Car Junkies

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 3: Fatal Attraction

  The growing attraction of luxury four-wheel-drive cars, seen as ultimate status symbols for people ranging from Chelsea mums to gangsta rappers, but viewed by detractors as gas-guzzling toys. Their rugged off-road capabilities hide a history of rollover crashes : is the love affair becoming a fatal attraction? Last in series

• Season 1 Episode 2: Addicted to Speed

  Investigation into why increasing numbers of modern motorists seem obsessed with driving at high speed, despite the threat it poses to themselves, their passengers and other road users : not to mention unfortunate pedestrians who happen to be in the vicinity. The introduction of traffic-calming measures is inevitably greeted with a chorus of protest by motoring groups : so can anything be done to improve the situation, or are safety campaigners fighting a losing battle?

• Season 1 Episode 1: Highway to Hell

  Following the launch of London's groundbreaking congestion charge scheme, the grim reality behind glossy vehicle adverts and the history of modern road building is investigated. Successive governments have scrambled to gain votes by allowing ever-increasing numbers on the roads, while the industry pumps millions of pounds into advertising and digs up swathes of countryside. Despite numerous local protests, it seems no politician has the might or will to rein in the car culture