Driving Force
Synopsis
The collective brains of game show fandom have been wracking their brains to recall this fine piece of Smitty gameshowia, so be grateful for what you're getting. So what do we remember? Celebs are teamed up with pro drivers to perform a number of different driving tests: a "hot hatch" speed circuit, something to do with reversing a trailer into some traffic cones, a tank/duck military vehicle test, and a skidpan round. Rather than being a proper series, it seems to have been an annual event thing.
One year they held it in Isola 2000 (the upgrade to Isola 1998) in the French Alps for a snow-themed edition where skidoos, piste bashers and finally snow-chains lay in wait for the likes of Dionne Warwick (!), Pat Jennings, Dave Thorpe, Toyah Willcox, Louise Aitken-Walker, Peter Howitt, John Watson and, natch, Lennie Bennett.
We think the 2001 season was called "Driving Force Down Under" and featured Australian celebrities Rebecca Gibney, Ross Dunkerton, Peter O'Brien, Peter Brock and others alongside Martin Donnelly and Barry Sheene.
