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.
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- Ep 1
1.North Yorkshire Moors
08-05-200930mIn a classic Morris Minor Traveller, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors. He learns about the rise and fall of the British seaside resorts, takes a toll ro...
- Ep 2
2.North Wales
15-05-200930mRichard takes the wheel of Ford Zodiac to drive the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia's most sensational scenery. He gets a Welsh lesson at Caern...
- Ep 3
3.North Cornish Coast
22-05-200930mRichard struggles to get to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Lands End. He learns of St Ives's 1950s abstract art heyday and meets a 95...
- Ep 4
4.Lake District
29-05-200930mRichard drives a sporty, convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the low down on the area from author and resident Hunter Davies, tak...
- Ep 5
5.The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
05-06-200930mUsing an Austin Cambridge to explore an area that claims to be the birthplace of British tourism, Richard learns about life before the Severn Bridge, finds out why thousands of tou...
- Ep 6
6.The Trossachs
12-06-200930mFor his final drive, Richard returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley. He drops in on his sister, returns to the original 'Dr Finlay' house, takes to the wat...
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