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.
Episode list # Title Subject Vehicle AirdateRef. 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 This series is available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.
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