The Gaffer (Yorkshire TV sitcom)

Feeble vehicle for Bill Maynard; "As I used to remember there used to be an Atlantean at the very start of the program in white and green." (thanks Carl Turner) "The opening sequence of the Gaffer with Bill Maynard was actually shot in Leeds by Yorkshire Television. The green and white Atlantean mentioned was an ex Leeds MCW bodied example in West Yorkshire PTE livery" (thanks Chris Hough)

Gagging For It (LWT comedy series)

One edition of this show showcasing new comedy talent has alleged comic Jason Attar directing traffic outside London City Airport, including a purple low floor Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer.

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Gardeners' World (BBC magazine show)

Steve Bunce notes footage of an open top Leyland Atlantean parked at the Gardeners' World Live exhibition at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, June 2005.
Gardeners' World Roadshow (BBC magazine show)
Autumn 2006: Steve Bunce reports the team "travelling around Sheffield in AEC Regent III/Park Royal KTF591, visiting places of interest to gardeners. A good deal of filming takes place in or around this bus. The top deck is devoid of seating and when stationary is kitted out with garden table and chairs and various potted plants." - formerly Morecambe and Heysham 62.

Gasoleros (Argentine soap opera)

1998 drama series about bus and taxi drivers. (thanks Carlos Wallberg)

The Gathering Storm (BBC drama)

"A recent BBC drama about Churchill and his pre-war campaign against appeasement featured a number of AEC RTs disguised in pre-war London livery ." (thanks Chris Hough)
"Cobham's STL2377 was also present in this; it went for filming on a few different days, and each time had different adverts applied, which were stuck on with grease so as not to damage the paintwork." (thanks Nick Abbott)
Alan Sinclair notes "a prewar RT is seen crossing Westminster Bridge,I think".

Gavin and Stacey (BBC comedy series)

Steve Bunce reports "Episode 1 features plenty of footage (inside and out) of a Mercedes midicoach. Dressed up as Dave's Coaches of Barry Island, in red livery and registered AIG78??, it takes our characters on a trip to London. There are also plenty of mood shots of various London buses including an open-topper."

GBH (Channel 4 drama serial)

Rightly highly regarded Alan Bleasedale drama with Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin. Episode 1:
Alan Sinclair reports the appearance of a bus depot - it's a Greater Manchester depot, with a number of Leyland Olympians, Daimler Fleetlines and MCW Metrobuses visible: Also seen is Frank Twist GIL2160, a Leyland Leopard/Plaxton Supreme VI coach. Twist was a fictional operator. GIL2160 was ex Maynes of Manchester 60, previously registered MRJ360W. (thanks Dave Farrier) Episode 3:
Another coach, this time WNV822W, a Jonckheere-bodied Volvo B10m new to Wright of Woodfalls, but seen here with fleetname Rigbys: "A bus depot appeared briefly in one scene, in which several Routemasters were visible - possibly Greater Manchester Buses examples." (thanks Alan Sinclair)

Generation Jihad (BBC documentary)

First in the series looking at the radicalisation of young British Muslims sees a view of First West Yorkshire 40675 (T349EUB), a Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander: ...followed by some archive footage of Bradford in West Yorkshire. Firstly we see a West Yorkshire Bristol Lodekka FS: This is followed by two Bradford Corporation buses, 69 (HKW69) , a 1952 'tin fronted' AEC Regent III /East Lancs, and 54 (GKU54) , a 1950 all-Leyland Titan PD2/3

The Gentleman Spies (BBC documentary)

Documentary in the Timewatch series charting the formation of MI5 in 1909 includes footage of London traffic from that era, including numerous horse buses and motor buses, including at least three LGOC B-types, and what looks like a Tilling Stevens double decker, registration LC7311. Also glimpses of German and London trams.

George and the Dragon (ATV situation comedy)

Episode 3.4: The Holiday: Originally aired in 1968 and unearthed by Bob Wingrove, who provided this screen capture: "The coaches are all from Valiant Cronshaw (you get a very brief look at an uncovered fleet name) and the vehicle on the right is actually AEC Reliance/Duple URO905E; again you see bits of the registration as she [Peggy Mount, seen approaching] moves in front of it. There are four coaches in the scene, all seemingly from the same batch."

George Gently (BBC crime drama series)

Episode 1:2: Bomber's Moon
Set in North East England in the early 1960s. A German man under investigation for fraud tries to make his escape to Newcastle on the bus before being intercepted and arrested by DS Bacchus. The bus has registration 937EFG, which appears to be a fake; it's a Leyland Royal Tiger/Burlingham, possibly from the Bournemouth Corporation batch NLJ267-72 but can anyone confirm which one?

Geronimo (BBC game show)

BBC's attempt to match the Channel 4 'Scrapheap Challenge' makes use of former London Transport T343 (KYV343X), a Leyland Titan/Park Royal.

Get Me the Manager (BBC documentary)

Dealing with customer complaints - as handled particularly by Oxford Bus Company. any more information?

Get Some In! (BBC sitcom)

In one episode of this comedy about RAF recruits "there was a scene where the recruits boarded a single-decker ex-London Transport bus. I think it may have been one of the Green Line types used before RFs appeared - perhaps an AEC Regal?" (thanks Alan Sinclair)

Get Well Soon (BBC sitcom)

Allan Haynes worked on this show and provided the 'behind the scenes' photographs: "Set in a TB sanatorium (!) in 1948. Location was the redundant hospital at Mundesley in North Norfolk, now in use again as a privately run drugs rehabilitation unit. As a member of the Eastern Transport Collection Society based near Norwich I was able to supply their 1950 Bristol LL5G/ECW saloon KNG718 for two days' filming. The Eastern Counties fleetname was covered up with a brown vinyl label with gold lettering for Evans (fictitious of course). As the driver, they dressed me in a heavy blue serge uniform and a London Transport white-top cap. The bus was seen in two or three shots at the hospital."

Ghost Squad (ITC police series)

The adventures of the agents of Scotland Yard's secret undercover crime unit, dubbed 'The Ghost Squad'. Bob Wingrove has researched this series made between 1961 and 1964 and provided the screencaps. He comments: "Ghost Squad was an ATV production for ITV but its early episodes were produced for ATV by J Arthur Rank and so it was a good excuse to bung in old 'stock' film whenever they needed some exotic locations. From series 2, ATV made the programmes (1962) and as such there is much more studio based action and hardly any outside shots. Also the agent role is shared between two actors"
Episode 1.01: Ticket For Blackmail
"Nick Craig masquerades as a wealthy Texan sheep farmer on a coach tour through Europe where people have been blackmailed. This is a good example of 'stock shot' footage. Picture one is in reception; notice the model coach on the desk. Pictures 2 and 3 show standard London scenes with RT family vehicles: Picture 4 is the Plaxton Bedford SB they get on. Picture 5 is the coach at night: Picture 6 is the next day - surprise, it's now a Duple bodied Bedford SB registration VLB417! In picture 7 the coach in the next scene is now some form of continental coach, and in picture 8 they arrive at the hotel - it's changed back to a Plaxton again!"
Episode 1.02: Bullet With My Name On It
"Craig is sent to Rome to inpersonate an American Criminal Lawyer whos life is threatened. When he gets to Rome 'Airport' a Bedford SB/Duple is seen in the background. There is then a stock shot of 'Rome':
Episode 1.04: High Wire
"Craig becomes a wall of death rider in a French touring circus in his search for a gang of thieves. At the German border is this Bedford SB/Duple:"
Episode 1.06: Eyes of the Bat
"Craig takes on a difficult assignement when he has to impersonate a blind safecracker as a way of infiltrating a blackmail ring. a good example yet again of stock footage. It's 1961 so to show London at night, they use Trams crossing Westminster bridge!"
Episode 1.07: Still Waters
"Craig has to masquerade as a crooked Dutch diamond cutter to go inside a jewel smuggling racket: two stock shots of 'Copenhagen'!"
Episode 1.10: Million Dollar Ransome
"Craig becomes a driver in the Monte Carlo Rally when a scientist is kidnapped. A stock shot of 'Stockholm' (no idea if it is), and when the scientist is free and comes back to London, he is met at the airport (incidentally this building gets used as the airport all the time no matter where it's supposed to be) there is one of the BEA AEC Regal deck and a half vehicles sitting there."
Episode 2.04: The Big Time
"A smalltime crook steals a handbag and finds himself in a diamond smugling operation. Several shots of standard London Transport RT family vehicles...... .....and also this, what I think is either an LCC education bus or police bus, registration MUL 595 (Bedford VAS?)"
Episode 2.04: The Big Time
"A wealthy fugitive becomes a waterfront derelict and meets his death in Sydney. Craig has to find out by taking a coach from Victoria Coach Station. Picture one is I think a Beccols bodied vehicle: Picture 2 shows a Bedford SB/Plaxton, registration GXT916, and picture 3 shows another: Picture 4 shows a Maidstone and District Harrington and something else on the far right"[Perhaps an East Kent AEC Reliance?] "Picture 5 shows what I think may be a Duple/Bedford vehicle and an RT and something else (Yeates?): Picture 6 (back to stock shots again) shows inside the coach but the driver is actually on the left not right. Picture 7 is actually the same stock shot as used in the episode 'Ticket for blackmail'!! Pictures 8 and 9 show foreign coaches: Pictures 10 and 11 show Hong Kong and a couple of what look like Daimler CVG6.
Episode 2.10: Polsky
"Millar experiences the bitter desperation a criminal feels when he is caught up in a vicious circle and all struggles to free himself are useless. London Transport RTW431 (LLU581) and a queue of buses - possibly waiting to go into a depot?"
Episode 2.12: The Magic Bullet
"A metallurgist is injured in a car crash. Ghost Squad are called in to investigate. Stock shots of RTs in background."
Episode 2.18: The Thirteenth Girl
Lots of BEA AEC Regal IV deck and a half coaches. "Ghost Squad calls in a female agent to investiagte the disappearance of Swiss au pairs; two have been murdered. The Agent flies out to Switzerland then comes back to London. On the way into central London we follow the AEC Regals but as it's stock footage the registration numbers keep changing!! Stock shot of an RT in background as she is in a cab." In the first, MLL739 leads a line of four. Secondly we see MLL724, and in the third MLL719.
Episode 2.25: Lost in Transit
"The upsurge of a new Nazi party puts Millar in jeopardy when he has to join a fellow Ghost Squad agent undercover. Shot of a coach on service with KLM"
"There was a sequel to Ghost Squad named GS5, however none of this survives in full." The Internet Movie Database classifies this simply as season 3, so I've adopted their numbering here:

Episode 3.12: Hideout
"Set in a holiday camp; a Southdown (Duple?) coach, a Commer minibus and this rather splendid Bedford VAL 300HOR with Creamline of Bordon."
Episode 3.13: It Won't Be A Stylish Marriage
"A London Transport AEC RF in Green Line livery seen in background."

Gideon's Way (ITC police series)

A little-remembered show based on the John Creasey novels about Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, aired in 1965. 'Gideon's Way' was notable for being shot on film and for its extensive use of location filming.

Episode 4: The Big Fix
"The trainer at a stables is involved in doping and Gideon appears at a race meeting. A number of S type Bedford horseboxes are in evidence, however the one that stands out would appear to be a Bedford SB chassis complete with Duple Vega butterfly front. It is not possible to identify the registration number." (noted by Stuart Turner)
Episode 14: The Tin God
An AEC RT and Leyland RTL are seen in different sequences of this episode.

Episode 25: The Rhyme and the Reason
"A couple of teenagers have to catch the bus home from a day in the country after their scooter is wrecked by bikers. VOT568, an AEC Reliance/Duple miraculously appears on service to 'Blackdown' - filming could have been around Denham - I don't know where ITC filmed. There is no evidence of ownership but VOT was new to Bakers, Bordon in 1959 - one of a pair, the other being VOT678." (noted by Stuart Turner, screencap by stronghold)

Glasgow Kiss (BBC romantic drama)

Episode 1: Collision:
London contrasts as a Stagecoach London Leyland Titan passes a MCW Metrobus: Dimly seen heading away from the camera, I believe this is Midland Bluebird 576 (P576DMS), a 1996 Scania L113/Wright

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