Andria Lawrence 'Turnaround Betty' talks On the Buses & Hammer Films

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
  • Andria recorded a special interview for our recent documentary, ON THE BUSES AT THE MOVIES. Afterwards she reflected on her career and gave us some wonderful insights into how she got the part in the first Buses film, as well as telling us about many of her other roles on the big screen including Countess Dracula and For the Live of Ada.
    On the Buses at the Movies is a feature length documentary that celebrates the 50th anniversary of this classic British comedy film series. We go behind the scenes with contributions from cast and crew, including Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis, Andria Lawrence and writers Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, who look back on the making of the films and reflect on the their enduring appeal.
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    Official Trailer: • On the Buses at the Mo...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 161

  • @suesmith3744
    @suesmith3744 2 роки тому +44

    RIP the wonderful Anna Karen 🕊

    • @petea2485
      @petea2485 Рік тому

      @Ashley Hyne Can you show some evidence of this please

  • @npr1300A8
    @npr1300A8 2 роки тому +111

    Those were much happier days than now. I feel so privileged to have lived through those days.

    • @rayalbion9637
      @rayalbion9637 2 роки тому +20

      i wish i was still in those years we were poorer but happier

    • @npr1300A8
      @npr1300A8 2 роки тому +5

      @@rayalbion9637 100% agreed.

    • @LeeJohn70
      @LeeJohn70 2 роки тому +8

      That was a Great Life back then 👍🏻😁

    • @colinlakin
      @colinlakin 2 роки тому +6

      What have they done to England ?

    • @Chris-pv2ht
      @Chris-pv2ht 2 роки тому +9

      @@rayalbion9637 Definitely true that. Everyone you knew was in the same boat. Only 3 channels on tv but always something worth watching and some fantastic comedy

  • @grahamhenderson6833
    @grahamhenderson6833 2 роки тому +19

    she still looks amazing all these years later

  • @paulreynolds9003
    @paulreynolds9003 2 роки тому +69

    It really takes me back in time sat with my 3 brothers and mum and dad watching on the Buses on tv in the 70s. Such simple and enjoyable times i wish I could go back for a day.

    • @xboxgamer7453
      @xboxgamer7453 2 роки тому +1

      What for, you can still watch them now..Nostalgia is not what it's cracked up to be...1970's TV was pretty crap really and what was worth watching you can still watch today.

    • @ysthafellgynghori8423
      @ysthafellgynghori8423 2 роки тому

      @@xboxgamer7453 Sod off and watch your offensive Jimmy Carr rubbish. 1970's TV was brilliant especially Monty Python, Steptoe and Fawlty Towers. Nostalgia's not what its cracked up to be? Meaningless twaddle coming from a 21st century berk.

    • @dave8204
      @dave8204 2 роки тому +2

      Much simpler times and better for it.

    • @dave8204
      @dave8204 2 роки тому +5

      @@xboxgamer7453 "Nostalgia is not what it's cracked up to be". Maybe not for you,obviously is for others.

    • @xboxgamer7453
      @xboxgamer7453 2 роки тому +2

      @@dave8204 M8ate Nostalgia is looking back to youth. When you get older you long for the good old days.....But if you really evaluate what you had back then to the present...All you really miss is your youth.

  • @starkster2qf
    @starkster2qf 2 роки тому +7

    I reckon at 66 and living in the UK all my life I have lived in the best period of mankind ever

  • @195Bucks
    @195Bucks 2 роки тому +20

    The fact that its 50 years + old and we are still interested in it, and it brings back so many happy memories that has to be testimony to just how good it was!..Given choice between the old and new upcoming comedy I will always opt for the old!!.. 😊 👍

  • @mikehayes5889
    @mikehayes5889 2 роки тому +36

    Lovely lady and great to hear her story about a great sitcom and films from 50+ years - don’t make classics like this anymore sadly 💙

  • @roberthayes9842
    @roberthayes9842 2 роки тому +24

    She was one of my fantasies in my teenage year's in 71, we used to say cor look at er lovely and she was

    • @memyself1566
      @memyself1566 2 роки тому

      Me too - one of my first sexual fantasies on television.Others followed, of course. She was the first for me though.

    • @NOTODIVERSITY123
      @NOTODIVERSITY123 2 роки тому

      She was gorgeous..

    • @ianbell7342
      @ianbell7342 6 місяців тому

      very much so xxx

  • @SPIKE0-0-0
    @SPIKE0-0-0 2 роки тому +17

    No Way!!! Turnaround-Betty!....Better days...Better times...[even though I didn't pop out for another 8yrs:)]....Great to see she's still around and wearing well....Sad to hear of Anna Karen's passing recently R.I.P...All immediate/original cast members now sadly gone....

  • @shuddupeyaface
    @shuddupeyaface 2 роки тому +11

    How lovely is this lady. We should really care more about each other.

  • @michaelwhiles5282
    @michaelwhiles5282 2 роки тому +22

    Stan & Jack - the Fast & Furious of the 1970's ....just much more fun.Thank you for sharing your memories Andria our fav 'Turnaround Betty'.

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 2 роки тому +1

      England's Starsky and Hutch before the American version came out.

  • @frankwalker5040
    @frankwalker5040 2 роки тому +25

    Lovely Lady, and interview. When people talk about a something being dated, it doesn't mean that it's better now. In fact I think sitcoms were much better back in those days.

  • @malcolmstockbridge2569
    @malcolmstockbridge2569 2 роки тому +9

    Andria looks amazing and anybody who enjoys a good read should get hold of her book, its a great piece of fiction with a twist.

  • @neilunknown
    @neilunknown 2 роки тому +12

    Reg and Anna gone recently, RIP. Great to see Andria and those lovely cheekbones!

  • @nativeamerica9254
    @nativeamerica9254 2 роки тому +12

    It's very nice to know some characters from out of On the Buses are around with the sad recent tragic passing of Anna Karen.

  • @nelsonwhaley6348
    @nelsonwhaley6348 2 роки тому +26

    What a lovely lady..so nice to hear it was fun, but working with true professionals who were encouraging.

  • @montythepoodlepup9634
    @montythepoodlepup9634 2 роки тому +10

    My twin sister and I around 6 or 7 watching this, amazing family tv nights, beautiful lady!! Happy times 🥰

  • @johnmurphy7316
    @johnmurphy7316 2 роки тому +11

    I remember her in on the buses which I loved also the Dracula film .Great to see her on here.

    • @twissem6414
      @twissem6414 2 роки тому

      I liked her better than the Countess.

  • @molajat6133
    @molajat6133 2 роки тому +11

    We all love those actors who worked very hard to bring us joy 👏👏👏

  • @TheFokker03
    @TheFokker03 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you Andria.what a wonderful lady.

  • @sahara1405
    @sahara1405 2 роки тому +8

    Wonderful to see Andria Lawrence again.

  • @dazh1295
    @dazh1295 2 роки тому +34

    Superb interview, really enjoyed hearing from Andria, looking as fabulous as ever! Loved 'On The Buses', 'Man About The House' and 'For The Love Of Ada', like Andria I had only discovered recently - Thank you for helping to make these films classics.

  • @michellewhittaker2135
    @michellewhittaker2135 2 роки тому +7

    Still watching on the buses, on the buses was soooo funny and your a lovely lady too remember episodes thank you. also r I p olive she was great, happy memories

  • @tonychuter4830
    @tonychuter4830 2 роки тому +14

    What a lovely lady the films shes bin in are all classics just a joy...

  • @anthonyireland6108
    @anthonyireland6108 2 роки тому +12

    A truly lovely lady , I loved watching her in the on the buses film and the hammer horror movies

  • @michaelscurr9046
    @michaelscurr9046 2 роки тому +9

    I never forgot her she was lovely

  • @asa1973100
    @asa1973100 2 роки тому +16

    What’s a fabulous actress she truly was

  • @MegaGordyboy
    @MegaGordyboy 2 роки тому +13

    just watched countess dracula during the week,didnt realise it was andria,she was stunning in that film and on the buses.

  • @carolynhollingworth4082
    @carolynhollingworth4082 2 роки тому +6

    What a lovely lady.x

  • @SandraDeefan
    @SandraDeefan 2 роки тому +6

    Remember this lady well,especially in For The Love Of Ada which had another of my favourites Barbara Mitchell in it.

  • @levistubbs8949
    @levistubbs8949 2 роки тому +11

    still looks great !

  • @stuartwebster4267
    @stuartwebster4267 2 роки тому +9

    Had a massive crush on her in my teenage years takes me back to the early seventies .

  • @tombridge1225
    @tombridge1225 2 роки тому +11

    What an interesting interview. Nice lady.

  • @patrickpayne8272
    @patrickpayne8272 2 роки тому +7

    Thanks for your post....easy on the eye...easy on the ear...very enjoyable

  • @stevenc5227
    @stevenc5227 2 роки тому +13

    I bet she had great fun working with on the buses, i loved watching it and my parents loved it too and i still watch it now and then still makes me laugh, i don't remember watching her in other roles, she seems like a really nice person.

  • @bobwilcox1147
    @bobwilcox1147 2 роки тому +11

    The beers of my youth, Courage Tavern and Worthington E.

  • @micklogg5377
    @micklogg5377 2 роки тому +3

    Still love watching these

  • @lornemalvo2045
    @lornemalvo2045 2 роки тому +5

    Really interesting, great pics too. Many thanks, it made me smile!

  • @baronvonchickenpants6564
    @baronvonchickenpants6564 2 роки тому +8

    What a stunningly beautiful woman

  • @kevint7851
    @kevint7851 2 роки тому +4

    Great Memories 👌👌👌👍

  • @kanifuker721
    @kanifuker721 2 роки тому +13

    She looks fantastic but she was easy on the eye onscreen.

  • @emmapeart6101
    @emmapeart6101 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely lady and interview. Great comedy, brilliant actors and character's. Timeless classics 🤣.

  • @shawngarratt2887
    @shawngarratt2887 2 роки тому +9

    Injoyed watching this interview

  • @Adam-Gates-Mudlark
    @Adam-Gates-Mudlark Рік тому +1

    Lovely interview

  • @70looney
    @70looney 2 роки тому +12

    so sad to hear olive gone RIP GET ME FILMS OUT

  • @barryrudge1576
    @barryrudge1576 2 роки тому +7

    There is no doubt you have some wonderful memories

  • @likklej8
    @likklej8 2 роки тому +6

    What about Reg Varney’s orchestra leader brother Manto?

  • @georgeschofield6099
    @georgeschofield6099 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for all your films I enjoyed watching you on TV I think your great was pressure

  • @christophermarshall5765
    @christophermarshall5765 2 роки тому +4

    I'd forgotten about Betty, the OTB character!! I watched the show when it was on!!

  • @JaredGriffiths2000
    @JaredGriffiths2000 2 роки тому +7

    Nice interview!

  • @andrewjohnson388
    @andrewjohnson388 Рік тому +1

    OH wow, in 70's as an almost teenager I had huge crush on this lovely lady, and in Hammer films, that are the best horror films ever.

  • @philltaylor8442
    @philltaylor8442 Рік тому

    Very good conversation 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍,

  • @davegalea6689
    @davegalea6689 2 роки тому +1

    wish we could go back to the 60's and 70's. I really miss those days.

  • @andywells397
    @andywells397 2 роки тому +1

    It was a great time in history...

  • @georgecurtis5371
    @georgecurtis5371 2 роки тому +2

    Happy days

  • @darenliddle4411
    @darenliddle4411 2 роки тому +5

    i loved turn around betty

  • @fmruksf6614
    @fmruksf6614 2 роки тому +4

    Nice one 👍🇬🇧

  • @heathstjohn6775
    @heathstjohn6775 6 місяців тому

    Andria Lawrence's first non-speaking film role, among the characters in ' In the Nick ', 1960, though unofficially released, is nonetheless still to be found, online on dvd, from a few enthusiasts, which I've just watched.
    Thanks.

  • @Lucy0809
    @Lucy0809 2 роки тому +3

    This should be shown to all young girls these days! You will end up old in the end!

    • @PH-ih1pn
      @PH-ih1pn Рік тому

      Yes. Settle with a good husband and keep him. You dont age well and you cant trade up at 40!

  • @misterprecocious2491
    @misterprecocious2491 2 роки тому +4

    RIP Anna Karen

  • @xboxgamer7453
    @xboxgamer7453 2 роки тому +7

    Might surprise you to know that Bus driver Stan Butler was 10 years old than Inspector Blake (Blakey) in real life.

    • @dbaggins1159
      @dbaggins1159 2 роки тому +1

      @Fur Q Reg passed a PCV licence and drove trucks whilst on national service in the army lol

    • @andicog
      @andicog 2 роки тому

      @Fur Q he could drive, he would drive the bus to location at times.

    • @malcolmstockbridge2569
      @malcolmstockbridge2569 2 роки тому

      @Fur Q Reg most certainly used to drive....if I recall correctly he was driving when he was the first person to use a bank ATM in the UK.

    • @malcolmstockbridge2569
      @malcolmstockbridge2569 2 роки тому

      @Fur Q That sounds spot on :)

  • @emhughes7889
    @emhughes7889 2 роки тому +3

    'Then the ad went viral...' What! back in 1972?

    • @malcolmstockbridge2569
      @malcolmstockbridge2569 2 роки тому +2

      Things went 'viral' long before the digital age, it just happens to be used today much more and I recall often the term 'viral' being used in the 70's.

  • @angelayoung3978
    @angelayoung3978 2 роки тому +2

    Great stuff

  • @Messenger4king
    @Messenger4king 2 роки тому +3

    When people had a funny bone..beautiful lady ..

  • @granto6738
    @granto6738 2 роки тому

    Fantastic show

  • @jomac2046
    @jomac2046 2 роки тому +2

    For the Love of Ada is on UA-cam.

  • @baz810
    @baz810 2 роки тому +3

    I'd still give her one

  • @LALakersNornIron
    @LALakersNornIron 2 роки тому +1

    Stunning woman back in the 1970s.

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren 2 роки тому +6

    "Ding dong" 🌞🇬🇧

  • @traceysuggers2201
    @traceysuggers2201 2 роки тому +2

    ❤️❤️

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad Рік тому +1

    Never has 15 minutes of screen time been milked into a latter day care of interviews.

  • @steve7104
    @steve7104 2 роки тому +2

    Gorgeous

  • @charlietaters9331
    @charlietaters9331 2 роки тому +3

    When you consider this was 50 years ago, makes you wonder what she has done since then.

  • @dougboyko4008
    @dougboyko4008 Рік тому

    What a beautiful woman

  • @michaelgaskell2031
    @michaelgaskell2031 2 роки тому +1

    Turnaround Betty. Hilarious

  • @davesmith2413
    @davesmith2413 2 роки тому +2

    Still very beautiful 😍

  • @bigsteve777able
    @bigsteve777able 2 роки тому

    remember it all so well...

  • @mrsuperger5429
    @mrsuperger5429 2 роки тому +10

    Simpler, happier times. None of the boring politically correct nonsense draining the fun from everyday life as we see today.

    • @janeokeeffe5297
      @janeokeeffe5297 2 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @dbaggins1159
      @dbaggins1159 2 роки тому +2

      I miss good British comedy...

    • @mrsuperger5429
      @mrsuperger5429 2 роки тому +2

      @@dbaggins1159 Nowadays, people want to be " offended " by everything they see or hear.

  • @edwardoconnor3960
    @edwardoconnor3960 2 роки тому +3

    Proper Comedy

  • @tangerinedream7211
    @tangerinedream7211 2 роки тому +5

    The days of party sevens at uni.

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 2 роки тому +1

      ..... or a Party Four if you were skint.

  • @ahassen1236
    @ahassen1236 2 роки тому +1

    Very pretty lady. Still graceful today

  • @robertscott7625
    @robertscott7625 2 роки тому +3

    Sad ending for Bob Grant

  • @tamar5261
    @tamar5261 2 роки тому

    I was always amazed at how those beautiful woman would fancy those two

  • @andywells397
    @andywells397 2 роки тому

    Andria still looks great..

  • @margotango1507
    @margotango1507 2 роки тому

    She still looks good

  • @ljc6535
    @ljc6535 2 роки тому +2

    Was she not in a few carry on films ..

  • @bigbernie7260
    @bigbernie7260 2 роки тому +1

    Betty could punch my ticket anytime.
    Has Sid James would say corrrrrrrrrr.

  • @andysmith8890
    @andysmith8890 2 роки тому +2

    Nice Lady

  • @paulmoloney4160
    @paulmoloney4160 Рік тому

    U r beautiful and stunning woman xxx

  • @terence2678
    @terence2678 2 роки тому +1

    We called them dolly birds back then. Can't call anyone that now though.

    • @johnseven3695
      @johnseven3695 2 роки тому +1

      yes you can don't be "politically corrected"

  • @philjones45
    @philjones45 2 роки тому +2

    "You know" .

  • @eamonnquigley2125
    @eamonnquigley2125 2 роки тому +2

    the original busty barmaid

  • @allanfinnie4428
    @allanfinnie4428 2 роки тому

    Still gorgeous 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😉

  • @nickb5391
    @nickb5391 2 роки тому +2

    Andria is the only one left from 'On the Buses'

  • @kevinfitzgerald9626
    @kevinfitzgerald9626 2 роки тому +2

    Y

  • @bluegtturbo
    @bluegtturbo 2 роки тому

    You know...

  • @Paul1510WB
    @Paul1510WB 5 місяців тому

    I don't think they went much beyong snogging and rolling round the bed in those days...I don't think Jack ever took his trousers off!!!

  • @ronwhite8503
    @ronwhite8503 2 роки тому +1

    I watched On the Buses regularly when younger; tried watching one recently......bloody 'ell it's shite!

  • @cameronwyllie7290
    @cameronwyllie7290 2 роки тому +1

    A great show but couldn’t see it getting by the woke police now.

  • @mrmeg01
    @mrmeg01 2 роки тому

    Thzt was painfull