S01 Episode 1
North Yorkshire Moors
Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. In a classic Morris Minor Traveller, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors.
29 mins · Thu, 19 Feb 2009
S01 Episode 2
North Wales
Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. Richard takes the wheel of Ford Zodiac to drive the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia's most sensational scenery.
29 mins · Thu, 26 Feb 2009
S01 Episode 3
North Cornish Coast
Richard struggles to get to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Lands End. He learns of St Ives's 1950s abstract art heyday and meets a 95-year-old painter still at work in Porthmeor Studios. He discovers why DH Lawrence was expelled from the county, hears legends of Cornish mermaids and gets to know his van on a blustery clifftop campsite.
29 mins · Thu, 5 Mar 2009
S01 Episode 4
Lake District
Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. Richard drives a sporty, convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads.
29 mins · Thu, 12 Mar 2009
S01 Episode 5
The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. Using an Austin Cambridge to explore an area that claims to be the birthplace of British tourism, Richard learns about life before the Severn Bridge, finds out why thousands of tourists flocked to the Wye Valley in search of the `picturesque'.
29 mins · Thu, 19 Mar 2009
S01 Episode 6
The Trossachs
Richard Wilson returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley. He drops in on his sister, returns to the original `Dr Finlay' house, takes to the water to find out how Sir Walter Scott inspired a deluge of sightseers to the region, drives Scotland's most famous road in the company of a bevy of vintage bikers, and discovers just what it is about great vistas that gives us all such a thrill.
29 mins · Thu, 26 Mar 2009
S01 Episode 7
Richard Wilson Learns to Drive
In preparation for a motor journey around Britain, Richard Wilson is put through his paces as he learns how to use a gear stick again, having driven only automatics for the past 30 years. He drives classic cars, goes off road, experiences the thrills and spills of the skidpan and gets a lesson in driving high performance cars from five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell.
29 mins · Thu, 23 Sep 2010
