Britain's Best Drives

Britain's Best Drives

2009 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

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 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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

North Yorkshire Moors

In a classic Morris Minor Traveller, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors. He learns about the r

EP 2

North Wales

Richard takes the wheel of Ford Zodiac to drive the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia'

EP 3

North Cornish Coast

Richard struggles to get to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Lands End. He

EP 4

Lake District

Richard drives a sporty, convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the low

EP 5

The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean

Using an Austin Cambridge to explore an area that claims to be the birthplace of British tourism, Richard learns about l

EP 6

The Trossachs

For his final drive, Richard returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley. He drops in on his sister,

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Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson