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Driving Ambition

Season 1

1984 · 8 episodes

  1. 1. A Little Differential Problem

    1984-03-03

    Seeing off a pair of tossers in a Toyota and a chance conversation with her mechanic convince bored housewife Donna Hewitt to become a racing driver.

  2. 2. Dream Machine

    1984-03-10

    Ken assesses Donna's driving; she and Jen think of ways to raise money. After initial reluctance, their husbands get behind the project.

  3. 3. Five O'Clock Shadow

    1984-03-17

    When Donna & Jen's coffee morning friends are understandably unwilling to help with fund raising, Joanna gets her school friends involved. Donna sees a fatal Formula 1 crash on TV she doubts her resolve....

  4. 4. Manifold Depression

    1984-03-24

    Donna and Jen get local newspaper and radio exposure; Jen and Ken have a snog; and a beveraged up Joanna gets Nigel going.

  5. 5. The Late Breaker

    1984-03-31

    Donna meets the competition in the form of racer Alan Hearshner; meanwhile Nigel babysits his year old brother David.

  6. 6. The Thin Red Line

    1984-04-07

  7. 7. Big Torque

    1984-04-14

  8. 8. A Class of Their Own

    1984-04-21

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