All the comprehensive car insurance policies I've ever had have entitled me to third party cover to drive any other car with the person's permission.

Several sites and Blackstone seem to say that the supervisor must meet all the requirements of a driver i.e. licence, not drunk, not using mobile phone etc. A person with broken leg would not be allowed to drive a vehicle though she seemed to have broken left foot so would be able to drive an automatic of course.

I think the book said the supervisor should remain in the car so not allowed to get out to give directions so on a rural road they might have to make the learner driver get out to open gates himself!

The car would need insurance for a learner, it is often an extra and I know some company cars can only be driven by a learner who is a close relative.

Pretty sure I've seen you say something similar about Gogglebox or First Dates, how about you don't watch any more and leave it to those who do enjoy it.
Just give it and any related threats the swerve from now on, lots of us do it.

How many years since you last studied your policy? You may well find it stopped you being allowed to do that several years ago in line with the trend for all insurance companies no longer permitting it as standard.

Prince Monalulu, yes, doesn't really matter a bit in the grand scheme of things. I think it was because I wasn't aware of the Newcastle reference that it seemed utterly pointless to me. If it went over my head (and no doubt others) now, think how headscratching it will be in the future. That was all I meant I think.

Bloody hell, this is going to get hammered into the ground isn't it.
Ben is likely a named driver on Dad/Mum's policy, probably fully comp, at their age it's probably cheaper to go fully comp anyway.

Not all fully comp policy's allow you to lend your car out (Direct line don't IIRC).
It's a dull old point and full of so many possible caveats.

Can someone quote an amusing line or situation from the program, we can share, quickly to get thread back on track and away from advice/general discussion?

Please use the quote function or this stuff gets hard to track, understand, even if we're the only people interested.

Loved it ,was brilliant to catch up with the family again ,how fit has ben become ,hope there's more to come

Sorry for having an opinion different to yours....I thought the idea of a forum was that people can express their own opinions even if full of themself loadmouths like you, don't agree with them, but obviously I was incorrect and you are only allowed an opinion if it's a POSITIVE one and one that you agree with.
I've seen some utterly ridiculous (in my opinion) comments from you many times in here, but I accept that everyone has their own mind and are free to air their own opinion so I don't go acting like "he man" and post messages telling you to stop watching or stop making comments.
Just who on earth do you think you are to tell others to do that? Small man syndrome, I presume!

Was the girlfriend on her phone?

Just watched it. It didn't seem to be anywhere as funny as it used to be. IMO. #EverythingChanges

For goodness sake, bin it now and don't ever bother with anymore "specials" in the future either.
Is what you said.
Instead of you just ignoring the program, it should be cancelled other peoples opinions don't matter, just yours.

I don't like 24 hours in A&E, Corrie or East Enders anymore, so I don't watch them, it's not hard, you should try it.

Daniel Roche (Ben) seems to be taking on the form of Bill Beaumont, former captain of one side of the 1980s BBC A Question of Sport panel and more importantly a former captain of the England rugby union team, which funnily enough is what seems to be Ben's vocation as he currently plays for Wasps RFC Academy aiming to play professionally.
His resemblance is uncanny.

One has to use Wiki a fair bit when watching old stuff.

Lady Docker and Sabrina in Hancock

Thrupenny bits and Horses Hoof in Steptoe

Gerald Nabarro and Eamon Andrews in Round The Horne

It is. I'm renewing mine next week and I have the option "...any driver driving with the permission or under the direction of the policy holder..." and only about 40% more than the cover I have for named drivers. Nothing about broken feet.

Zero years, eight months.

There will be something in the small print about that "any driver" having a valid driving licence and various other things. If the car is a manual one and he his leg / foot in plaster (or boot thing) then he is not competent to drive the car so the insurance is probably invalid. There will also likely be some conditions about young and learner drivers.

I have not bought that option but in the last cases only in terms of the excesses.

There wasn't any explanation as to why that disabled woman was filming them, although she might have just been on her phone and they were making assumptions.

Can a 17-year-old with a provisional license drive without an instructor? Mind you, I'm a 19-year-old with a provisional license so I'm not really sure on that front.

I finally released where I recognised the barman from - from the short lived BBC1 gameshow 'The Edge'.

It's Eddie from the magnificent 'Early Doors'!

I really enjoyed it, hope they continue to do specials.

Sweet Jesus.... It's a TV comedy. Can we drop the in detail analysis of motor insurance and learner supervision and enjoy it for what it is? Hate to break it to you but 95% of shows use poetic licence plotwise.

Mark Benton made the show. The "children" were well drawn, and though Karen's fixation with her smart phone and Pete with his fitbit were big obvious targets, the humour was nearly as sharp as ever. (One member of my family watched it whilst walking on the spot to clock up the 2000 steps she needed to meet her daily quota).

Quite happy to leave it at that, presumably any future special will have the kids away from the nest, not sure I'm that bothered about it morphing into "My Family"

We went away for a few days with my friend and her teenage daughter, her daughter did not look up from her phone once while we were away.