Last Chance Learners Explained

Genre:	Reality
Presenter:	Mike Whitney
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	12
Location:	Sydney, Australia
Runtime:	30 minutes (Including commercials)
Network:	Channel Seven

Last Chance Learners was an Australian television program which was created by the Seven Network. The show gave ten learner drivers the chance to be trained by an experienced driving instructor and the opportunity to take their driver's licence test and win a brand new Hyundai Getz.

Last Chance Learners premiered on Wednesday 18 April 2007 at 7:30pm on Channel Seven and was hosted by former Test cricketer and Who Dares Wins host Mike Whitney. After the conclusion of the series final on 4 July 2007, the Seven Network planned a live reunion special, also hosted by Whitney, where all ten learners would talk about their experiences on the show and answer questions from a live studio audience. The special also planned to give away the remaining Hyundai Getzs to lucky home viewers. However, the reunion special was cancelled. Repeats have been shown on 7Two.

The series was also broadcast in the UK on Living2 as Desperate Learners Driving School.

The learner drivers

The ten learner drivers were split up into two teams of five learner drivers each. Each team had its own dedicated driving instructor. The red team instructor was Jann Shipley while the blue team instructor was Chris Breen.

Red Team

Learner driver Partner Driver's Age Years on learners Licence test attempts Test result Sharni Freeman Chris Martin 27 12 0 Passed – Episode 11 Virgilia Nielsen Darren Appleton 19 3 3 Passed – Episode 7 Shannan Wilson Lee Bollom 28 11 3 Passed – Episode 12 Isabel Sng John Wong 32 14 0 Quit – Episode 7 David Bester Darren Balsley 24 3 2 Passed – Episode 12

Blue Team

Learner driver Partner Driver's Age Years on learners Licence test attempts Test result Simone Woods Josh Woods 32 16 0 Didn't pass at all Shaun Favell Eddie Bray 36 17 4 Didn't pass at all Robert Giess Colleen Berry 34 17 0 Passed – Episode 5 Naida Churchill Lisa Moyle 33 6 0 Passed – Episode 12 Belinda Lemair Andrew Lemair 32 13 2 Passed – Episode 4

Episodes

Air Date Challenge Winner Test-taker Did they pass? 1 18 April 2007 Pace Car Challenge Red N/A N/A 2 25 April 2007 Emergency Braking Red Shannan No 3 2 May 2007 Reverse Parking on a busy street Blue Virgilia No 4 9 May 2007 Braking on a wet surface Blue Belinda Yes 5 16 May 2007 Reversing through a grid of cars Blue Robert Yes 6 23 May 2007 Night Driving Red Naida N/A – didn't sit test 7 30 May 2007 3-point turn on a hill Blue Virgilia Yes 8 6 June 2007 Finding a parking spot at Paddy's Markets Red Naida No 9 13 June 2007 Country Driving Red Shannan N/A – didn't sit test 10 20 June 2007 Map Navigation Red David No 11 27 June 2007 4WD Challenge Red Sharni Yes 12 4 July 2007 N/A N/A David Naida Shannan Shaun Simone David, Naida and Shannan finally passed, but Shaun and Simone failed dismally.

External links

• Official LCL Myspace
  • Australia DKT Test