Classic TV helps Polish drivers to speak

Bus firm FirstGroup has confirmed that its new Polish drivers are being shown UK television programmes to help them understand different regional accents. The UK firm, which now has 1,000 Polish drivers working across Britain, said programmes being shown included Only Fools and Horses and Coronation Street.

FirstGroup is airing the shows at its new training centre in Poland, where Polish staff are first recruited. The company said it needed to import staff from Poland to fill vacancies.

A FirstGroup spokesman said new Polish staff were shown different TV programmes depending upon where they were going to be posted in the UK.

For example, a new recruit going to Glasgow may be shown a DVD of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. (See video it's worth a watch LMFAO) While someone heading to the English capital might be shown an episode of much-loved sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which is set in the London borough of Peckham.

And Coronation Street would be aired to those going to Manchester. (I refuse to post any Corry street , being as it's shite !)