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201530 minTerminata

Double Decker Driving School

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S01E06 - "Episode 6"

Andato in onda il Apr 30, 2015, 7:30 PM

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Double Decker Driving School is a documentary series for ITV that focuses on the ultra-competitive world of trainee London bus drivers.With 20 applicants for every place on the intensive six-week course, the bus drivers' school promises to be a gateway to a steady salary and a virtual job for life. First, however, the prospective drivers must learn how to safely negotiate a ten-ton bus through London's overcrowded streets.The trainees are filmed from the first moment they sit behind the wheel of a bus through a set of increasingly complex manoeuvres designed to test their abilities to the limit.Those who make it through the early stages then face the toughest assessment of all – their bus driving test, a 90-minute examination. This will determine if the trainees have what it takes to achieve their dreams, and make it as a bus driver.If they pass this ultimate test, then every crash, every stall, and every heart-in-mouth emergency stop over the six weeks has been worth it.

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Stato
Terminata
Lingua
English
Durata
30 min
Prima TV
March 19, 2015
Terminata
April 30, 2015
Programmazione
Thursday alle 20:30

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Episodi (1 Stagione · 6 Episodi)

Episode 1

In the first episode, a new batch of recruits are starting their six-week course at one of London's largest double decker driving schools. On her first day out on the open road Claire has a close encounter on a pedestrian crossing and nearly has a head-on collision. With the help of her instructor Alagarsamy Gopal, Claire needs to dig deep to summon the strength and the courage to stay on the course, and pursue her goal.

Mar 19, 2015

30 min

Episode 2

This time, single mum Claire Carter is approaching the end of the course. She nearly quit after an eventful first week, which involved a close call on a zebra crossing and near head-on collision.Claire's pressing on, determined to show her teenage children that anything is possible. But if she is to be granted her all-important driving test she has to prove she can control not only her ten-tonne vehicle, but her nerves as well.

Mar 26, 2015

30 min

Episode 3

This time, Manuel Daniel is three weeks into the course and struggling. He's failed a series of crucial safety exams and his driving isn't up to the high standard expected.For Manuel becoming a bus driver will mean the world; he will finally be able to afford to move out of his parents' house and rent a place of his own, with a room for his bus-loving son.

Apr 9, 2015

30 min

Episode 4

This time, newly-married Rodney Willis is preparing for his test. Despite having driven hundreds of cars in his previous job as a car salesman, nothing can prepare Rodney for taking control of a ten-tonne double decker - particularly when he finds himself surrounded with hundreds of marching protesters in the middle of Trafalgar Square.Now he's ready for his test, but forgetting to indicate at a roundabout sees Rodney lose his cool. A face to face meeting with training manager Geoff White results in Rodney being told to buck up his ideas, or face being thrown off the course.

Apr 16, 2015

30 min

Episode 5

This time, former traffic warden Alvin de Guzman is a father of three who came to the UK from the Philippines and faces a battle to get to grips with the English language as well as the double-decker buses he is learning to drive.

Apr 23, 2015

30 min

Episode 6

This time, Michelle Sandy is recovering from a first drive which resulted in everyone on board being thrown to the floor. Having given up a 25-year career at a supermarket chain to start on the training course, Michelle can't afford to fail.

Apr 30, 2015

30 min

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