I was only around 13 at the time this aired, but low and behold, i've just found all 8 ep's on YT !!!
4 Reviews
Very memorable series !
p-halley18 March 2018
Typical 1980's TV Series, But Still Worth A Watch
taffy_turner1 February 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The 1980's isn't a favourite decade for me (or the UK for that matter), but this TV series was a break from the norm which was endless brain dead soap opera's.
Okay the premise of a bored house wife spending thousands to get her battered but loved Mini converted into a racing car with winning potential is just a bit unlikely. Especially when it means she sells virtually all the families possessions and runs the risk of getting into terrible debt.
Then there's the set backs like the fact the Mini gets stolen and damaged, so much of the work and expense was for nothing. But against all the odds she's still intent on living her dream and doesn't give up.
Driving Ambition was spread over 8 episodes and originally shown between 3/3/84 - 21/4/84. But it did get repeated at least once around 1992 on the Sky Satellite channel 'UKGold'.
It's still an enjoyable series, even if Nicky Henson looks horrendous as the token Mr Big of the racing world. Which is something he fails to pull off and he just looks like an appalling yuppie with no dress sense at all instead (to think he's ashamed of himself in the 1972 classic British 'B' movie 'Pychomania'. God knows what he'd think of himself if he ever gets to see this series again).
Anyway apart from the 1980's naffness (which isn't seen too much on screen), this was probably one of the best TV series of the 1980's and on the whole the actors did a fine job. Especially Gavin Richards who played the ex-racing driver and racing car builder 'Ken Lark', who after a brief successful racing career of his own had turned cynical and quite unpleasant to the outside world. But he came good in the end and helped the housewife live her dream.
The only major gripe I have (if you can call it that) is the fact that for the last episode they gave the whole show away by giving it the title "A Class Of Their Own".
So if you like watching a bit of motor racing, someone battling against the odds or are just a Mini enthusiast, then this series will certainly appeal to you.
The cast list on this website isn't very accurate (to say the least), so check this title out on the BFI (British Film Industry) site which is far more accurate and provides greater cast detail.
Okay the premise of a bored house wife spending thousands to get her battered but loved Mini converted into a racing car with winning potential is just a bit unlikely. Especially when it means she sells virtually all the families possessions and runs the risk of getting into terrible debt.
Then there's the set backs like the fact the Mini gets stolen and damaged, so much of the work and expense was for nothing. But against all the odds she's still intent on living her dream and doesn't give up.
Driving Ambition was spread over 8 episodes and originally shown between 3/3/84 - 21/4/84. But it did get repeated at least once around 1992 on the Sky Satellite channel 'UKGold'.
It's still an enjoyable series, even if Nicky Henson looks horrendous as the token Mr Big of the racing world. Which is something he fails to pull off and he just looks like an appalling yuppie with no dress sense at all instead (to think he's ashamed of himself in the 1972 classic British 'B' movie 'Pychomania'. God knows what he'd think of himself if he ever gets to see this series again).
Anyway apart from the 1980's naffness (which isn't seen too much on screen), this was probably one of the best TV series of the 1980's and on the whole the actors did a fine job. Especially Gavin Richards who played the ex-racing driver and racing car builder 'Ken Lark', who after a brief successful racing career of his own had turned cynical and quite unpleasant to the outside world. But he came good in the end and helped the housewife live her dream.
The only major gripe I have (if you can call it that) is the fact that for the last episode they gave the whole show away by giving it the title "A Class Of Their Own".
So if you like watching a bit of motor racing, someone battling against the odds or are just a Mini enthusiast, then this series will certainly appeal to you.
The cast list on this website isn't very accurate (to say the least), so check this title out on the BFI (British Film Industry) site which is far more accurate and provides greater cast detail.
A great childhood memory
midgebuster27 January 2022
a very distant memory!
a73uk27 July 2008
I was 11 years old when this was shown & therefore I remember very little about it.
From what I do remember there were 2 women (I'm assuming they were Rosemary Martin & Anne Carroll) fighting to win in the male dominated world of motor racing using Austin Mini track racing cars.
I'm pretty sure Gavin Richards was the team boss and / or mechanic.
As a kid into cars I had to watch it, but 24 years on , I cant remember any more of the plot or how it ended!
I think it was shown around 9pm on Sunday nights & as far as I know it hasn't been repeated since.
From what I do remember there were 2 women (I'm assuming they were Rosemary Martin & Anne Carroll) fighting to win in the male dominated world of motor racing using Austin Mini track racing cars.
I'm pretty sure Gavin Richards was the team boss and / or mechanic.
As a kid into cars I had to watch it, but 24 years on , I cant remember any more of the plot or how it ended!
I think it was shown around 9pm on Sunday nights & as far as I know it hasn't been repeated since.
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