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Britain's Best Drives 
Summary
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 | |
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| Starring | Richard Wilson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 + 1 Special |
| Production | |
| Producer | Neil Edwards |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 19 February – 26 March 2009 |
Episode list edit
| # | Title | Subject | Vehicle | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Yorkshire Moors | Wilson drives from Scarborough to Whitby | Morris Minor Traveller | 19 February 2009 |
| 2 | North Wales | Wilson takes a circular route from Caernarfon that loops through Snowdonia | Ford Zodiac | 26 February 2009 |
| 3 | North Cornish Coast | Wilson 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 |
| 5 | The 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 |
| 7 | Richard Wilson Learns To Drive | Wilson learns how to drive a stick-shift car again | Various | 12 March 2009 |
DVD edit
This series is available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.
External links edit
- Britain's Best Drives at BBC Online
- Britain's Best Drives at IMDb
