Worst Driver television franchise

The Worst Driver series is a television franchise that started in the United Kingdom. As of 2018, Canada's Worst Driver was the longest-running version in the franchise and ran continuously since 2005. In May 2019, Andrew Younghusband announced on his personal Facebook page that the show would not be renewed for a fifteenth season, with no reason being given publicly for the series' cancellation (it is believed that Proper Television president Guy O'Sullivan's death may have contributed to the decision).[1]

Worst Driver
GenreReality television
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes (UK)
Production companyMentorn
DistributorPassion Distribution
Release
Original networkFive
Original releaseOctober 18, 2002 (2002-10-18) –
December 24, 2003 (2003-12-24) (United Kingdom)
External links
Website

Original series
Main article: Britain's Worst Driver

Britain's Worst Driver was a British television series created and hosted by ex-Top Gear host Quentin Willson made by Mentorn and shown on Five in the United Kingdom from October 2002 to December 2003.

International versions
CountryNameHostChannelYear aired
 Australia Australia's Worst Driver Peter Colquhoun Seven Network 2003[2]
 Austria Österreichs schlechtester Autofahrer Robert Kratky ORF 2007
 Belgium Y'a pas pire conducteur RTBF
De slechtste chauffeur van Vlaanderen VTM
 Brazil Ruim de Roda Luciano Huck Rede Globo 2012[3]
 Canada Canada's Worst Driver Andrew Younghusband Discovery Channel 2005-2018
(14 seasons)
Les pires chauffards québécois Richard Turcotte Z Télé 2015-2017
(4 seasons)
 Denmark Danmarks Værste Bilist Henriette Honoré (2004)
Lisbeth Janniche (2005)		 TV2 2004-2005
 Finland Suomen surkein kuski Juuso Mäkilähde (2012-2017)
Eero Ettala (2018-present)		 MTV3 MAX (season 1)
MTV3 (season 2-present)
Sub (reruns)		 2012-present
 France Zéro de conduite M6
 Germany Abgewürgt und ausgebremst - Deutschlands schlechtester Autofahrer Panagiota Petridou VOX 2013[4]
 Netherlands De Allerslechtste Chauffeur van Nederland (2011-2013)
De Slechtste Chauffeur van Nederland (2014-present)		 Ruben Nicolai (2011-2013)
John Williams (2014-present)		 BNN (2011-2013)
RTL 5 (2014-present)		 2011-present
(4 seasons as of 2014)
 New Zealand New Zealand's Worst Driver
 Poland Najgorszy polski kierowca Stefan Friedmann (2007-2008)
Aleksandra Kutz (2015-present)		 TV Puls (2007-2008)
TTV (2015-present)		 2007-2008
2015-present
 Portugal O pior condutor de sempre Bruno Nogueira SIC 2006
 Sweden Sveriges värsta bilförare Linda Isacsson (2005)
Hans Fahlén (2012)
Adam Alsing (2009-2011, 2014-present)		 TV4 (2005-2012)
Kanal 5 (2014-present)		 2005
2009-2012
2014-present
(6 seasons as of 2014)
  Switzerland Y'a pas pire conducteur en Suisse romande
 United Kingdom Britain's Worst Driver Quentin Willson Channel 5 2002-2003
Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver (2 seasons as of 2005)
 United States America's Worst Driver Alonzo Bodden
Jill Simonian		 Travel Channel 2010
 Worldwide World's Worst Driver (2 seasons as of 2005)

World's Worst Driver

World's Worst Driver follows the formula of Britain's Worst Driver, but it includes contestants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Thailand and New Zealand. At the end of each episode, the most improved driver wins a car.

History

On the first season of De Allerslechtste Chauffeur van Nederland in 2011, a bad driver injured host Ruben Nicolai and a cameraman during its shoulder check challenge when the driver let go of the wheel, covered his eyes and pressed the gas pedal. That was the first time a host was ever injured on any of the shows in the franchise.[5]

Similar shows
  • Canada's Worst Handyman was a sister series to Canada's Worst Driver that aired from 2006-2011 that focused on rehabilitating the country's most inept home renovators, Don't Drive Here was a spin-off of Canada's Worst Driver that aired from 2013-2015 that focused on learning to drive better than a local professional driver. All three shows were hosted by Younghusband.

See also

Footnotes

    References
    1. https://www.facebook.com/857985552/posts/10161997285840553/
    2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862542/
    3. http://www.plankpr.com/?p=2819
    4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3053112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
    5. Canada's Worst Driver 7, episode 6
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