Britain's Best Drives

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Britain's Best Drives
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Starring Richard Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6 + 1 Special
Production
Producer Neil Edwards
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC Four
Release19 February (2009-02-19) –
26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)

Britain's Best Drives is a six-part 2009 British television series in which Richard Wilson travels across the UK in reviewing the best driving roads from a motoring guide of the 1950s. In each episode he drives a different car of the period. There was also a seventh episode where Wilson learns how to drive a manual transmission car again.

Contents

Episode list

#TitleSubjectVehicleAirdateRef.
1 North Yorkshire Moors Wilson drives from Scarborough to Whitby Morris Minor Traveller 19 February 2009 [1]
2 North Wales Wilson takes a circular route from Caernarfon that loops through Snowdonia Ford Zodiac 26 February 2009
3North Cornish CoastWilson takes a coastal road from St Ives to Land's End Volkswagen Type 2 5 March 2009
4 The Lake District Wilson travels from Keswick to Windermere then up to Penrith Triumph TR3A 12 March 2009
5The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Wilson heads north from Chepstow to Symonds Yat Austin Cambridge 19 March 2009
6 The Trossachs Wilson travels from Callander to Inversnaid Bentley Mark VI 26 March 2009
7Richard Wilson Learns To DriveWilson learns how to drive a stick-shift car againVarious12 March 2009

DVD

This series is available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.

References

  1. ↑ "PETE CLARK'S CHOICE". Evening Standard . 19 February 2009. ProQuest   330327074 . Retrieved 25 December 2024– via ProQuest.


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