Worst Driver
{{Infobox media franchise
| title = Worst Driver
| image =
| creator = Quentin Willson
Duncan McAlpine
| origin = Britain's Worst Driver (United Kingdom)
| owner = Tinopolis
| years = 2002–present
}}
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).{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/857985552/10161997285840553 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/857985552/posts/10161997285840553/ |title = Andrew Younghusband on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
International versions
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| Country | Title | Host | Channel | Year aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Flag|Australia}}
| Australia's Worst Driver | Peter Colquhoun | 2003{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862542/|title = Australia's Worst Driver|website = IMDb}} | ||||
| {{Flag|Austria}}
| Österreichs schlechtester Autofahrer | Robert Kratky | ORF | 2007 | ||||
| rowspan=2| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| Y'a pas pire conducteur | | RTBF | | ||||
| De slechtste chauffeur van Vlaanderen
| | VTM | | ||||
| {{Flag|Brazil}}
| Ruim de Roda | 2012{{cite web | url=http://www.plankpr.com/?p=2819 | title=Plank PR }} | ||||
| rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Canada}}
| 2005–2018 | ||||
| Les pires chauffards québécois
| Richard Turcotte | Z Télé | 2015–2017 | ||||
| {{Flag|Denmark}}
| Danmarks Værste Bilist | Henriette Honoré (2004) | TV2 (2004) | 2004–2005 | ||||
| {{Flag|Finland}}
| Suomen surkein kuski | Juuso Mäkilähde (2012–2017) | MTV3 MAX (season 1) | 2012–present | ||||
| {{Flag|France}}
| Zéro de conduite | | M6 | | ||||
| {{Flag|Germany}}
| Abgewürgt und ausgebremst – Deutschlands schlechtester Autofahrer | Panagiota Petridou | VOX | 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3053112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title = Abgewürgt und ausgebremst – Deutschlands schlechtester Autofahrer|website = IMDb|date = 16 July 2013}} | ||||
| {{Flag|Netherlands}}
| De Allerslechtste Chauffeur van Nederland (2011–2013) | Ruben Nicolai (2011–2013) | BNN (2011–2013) | 2011–present | ||||
| {{Flag|New Zealand}}
| New Zealand's Worst Driver | | | | ||||
| rowspan="4" | {{Flag|Poland}}
| rowspan="2" | Najgorszy polski kierowca | rowspan="3" |Stefan Friedmann | rowspan="3" | TV Puls |Fall 2007 | ||||
| Spring 2008 | ||||
| Nie-dzielny kierowca
|Fall 2008 | ||||
| Najgorszy polski kierowca
|Aleksandra Kutz |TTV |Fall 2015 | ||||
| {{Flag|Portugal}}
| O pior condutor de sempre | SIC | 2006 | ||||
| {{Flag|Sweden}}
| Sveriges värsta bilförare | Linda Isacsson (2005) | TV4 (2005–2012, 2022) | 2005 | ||||
| {{Flag|Switzerland}}
| Y'a pas pire conducteur en Suisse romande | | | | ||||
| {{Flag|Ukraine}}
|Найгірший водій країни |Volodymyr Shumko |TET |2017 | ||||
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| Quentin Willson | five | 2002–2005 | ||||
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 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.Canada's Worst Driver 7, episode 6
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.