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]

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 October 2002 to December 2003.

International versions

Country	Name	Host	Channel	Year 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

• List of television show franchises

Footnotes

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