Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)

Director:

Norman Cohen

Writers:

Christopher Wood (novel)
Christopher Wood (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 September 1981 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Girls drive him wild... and he loves it!

Plot:

The sexual misadventures of Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett when they set up a driving school business.

Plot Keywords:

Driving School | Wrecking Yard | Kissing | Male Nudity | Bathroom

Cast

Robin Askwith	...	Timothy Lea
Anthony Booth	...	Sidney Noggett
Sheila White	...	Rosie Noggett
Doris Hare	...	Mrs. Lea
Bill Maynard	...	Mr. Lea
Windsor Davies	...	Mr. Truscott
Liz Fraser	...	Mrs. Chalmers
Irene Handl	...	Miss Slenderparts
George Layton	...	Tony Bender
Lynda Bellingham	...	Mary Truscott
Avril Angers	...	Mrs. Truscott
Maxine Casson	...	Avril Chalmers
Chrissy Iddon	...	Lady Snodley
Ballard Berkeley	...	Lord Snodley
Suzy Mandel	...	Mrs. Hargreaves

Also Known As:

Timothy Lea's Confessions of a Driving Instructor (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Trivia:

Last cinema film of Avril Angers.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Doing Rude Things (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

My Name Is Timmy Lea

Give it a chance !

CONFESSIONS OF A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR one for all lovers of highbrow comedy, witty, clever, cool, incisive in it almost devastating portrait of 1970's working class life - Mike Leigh and Ken Loach's films have nothing on this one, obvious inspiration for the later comedies of Richard Curtis - don't worry, just joking - instead it's a very broad unembarrassed Carry On style comedy - If you hate the Carry On's,WATCH SOMETHING ELSE. For the rest of us, there's some great talent on display - and not just in a female sense - Windsor Davies, Avril Angers, the great Irene Handl, Doris Hare, Donald Hewlett, Geoffrey Hughes, George Layton, to name but a few - Best of all is Liz Fraser as the very lusty landlady Mrs Chalmers - She's one landlady who would have no trouble getting her rent - a stunning looking woman, even as here at the age of 43 - very underrated character actress as well - pity she's not seen more these days. She would be a natural now for playing the sort of part that the great Irene plays in this one ( The splendidly named Miss Slenderparts ). See Liz in a later Minder episode, if you have any doubts. Also watch out for Sally Adez as the female instructor - wow, what a babe!. On a trivia note another great character, Sam Kydd featured in the first cut of the film as Mr Gilson but was cut out to bring the running time down to 90 minutes. So give it a chance !.