Driving Ambition - Season 1

1. A Little Differential Problem

Aired: 3/3/1984

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.

2. Dream Machine

Aired: 3/10/1984

Ken assesses Donna's driving; she and Jen think of ways to raise money. After initial reluctance, their husbands get behind the project.

3. Five O'Clock Shadow

Aired: 3/17/1984

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....

4. Manifold Depression

Aired: 3/24/1984

Donna and Jen get local newspaper and radio exposure; Jen and Ken have a snog; and a beveraged up Joanna gets Nigel going.

5. The Late Breaker

Aired: 3/31/1984

Donna meets the competition in the form of racer Alan Hearshner; meanwhile Nigel babysits his year old brother David.

6. The Thin Red Line

Aired: 4/7/1984

7. Big Torque

Aired: 4/14/1984

8. A Class of Their Own

Aired: 4/21/1984