Last Bus

Story

Synopsis

Late at night a gang of young men refuse to pay their bus fares, and assault the conductor. None of the other passengers or the driver intervene. After the incident everybody involved is interviewed in the studio about why they behaved as they did. Scene’s first play, specially commissioned for the series, was repeated late at night for an adult audience in December 1968, and shown again for schools to mark 25 years of Scene in 1993.

Writers

Keith Dewhurst

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

10 October 1968

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Paddy Joyce

  Bus Conductor

• Kenneth Gardnier

  Bus Driver

• 

  Noel Dyson

  Mrs Smith

• Will Leighton

  Old Man

• David Lincoln

  Young Man

• 

  Jane Carr

  Young Man's Fiancee

• 

  Robin Askwith

  Robbo

• David Mayberry

  Dave

• Péter Delmár

  Peter

• Arthur Wild

  Arthur

• Ronald Eyre

  Interviewer - Self