62.  Olive`s Divorce
(25th February 1973)
The inevitable has happened and Olive and Arthur have been divorced. Olive is still upset on the day her divorce comes through and that in turn upsets Stan's love life. He has a date with a clippie at the pictures but Olive insists on going with them but Stan has other ideas.

63.  The Perfect Clippie
(4th March 1973)
Money is short in the Butler household now that Arthur has gone and Stan insists that Olive gets a job as a clippie at the bus depot. After talking Blakey into giving Olive a chance, Stan soon regrets it as she is put on his bus to be trained by Jack but she causes trouble for them both with her over-efficiency which pleases Blakey.

64.  The Ticket Machine
(11th March 1973)
When mum and Olive go on a spending spree in a mail catalogue and get themselves in debt Stan is forced into a desperate act to repay their debts. Jack gets hold of a stolen ticket machine and suggests that they use it to recoup some money to pay off his family's debt but Stan feels that its stealing. Will they get caught? 

65.  The Poster
(18th March 1973)
The bus depot are holding a competition to find the face of one of their bus drivers on their new promotional posters and there is a prize of £100. Jack puts forward Stan as a contender but what chance does he stand against a footballing driver,pin-up driver and a body-building driver?

66.  The Football Match
(25th March 1973)
A promished cash bonus if the depot's football team beats local rivals see Jack and Stan sign up for the team. There are conditions set by manager Blakey but during training Stan injures the team's star player and unless they can find a replacement the bonus will be lost. As a last resort Stan suugests that Olive plays but will this be acceptable to their opponents?

68.  Goodbye Stan *
(8th April 1973)
Stan has found himself a new job with the lure of better wages. Before he leaves he and Jack decide to have one last laugh at Blakey's expense and of course one last drink together before Stan takes the bus out of Luxton for good.

69.  Hot Water
(15th April 1973)
No sooner has Blakey moved into the Butler household than there is trouble.No hot water leads to Jack's lovelife being disturbed and when Blakey tries his hand at plumbing with the help of Jack things go disasterously wrong.

70.  The Visit
(22nd April 1973)
Blakey invites his mother to come and visit for a couple of days. She makes Blakey look weak-willed as she treats the Butler household like a hotel leaving specific orders to Mrs.Butler and Olive. It is all bound to end in tears.

71.  What The Stars Foretell
(29th April 1973)
Horoscopes and tea leaves suggest that Olive and Mrs.Butler are to both get married. To his horror both have earmarked Blakey as their husband to be and he is determind to avoid such a fate but who is destined to be disappointed?

72.  The Allowance
(6th May 1973)
A new trainee clippie is all for sexual equality and with Jacks backing she puts in a claim for an allowance as the female staff have to pay for use of toilets out on their routes. Of course Inspector Blake is totally against any such payments being made and resorts to desperate methods in an attempt to get payments stopped.

73.  Friends In High Places
(13th May 1973)
The canteen cook resigns and Mrs.Butler steps into the role and the Depot Manager turns out to be a close friend of hers from many years ago. She begins dating the Depot Manager and Jack sees this as a great chance to hold some power over Blakey but who will win out in the end? 

74.  Gardening Time
(20th May 1973)
A gerdening competition at the bus depot sees the green fingered Blakey come into direct competition with Jack.Both go to any lengths to win the first prize using plenty of dirty tricks but are either guaranteed to win?