Don't Drive Here | |
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Created by | Andrew Younghusband |
Developed by | Proper Television |
Written by | Andrew Younghusband |
Presented by | Andrew Younghusband |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Guy O'Sullivan |
Producer | Lesia Capone |
Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | Discovery Channel Canada |
Release | June 17, 2013 – 2015 |
Related | |
"Worst Driver" franchise |
Don't Drive Here is a reality television series. It aired on Discovery Channel Canada and was hosted by Andrew Younghusband. The series was a follow-up to Canada's Worst Driver . [1] In August 2015, it was announced that the show had not been renewed for a third season. [2] The show was replaced first by How Hard Can It Be? , then by Tougher Than It Looks , expanding on the challenges of driving to the challenge of doing things.
Each one-hour episode featured Younghusband in a different country completing driving challenges in one of "the world's worst driving cities", with the ultimate goal of learning to drive better than a local professional driver. Cities featured in the first season of the show included Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, Philippines; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Lima, Peru. [3] Cities featured in the second season included Nairobi, Kenya; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; La Paz, Bolivia; Rome, Italy; and São Paulo, Brazil.
Don't Drive Here was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Program in 2014. [4]
A reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press called the show "this week's most white-knuckle-inducing, terrifying television…undoubtedly one of the most stressful hours of prime-time programming you'll encounter this or any other season". [5]