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1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 min. 7 sec.) ; 267153289 bytes |
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Dangerous Drivers' School, follows some of Britain's worst fully licensed drivers as they seek professional help to sort out their problem driving. Each episode follows three Brits as they examine their behaviour behind the wheel and discover why their driving has become such a pressing issue for themselves and their families and friends. Each driver is then subjected to an intensive two-hour session on the road with an expert driving instructor who tries to turn them from a problem driver into a model motorist. But can they succeed?Follow John, a delivery driver from Accrington. Despite being 36, John loves driving like a teenage boy. His wife thinks he is setting a terrible example to their two young children and that he is putting them at risk.Meet 35-year-old single mum Sharada who has an altogether different problem. Following an accident, Sharada has been too scared to get behind the wheel and has now been off the road for almost 20 years.Finally, there's 33-year-old journalist Kaisa, originally from Finland and now living in Cardiff. She's had her licence for over a decade but has never driven on the left hand side of the road. Her awful orientation doesn't make the prospect of learning how to do so any easier but Kaisa is determined to drive the British way.All have just one session to become model motorists or forever remain dangerous drivers.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Matchlight Production for Channel 5. Executive Producers: Iain Scollay and Ross Wilson |
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Broadcast 2012-10-18 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Automobile driver education.
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Automobile drivers -- Attitudes.
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Motor vehicle driving -- Vocational guidance.
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Traffic safety -- Study and teaching.
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Women automobile drivers -- Psychology.
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Wales -- Cardiff.
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Streaming video
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Abbott, Andrew, director
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McKee, Iain, cast
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