Double Decker Driving School: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Double Decker Driving School
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2015-03-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-04-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27487
• TVDB ID: 293125

Cast and credited roles

• Jamie Foreman — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-03-19; final listed air date 2015-04-30; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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