised aunt maud dog eat the casserole lol.would love Doris hare as a neighbour,she’s the type who tells u to your face if she likes u or not,neither her or Stan liked Arthur. Rest in peace all on the busses

I love on the buses 🚌 it's time for them to put the repeats on again

great actor,played his part so well and had great chemistry with anna,loving these short documetaries,lets us know what went on behind the scenes.

What a classic actor Olive you great big lump 😂😂😂😂

Loved what Steven said at the end. Such good actors

According to an episode Olive and Arthur met when he became a boarder at their house

Arthur was my fav hands down he was class. R.I.P.

rip all the crew you were all fantastic memories forever

I used see this great Actor nearly every day when I used to go to school in Wimbledon sadly missed

A time when britian had a huge resource of quality actors. Probably due to the theatre era.

He was brilliant in the Bounder with Peter Bowles and George Cole.

Love Michael Robbins he’s my favourite character in on the buses .

They bring such happiness to peoples lives these great shows. I myself was a young lad but i can hear mum & dad laughing still to the great comedies back in the 70 s and 80 s , whilst lying there in my bed having been told its bed time. As my mum always said some years later with other shows , we had not just brilliant actors but briliant script writer too, very sad is this life as much as it is good when our health is ok. xx

This is the first time I've ever heard Stephen Lewis's real voice. I actually thought he sounded like he did in otb and last of the summer wine

Every episode was so hilarious . It was so well written and all the actors were PERFECT in their roles . Magnificent !

Listening to these characters talking about the show,people I became so familiar with in those days,I feel sad now, realising that they are gone. Part of me they took with them,fond memories,lots of laughter,and the feeling of being part of the family. I loved them all.

" You stupid great lump " .. haha, you would never get away with that these days

Watching On The Buses Film, I liked Michael Robbins acting.

Brings back memories. Of the 70s 52 now still watch it at night i get a cool feeling great timing great funny cast

Always liked Michael Robbins dry humor as Arthur.

I met him once, serving him a Drink, mid '70s back street boozer Camden Town..Large Gin if I remember..

I love Rabbit and Snail. What an amazing channel. What you guys are producing is literally incredible! I sincerely thank you all at Rabbit and Snail for producing such phenomenal content and historical records.

Happy, happy days....RIP all the cast of OTB....

Loved on the buses still got film poster on me wall

I liked seeing the actor who played Blakey!!

I only started watching this show two weeks ago. It so charming. It’s mind blowing seeing the actors decades older. And of course it’s sad to read their obituaries. I’m grateful this art has been preserved for future generations. Olive was the first Meg type character (family guy)

Now they all in heaven together now

Excellent brilliant Actor

My favourite character, used to crack me up saying" You stupid great lump"

The best comedy rip all ❤️

They say for someone you may not have seen for a long time when they pass away that it's best to remember them the way they were and not how old or unwell they've become since and after seeing this it's true, another time another place. The Frank Sinatra hit said it best, it was a very good year.

"I dont know how he met him" well she met him when he was just a lodger at the butlers.. this was covered in one of the episodes.

Arthur was my favourite

Michael Robbins' portrayal of Arthur was sublime. He was a really brilliant actor.

Wonderful people

How lovely. More than coincidence. God bless

one of the episodes shows how Olive met him, he came to hire a room in mum’s house

Gee I'm glad you got this stuff on tape. It's a record forever. Good ideas turn up and if you don't do them at the time, the people are gone and it's too late. Thank you for this 💎

Michael Robbins' performance is the most believable - buttoned up - sharp delivery - the show has dated - more of a time capsule now - it would have been interesting to have given Arthur and Olive a show of their own - sadly it was never to be - Stephen Lewis as Inspector Blake stepped right out of Dicken's Novel - I mean that - a school teacher or Jailor?

Robbins was the best actor on that show.

Man I love that show

I hope they come together in heaven, so I can watch a show, from the front row.

Arthur was a legend. Best part of the show

The beauty of these very funny old comedies is that new generations find them - I'm 43 and born post on the buses but in my adult years I discovered it and loved it and bought the boxset, the older comedies are the ones that give you the belly laughs. And many of us in long term relationships probably see the Arthur and Olive in ourselves 😁 Blakey is crazy different in real life to his character!

In 1989 I was a youngster working for British Rail at East Croydon. Michael Robbins asked me if the train on platform 3 was going to Horsham. I said it was but as the train left I made a mistake and realised it was going to Eastbourne. I wonder if Mr Robbins realised too ??

TRIVIA : In an Interview Michael Robbins once gave he stated Arthur never had a Surname on the show ! R.I.P. ALL ❤🙏

Lovely people

I call my mother In law,mother in law down to Arthur I think he only said it once or twice but it stuck with me,he was my favourite character in the show rip to all of them

On The Buses is an amazing show. I love the show, the storylines and the actors. Thank you for sharing these videos. We need to be able to get the DVD's of this show by buy in Canada.

I SWEAR, I BECAME ADDICTED TO THIS SITCOM, and George & MildredIam a French citizen who moved to UK in 96, I can tell you that , in French comedies from this ERA, dont COME'S anycloser to the British! which R to me the best💯👌✌Love the cosy, family part of it, vey natural, simplicity, the Writer is 5💥 the comedians all 10💥stars God Bless THem , GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P all🙏thank you for making me laugh, As I am suffering , with depression. I wouldn't have been able to carry on; with my life ,without you,! Believe on me, this is not an Understatement. Wishes this DOC, was much longer😢😥😥

They're ALL Entertaining the Heavenly audience ❤❤❤😂😂😂

RIP To all the cast

I prefer his accent in the show rather than his real life voice

They were all a class act never see actors like them again

r.i.p Michael Robbins you were fun while you lived.

Ik had een schoonbroer, exact Michael Robbins , haha. Geweldig goed gespeeld Greetings from the Netherlands

It's so weird seeing Stephen Lewis talking so normally.

I LOVE THIS ON THE BUSES..EXERELLENT..ACTORS..BRING IT BACK TO TV..❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺

Arthur was my favourite character in OTB. I actually had a bit of a crush on him for some reason. Sadly he died to young. At 1.28 of this video Michael Robbins looks like Mr Burns from the Simpson's!

Another great video and insight with great content thanks.

He was my fav one arthur

This is very interesting and informative about On The Buses

One of my all time favourite shows, I've got all the episodes on DVD. I always felt sorry for Olive because of Arthur always putting her down. Stephen Lewis looks so different in this video than how he looked in OTB, not just older, but different.

Hearing them talk one realises what simply marvellous actors they all were. But because they played working class comedy they were patronised, and Joanna Lumley is a Dame. Dame Doris, Dame Anna, Sir Reginald...why not ? Anna Karen was as great an actress as Maggie Smith.

Robbins is one of the best !

in the 80's I used to hang out in a wine bar not far from the BBC studios on Whiteladies Road in Bristol. I was with a bunch of loons at the other end of the bar "said loons were a local barrister with an excellent sense of humour, a local sales manager for the same company that I worked for as their accountant and another wiry chap who came in dressed in his work clothes who was a builder basically. We recognised Michael immediately because either he had come from the studios still dressed "in character" or it just happened that was how he dressed as himself! The sales manager couldn't resist making an appalling cliche by saying "Fares Please" - that was just his way of joshing because really we wanted him to come and join us as we were a very gregarious bunch and didn't want him to feel lonely. Sadly he didn't utter a word but just stood there quietly drinking and I remember being surprised because i kind of assumed ALL actors were quite extrovert on the whole but I guess the "fares please" remark perhaps made him think we were just a bunch of boisterous oiks who had no kind intentions.

Micheal Robbins a great actor

Same as Stephen Blake. Always on the train. Didnt do cabs. Xx

in one of anna karen's interviews she said michael robbins always knew his lines and was very professional. he didnt tolerate anyone fluffing their lines or forgetting or not knowing he had very little tolerance. ha ha, he got quite disturbed with Doris Hare but was always nice to hr and respectful. it seems Doris Hare couldnt remember names. she remembered her lines but when it came to names of characters in each episode, she had trouble remembering. so she had little notes hidden behind cups or dishes at the table and when she forgot she would look. anna karen had quite a giggle at that. But yes they were a very loveable bunch. loved them all. esp the comraderie between STAN AND ARTHUR. always joking and kidding each other

Sunshine..🤣❣

Michael Robbins was a devout catholic, I believe

RIP Anna .

He was the best character in it

I wonder if the bloke at 2:40 changed his surname to the same as the bus company.

Michael Robbins fantasic in Doctor Who the Visitation as a Highwayman!

I was obsessed with On The Buses when I was a kid and I always got annoyed as to why the baby wasn't in the tv programs after the film and the whole divorced situation. I'm glad Karen brought it up!

In the early 80's one evening Michael Robbins got on a train from Wimbledon to Waterloo and sat in front of me. I was only 16 or 17 at the time so being rather shy didn't know what to say although perhaps I was more surprised he was On The Trains.

I thought Michael Robbins was bloody brilliant as Arthur. It was such a textured and bonkers role. Very watchable.

Michael Robbins played Julie Andrew’s landlord in the great comedy film Victor Victorio