1 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,240 Hello, I'm John Bishop, and this is a caravan. 2 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,560 Welcome to Top Gear: From A To Z. 3 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,480 Once upon a time, Top Gear was a bit...dull? 4 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:41,960 Doors very wide, 70% of the passenger compartment... 5 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,000 Then, in 2002... 6 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,120 ..all that changed. 7 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,520 A new team rolled onto the set, doing 120, 8 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,520 and Top Gear became something else entirely. 9 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,840 Whoa-oh-oh! 10 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,160 120. 11 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,240 Into fourth. 12 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,800 A car show that refused to be a car show. 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,960 I can just see sky, sea, sky, sea! 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:10,880 A BBC success story that never felt...well, very BBC. 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,560 If anybody has an objection to what we're doing here, do, please, 16 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,520 feel free to keep that objection to yourself. 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,720 This is the definitive guide to that Clarkson, Hammond and May era, 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,560 an era defined by moments of soaring ambition, 19 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,200 ludicrous risks... 20 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,760 I am now terrified. 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:30,880 Ugh. 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,960 ..and utter, utter silliness. 23 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,040 James and Richard think it's all over. And they're right! 24 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,520 13 years that pushed the boundaries to the limits 25 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,320 and quite a long way beyond. 26 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:45,360 Car shows would never be boring again. 27 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,720 We are away! 28 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,240 Over the next 26 letters, we're going to look at what it was 29 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,640 that made Top Gear so extraordinary. 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,520 Let's start with a little reminder because A is for... 31 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,680 I am an alien! 32 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,600 I am a driving doll! 33 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,280 HE LAUGHS 34 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,680 What is Top Gear? What IS Top Gear? 35 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,880 Top Gear - entertainment show. 36 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,640 A bizarre telly phenomena. 37 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,720 Oh, God! 38 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,480 You can't describe Top Gear in three words. 39 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,680 Big. Bad. Bawling. 40 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,440 I wasn't expecting that. 41 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,880 Schoolboy stupid? 42 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,400 This is bloody brilliant! 43 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,480 Infuriating. 44 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,880 - We welcome homosexual couples. - Yeah. - We do. 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,760 - We particularly like the lesbian sort. - Oh, God! 46 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:47,800 AUDIENCE LAUGHS 47 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,080 Shocking! 48 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,240 SNIPER FIRE 49 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,480 Pure entertainment. 50 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,120 Controversial. 51 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,120 Guess what, you're in a hick town, man. 52 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,240 We're going to die now. 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,400 Experimental. 54 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,240 A fun, wild ride. 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:06,920 BLEEP! 56 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,200 Informative? 57 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,320 There is still room in the boot 58 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,720 for a zebra's head. 59 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,720 Informed a bit. Educated ever so slightly. 60 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,080 But really entertained. 61 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,320 I am king of the forest. 62 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,000 HE LAUGHS 63 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,400 This is fast. 64 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,440 Why don't all cars have no doors? 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,080 The thing about the world's most popular car show 66 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,160 is that it wasn't really about cars at all. 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,680 It was about three mates having a laugh, and enjoying the time 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,760 of their lives, mucking about on a grand scale and getting away with it. 69 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,840 The team had a very simple mantra - 70 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,320 it had to be big, it had to be stupid, 71 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,280 it had to be almost impossible. 72 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,360 Ambitious but rubbish. 73 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,680 Right, chaps, we've got to get that... 74 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,280 to jump further than him 75 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:12,320 in the Top Gear Winter Olympics Ski Slash Car Jumping Champio. 76 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,200 LAUGHTER 77 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,960 The wall's going to be needed! 78 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,280 HUGE LAUGHTER 79 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:32,560 We were a bit short. 80 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,120 I think we probably lie to ourselves and say it's about the cars, 81 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,400 but, really, it's just about three fun people cocking around. 82 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,800 HAMMOND SCREAMS 83 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,640 - Yes! - We're still here! 84 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,680 It worked! It worked! It worked! 85 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,320 - We went down a weir! - And we're alive! - What a machine! 86 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,960 It's the things that kids would love to do, 87 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,360 but they know that it's far too dangerous to even think about it. 88 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:04,640 And it's things that adults think it's just so crazy that... 89 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,000 I'd love to watch somebody try and do it. 90 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,480 Do you want to just shoot from in here? 91 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,360 Would that be more comfortable? 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,760 GUNFIRE 93 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,760 They've just got the job we all dream for 94 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,360 when everyone else is, you know, stuck doing a 9-5 job, 95 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,440 they've just been given a budget to just go and mess around. 96 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:29,920 What you're witnessing here, viewers, 97 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,280 is the maiden voyage of the world's first caravan airship. 98 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:38,160 Everybody wins. Driving is more fun, caravanning is more exciting. 99 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,680 I think, you know, the best British stuff 100 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,000 includes a very healthy 101 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,440 sense of, um... being able to laugh at yourself. 102 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,720 Being able to accept... 103 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,480 ..er, failure. 104 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,920 It's going down. 105 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,280 No! 106 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:57,520 SCRAPING 107 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,520 Mayday! 108 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,000 Oh, bloody hell, stop! 109 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,040 Stop! Stop! 110 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,600 So, in order for those real high peak moments, 111 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,360 we have to spend a lot of time... 112 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,440 in the terrible troughs. 113 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,680 And, so, I think this is a show that kind of celebrates those troughs. 114 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,360 In 2007, they almost overreached themselves. 115 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:23,680 The task was simple. 116 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,080 Take three celebrities to the Brit Awards 117 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,960 in chauffeur-driven limousines. 118 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,200 But what do you do if all the limos in town are booked? Simple. 119 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,120 You make your own and you stretch them to breaking point. 120 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:37,520 Oh, my God. 121 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,440 Hello. 122 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,000 - Mr Lemar? - Yes. - My name's May, I'm your chauffeur for the day. - OK. 123 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,720 The question I get asked mostly, wherever I go, 124 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,360 more than songs, more than music, more than anything, 125 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,920 is was it true what happened to me on Top Gear? 126 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,120 Um, this is your car. 127 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,760 - Oh, my God! - SHE LAUGHS 128 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,200 This is your luxury limousine transportation. 129 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,600 It's not what I had in mind. 130 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,720 I saw the limo, and I thought... 131 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,000 is this...is this what it is? 132 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,400 I thought, OK, prepare yourself, you know, for what is about to happen. 133 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,640 - HORN BLARES - Oh. 134 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,400 Why's it doing that? 135 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,760 HORN BLARING CONTINUES 136 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,240 - This is the intercom. - Yes. - You press that button 137 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,520 if you want to talk to me. If it starts to rain, 138 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,880 don't press it, because you'll get electrocuted. 139 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,920 - Are you comfortable? - No. 140 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,560 BLARING CONTINUES 141 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,240 'I just remember so many people' 142 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,720 with cameras, like, "Ah, what's going on here with this fancy...?" 143 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,960 I'm not sure if you can call it a car. 144 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,280 It was a cut and shut, really. It was two cars welded together. 145 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,720 MUSIC: Theme From Taxi by Bob James 146 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,040 The reason this car will go around these very small corners is 147 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,440 because you can steer it from both ends, but I'm afraid 148 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,840 I'll have to ask you to sit in the Alfa Romeo and steer. 149 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,600 I just thought what...has gone on? 150 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,560 - Turn left. - Right. Left? 151 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,160 Yes, your left. 152 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,880 - My left? - Yep. 153 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,160 HE GROANS 154 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,360 That's it. That's perfect, you see? Straight around a very tight bend. 155 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,880 You see, now, a normal limousine 156 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,240 wouldn't go around like that, would it? 157 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,840 Sorry about the fan thing, trying to chat you up there. 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,880 - That was a bit awkward for you, I'm sure, but... - I can't hear you. 159 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,880 - Ooh! - CRUNCHING AND THUDDING 160 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,400 - You're crushing it. - There's nothing wrong with it. Shush. 161 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,440 METAL GRINDS 162 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,200 We need to straighten up a bit, so we're crabbing. 163 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,040 Well, I can't, because the old wheel thing is a bit... 164 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,240 I did think, wow, you know, 165 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,440 I don't know how I got into this scenario, or why, 166 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,280 but here I am and let's just get to the end and then go to the Brits. 167 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,040 There is a small issue with the congestion charge because, 168 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,040 as I'm sure you know, the camera records the rear view of the car. 169 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,400 - Yeah. - But when they look at the photographs, 170 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,040 it will give the registration end of the Saab, 171 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,680 but the photograph will show the front of an Alfa. 172 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,920 So, it will look as though somebody with the wrong sort of car 173 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,480 for the numberplate has reversed into London. 174 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,080 HORNS BLARE 175 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,080 - I can't make this turn, Chris, at all. - Look where you're going! 176 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,280 SHE SCREAMS 177 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,680 - Oh, my God! Richard, you're the worst driver! Ha-ha! - Sorry! 178 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,080 Whoa. 179 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,440 I'm going to be an hour late or something like that. 180 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,680 First time I'm nominated, Best Male in the UK. The Best Male. Come on! 181 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:30,880 - Where are you going? - HORN BEEPS 182 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,320 Surely, sir, in the music business, it's fashionable to be quite late. 183 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:35,760 Nobody ever turns up on time. 184 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,200 There's fashionably late, and there's stupidly late. 185 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,240 BRAKES SQUEAK 186 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,240 Ah, now I'm going to let my customer out. 187 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,120 No, on the other side! On the other side! 188 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,800 PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOUT 189 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,640 Sorry about the ladder thing. The steps weren't ideal. 190 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,320 I'm always asked, you know, "Oh, was it true what happened at the end? 191 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,880 "Why did you storm out of the car?" 192 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,600 I think, if we go right, I can go around the back. 193 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,960 What do you mean right? 194 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,160 People tweet me on Twitter. 195 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,160 - If we go right... - Are you doing this intentionally? 196 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,720 "Can't believe you're such a jerk!" 197 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,120 Have you come to mess up my day?! 198 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:16,600 Come on, where's my Bafta? 199 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,800 I'm not taking this any more! Open this damn door! 200 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,160 - For crying out loud. - BANGING ON DOOR 201 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,040 ANGRY MUTTERING 202 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,320 Now I'm here today, and you've asked me this question. I don't get it. 203 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,640 You know... I don't understand. You keep going on about this. 204 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,280 I've just had enough, man! Forget it. Forget it! 205 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,920 DOOR SLAMS, HANDLE THUDS 206 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,000 A Scottish lady called Jackie Stewart wrote to us 207 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,480 - saying that... - LAUGHTER 208 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,440 ..she could get anyone of us 209 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,280 to any racetrack in the country in any car, 210 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:45,800 get us to set our best time, 211 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,120 and then, she could get us to knock 20 seconds off that time. 212 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,400 He. 213 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:55,320 - It's a he. Jackie Stewart's a he. - Righto. - Anyway... 214 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,840 Anyway, the point is we decided to accept his challenge. 215 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,040 Only we gave him the most difficult pupil of them all. 216 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,200 Him. 217 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,560 LAUGHTER 218 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,400 C is for James May. 219 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,920 But that begins with a J, so we're going to call him 220 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,680 by his official title... 221 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:15,720 - You know they call me Captain Slow? - Oh, do they? - Yeah. 222 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,160 Well, I've seen the bigger guy drive very aggressively. 223 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,200 - Hmm, and not very well, I thought. - JACKIE LAUGHS 224 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,880 Who wouldn't give their right arm 225 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:27,200 to be taught how to drive a vehicle by the legend that's Jackie Stewart? 226 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,840 Do you think you can do it? 227 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,960 Well, never having driven with you before, it's difficult to say, but 228 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,320 I'd be surprised if you didn't turn out to be better than the other two. 229 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,040 I like that. 230 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,680 2 minutes, 26 seconds. 231 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:45,920 Sod it! Now, come on. 232 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,240 'Captain Slow was not a brave driver. Just kind of...' 233 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,280 really relaxed and kind of, "Oh," loose type of guy. 234 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,480 Now you're going to go short of room here. 235 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,360 James is serious. 236 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,560 He brings in a more kind of practical side. 237 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:04,720 This is probably what will happen to me in hell. 238 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,640 A TVR, a racetrack and a pedantic Scotsman. 239 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:08,680 JACKIE LAUGHS 240 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:11,000 'It's very difficult to consume information 241 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,840 'when you're on your limit. 242 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,600 'And that's what he was on most of the time.' 243 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,400 In, in, in, in, in, in. 244 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,840 Brake. Brake. Brake! 245 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,320 'I'm busy trying to talk him through it.' 246 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,040 Brake now, brake now, brake now! 247 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,480 Um, because the king of the late breakers 248 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,560 is not always the fastest around the corner. 249 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:32,960 Get all the work done, 250 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,640 so that you can concentrate on finding speed in the corner. 251 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,560 'All of that took a lot of time.' 252 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,640 And, in fact, we filmed the entire day. 253 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,320 From nine o'clock in the morning, 254 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,600 it went on till I think 4:30 in the afternoon. 255 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,440 2 minutes, 23 seconds! Power off. Brake. Down a gear. 256 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,000 Keep your head together. 257 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,880 Too busy! You feel the car responding badly? 258 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,440 Turn it in, turn it in, turn it in. Power on full. 259 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,680 2 minutes, 15! 260 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:58,200 You want him to do really well. 261 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,600 You can't help but love James, because everything he stands for, 262 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,720 "You know what, I'll still give it a go, 263 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,640 "I'll do my best, but if I lose, hey-ho, we've had a bit of fun." 264 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,040 Oopsa-daisy. 265 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,200 Don't put the power on till you know you never have to take it off. 266 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,080 2:10. 267 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,480 Now you've got to concentrate. 268 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,840 You're not using the same road as you were before. 269 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,080 Get your head together. 270 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,920 'That day, in certain corners, well, in certain laps,' 271 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:28,120 Captain Slow was actually creaming it really well. 272 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,320 - Go on, full power. - Yes, yes, yes! That's good. 273 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,360 'So, he was no longer Captain Slow.' 274 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,360 - Good. - Yes! - That's good. 275 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,880 2 minutes, 09. 276 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,600 I'm sitting at home thinking, you know, I'm not a racing driver. 277 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,040 I can't drive fast. You don't get the opportunity to do it, 278 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,600 so everybody's thinking, "Well, I'm James May. That could be me." 279 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,080 - JAMES LAUGHS - Good lap so far, keep going. 280 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,800 In more, in more. Tease it out. 281 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,520 Full power. Full! 282 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,320 You've just done 2 minutes, 6.74. 283 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:02,440 - Hang on, let me just... - You've done it. - Yes, yes! I knew it! 284 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,800 So, does Sir Jackie reckon he's made James 285 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,520 a better driver than the bigger guy? 286 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,040 Jeremy thinks he's the best driver. 287 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,720 Captain Slow, I think, will remain to be Captain Slow. 288 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,360 And the other wee guy, a man of average height... 289 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,920 ..he could turn out to be the best driver. 290 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,840 For their Bolivia special, 291 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,800 the team drove along the Camino de la Yungas. 292 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,520 Which sounds sort of... 293 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,760 MUSIC: "The Mexican Hat Dance" 294 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,080 LORRY HORN BLARES 295 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,400 Oh. It goes by another name, too... 296 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,480 The world's most dangerous road claims around 300 lives a year. 297 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,760 In 2009, it was nearly 303. 298 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,080 - This is insane. - HORN TOOTS 299 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,200 Whoa! 300 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,160 The grasses stick up and you don't necessarily see 301 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,440 what a long way down it is, then you get one of those little gaps, 302 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,880 and then you just see down and it is a long way. 303 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,640 That splashing sound was the BBC health and safety manual 304 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,680 landing in the river. 305 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,560 Oh, God, that's real fear now. 306 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,520 I've watched and thought sometimes they are going 307 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,640 to go a bit too far. 308 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,320 And, you know, there's always... That element of jeopardy 309 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,720 I think helped the programme. 310 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,600 God Almighty, that is high. 311 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,240 Oh, gee, look at that. That's narrow. 312 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,680 'There are elements of real drama in there. 313 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,960 'You were a bit on the edge of your seat thinking, 314 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,800 ' "This isn't going to end well!" And by not ending well, I mean,' 315 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,840 you know, bad things could happen here. 316 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,760 Oh, God. Crosses. 317 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,120 They'd just end up in situations where they just take it... 318 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,320 They push it just that little bit too far. 319 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,400 'And, then, underneath the waterfall, 320 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,960 'I learned why there were so many crosses up here.' 321 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,920 Oh, my God. 322 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:16,960 No. 323 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:19,960 Oh, my...! 324 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,840 Stop there! 325 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,760 And it was literally just crumbling. 326 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,280 'The ledge, crumbling away. I mean, he's pretty brave.' 327 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,080 That is going, that is going! 328 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,200 'Crazy! Crazily brave.' 329 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,640 'You don't get a second chance. You don't get a second chance. 330 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,280 'I'd like to be hugging the inside.' 331 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,080 But, er...but yeah, pretty amazing. 332 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,480 Bloody hell. 333 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,760 - JODIE: - 'That's why it's the Death Road. 334 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,360 'And that's why we love Jeremy.' 335 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:16,800 Whoo! No. Unbelievable! 336 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,920 Moving on now to brown rice eco-cars. 337 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,720 Jeremy is a divisive figure, isn't he? 338 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,240 Um, some people think he's like a true British hero, 339 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,800 and some people think he's an absolute cock. 340 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,120 This car would be less annoying to eco-mentalists 341 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:38,120 if its engine ran on sliced dolphin. 342 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,760 One thing Top Gear hasn't been known for 343 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,840 is its commitment to saving the environment. 344 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,480 Because it hasn't got one. 345 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,640 I mean, it really hasn't got one. 346 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,840 Electric car sales are down by half, 347 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,200 which must mean that loonies are fewer and fewer between. 348 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,000 The future is definitely electric cars, 349 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,240 because they're silent, and that way Jeremy would 350 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,400 get to hear the sound of his own voice even more. 351 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,240 They're all built in wheat-free multiethnic factories with 352 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,520 one eye on Johnny Polar Bear, but this just isn't. 353 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,680 Back in 2002, Jeremy might have looked like he had a beard 354 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,360 nesting on top of his head, 355 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,960 but he was never going to win an environmentalism award. 356 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,480 I think, next week, we won't bother 357 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,680 doing anything to do with the environment. In fact, 358 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,720 I think we might kick a couple of barn owls to death just for fun. 359 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,560 Not happy with mooning the environment from the back end 360 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,400 of the car, he sometimes had a go with the front end as well. 361 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,000 This Somerset parish thought their tree had been damaged by vandals. 362 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,840 It wasn't until they watched Top Gear that weekend 363 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,920 that they realised they were right. 364 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,520 HE LAUGHS 365 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,680 Top Gear has always shunned the likes of Greenpeace 366 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,160 in favour of not giving a monkeys about the monkeys. 367 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:54,800 To prove this, they've driven a Land Rover up a virgin peak mountain, 368 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,080 hared across protected salt pans, 369 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,840 and driven a Toyota Hilux through a polar bear's back yard. 370 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,160 They make you feel very uncomfortable. 371 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,240 At least they make me feel uncomfortable 372 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,320 when I see some of the things they do, 373 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,320 and they make me feel slightly... 374 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,000 cross with myself, because I've joined in the laughter, 375 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,440 and there's a little bit of me that says, "Hmm... 376 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,920 "Um, that's not really funny, is it?" 377 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,400 Well, yeah, actually, it was. 378 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,720 Jeremy must be running on 379 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,320 whatever the equivalent of empty is for a battery. 380 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,920 The only thing these boys like to be electric on a car is the windows. 381 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,080 This is the future of motoring here. 382 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,880 Maybe the air con. 383 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,880 Anything else electric should be replaced immediately with 384 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,120 something that needs petrol. 385 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,880 But in 2009, the boys realised 386 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,040 it was time to take the electric car challenge seriously. 387 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,000 Well, all right. Not that seriously. 388 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,240 You know that you're about to see abject failure, 389 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,280 and utter humiliation which, of course, is what we're watching for. 390 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,600 It's all very simple, really. 391 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,120 I am in charge of the batteries and the electric motor. 392 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:04,760 Clarkson is in charge - God help us - of the bodywork and interior 393 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,440 and Richard Hammond is in charge of the chassis and the brakes. 394 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:09,960 And there... 395 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,040 is the precious chassis. That is the basis of everything we're doing. 396 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,440 Doddle! 397 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,760 Look at this. 398 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,840 Batteries, but here's the clever bit. 399 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,280 They are recharged by that. 400 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,080 That is a diesel generator. 401 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,840 - That means that you'll never run out of electricity. - Exactly. 402 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,400 It's a diesel electric, I got the idea from old railway locomotives. 403 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,080 I think that that's where they're very clever. 404 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,320 They can slip in that piece of technical information 405 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,960 that would normally bore people, you know, 406 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,160 unless you're really interested in that, 407 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,000 in such a great way 408 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,480 that you don't realise you're being educated. 409 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,120 Did I just say that Top Gear educated me? 410 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,840 That's brilliant. 411 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,000 It's a hybrid. We've built a Prius! 412 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,480 You don't think the producers are messing with the subtitles, do you? 413 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,240 No, they wouldn't do that! 414 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,400 Part of its genius was that it looked so kind of like 415 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,560 an idea that you would cook up in the cafe or the pub, 416 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,680 but you know behind the scenes... and, you know, let's pay tribute 417 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,240 to what must have been and is an exceptional production team. 418 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,640 How fast is that? 419 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,960 Barely ten. 420 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,200 You've built a car that will only do 10mph? 421 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,680 Actually, that wasn't such a bad thing, 422 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,760 on account of a design flaw with Jeremy's shiny bonnet. 423 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,040 THEY YELL AND EXCLAIM 424 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,320 My head's being cooked in a box! 425 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,680 You do realise Oxford loathes the motorcar, 426 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,680 but this one will be welcomed. 427 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,040 They will think that it's the second coming. 428 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,480 Hippy, a hippy. 429 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,120 See the happy hippies! 430 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:57,920 Did you see the cyclist smiling at us? 431 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,440 I would love them to have something that gives us some credibility 432 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,280 for sort of exploring the electric car option, 433 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,280 but they ain't going to do that, cos that's not them. 434 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,120 In the end, the boys decided their hideous hybrid 435 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,520 was ready to sell on the open market. 436 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,800 And that meant it had to pass one or two safety tests. 437 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,960 This is designed to measure how a car will stand up 438 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,240 to being sideswiped by a bus or a truck. 439 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,840 Frankly, it was hard to see how we could possibly pass this, 440 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,680 but then James came up with a plan. 441 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,400 - Right, the camera... - Uh, yeah. 442 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:42,000 'A plan that would fool even the most astute EU bureaucrat.' 443 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,600 - PRODUCER: - Action! - ALL: - Wow! - Wow! - Wow! 444 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:47,920 - PRODUCER: - Pendulum. 445 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,240 Now our car is going to face the fearsome pendulum test. 446 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,440 - PLAYED BACKWARDS: - Wow! - Wow! - Wow! 447 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,800 'Wow, indeed.' 448 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,360 I love engineering, I love tech, 449 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:07,120 and it's unusual to have a programme that's involved with tech 450 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,720 that's that entertaining. 451 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:18,720 I think it must be kind of great to be in the Top Gear ideas department, 452 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,960 if such a thing exists, 453 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,920 because, just having to come up with new ideas for, 454 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,840 "What can we do to cars this time?" 455 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,720 They seem to keep coming up with amazing ideas, 456 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,880 but I suppose they do get more and more ridiculous. 457 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,720 You're tempted to go further and further with what you're doing. 458 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,880 I think Britain has always had 459 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,840 a great tradition of pushing boundaries 460 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,680 with new technologies and I think these three presenters 461 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,400 from Top Gear are absolutely in that same vein of that tradition. 462 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,520 Who thinks of sending a Robin Reliant into space? 463 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,680 I mean, it's just genius. 464 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,640 In 2007, Top Gear went where no car show had gone before. 465 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,600 Clanburne Military Training Ground, just off the A68. 466 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,080 Right, gentlemen, what we want from you 467 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,320 is THE most difficult type of space rocket - a... 468 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,480 ..space shuttle. 469 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,920 If you can make all this work 470 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,280 and we can bring it into this controlled landing, 471 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,600 we will probably get funding from the EU for a proper space mission. 472 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,840 Have you got a spare 1 billion? 473 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,680 No, you see, that's why we've come to you, 474 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,840 because you're from Manchester and you'll be able to do it for 10/6d. 475 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,720 And there'll be as much tea as you can drink. 476 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,440 No, no, no, no, you can't do that with a car. 477 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,160 You can't do it with any car, let alone a Robin Reliant. 478 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,600 It was the largest non-commercial rocket launch in European history 479 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,000 and, as you'd expect, it was ambitious. 480 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,720 - But rubbish. - It is... 481 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,120 difficult in every single way. 482 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,920 As a rocket, it's the most awful shape it could ever be. 483 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,520 But I thought the Robin was a good place to start, because... 484 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,840 it's pointy at one end. 485 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,440 There is a potential for disaster to strike at any moment 486 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,120 and genuine disaster, it's not orchestrated by, 487 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:07,600 "Let's stop filming now and start filming again." 488 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,400 So the big question... 489 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,440 will it fly? 490 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,640 If they were too easy, everyone would just do them, 491 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:15,920 you know what I mean? 492 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,600 There wouldn't be this kind of expectation or surprise around them. 493 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,920 Oh, ladder's coming out. 494 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:27,640 Again, at Nasa, they don't keep a stepladder on the launch pad. 495 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,520 - One small stepladder for... - THEY LAUGH 496 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,760 James, stop laughing! They're getting really cross! 497 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,720 But later, in our suite at the local Ritz-Sheraton, I was a worried man. 498 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,920 CRICKETS CHIRRUP 499 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,200 Hammond? 500 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,720 - What? - You know when we do these big things, 501 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,600 they usually end in some sort of massive disaster? 502 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,960 I'd quite like this one to work. 503 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,080 TIMER BUZZES 504 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,360 Oh, yeah! 505 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,720 CHEERING 506 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,360 Go on! 507 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,000 SHOUTING AND CHEERING 508 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,600 CHEERING 509 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,560 It's not come off! 510 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,280 Separate, separate! 511 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,120 SHOUTING 512 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,440 - Separate! - 12,000. 513 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,280 SHOUTING 514 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:17,600 Oh-ho-ho! No! 515 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,000 - That's why... - How are we going to use it again? 516 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,960 APPLAUSE 517 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,640 There was lots of news on Top Gear, sometimes interesting news, 518 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,480 sometimes bad news, and sometimes this. 519 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,320 Good news, because the Dacia Sandero is on sale in the UK 520 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,000 and taking the nation by storm! 521 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 - Great(!) - IRONIC CHEERING 522 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,680 - Now, the Mercedes SLS... - LAUGHTER 523 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,320 Good news, because the Dacia Duster 524 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:58,200 has been named Budget 4X4 Tow Car Of The Year. 525 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,520 Great(!) Now, I've bought a bicycle. 526 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,160 - Oh, bad news! - What? 527 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,840 - The Dacia Sandero, it's delayed. - Oh, no(!) 528 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,520 Anyway, last week... 529 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,680 - Great news! - What? 530 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,720 The Dacia Sandero, I've got a new picture. 531 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,080 - LAUGHTER - Ooh(!) 532 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,400 Anyway, I think we've had more signposts sent in. 533 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,600 - Great news! - What?! - The Da... 534 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,840 - The... - LAUGHTER 535 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,640 They know what it is. 536 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,920 - Good news, chaps. - No, what?! 537 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,840 - There's a new Dacia. - AUDIENCE: Wahey! 538 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,880 - Here it is, it's called the Lodgy. - That's a looker, isn't it(!) 539 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,280 Anyway, moving on... 540 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,440 I have bought you a Dacia Sandero. 541 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,760 - I'm quite touched. - That's fantastic. - Can I drive it? 542 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,440 Yeah, why don't you go off and drive it 543 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,280 - while we're putting these on? - All right. 544 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,240 The Lamborghini is all very well, 545 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,880 that's like the ultimate expression of what a car can be, 546 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,840 but this is the essence of a car, all the bits you need, nothing more. 547 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,760 No flim-flam. That is an excellent present. 548 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,080 I don't know what he was actually thinking of there, 549 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,240 cos his presents are supposed to be irritating, 550 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,000 but that's not irritating. 551 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,800 That's superb. 552 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,320 - You're back. - Yeah. 553 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,840 - How is it? - Fun, great. Basic, small, wroughty. 554 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,240 But you haven't got the little side joke, have you? 555 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,520 - What? - Well, you can't take it back hand luggage. 556 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,720 - I'll drive it back. - What, all the way? - Yeah. 557 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,480 It took two and a half days to get here... 558 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,640 No! 559 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,400 - Stop! - CLARKSON LAUGHS 560 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:26,200 In series ten, the team took part in the Britcar 24-Hour Endurance Race 561 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,840 at Silverstone and this gave them their toughest challenge to date - 562 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,040 having to play nicely with each other. 563 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,600 We arrived at Silverstone assuming the Britcar 24 564 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,800 would be amateur event for beginners like us. 565 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,320 We were badly wrong. 566 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,280 MUSIC: Theme from Star Wars by John Williams 567 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,560 The other drivers were chisel-jawed and battle-hardened. 568 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,880 They had blue-chip sponsors, 569 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,800 tonnes of equipment, 570 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,600 they'd turned up with laptops 571 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,280 and luxury motor homes with girls in them. 572 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,440 Our motor home wasn't quite as professional as that. 573 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,800 And nor was our catering. 574 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,160 Nor was our car. 575 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,520 Their particular car wasn't ready for the start of the race. 576 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,560 That's their first major mistake. 577 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,760 You can't go to a race, which you've known about for months, 578 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,640 and then find that the car's not ready. 579 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,680 Whatever you do, 580 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,440 don't go downstairs and look at the car. 581 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,680 It's got no front end, 582 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,480 no lights, no radiator, no bumper, no splitter, 583 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,480 no front of the engine, no bonnet. 584 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,120 James will be exaggerating. 585 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,720 James isn't exaggerating. 586 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,480 And it's... And it's leaking. 587 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,080 It's very entertaining at times, but you ask yourself 588 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,160 why you'd allow yourselves to be put in that position. 589 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,760 'The BMW that they worked on' 590 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,440 was far inferior to everything else 591 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,960 that was out there. It was just a bog-standard car. 592 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,240 It's just done a 2:17. 593 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,280 - No, I'm sorry, 2:16! - Whoa! 594 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,880 He's just taken another second off it! 595 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,320 So he's made up 20 places in... 596 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,520 One hour and 20 minutes. 597 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,200 My worry is now that he'll be going too hard on it. 598 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,720 Endurance racing is a complete team game 599 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,000 and the Stig is a very good racing driver 600 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,640 and, as much as you'd want to leave him in the car 601 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,720 for as long as possible, nobody can drive that long. 602 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,080 You're not allowed to drive a stint for that long. 603 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,920 JAUNTY 1940s MUSIC 604 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,560 - JAMES OVER RADIO: - Absolutely everything going past. 605 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,240 But never mind. 606 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,120 I didn't know it would take this long for him to get round. 607 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,000 Thank you, doing my best. 608 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,920 'A few minutes later, though, something amazing happened.' 609 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,280 I've overtaken someone! 610 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,240 Don't want you to get all daft and giddy, OK? You just did a 2:24. 611 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,960 - I'm - BLEEP - loving this! 612 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,200 As night began to fall, 613 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,320 the sheer effort required for endurance racing began to tell. 614 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,640 SCREECHING TYRES 615 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,400 What you can't allow for is tiredness. 616 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,560 We've all driven and know what it's like to be tired. 617 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,600 That was very dangerous, what they did. 618 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,840 The thing with fatigue is it creeps up on you all of a sudden. 619 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,400 One minute, your concentration's right on, 620 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,080 and through, maybe you're dehydrated, 621 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,280 maybe you're hungry - your reaction times slow right down. 622 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,400 Normally, I'd be on the phone to him now being fatuous and stupid 623 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,000 and telling him he's Captain Slow and he's got to hurry up, 624 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,040 but honestly, the absolute last thing you want 625 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,480 is anyone clowning around on your headphones, on your radio. 626 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,240 There's so much to think about. 627 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,360 Where's the corner? Where's the other car? 628 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,320 What gear should I be in? When do I brake? 629 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,480 I can't think about being a TV presenter, 630 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,040 - you can't think about anything. - GRAVEL CRUNCHES 631 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,080 Sorry, I'm off. 632 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,000 Even though the car was good for another 90 minutes, 633 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,640 we had to rest James. 634 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,120 - JACKIE STEWART: - 'Driving at night and driving in the rain 635 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,760 'and driving with a whole load of other people chopping you up 636 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,120 'and then the really good guys... Whoa! ..getting past you,' 637 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,200 and you staying out of trouble - that's competition. 638 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,560 Because you are 639 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,160 right at your limit. You know that, one mistake, and you're dead. 640 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,200 And, in the case of car racing, actually, 641 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,640 so could many other people be. 642 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,920 - DAVID HAYE: - 'The human body shuts down in darkness. 643 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,720 'It's how we're designed as human beings. 644 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,640 'You're supposed to be awake when it's light 645 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,040 'and go to sleep when it's dark, 646 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,280 'but if you try to push through whilst you're tired,' 647 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,560 whilst your brain's been active all day long, 648 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,880 the chances are you're going to come a cropper. 649 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,520 TYRES SCREECH, LOUD CRASH 650 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,680 - HAMMOND OVER RADIO: - Guys... 651 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,280 I've binned it. 652 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,400 I'd say it was game over. 653 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:50,800 HE SIGHS 654 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,120 I'm sorry, lads. 655 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,680 I... I'm sorry. 656 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,560 Right, everyone who's not involved, get back. 657 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,760 Sleep deprivation is incredibly difficult to deal with. 658 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,200 It's used as a form of torture and I understand that from sailing - 659 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,880 that you get to that point where you are absolutely edge 660 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,280 and you have nothing else left inside you and you have to find more 661 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,600 and that's brutal. 662 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,080 - JAMES MAY: - 'It took nearly three hours to get the car running again, 663 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,120 'by which time we were stone-dead last. 664 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,160 'The field was now spread out, 665 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,520 'but in the next three hours, the Stig climbed eight places. 666 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,440 'Then, when it was my turn, the fog came. 667 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,280 'I was completely blind.' 668 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:40,800 - BLEEP - Nora. 669 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,040 It's not glamorous. 670 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,240 Endurance racing is just all about getting through the race, 671 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:46,560 it's about finishing. 672 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,800 Concentrate. I'm losing my concentration. 673 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,160 Please, car, 674 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,840 please make it to the end of this race, I beg of you. 675 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,360 Come on, car. Please make it. 676 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,360 This has been one of the best Top Gear companions of the lot. 677 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,640 A ratmobile. 678 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,640 It wants to make the finishing line. 679 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,480 It's there! 680 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,680 Ye-e-e-e-e-e-es! 681 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,200 You brilliant little car! 682 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,160 God, this is just brilliant! 683 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:42,200 That's absolutely epic. 684 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,840 WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS 685 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,080 Over the years, Top Gear smashed up a lot of stuff. 686 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,160 I mean, let's face it, smashing things up can be fun. 687 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,000 In fact, they smashed up more things 688 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,120 than Jeremy Clarkson's had hot dinners. 689 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,320 But in series three, they met the Toyota Hilux, 690 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,240 the Terminator of the car world. 691 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:16,160 I really loved the Toyota pick-up that they did everything to. 692 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,320 That was absolutely fantastic. 693 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,600 Ooh, deary me! That was a bit uncomfortable. 694 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:26,880 Oh-oh-oh! 695 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,160 I had a Hilux. It was actually the second car I ever had. 696 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,520 I thought they were brilliant 697 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,800 and it was great to see one nearly destroyed. 698 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,200 It told you that the show wasn't just going to be 699 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,560 about the high-end cars that you could never possibly afford. 700 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,600 You can all own one of these and, in actual fact, you don't have to be 701 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,040 quite as violent with it. 702 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,160 That's got it. 703 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,640 ENGINE STARTS 704 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,880 They did absolutely everything that they possibly can 705 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,640 to destroy this car and it is indestructible. 706 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,760 Look what's happened. 707 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,120 This is the Severn Estuary, 708 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,680 home to the second-biggest tide in the world. 709 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,240 40 feet and it moves at 8mph. 710 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:14,040 That's why the RNLI have tethered my car in place. 711 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,000 I'm not going to get that out for hours! 712 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:27,240 Windscreen's still in. 713 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,680 LAUGHTER 714 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,520 'But then, disaster. 715 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,120 'The ropes tying it down had snapped!' 716 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,600 - It could be out in the channel. - You may never see it ever again. 717 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,080 I don't think you've quite got this. 718 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,760 We've got to get it back. 719 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,680 THEY LAUGH 720 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:03,760 And it didn't turn up until the tide had gone out five hours later. 721 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,280 SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT 722 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,920 CHEERING 723 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:20,080 Well, the mechanic has worked on it now for 40 minutes or so, I think. 724 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,840 And, uh, it's not looking good. 725 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,760 It seems, then, that, if you want to kill one of these things, 726 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,640 the beach, the sea, salt water 727 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,960 is the answer. 728 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,600 Sorry. 729 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,640 ENGINE COUGHS AND TURNS OVER 730 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,360 ENGINE STARTS 731 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,160 I do not believe it! 732 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,520 When they do that so early in the new Top Gear, 733 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:47,960 I think it was just perfect, 734 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,600 because it showed that it wasn't just an hour solid 735 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,000 of boring car chat, or boring reviews, or whatnot, 736 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,240 it was fun! 737 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,400 What do you have to do to kill one? 738 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,320 All the way through, I thought, 739 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,160 "There is no way that that engine is going to start now after this. 740 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,840 "There is no way," and it was funny in the end. 741 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,440 You just think, "What do you need to do to make it stop working?" 742 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,880 DRAMATIC ORGAN MUSIC 743 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,400 WESTERN MUSIC 744 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,840 Is this it? 745 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,160 ENGINE COUGHS 746 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,360 Come on! 747 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,840 ENGINE SPLUTTERS 748 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,680 ENGINE TURNS OVER AND STARTS 749 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,960 CHEERING 750 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,480 That's just...! 751 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,120 They could have probably just left it parked in Glasgow city centre 752 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,840 on a Saturday night and it wouldn't be working come Monday morning, 753 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,560 so they didn't go the full hog. 754 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,200 Some vehicles are designed to be driven slowly 755 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,080 by people wearing uniforms. 756 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,280 So, naturally, Top Gear's pet hamster 757 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,320 and a bunch of touring car drivers 758 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,680 occasionally took them to a race track 759 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,120 and floored them like massive dodgems. 760 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,680 This is a pretty serious scientific experiment, 761 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,640 so I have stressed to the other drivers 762 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,160 in the strongest possible terms 763 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,880 absolutely no body contact whatsoever. 764 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,760 He knows full well, as soon as he's finished saying that, 765 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,320 there's going to be loads and loads of contact. 766 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,720 TIMER BUZZES 767 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:56,400 Yeah! 768 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,080 HORNS BLARE 769 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,280 Only a very small minority of people 770 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,440 watch Top Gear for the actual car reviews themselves. 771 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,120 It's just about entertainment, 772 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,920 it's about the way these guys are driving buses and limos 773 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,240 round a track that looks so dangerous, you think, 774 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:18,840 "How have the BBC sanctioned this show?" It doesn't make sense. 775 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:23,680 It's so far away from what the BBC's about that it just works. 776 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,480 When we have all the touring car drivers in all of these vehicles, 777 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,040 we are there to basically cause carnage... 778 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,400 LOUD CRASH 779 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,000 ..and have loads and loads of fun at the same time. 780 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:37,800 TYRES SCREECH 781 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,120 Huge slide from the limo! That's incredible! 782 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,320 Richard's actually a good driver. 783 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,640 He actually understands the limit of the car. 784 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,360 He knows when the tyres are giving up 785 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,280 or whether it's understeer or oversteer 786 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,240 and he's very brave to race against us, 787 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,920 cos we're the best in Britain, or the world, in touring cars. 788 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,400 Richard just puts his helmet on, 789 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,080 he's obviously talking to the camera while going round 790 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,440 and we were like, "Wrrrr!", trying really hard. 791 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,120 Whoa! The limo takes himself off entirely. 792 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,880 We obviously try and make things as safe as possible. 793 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,400 I mean, a good example was the American New York taxi. 794 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,560 It's designed with a huge bull bar on the front, 795 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,760 which made sure that, if it went through a brick wall 796 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,800 or through a stretch limo, cos there might just be one in front of you... 797 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:23,520 ..that the car didn't come out like a banana. 798 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,280 Oh, my word! 799 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,400 The stairs in front of me now, 800 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,560 well, they're a bit of an unknown...quantity! 801 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:30,840 Oh, my God! 802 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,280 We like contact, we like to hit... 803 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:36,400 Sh! 804 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,680 ..um, and, er, and Richie gets stuck in. 805 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:42,960 Whoa! 806 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,360 Where did he come from?! You bloody idiot! 807 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:50,080 I thought the easiest thing in the world 808 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:51,880 would be to roll a double-decker bus. 809 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:52,960 You have no idea. 810 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,720 We put bags of sand on the second floor. 811 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:59,360 Like, I can't remember how many hundreds of kilos of sand 812 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,400 we put up there. We put a lot of sand up there. 813 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,720 I was on dirt, so I had to go left, then right, 814 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:08,320 and give it a bit of a Scandinavian flick and hit the bump. 815 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,560 In my first attempt, I got it to about 40 degrees 816 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,920 and I thought, "It's going to go, it's going to go," 817 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,760 and my natural reaction was to put lock on and put it back down, 818 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,240 cos it's how I've been brought up, I can't let something roll 819 00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,280 - and I went like that I was like... - HE SIGHS 820 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:23,720 "I was supposed to roll that." 821 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,880 Wow, look at the single-decker go! What a manoeuvre! 822 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,280 I had my old friend Anthony Reid, 823 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,720 who's in the single-decker bus, who's actually going, 824 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:35,800 "What I'm going to do is give you a little tap from behind, like 2004. 825 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,760 "Do you remember in the British Touring Cars? 826 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,440 "I'm going to give you a tap from behind and see if that helps." 827 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,360 You're sitting, "Right, mate, you nutter!" 828 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,160 Sort of hanging on and you think it's easy 829 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:45,600 to roll a double-decker bus. 830 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,440 It's not easy and you do need help from your friends sometimes. 831 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,040 'It was now all down to me, the catering truck and the stairs. 832 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,400 'Correction - make that me and the catering truck.' 833 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,080 TYRES SCREECH 834 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,600 Oh, that is the catering truck out of it! 835 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,880 That is good news indeed! Yeah! 836 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:13,480 From now on, all airport vehicles will be based on the fire engine, 837 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,880 which will be brilliant, as long as there isn't a fire. 838 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,760 In keeping with the show's green credentials, 839 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,160 Top Gear recycled a lot of caravans. 840 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,320 They recycled them into piles of rubble, 841 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,440 swept them up and stuck 'em in the bin. 842 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:37,560 Oh! 843 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,440 Go on! 844 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:06,960 - Yes! - Ye-e-e-es! 845 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,240 It was easy to kill a caravan. Too easy. 846 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:20,840 After a while, the boys tired of this senseless cycle of destruction 847 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,320 - and tried to make peace with the enemy. - "5mph maximum"? 848 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,880 - Well, that's about... - Dream on! 849 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,240 'James told Richard and I to get out, 850 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:32,360 'because he reckoned he could do the parking thing more easily 851 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:34,160 'if we weren't there to help him.' 852 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,440 Now, let me think about this. 853 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:43,120 I've got to turn it that way, that way... 854 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:45,840 That's good. 855 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:47,280 The only organic thing on Top Gear 856 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,880 was the chemistry between the three presenters. 857 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,160 Unbelievably, it was four series before someone thought 858 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:56,440 to put the three of them together outside the studio. 859 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,640 The key to the show's success is the personalities. 860 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,880 That was something which they clearly couldn't cast originally. 861 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,080 It just evolved. 862 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,440 - Ooh! - Oh, dear. - HAMMOND CHORTLES 863 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:07,920 Oh, my word! 864 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,640 - Whoa! - Whoa! - Oh, my God! - CUTLERY AND CROCKERY CRASH 865 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,720 LAUGHTER 866 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:15,200 Hang on, we've got to put the legs down. 867 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,240 We're not brilliant at this, are we? 868 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:20,440 They clearly, you know, bounce off each other very well 869 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,200 um, and they kind of bring out 870 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,600 'both the best and the worst in each other.' 871 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,640 - TRAIN HORN TOOTS - Train. 872 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,920 - It's peaceful. - It's not peaceful and I don't like... 873 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,880 You aren't allowed to have a fire, 874 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,760 you aren't allowed to play ball games, 875 00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,920 you aren't allowed to play music, you have to be in bed by 11, 876 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,920 you have to park within two feet of a post, you have to keep quiet, 877 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,480 you can't have anything. This is not a holiday. 878 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:45,800 It's a concentration camp. 879 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,480 But those rules are for the benefit of everybody. 880 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:50,480 They bring strength through joy. 881 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,720 All of them together, it seems to work, doesn't it? 882 00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:53,960 It's like The Three Stooges. 883 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,920 Why is this good, Hammond? 884 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:57,280 - What, walking? - Yep. 885 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,440 Because, um, well, it's bracing, it's good exercise, you see stuff. 886 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,440 - Look. - What am I seeing here that's interesting? 887 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,880 I'm from Oxfordshire, which is all green, I've come to Dorset 888 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,920 - and it's all green. - It's a different sort of green, though. 889 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,120 - It isn't. - It is. - It just isn't. 890 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,760 Jeremy, Richard and James 891 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,480 have perfect comedy timing. 892 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,320 'For three factual presenters to have that 893 00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,360 'and that obvious bond between them, 894 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:23,600 'it's unique.' 895 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,520 - Look at that camper van, what's that? - Ooh, good work, sir! 896 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,040 - It's a Westfalia! - No... It IS a Westfalia! 897 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:33,800 They're just like three completely naughty boys at public school. 898 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:37,600 Jeremy, it's going to go and then you'll break your back in the night 899 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,880 and that'll wake everybody. 900 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,880 You two are sleeping in the double bed. 901 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,040 I'm going to ring the Daily Mail immediately. 902 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,520 Jeremy is the bully boy. 903 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,520 You've got the poor old Hamster, who's a bit of a fag, 904 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,040 and James May, who's the goody-goody who the teacher loves. 905 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:54,680 Oh, good, a train(!) 906 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:56,960 - TRAIN WHEELS CLATTER - Nice, that's nice. - Listen. 907 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,320 - How often is that going to happen all night? - That's all right. 908 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:06,600 - It's romantic. - Don't say things like that! I'm on the same bed as you. 909 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,240 Well, I think the three of them are definitely able to kind of... 910 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:14,240 amazingly, er, seem representative of the British public. 911 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,240 Um, er... How they manage to pull that off, 912 00:48:17,240 --> 00:48:20,200 I have no idea, cos they're all oddballs. 913 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,960 - Hello. - How do you do? I'm Jeremy Clarkson. - I know. 914 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:27,440 - This is Richard Hammond. - I'm Richard, nice to see you. - Oh! 915 00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,160 They were family. 916 00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,680 You know, you could catch up with them week after week 917 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:34,080 and see what's developing, see what's happening, 918 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,080 see what's going on in their strange lives. 919 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,000 I can't come into your... Jeremy, help me. 920 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,880 You're going to be taken into a caravan. Let's go. 921 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,400 Don't follow them in there. 922 00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,880 - I... I'll just... - You can bring the dog in as well. 923 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,000 I really can't take the dog in the... 924 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,120 - Mummy! - No, you can take the dog in as well. 925 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:52,280 Top Gear is an entertainment. 926 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,040 Oh, God. Um, Richard! 927 00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,160 - What? - Richard, have you got a fire extinguisher? - No, why? 928 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,080 They make you laugh at silly things. 929 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:03,760 Obviously, they draw you in, 930 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:07,920 because they say, "We know that you're bonkers about cars 931 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,720 "and we're going to talk about cars," but cars, in a way, 932 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:15,600 that's the excuse for what they do, which is entertain. 933 00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:19,280 - How do you put a pan fire out? - Uh, tea towel in water. 934 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,920 Richard, is there any water? 935 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:23,840 No, I used it all on my hair. 936 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,800 They provoke, and for all sorts of reasons, that's fine, 937 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,240 but above all, they make you laugh. 938 00:49:30,240 --> 00:49:33,120 If they didn't make you laugh, it wouldn't work, but they do. 939 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,800 It is no longer a pan fire, it's a van fire. 940 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,440 - It is as well. - You are joking. 941 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:42,480 - How in the name of...?! - God in heaven! - Put it out, put it out. 942 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,760 - Use the oven glove. - The cushion's on fire now! 943 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:50,320 This episode prompted over 200 complaints about cruelty to caravans, 944 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,400 presumably from people who'd never seen Top Gear before. 945 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,320 Richard, don't go back in there, the gas. 946 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:10,080 All things considered, how do you think the holiday went? 947 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:11,400 I think well. 948 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:27,880 Top Gear is simply showing you things that you can't have. 949 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,760 Sometimes, Top Gear like to drop all the silliness 950 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,320 and get in a very fast car 951 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,400 and drive it around a very fast racetrack very fast 952 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,600 and very, very loud. 953 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:45,880 Let's make some noise. 954 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:47,160 ENGINE REVS 955 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:48,480 TYRES SQUEAL 956 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,560 Oh, that is breathtaking! 957 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,840 9,000 rpm... 958 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:02,880 BOOM! 959 00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:10,080 280. 960 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,080 Braking! 961 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:16,520 That is acceleration unlike anything else. 962 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,520 I love looking at glamour sometimes. 963 00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:21,840 Does it matter that they're talking about a car? 964 00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:24,440 Yeah, it does. That's what the programme stands for. 965 00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:28,000 You know, it's called Top Gear, that's what you turn it on for. 966 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,400 But they made the car look beautiful. 967 00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:33,920 It was very superhero-like and the car was the star. 968 00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:39,640 It's that electric power that gives it so much punch off the line. 969 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,600 I have 500 foot pound of torque at 800 rpm... 970 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:46,800 800! 971 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,280 To present any show, you have to love what you're talking about. 972 00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:53,440 You have to have an appetite for it and you can safely say 973 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,920 these boys have an appetite for cars. 974 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,080 It just wakes up, it's like a sprinter, 975 00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,680 falling out of bed and going straight into a world record 976 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,000 while all the others are still eating cornflakes 977 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,000 and thinking about having a poo. 978 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,200 If you look at the cinematography, it's stunning. 979 00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:10,600 It isn't just a straightforward car show. 980 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:12,520 There is an element that you're watching 981 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:14,720 a beautifully-crafted movie as well. 982 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,240 The photography is fantastic. 983 00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:20,640 And quite pioneering, too. 984 00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,280 I'd not seen cameras used like that just on motoring shows. 985 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,240 It's time to attack some corners. 986 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:33,840 Hell's bells! 987 00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:38,600 That grip! 988 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,000 This thing corners and I mean flat. 989 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:49,800 Totally flat. 990 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,400 He's very passionate. I do like to see that. 991 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,040 Even if it's something I don't give a monkey's about. 992 00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,320 I still like to see people being passionate. 993 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:08,960 The back end breaks away like a rear-wheel drive car. 994 00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:10,640 A lot of people might watch that 995 00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,040 and go, "That's ridiculous! It's only a car!" 996 00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,480 until you start to realise what a thrill it is 997 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:18,800 driving an incredible car and kind of throwing it about a racetrack. 998 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:20,800 It is an amazing experience. 999 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,960 It's almost like a life-affirming moment for them. 1000 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:44,680 If they made those same films and it was about a Renault Clio, 1001 00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,760 would I watch it? No. 1002 00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:52,240 Supercars are one thing, but what about the man in the street? 1003 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:59,000 Occasionally, Mr Needham wrote in suggesting that a car review show 1004 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,720 should review cars, sensible cars, 1005 00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:05,560 that sensible people like Mr Needham would drive. 1006 00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,040 Ever willing to oblige, 1007 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:10,320 Jeremy hit the road in a sensible car and reviewed it. 1008 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:14,200 Renault's sporty little Twingo 133... 1009 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:17,800 I think other car shows are boring. Top Gear is fun. 1010 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:22,600 It's so nimble and agile, it's... it's like driving a mosquito. 1011 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,680 Not literally, of course, Mr Needham. 1012 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:29,400 It's impossible to drive an insect and cruel to even try. 1013 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,560 Well, the purpose of Mr Needham is just to give them 1014 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,960 the platform for their jokes. 1015 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:40,480 Well, it's got a radio, air conditioning, 1016 00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:44,320 electric windows and electric door mirrors. 1017 00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:47,400 But I'm afraid to say, no parachute system. 1018 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:54,960 So, if you wake up one morning to find that someone has 1019 00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:58,600 put your car on top of a Harland and Wolff crane, 1020 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,280 you're never going to get it down again. 1021 00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,080 Bad mark for Renault there. 1022 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,160 If you want sensible reviews then, you know, 1023 00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:08,680 you read car reviews in...in newspapers or magazines. I mean, 1024 00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:12,080 you know, if you want an alternative review, you watch Top Gear. 1025 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:20,160 You would be amazed how often I get asked that question, 1026 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,720 so, to get an answer, I've come to the network of sewage tunnels 1027 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:26,920 underneath Belfast and, obviously, for the next few minutes, 1028 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:30,680 we've asked the people in the city to, um, cross their legs. 1029 00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:33,320 God! 1030 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:38,280 If this goes wrong, I really am in a world of sh... 1031 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,680 Here we go! 1032 00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:47,760 HE YELLS, BRAKES SCREECH 1033 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:49,800 Yes! 1034 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,240 HE LAUGHS 1035 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:54,760 Here you are, Mr Needham. 1036 00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:59,240 If you're looking to drive upside down through the tunnels of Belfast, 1037 00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:01,800 Twingo 133 - absolutely ideal. 1038 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,160 When it's one particular car that they're reviewing, 1039 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,760 like the Renault Twingo, which was hilarious, I think, you know, 1040 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:11,680 you've got to give the show scope to do it in a funny and different way. 1041 00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:16,720 Obviously, it's not a very large car, 1042 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:21,200 but if you push those rear seats all the way back, 1043 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,960 there is enough room back there for children 1044 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:27,000 and then, if you pull them all the way forwards... 1045 00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:31,840 ..there is enough space in the boot for...um...Ross Kemp. 1046 00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:36,920 - Um, so, Ross, you OK in there? - A bit of a squeeze, but quite comfy. 1047 00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:40,000 Quite comfy? Good. Good mark for Renault there. 1048 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,680 When you're asked to go on those shows, you know, 1049 00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,760 and kind of laugh at yourself, there's some shows 1050 00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:49,960 that you would do it for and there's others that you won't, you know? 1051 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:53,360 And the ones that you do it for are the ones that have got credibility. 1052 00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,640 Top Gear had tons of credibility. 1053 00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:00,240 - Agh! - ROSS LAUGHS 1054 00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:01,960 That really hurt. 1055 00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:10,480 Come on! 1056 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:15,040 Being late for a ferry can drive a man mad. 1057 00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,040 BLEEP! 1058 00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,800 Just because it's left does not mean I'm going to give in. 1059 00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,080 - When I get out of here, I'm going to hurt you. - Here we go! 1060 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:38,760 TYRES SQUEAL 1061 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,240 HE YELLS 1062 00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,880 'You happy now, Mr Needham? 1063 00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:01,520 'Well, that's it for part one. 1064 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:04,200 'We're out of petrol, but we'll fill up for part two, 1065 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,720 'when, amongst other things, 1066 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,520 'you'll see a very good-looking English comedian...' 1067 00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:10,040 Go on, son! 1068 00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:13,920 '..with fine teeth and a strange Northern accent...' 1069 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:15,680 Get a load of that, Stiggy boy. 1070 00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:18,440 '..do one of the fastest laps in Top Gear history.' 1071 00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:21,760 There's loads of other stuff, too. 1072 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:25,960 But, to be honest, mine is the best bit. See you then.