Worst Driver television franchise

The Worst Driver series is a television franchise that started in the United Kingdom.

As of 2012, Canada's Worst Driver is the longest-running show in the franchise.

Original series

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 2002 to 2003.

International versions

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Country	Name	Host	Channel	Year aired
Australia	Australia's Worst Driver	Peter Colquhoun	Seven Network	2003 [2]
Austria	Österreichs schlechtester Autofahrer
Belgium	Y'a pas pire conducteur		RTBF
Belgium	De slechtste chauffeur van Vlaanderen		VTM
Brazil	Ruim de Roda	Luciano Huck	Rede Globo	28 April 2012[3]
Canada	Canada's Worst Driver Les zéros de conduite [FN 1]	Andrew Younghusband	Discovery Channel	26 September 2005 — present (10 seasons as of 2014)
Denmark	Danmarks Værste Bilist	Henriette Honoré (2004) Lisbeth Janniche (2005)		2004–2005
Finland	Suomen surkein kuski	Juuso Mäkilähde	MTV3 (season 2–) MTV3 MAX (season 1) Sub (reruns)	2012–
France	Zéro de conduite		M6
Germany	Abgewürgt und ausgebremst - Deutschlands schlechtester Autofahrer	Panagiota Petridou	VOX	2013[4]
The Netherlands	De Allerslechtste Chauffeur van Nederland	Ruben Nicolai	BNN	2011 — present
New Zealand	New Zealand's Worst Driver
Poland	Najgorszy polski kierowca		TV Puls
Portugal	O pior condutor de sempre	Bruno Nogueira	Sociedade Independente de Comunicação	2006
Sweden	Sveriges värsta bilförare	Linda Isacsson (2005) Adam Alsing (2009–2011) Hans Fahlén (2012-)	TV4	2005, 2009-
Switzerland	Y'a pas pire conducteur en Suisse romande
United Kingdom	Britain's Worst Driver	Quentin Willson	Five	18 October 2002 - 24 December 2003
United Kingdom	Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver	Quentin Willson	Five	(2 seasons as of 2005)
United States	America's Worst Driver	Alonzo Bodden Jill Simonian	Travel Channel	March 13, 2010 – May 8, 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 2011 season of De Allerslechtste Chauffeur van Nederland, 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 injured on any of the shows in the franchise.^[5]

Similar shows

• Canada's Worst Handyman, is Canada's Worst Driver's sister show, both hosted by Andrew Younghusband.

See also

• List of television show franchises

Footnotes

References