The Last Bus (2021)

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Returning to the past, he found his future.

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.

• Released: 2021-06-18
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 28m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 102 votes

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon.

Top cast

• Timothy Spall as Tom
• Phyllis Logan as Mary
• Natalie Mitson as Young Mary
• Ben Ewing as Young Tom
• Patricia Panther as Tracy
• Saskia Ashdown as Imogen
• Colin McCredie as Graham
• Marnie Baxter as Alice
• Iain Robertson as Andrey
• Susanna Laine as Maria

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Last Bus

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on YouTube; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Fetch TV

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