Worst Driver (franchise)

Worst Driver 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
Created byQuentin Willson
Duncan McAlpine
Original workBritain's Worst Driver (United Kingdom)
OwnerTinopolis
Years2002–present

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, 2014-2016)
Gry Forssell (2022)		 TV4 (2005-2012, 2022)
Kanal 5 (2014–2016)		 2005
2009-2012
2014-2016
2022
 Switzerland Y'a pas pire conducteur en Suisse romande
 United Kingdom Britain's Worst Driver Quentin Willson
Jenni Falconer (2005)		 five 2002-2005
 United States America's Worst Driver Alonzo Bodden
Jill Simonian		 Travel Channel 2010

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 to 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 to 2015 that focused on learning to drive better than a local professional driver. All three shows were hosted by Younghusband.

References
  1. "Andrew Younghusband on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.
  2. "Australia's Worst Driver". IMDb.
  3. "Plank PR".
  4. "Abgewürgt und ausgebremst - Deutschlands schlechtester Autofahrer". IMDb. 16 July 2013.
  5. Canada's Worst Driver 7, episode 6
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