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Routemaster
  BUS NIGHT
Saturday 19 July 2008

On Friday 9 December 2005, the most famous bus in the world - the Routemaster - took its final journey through the streets of London. BBC Four and Arena celebrate the transport icon.

You can also enjoy some double-decker video clips we've unearthed from the BBC archive.

WHAT'S ON

 
Eric Sykes   SYKES AND A FOLLOWING
8pm-8.25pm
Eric Sykes becomes the driver of a Routemaster while his sister (Hattie Jacques) is the conductress.
 
A Routemaster bus   PERPETUAL MOTION: THE ROUTEMASTER BUS
8.25pm-9pm
Definitive 1992 documentary on the Routemaster, then in its fourth decade on the road.
 
Little Platform, Big Stage   ARENA: LITTLE PLATFORM, BIG STAGE
9pm-9.55pm
Five conductors from five decades of London's history tell their stories, rich with period music and archive.

 Read more about the film
 
The 31 bus   TO THE WORLD'S END
9.55pm-10.45pm
Scenes and Characters on a London Bus Route: Following the number 31 from Camden Town.
 
A Routemaster bus   A DAY OFF THE BUSES
10.45pm-11.20pm
Workers from Putney Bus Garage describe their jobs and lives at work and on a day trip to Alton Towers.
 
   
 
 
VIDEO CLIPS
Watch the Routemaster in action in vintage BBC shows
  Blue Peter: Lesley Judd
I LOVE ROUTEMASTERS
Well-known Routemaster fans share their bus love
Matthew Parris

 HAVE YOUR SAY
Share your bus memories

 IN PICTURES
Bus photos from the London's Transport Museum archive

BBC Links

Little Platform, Big Stage
Info on Arena's film about five generations of bus conductors

Routemaster Retrospective
Pictures of the bus from BBC News

Excess Baggage
Hear the Radio 4 show's Routemaster feature

External Links

Routemaster Association
Huge site with everything you need to know about the RM

London Transport Museum
Routemasters and more

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