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Britain's Best Drives
Travel · 2009
Last aired: S1 E6, The Trossachs · 2009-03-26
Richard Wilson takes a journey around Britain by car, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago.
Season 1
E1
North Yorkshire Moors
2009-02-19 · 30 min
Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of the mid-20th century. Here, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors.
E2
North Wales
2009-02-26 · 30 min
In a Ford Zodiac, Richard Wilson drives the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia and gets a Welsh lesson at Caernarfon Castle.
E3
North Cornish Coast
2009-03-05 · 30 min
Richard Wilson gets to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Land's End and learns about St Ives's 1950s art heyday.
E4
Lake District
2009-03-12 · 30 min
Richard Wilson drives a convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the lowdown on the area from author Hunter Davies.
E5
The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
2009-03-19 · 30 min
Richard Wilson drives an Austin Cambridge around an area claiming to be the birthplace of British tourism, culminating at a renowned viewpoint.
E6
The Trossachs
2009-03-26 · 30 min
In his final drive, Richard returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley and discovers what it is about great vistas that gives us such a thrill.
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Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson