The Knowledge: The World’s Toughest Taxi Test
Duration: 1 x 52'
Play Trailer Play Screener Contact SalesUsing fixed-rig cameras, this fun and sometimes nerve-wracking film follows the London Black Cab drivers as they prepare to take one of the hardest exams in the world: The Knowledge of London.
By instinctively tapping into ancient memory techniques, these colourful characters are bucking the trend when it comes to our dependence on technology.
Candidates must memorise the capital’s ever changing 100,000 points of interest, 25,000 streets and traffic restrictions. They are tested in nail-biting one-on-one oral exams known as ‘appearances’. The volume and detail of information is often compared to doing a degree in law or medicine. It takes an average of four years of grit and determination to pass. The dropout rate is 70%.
We follow a surprising range of characters, each at various stages of the process, including a single mum, a Kosovan immigrant and a bus driver. These are ordinary people doing something extraordinary to secure a better life for themselves and their families.
You’ll never look at a Black Cab driver the same way again.
For Channel 4
Also in this genre
Psycho Pussies: Mad Cat Attacks
Living With My Supersized Pets
Funniest Ever Pets At Christmas
Stacey Dooley: The Young And Homeless
Our Soldiers: Return To Civvy Street
Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with The Bounty Hunters
School of Hard Tricks
Incredible Christmas Trees and How to Decorate Them
Prisoners' Wives: Visiting Hours
Celebs On The Ranch
Stacey Dooley: On The Psych Ward
25 Siblings & Me
Fake Homeless: Who's Begging On The Streets?
A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away
*Latest Series - Celebrity Farm
Growing up Poor: Britain's Hidden Homeless Kids
Hannah Spearritt: Me & Breast Implants
Farther And Sun, A Dyslexic Road Trip
Scarlett's Driving School - Format
A Place in the Sun: A Place by The Sea
Michael Palin In North Korea
Kashmir's Torture Trail
Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum
Britain’s Refugee Children
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Kids Selling Drugs Online
Dr Xand's Con or Cure - Format
Stacey's Lockdown Heroes
Xmas Excess: Parents Splash The Cash
Naughty Toddlers Caught on Camera
Stacey and the Lockdown Babies
Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
The World’s Worst Place To Be Disabled?
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute
Prison, My Parents And Me
*LATEST SERIES - Katie Price's Mucky Mansion
Deliveroo: How Do They Really Do It?
Ross Kemp: On the NHS Frontline
National Trust: My Historic Home
Eat Smart: Secrets of the Glucose Goddess
Stutter School - Format
Britain's America's Cup Challenge 4K
Clean Eating's Dirty Secrets
A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun
Lawn and Order: Keep off the Grass
Celebrity Ghost Hunt: Haunted Holiday
Britain's Child Drug Runners
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids For Sex
Bring Back the Bush: Where Did Our Pubic Hair Go?
Born On The Breadline
How To Be A Young Billionaire
Cats Do the Naughtiest Things
Living with the Boss - Format
Darcey Bussell’s Wild Coasts of Scotland
Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia
Celebrity Road Trip: Lost In Transylvania
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Gypsy Kids In Crisis
Life On The Psych Ward
Retreat: Meditations From A Monastery
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Sex In Strange Places
The Dogumentary
The Hidden World of Hospitality with Tom Kerridge
A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun
Face The Consequences - Format
Coronavirus: A Day in the Life
The Secret Lives Of Slim People
Meghan & Harry: The New Revelations
School of Hard Tricks - Format
Inside the Bruderhof
Paul O'Grady's Little Heroes
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Spy Cam Sex Criminals
Poundland: How Do They Really Do It?
Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape
Heal Me In The Name Of Jesus
of
Format Info
The Knowledge: The World’s Toughest Taxi Test
This fun, insightful and sometimes nerve wracking programme follows the wonderful characters taking one of the hardest exams in the world.
Series Duration: 1 x 52'
Resolution: HD
Genres: Human Interest & Lifestyle