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Martin Harvey <martin@pergolesi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Is this the same show at the one that was screened on UK TV a couple of
>years back? ... if so... then it's both interesting & amusing.

As far as I know, all the programming on BBC America was previously shown on
either BBC1 or BBC2 before showing up in the U.S. They do a mix of older stuff
as well as series that are only a few months old...

One couple in particular on this driving show was particularly, ummm, sad?

She was a janitor cleaning restrooms, he was an LT bus driver. They were both
well past retirement age. She wanted to get a drivers license and drive the
route they took on their honeymoon in Wales many years previously.

I forget how many hundreds of quid they had invested in driving lessons, but she
had taken the practical test 14 or 15 times and failed. Every few shows they
would check in on her and see if she'd passed yet.

Eventually she did pass...

Then there was this teenage guy who wanted his license so he could drive up and
visit his girlfriend. They broke up just before he passed...