Truckers: Life on the Road

Unlike many big haulage firms, Owens has remained 100% family-run and owned. From its founding in 1972 by Huw Owen with just one van, the company has grown to 1000+ employees. To mark 50 years in business, Huw's son Ian, the new MD, has decided to hold a fun day for the entire workforce and their families. With expectations sky high, Vicky in marketing has been put in charge of making sure everything goes smoothly on the day. But for Ian, there's still the matter of that all-important speech to write.

Before they can get the party started, it's business as usual for the 650 drivers powering up and down Britain's motorways. Trucker Matt's got a 500-mile round trip ahead of him. He's heading to a Scottish forest where he'll be collecting felled logs to be turned into garden fencing. Matt is one of only three drivers in the company trained to do this forest run. With tricky terrain to navigate, one wrong move could send his truck careering over the edge.

DJ Jagger is back in the driving seat with instructor Will, preparing to retake his HGV test. Will it be second time lucky?