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Zoe Delaney

Scarlett Moffatt lands driving show gig after failing her test 13 times

Iconic BBC series Driving School is back - with Scarlett Moffatt at the wheel as host.

The former Gogglebox star has plenty of experience with the highs and lows of learning to drive, after failing her own test a whopping 13 times.

Scarlett, 31, is hoping her latest presenting role will help her finally ditch the L plates and pass her own driving test.

Scarlett’s Driving School will follow learner drivers who have been unable to have professional lessons due to Covid-19 and instead been guided by friends and family.

Each hopeful learner will take an intensive crash course in Teesside, with some of the country's top driving instructors on hand to help, before trying to pass their test in just five days.

Scarlett Moffatt is hoping her new BBC gig will help her pass her own driving test (SplashNews.com)

"I’m over the moon to be part of such an exciting series on BBC One," Scarlett exclaimed as the news was announced.

"Having failed my driving test 13 times I know exactly how these learners feel and how much strain it puts on the person teaching you - no one will get in a car with me anymore!"

She hopefully added: "I hope that my new show will give us all the confidence to finally rip up those L plates and hit the road."

The star is hopeful the show can help her finally get on the road (Getty Images)

The new 10-part BBC series will undoubtedly take people back to the channel's 1997 docusoup, Driving School.

Set in Bristol and South Wales, the primetime show created one of the country's first ever reality TV stars.

The nation fell in love with hopeless Maureen Rees, now 80, as she tried - and failed - to pass her driving test.

She eventually passed, on her seventh attempt, in the last episode of the BBC show, after giving up on manual cars and taking her test in an automatic.

The announcement of Scarlett’s Driving School comes shortly after it was revealed Scarlett will head up a new documentary on Channel 4 about Tourette's and tic disorders.

Scarlett experienced a facial tic as a child when she was diagnosed with Bell's palsy - a temporary weakness or lack of movement affecting the face.

According to medical experts, the pandemic has seen an increase in the number of young people being diagnosed with conditions like Tourette's syndrome.

The star is hoping to get to the bottom of why there has been an increase in diagnoses (collect)

Scarlett's new Channel 4 show will attempt to investigate why this has happened and how.

Speaking to The Sun, the former I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! winner said: "This is something I feel incredibly passionate about as I suffered with facial tics when diagnosed with Bell’s palsy as a child.

"I wish there was this kind of information and education available back then, as it’s something so many young people have to deal with."

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