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A superb episode from the excellent third series of 'On The Buses' which by this point had become ITV's most successful sitcom.

Mrs. Butler has been seeing a gentleman by the name of Wilfrid Phillips who works as a busman at the same depot as Stan. Stan knows that Wilfrid has a reputation as being something of a confidence trickster but Mrs. Butler refuses to listen. She becomes so smitten by him she uses the housekeeping money to buy new clothes for herself in order to impress him. She even has Stan, Arthur and Olive washing and ironing Wilfrid's laundry.

Eventually, Stan's suspicions of Wilfrid are confirmed when he finds out from Blakey that he is already married and, of course, the proverbial hits the fan...

'Mum's Last Fling' allows the underrated, and very much missed, Doris Hare to shine throughout. The moment she appears wearing a hideous curly blonde wig ( making her look not unlike Mae West ) is a classic moment. Stan, Olive and Arthur are implied to be incapable of fending for themselves - Olive can't cook, Arthur is unable to do the ironing and Stan is unable to mend his clothes etc.

Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis aren't seen much in this episode ( only really appearing near the end ) though Tommy Godfrey, who plays Wilfrid, makes up for it. It is not a comedic role as such but he plays it well nonetheless. Unfortunately, he is not seen to receive his comeuppance when his adultery is revealed. Godfrey later went on to play Arthur in 'Love Thy Neighbour' and Sid the caretaker in 'Mind Your Language'.

Funniest bit - Mrs. Butler attempting to apply mascara whilst wearing her glasses!