CELEBRITY LEARNERS

There are several different types of Celebrity Learner driver. There are those who are celebrities who have been featured in programmes about Learning to Drive. There are fictional characters such as Dot Branning in East Enders. And then there are those like the ubiquitous Maureen from "Driving School" who have become famous through there skills or lack thereof in Learning to Drive.

The low point for Learner Drivers on TV must surely have been Maureen (sorry no picture available!) on Driving School! Fame achieved by having such lack of ability! Rows with her husband as she was driving, swerving in front of vehicles on a dual carriageway, the nation was gripped by her efforts. Eventually (to most people's suprise) she passed.

While some have become celebrities through their learning antics, and others have used Celebrity Driving School programmes to raise their PR profile, Suzi Perry of the Gadget Show has been busy presenting DSA videos, cds and dvds. Obviously a ploy by the DSA to get the lads paying attention!

Film star Brittany Murphy of "Sin City" was told to learn to drive for a role in her film "Love and Other Disasters"

Suzi Perry website