Keen Eddie (Fox crime series)

Tricksy American show set in London; that inevitably means some Transatlantic terminology creeps in and it's very much an American tourist's view of the city. Great fun, though.
Episode 1.1 (pilot)
In the pilot the eponymous (look it up!) hero is almost run down (while blindfolded and standing in the middle of the road) by Sullivan Buses AEC Routemaster/Park Royal RM1069 (69CLT). Two unidentified First London Routemasters are seen briefly later in the episode.

Episode: 1.2 Horse Heir:
As the villains get out of their car outside a London pub a Routemaster passes - probably RM1069 again?

Episode 1.4: Eddie Loves Baseball
A distant AEC Routemaster passes with 'Yank Go Home' graffiti.

Episode 1.6: The Amazing Larry Dunn
Larry Dunn himself is passed by Sullivan Buses DT4 (G504VYE), a 1990 Dennis Dart/Duple Dartline: .

Episode 1.10: Who Wants to be in a Club That Would Have Me as a Member
A teenage boy (played by young star Nicholas Hoult) is almost hit by RM1069 while strapped in a chair and suspended from a bridge. The bus carries registration KVS399. Filming for this episode was interrupted when Hoult was hit by the bus, that was supposed to stop short of him. (thanks Carlos Wallberg)
Dean Sullivan confirms that the bus in the accident was Sullivan Buses RM1069, "The bus was slightly damaged during filming when the stunt driver misjudged the vehicle." Episode 1.13: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
Slightly contrived subplot involving a red bus paradoxically is a reason to feature Arriva London's RM6 (VLT6) in GOLD livery for the Queen's Golden Jubilee (thank you to Denise Annells for the spot: ...but the red bus at the end of the episode is Sullivan Buses AEC Routemaster/Park Royal RM1069 (69CLT), again carrying registration KVS399

Keeping Up Appearances (BBC sitcom)

One episode includes an appearance by Stagecoach United Counties Leyland Olympian F622MSU. (thanks Paul Jones)

The Kevin Bishop Show (Channel 4 comedy sketch show)

Episode 2.01:
A spoof on the 'On The Buses' films opens with an AEC Routemaster with its number plate blanked out: ....but the star of the sketch is Sullivan Buses VPL174 (X157JOP), a Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President:

The Key (BBC drama serial)

Episode 1 of this Glasgow-set drama spanning most of the Twentieth Century has a scene set in 1975 featuring a green/cream Bristol Lodekka FLF/Eastern Coachworks. There appears to be a continuity glitch of sorts; the bus is parked, then appears to drive past the camera, then is seen still parked. A later scene has a different green/cream double decker, not clearly seen. Still later there is a glimpse of a Glasgow Corporation Leyland Titan.
Episode 2 has two Glasgow Titans and a glimpse of Leyland Atlantean/Alexander LA1 (FYS998).

A Kind of Loving (Granada drama serial)

Features two buses in an opening scene outside a factory, a West Riding Leyland Tiger PS2/Roe and a Yorkshire Woollen Leyland Titan PD3/MCW - (thanks Chris Hough)

Kingdom (ITV drama series)

Episode 1.6:
Ian Hardie reports: "Peelings DAF RXI6685 drops a visitor off at Market Shipborough.

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