5.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestWith Paslowski now out of his coma, the police visit Vince again. After visiting the badly injured Colin and asking to leave the gang, he tries to bribe a colleague to give him an alibi but Kev squeals and Vince is arrested. He confesses everything and is offered a deal — to carry on working undercover and inform the police of their next planned job, the robbery of a Chinese supermarket. The McKees are put under witness protection and given new identities, angering Ros and Katie. Preparing for the robbery, Vince is amazed to see that Colin will be taking part and tells him to back out as the police will be waiting. Everything goes to plan and Vince hears from Tim that he wants to come home. Does this signal an end to the nightmare for the driver or are he and his family still in danger?
The Driver is a three-part British crime drama serial aired on BBC One between 23 September and 7 October 2014. Written by Danny Brocklehurst and directed by Jamie Payne, it stars David Morrissey as despondent cab driver Vince McKee, whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to be the driver for a criminal gang.
Acting
Morrissey's crumpled everyman desperation is genuinely heartbreaking.
Direction
Jamie Payne makes Manchester feel like a character suffocating everyone.
Creators
Daniel Brocklehurst, Jim Poyser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danny Brocklehurst wrote this during his own creative dry spell, channeling his fears about middle-aged irrelevance directly into Vince.
This arrived during BBC's 2014 crime renaissance alongside Happy Valley and The Missing, but got buried — arguably the bleakest of the bunch.
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