Telly Savalas Looks at......

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Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen (December 1981)

Alexander Northern NPE100 (HSA100V), a 1980 Leyland Leopard/Duple Dominant II, arrives in Aberdeen between an older Duple Dominant I-bodied Leopard and an Alexander bodied saloon.
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There are several views of Aberdeen's Union Street, with various Leyland Atlanteans or Daimler Fleetlines of Grampian Regional Transport plying their trade, also a Leyland-National and Alexander-bodied AEC Swifts:
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Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham (December 1981)

Herein we listen to Telly Savalas enthusing about the MCW Metrobus. First we see West Midlands PTE 2032 (BOK32V) arriving at a bus stop, then we see it leaving the Metro-Cammell factory.
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This shot becomes a street scene featuring a Park Royal-bodied Daimler Fleetline, 4620 (JOV620P)
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Several more West Midlands 'deckers are seen at work, including this pair near Birmingham Repertory Theatre:
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There are several Midland Red buses also seen - this Leyland Leopard/Plaxton is seen at the National Exhibition Centre in National Bus Company white, and another later Plaxton Leopard wears National Bus Company dual purpose livery:
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An early Leyland National:
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….and a distant view of a Daimler Fleetline/Alexander, following a West Midlands Fleetline or Atlantean:
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Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth (December 1981)

Buses are not much in evidence in this visit to Portsmouth, other than a glimpse of a Southdown Bristol VRTSL3 and these Portsmouth Leyland Atlanteans:
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There is however some interesting footage of an SRN6 hovercraft arriving at Southsea's Clarence Pier in a rough sea:
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