Anna Karen, actress who played the put-upon Olive in On the Buses and Peggy Mitchell's sister in EastEnders – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 23 February 2022. a b Harrison, Ellie (23 February 2022). "Anna Karen death: On the Buses and EastEnders star dies in house fire, aged 85". The Independent . Retrieved 23 February 2022. Anna Karen, Actress, Dies at 85 in Fire at Ilford Home". The Guardian. 23 February 2022 . Retrieved 25 February 2022.

The TV shows were often made with small budgets using flimsy sets. These film adaptations allowed some location work and better standard studio set design although they are low budget by today's sophisticated standards. Ancestral Name: Olive and Arthur's child's name is finally revealed to be "Arthur", just like his father. To differentiate between the two, the child is known as "Little Arthur". Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 114 Peter Waymark. "Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas." Times [London, England] 30 Dec. 1971: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012. a b The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, second edition. Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1996 (p.66).Forget for a moment the PC argument that haunts this series this big screen spin off reflects the time it was set in and the era for this type of comedy. Filmed external shots were part of the series. LWT arranged with the now defunct Eastern National Omnibus Company to use its buses at Wood Green bus garage in North London. They were shown as belonging to Luxton and District. Luxton is supposed to be in Essex, and actual Essex towns including Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Braintree and Tilbury are all mentioned. One of the bus route termini was "Cemetery Gates", for which LWT used the entrance to Lavender Hill Cemetery. A different Lavender Hill in Battersea also features in the last episode of the last series, featuring the town hall (now the Battersea Arts Centre). Ambrose, Tom (23 February 2022). "EastEnders and On the Buses star Anna Karen dies in London house fire". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 February 2022. We also have the usual antics around Stan Butlers cramped home with a good chunk of time spent dealing with Olive and Arthur and their very flatulent toddler ' little Arthur'. Freshwater, Paige (8 April 2019). "Comic Con returning to Cleethorpes this Easter – and you can meet Doctor Who stars". Grimsby Telegraph.

Brum's own special arts Grant". Sandwell Evening Mail. 28 February 1986. p.25. OCLC 52228801 . Retrieved 10 April 2021– via British Newspaper Archive. Deane Potter, John (23 October 1971). "The Beauty Inside A Fat Girl". TV Times . Retrieved 18 June 2021.When the bus drivers turn up to work wearing only the uniform items provided by the company, Stan complains that without his underpants his trousers are causing quite an uncomfortable itch in his groin. The plot ( such as it is ) revolves around Stan's accidental engagement to clippie Suzy. Stan cannot afford a place of his own, and Suzy is not keen on moving into the Butler household ( can you blame her? ), so the wedding is deferred. When Arthur loses his job, Stan gets him into the bus depot as a driver.