Britain's Best Drives

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.

Britain's Best Drives
StarringRichard Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6 + 1 Special
Production
ProducerNeil Edwards
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC Four
Original release19 February (2009-02-19) 
26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)

Episode list

# Title Subject Vehicle Airdate
1North Yorkshire MoorsWilson drives from Scarborough to Whitby Morris Minor Traveller19 February 2009
2North WalesWilson takes a circular route from Caernarfon that loops through SnowdoniaFord Zodiac26 February 2009
3North Cornish CoastWilson takes a coastal road from St Ives to Land's EndVolkswagen Type 25 March 2009
4The Lake DistrictWilson travels from Keswick to Windermere then up to PenrithTriumph TR3A12 March 2009
5The Wye Valley and Forest of DeanWilson heads north from Chepstow to Symonds YatAustin Cambridge19 March 2009
6The TrossachsWilson travels from Callander to InversnaidBentley Mark VI26 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.


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