Driving Ambition
Season 1
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Network: BBC One
Season aired: 1984-03-03
Overview
A bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver.
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Episodes · 8
A Little Differential Problem
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.
Dream Machine
Ken assesses Donna's driving; she and Jen think of ways to raise money. After initial reluctance, their husbands get behind the project.
Five O'Clock Shadow
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....
Manifold Depression
Donna and Jen get local newspaper and radio exposure; Jen and Ken have a snog; and a beveraged up Joanna gets Nigel going.
The Late Breaker
Donna meets the competition in the form of racer Alan Hearshner; meanwhile Nigel babysits his year old brother David.
