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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.
Original Release
02/19/2009 on BBC
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Wilson | Self - Presenter |
Christopher Slade | Voice of the Guidebooks |
Peter Randall | Self - Chief MIRA Instructor |
Hunter Davies | Self - Author and Journalist |
Ian Williams | Self - Retired GP in Callender |
Richard Jones | Self - Restorer of Severn Princess Ferry |
Stephen Lang | Self - Curator, Heritage Motor Museum |
Victor Middleton | Self - Tourism Expert |
Anthony Frost | Self - St Ives Artist |
Nicholas Rhea | Self - Author of 'Heartbeat' books |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | North Yorkshire Moors | Thursday, 19 February 2009 |
2 | North Wales | Thursday, 26 February 2009 |
3 | North Cornish Coast | Thursday, 05 March 2009 |
4 | Lake District | Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
5 | The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean | Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
6 | The Trossachs | Thursday, 26 March 2009 |
7 | Richard Wilson Learns to Drive | Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Wilson | Self - Presenter |
Christopher Slade | Voice of the Guidebooks |
Peter Randall | Self - Chief MIRA Instructor |
Hunter Davies | Self - Author and Journalist |
Ian Williams | Self - Retired GP in Callender |
Richard Jones | Self - Restorer of Severn Princess Ferry |
Stephen Lang | Self - Curator, Heritage Motor Museum |
Victor Middleton | Self - Tourism Expert |
Anthony Frost | Self - St Ives Artist |
Nicholas Rhea | Self - Author of 'Heartbeat' books |
Derek Bell | Self - Racing Driver |
John Jennings | Self - Owner of Kirkstone Pass Inn |
Anne Rainsbury | Self - Historian |
Derek Jones | Self - Slate Worker at Dinorwic Quarry |
Bob Crossley | Self - St Ives Artist |
Hugh O'Neill | Self - Tour Guide |
Graham Whitford | Self - Cornish Storyteller |
Eric Jones | Self - Rock-Climber |
Roger Brown | Self - Owner of Brown's Village Store, Llandogo |
Chris Brown | Self - Farmer at Deepdale Farm |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Klein | Executive Producer |
Andy Batten-Foster | Executive Producer |
Stuart Murphy | Executive Producer |
Neil Edwards | Producer |
Jonney Steven | Producer |