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This time... Mindy has some thoughts on my approach to office admin.

How in the name of all that's holy are you going to invoice?

It's madness. Our biggest client challenges me to a sporting bet.

Richard Hammond workshop could be mine in a moment.

Wait a minute.

And a glitzy car show is a golden opportunity to show

the world what we can do....

I thought you put it in. I thought you put it in.

We are a marquee down we are struggling.

Fire 'em up, let's go!

I've fulfilled a lifelong dream. This all yours? It's all ours.

I've set up a classic car restoration business

with automotive wonder family Neil, Anthony, and Andrew Greenhouse.

(GASPS) Dad!

But it's become a money pit... Bad, bad, bad.

..and if we don't break even soon... Ten. But the budget's ten!

..there's a real chance we may go bust.

It's not going well at all is it.

So, I've come up with ambitious new plans. Welcome to your club.

We've just gotta push forward into the big league.

We're even going racing to find cars that need our help.

Now wouldn't be the time to give him a business card.

I'm determined to turn my lifelong obsession...

Come on, little car. ..into a thriving business.

Will it turn over? No. (LAUGHS) Isn't this a good idea?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

Here you are.

Morning, Bentley.

Yeah, you still haven't restored yourself I see.

Can you hear him? He's talking to the cars?

He is, isn't he?

Morning, Alvis. You've still got some work to do on yourself.

He's finally lost the plot. Morning, Porsche. Get yourself done.

It's getting to him running a garage.

He's realising now it's not as easy as he thought, isn't he?

It is great having three jobs on the floor,

but they are jobs that brings problems of their own.

They have to be done

which means we've gotta be organised which we're not.

I am trying to be a grown up boss

I've even tried my hand at proper admin

in an attempt to get the guys logging their hours.

Whether any of it has worked, remains to be seen.

(MOBILE CHIMING)

Oh, hello.

That's Dean.

(MOBILE CHIMING)

Hello, Dean.

Good morning, Richard. Hello. How are you?

I'm very well, thank you. I hope you are as well.

Yes, very well. Thank you very well.

Richard, the reason for my call is

I wanted to catch up with you as regards to the Bentley,

and wondered whether you are available

so that we can sit down and go through the plan of action.

Yes, that's a really good idea. You do know what?

It'd be a relief to do it. I'd love to.

How about I come over later today?

All right, Richard. Look forward to seeing you then.

Ahh! Guys, what are we gonna do about the Bentley?

I've gotta go see Dean. He's gonna bollock me. What am I gonna do?

Neil?

Neil?

Neil, can I borrow you for a sec? I just had Dean on the phone.

It's about his Bentley.

Let's just uncover it because I wanna just have a quick chat

about what we're gonna do.

Because I know what we've done, which is bugger all.

OK, this car... Yeah. ..is gonna be with us for how long?

Realistically. If we started this now, if we opened this can of worms.

I honestly, I could see even if we were on it

for a significant amount of time, a couple of years.

Right. So, facts are Dean's probably our most important customer.

It's - and it's one of only two he's got the other one

and the other one was restored by one of the best in the business.

So, this is our chance to show what we can do with a proper special car.

The only problem is it's such a big deal it is scary getting going.

We can't let him down.

And also he knows what he's looking at, so he knows a good job, too.

It's gotta be absolutely top drawer. It's funny.

We spoke about this being the car that could make our reputation...

Yeah. ..and it could. Yeah. But we get this wrong.

Take it on in the wrong way and on the wrong terms

and it could break us. Yeah, yeah, easily.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Don't want to do this.

Right. Dean's house. It was like a summons.

If he gets really angry, does one of us faint as a distraction?

Like, if he's giving, if he's giving it,

"Neil, I trusted you.

I looked in your eyes and I thought you were gonna start on this car.

You've done nothing!" I'll go, "I feel faint. "Thunk.

I don't like - I don't do being shouted at.

I just can't bear it. I know I can't stand it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Why's he in the field? I don't know.

It doesn't look good.

(GUNSHOT)

He's definitely got a gun.

2 00:05:57.640 -- 00:06:01.320 align:middle line:90% position:50% OK, do you see two mounds of earth and a couple of shovels?

DEAN: How about that?

You go first Richard, you go first. I don't want to go first!

Just cos I know him! Hello, mate. How are you?

You finally got here. You've been away again, haven't you?

Absolutely. You look extraordinarily well.

Hey! Neil, good to see you. Welcome. Yeah.

Do you wanna come over and sit and join me for a minute?

Well... (LAUGHING) what's this?

This what you do in - This is my private shooting club.

You are nuts.

You've got a day off and you decide, what else does a person do?

(LAUGHS)

Look, we've got the Bentley in the workshop. Yeah.

Going well? Very well.

We're still trying to get to grips with the organisation.

We don't wanna make any mistakes, so we're just trying to make sure that

we're going slowly and steadily

and making everything as we want it, but, yeah. -Right.

What does that actually mean? It means taking on work that we know

we can do cleanly, quickly, turn it around, get out the door.

So, you've been practising on other people's cars, saving the best.

I like that way of putting it. I'm quite happy to run with that.

I do feel confident that you're gonna get this job done nicely.

Good, glad to hear it.

Have you ever done any clay pigeon shooting at all?

I've never really, no.

What about yourself, Richard? I've had a go. I'm useless.

OK. So, we'll have a little bit of a competition,

and the winner takes all.

House, grounds, cars. Let's get going.

(LAUGHS) Come on. Let's have fun.

Richard Hammond's workshop could be mine in a moment.

Wait a minute. (LAUGHS)

Are we ready? Yes, we are.

Let's go!

(GUN FIRING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

No. I'm at my last shell.

That's it. I'm outta shot.

I've run out of shells. Always have enough.

(LAUGHTER)

Really?

Wait. Have I lost the Cog? Well, look, look after them.

(DEAN LAUGHS)

Well, look, as you know,

I've got two of the most valuable and interesting cars of all times

for Bentleys, which are two R-Types.

So, the plan is, gentlemen, we're gonna show at the annual 2022

Concours d' Elegance of the Bentley Drivers Club.

And that's here. And that's gonna be here.

We're gonna do this with the presence of the Royal family here,

and most probably up to about a thousand people

and 500 cars will be attending here. So, you have the one car that

you already have that's restored, that's beautiful.

The other one, that's not there yet.

And that's our intention to do it two or three years' time.

That one's even better. Exactly. That's the plan. Right. Love it.

The restored car has got a few little scratches and marks.

OK. So, would you be kind enough

to just eliminate those before we present it,

so we just got it in a perfect condition?

I'm sure we could do it. But I'm sure you can do that.

That's the plan. Yep. I love it. I love it.

Well, that went better than expected.

I was expecting to be staring at my shoes whilst

a big German man shouted at me for not starting in on his car.

But I've come away with encouraging words and actually some work.

It's only little job on the other Bentley.

But it is a chance to put our work in front of discerning people

at the biggest Bentley event of the year.

So, result.

One disaster may have been averted,

but I sense my management skills are about to face another test.

For weeks I've been trying to get the boys to be more organised

and start logging their hours properly.

It's time to find out if my attempts at cracking the whip

have made any difference.

And the answer lies in all this paperwork.

These are all the invoices for parts.

Then what I come to are these in which...

..there are no records of hours.

We have to just for once take on a job and from the very beginning,

from moment one, log the hours and know what we've done.

I just don't seem to be able to do it.

And the brutal truth is, neither do the guys.

We need another solution.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Today, after a conversation with Richard Hammond,

who frankly couldn't organise the contents of an envelope...

..it appears things aren't going very smoothly at the workshop.

It's just running by the seat of its pants really.

So, I very foolishly volunteered to come in and sort it out.

Oh, God.

I approach this building with trepidation every time.

Hello?

Well, that's working well.

Hello?

Hey! That's looking good.

Looks nice, doesn't it? Hmm, very nice.

How come you're in today?

I thought I'd come and have a look

at how things are running, generally.

Can you show me what paperwork you've got?

Yeah. Let's go and have a look.

Hang on a minute. And I did ring this. Nothing happened.

Cos I'm the only one with that buzzer, but I was painting.

OK, OK. Ladies first. Cheers. God's sake.

Oh, my God. It's like an oven in here.

We're not allowed a heater downstairs.

So, hang on, are these all the receipts? Yeah.

That come in, yeah. This doesn't make sense.

So, this is in alphabetical order,

according to the name of the company.

The company, not the vehicle.

So, why isn't it in vehicle order rather than

in the name of the company? Richard. OK.

Can I leave you for ten minutes? You crack on.

If you need me, you come and get me. No, that's fine.

You crack on, when you see Richard, can you send him up?

Yeah, no problem. Thanks. Thanks, Ant. Thank you, Mindy. OK.

To be honest, that was a very surprise visit from Mindy.

I wasn't expecting that at all,

which has got me on the back foot really.

It's like being back at school

and going back to the head teacher's room and like,

you haven't done your homework right. I just despair.

Because I did think

from the conversations I had with Richard,

that there was already some kind of a filing system.

One lever arch file is not a filing system.

This is just madness.

I found Richard and I've sent him up.

I don't think he's in for a good time.

He's in for a rough ride today, but maybe it's what he needs,

a little kick up the rear.

Hello? Hello. I heard you were in. Uh-huh.

So, you're having to look around and your fact finding mission.

Have you found facts?

OK, so you tell me what your filing system is.

I think Anthony looks after that sort of thing.

He said that you looked after it. Right.

Also, what the hell? Look, look, look.

This is what you do.

You open an envelope, you do nothing with the contents,

and you put the contents back in. This is really bad.

Bad, bad, bad.

Just put it back. Is that - Just put it back.

You - Come with me.

Come with me, dear. Come hither. Are you cross? Oh, am I?

This is your filing system. All invoicing and receipts

are under the name of the company that sent them.

How In the name of all that's holy, are you going to invoice?

You have to go through every single letter

of the alphabet to find the receipt. It's not a system.

It's madness. It's madness.

And you have done absolutely nothing towards this process, have you?

Well, no.

I'm a bit worried actually,

as much as anything else, because if we don't make it work

it's gonna jeopardise the whole business.

Ant? Yes, mate?

I have taken an executive decision at the highest possible level,

not to be in my office today.

You're not allowed in your office now then? No, thrown out.

Nice feeling, isn't it? I'm loving throwing off all of that.

Richard? Yes. There's three missed calls on the phone up here?

That's entirely possible. I'll - yes.

Is there not an answering machine facility, a voicemail or something?

Is there an answering machine on the -?

Just say, "Yes." Yes.

When this phone rings, does it ring anywhere else?

No. No. Why isn't there handset on reception?

Because I'm normally in the office. Because I'm normally in the office.

Yeah, but you're not always here, are you?

No, but when I'm away Ant is. When I'm away though Ant is.

Is Anthony talking to you from underneath that car?

No. No. (LAUGHS) It's like Cyrano De Bergerac.

Is Anthony hiding underneath that car? Yeah.

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

So that's the only handset for the whole system?

OK. Thank you. Carry on.

Mate, our lives are gonna get a lot better, and a lot worse.

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

Good morning. Morning.

Another day, and the workshop is getting

another very important visitor Dean's second Bentley R-Type.

Give it a bit of left-hand down then. Go on.

Line up the door. Lead in. Go on then. That'll do.

Ooh, look. How special are we? Good, innit?

Where else in the world can you see two of these together?

Nowhere else in the entire world... No.

..cos these are the only two. So, what needs doing?

It's got some chips on the paint.

If you look at it, this restoration was probably done a few years ago.

And then you got marks like there look.

He wants it polished and he wants it fettled, so it looks nice and fresh.

But we haven't got long. These Bentleys? Yes.

Do we know how they're going to be displayed at this event?

It's Dean's event and they're Dean's Bentley's. I don't know.

I would suggest we need some kind of signage

or something next to it to explain,

"This is the car that is about to be restored by Smallest Cog."

Yeah, OK. What am I gonna write on the sign?

Do we talk to our global head of PR?

Zog? Mm.

I'll call him.

(MOBILE RINGING)

Hi, at last. Ziegler? Hammond? This is an important business call

in your capacity as Head of PR Global.

You know Dean and you know his Bentley's.

And... Yes, yes, yes, yes. ..next weekend he is hosting a big

shindig for the Bentley Drivers Club at his house.

So, in the grounds, there's all lots of owners there.

700 of them.

So, that's probably every single member

of the Bentley owners club in Britain.

Yeah, it's a big deal. So, would it be a good idea to put

some sort of a sign next door to the unrestored Bentley

with the Cog logo on, that says,

"The Smallest Cog are delighted

to restore this Bentley to Concours condition?"

I think that's a golden opportunity.

Are you available to join us? Yes, I'd love to.

Are the Greenhouses going to be there?

Yes, we'll go full force. Showing their bottoms.

No, I'll tell them to pull up their trousers up

and maybe iron their T-shirts, if they possess irons.

Prince Michael of Kent is gonna be there.

Do you think his prince-ness understand anything that Neil says?

No, probably not.

Or do you think I should give Neil a bit of a brush up on elocution?

Would you brush him up? Yes, I'd love to.

OK. Brilliant. Thank you very much.

Thanks, Zog. ..Head of PR Global. Cheers, bud.

Yeah. And you. Play nicely. Ta-ta!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Seeing as how Mindy is in control of things at the workshop,

I am taking advantage of the opportunity to head up north

and make good on an old promise to a dear friend.

I am headed for the Lake District to meet one of my favourite people,

my old mate Les,

who for 30 years has been working on his vintage special,

Riley and it's time to get it finished, it really is.

When he's not working on historic cars, he's a sheep farmer,

which in fairness is a bit of a distraction.

It's raining. 'Course it's raining. Yes.

What else would it be doing? I'm comment -

I don't know why would I mention that? We off then?

We'll have to get round these sheep. Right.

We'd better get on it. I figured as much - Dog.

(WHISTLES) Come on, then. Come on, then. Up you get.

Good girl. There's a good girl. Hello, mate, hello.

Are you all buckled up? I'm buckled up. -Excellent.

It is letting up.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

We do have a ewe to check down here.

That's all trouble you know? How do you know?

You can see it's got his back arched a little bit,

so It's not getting much. The lamb? Yeah.

So, she's not letting it suckle. No.

So, it just looks unhappy, doesn't it? Yeah.

There's no sustenance. If you get no food, you're unhappy, aren't ya?

You're really hungry.

Tess, if we asked you to round those sheep up, could you?

It's, no. No, she's just mate, she's fallen asleep.

She's as deaf as a post. She's- I'm now dead worried about that lamb.

No, don't worry about it. It'll be all right.

But we're not equipped to get it in. No.

We've got a very old dog and two little fat men and a quad.

I'll get Steven to get it in later. Right. Fetch it up. OK.

This is like a really crap Safari, do you know what I mean?

It's limited.

I'm on my way to Hereford to pick up Kamla.

I think bringing in the accountant while Richard Hammond is away

in the Lake District just says to the boys, this is serious.

So, they might get a little bit of a surprise when I walk in

with my sidekick and her nostrils flaring.

Hi. Thanks for picking me up. You're very welcome. That's great.

Hop in, hop in, hop in. Lovely. Thank you.

I'm really pleased you came, actually,

because I really need your help to get the guys

to take the running of the business a bit more seriously.

I know Richard looked into that,

but when it comes to time management, keeping a log of jobs,

keeping a log of all the parts that are used,

this is where all four of them are failing. Yeah.

So, before we go in we need to find out what's going on with the phone.

What's happening with the phone?

Turns out there is one phone in the office that nobody answers,

it goes to answer machine, the answer machine is full.

Nobody's checked the messages? I don't think.

Almost every message on that answer phone is a potential client

that we'd have lost out on. I know.

I'm wondering if we try and ring the number...

Good idea. ..see if anybody answers it.

(LINE RINGING)

They're all in there.

This isn't good, is it?

Right. You ready to put your bitch face on? Always.

(LAUGHS) Let's go! Come on then.

2 00:23:46.360 -- 00:23:52.320 align:middle line:90% position:50% (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Hello. Hello.

Oh, hello. I'm here. We were thinking you weren't in.

You look worried, and rightly so. You should be.

In all seriousness,

we need to gather round and have a chat. Have a chat?

In here, yeah? Yes, please. Chaps, Kamla and Mindy are here.

I think we should grab a seat.

What's this about, then? I don't know.

This was the whiteboard that Richard set up.

They just haven't used it.

I mean, it's not thought through, is it? No.

Right, stand by your beds, stand by your beds.

Everybody stand by your beds. Lovely to see you all. And you.

Right, lads. First things first, here's another phone for you.

So, can we have two phones? One down here and one upstairs.

And honestly, when the phone rings

that pad needs to be filled out - every time.

That's Richard's job at the moment. It's not Richard's job.

Richard's just not here all the time. No.

So, the other thing we want to talk about is hours worked.

I think we need to sort of try a system.

You each get one of these pads.

So, you get vehicle, model and make, a brief explanation of work,

parts used, time start, time end, hours total. Yep.

So, every time you work on a vehicle you'll fill out the top sheet

and then in every vehicle we're gonna put one of these bad boys.

Top sheet there, lives in the vehicle.

One vehicle, one box file. OK.

Also, copies of any invoices pertaining to the vehicle.

So, everything that needs to be billed is in there.

And then once a week could you scan these?

If you could upload them to our electronic folder.

The blue Bentley we got in for Dean. Yeah.

"Why don't we use that system on that car, on that

and then you know where you are. See if it works.

That would be good.

I think they've taken it on board.

Just gotta see how things tick over with that quick Bentley job.

To make sure it is a quick Bentley job. Well, yeah.

And have a look and see how many hours they've actually done.

Let's see if we've got the estimate, right,

cos that's kind of our test case.

In the Lake District, I'm no closer to getting my hands

on Les' vintage car,

thanks to the shenanigans of some of his wayward sheep.

You go and fetch it up.

This is Operation Rescue, the lamp

from the disinterested mother that isn't letting it suckle.

So, what they wanted to do is, as gently as possible,

separate her out from the flock.

And see if they encourage her to come into milk

and look after her lamb. I'll go the long side of it.

Walk her up again that fence and see if she'll just let the lamb under.

All right, love.

Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stand quiet.

It's like chess, but with sheep.

Wherever you stand is really critical.

Just get up, move it on a little further.

All right, love. Come on, in here. Relax.

Aye, she's got plenty of milk. Yeah.

Poor little thing's starving. Yeah.

Come on little one.

She's a very reluctant mother.

Maybe you get her a book on parenting.

I have a hunch she can't read.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

This car's got a few marks and cracks and splits

coming back up in it now, so all we are doing is just tidying it up

for Dean's show for the weekend. And hopefully, it all goes to plan

cos we haven't got no time to mess with it.

Bit of a problem there.

Looks like we've got a primer on top of the bare alloy.

So, look how many coats we got. We got 12 coats on there.

At the moment, we're just patching up somebody else's work.

But whatever we do has got to be quality.

The biggest fear now is getting the paint to match.

Dean's Bentley would have been painted ten or 15 years ago.

We don't know what paint it was painted with,

what colour it was painted in and who painted it.

So, we've now gotta miraculously match it, blow it in

and make it look like we haven't even touched it.

This is where years of experience and alchemy come into play.

He's good at mixing a drop of paint, oh Neil, bless him.

He's quite thorough with it.

One-four-one.

So, point three of a gram there look.

Neil I reckon this colour should be OK, but you never know.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as they say.

Chaps? Is anybody here?

All right, Zog? Sorry to arrive unannounced.

I heard from above that you're going to be representing.

The Smallest Cog at the Bentley event at the weekend.

Yeah, that's right. Are they having sandwiches?

Cos we want to know, that was the main question.

It's not a jolly. You are ambassadors for the Cog

so you've gotta present yourselves nicely.

So, you're gonna teach us to talk proper then?

Talk properly, not talk proper. OK, chaps, bit of role play here, OK?

So, over to the Bentley. And I'm a potential punter.

Oh, right. OK. Right? And I've called you over.

How much do you know about this car?

This vehicle, sir? This vehicle.

This is a Bentley R-Type by HJ Mulliner in Birmingham.

It's H not H. Oh.

And also another thing,

don't be playing pocket billiards all the time.

Get your hands out of your pockets. I see.

Hands behind your back or hand in...?

You can do this. Yeah.

That's very royal. How about this?

Or that, but don't keep them in your skyrockets. No.

OK, so put you there and I'm gonna come on up

and see how you've improved.

So, good afternoon, gentlemen. Good afternoon.

Tell me about the car.

This car actually is a 1954 Bentley R-Type built

by HJ Mulliner in Birmingham.

I must say, you're answering the questions beautifully.

Right, hands.

Now, I know you're horny-handed sons of the spanner,

but this is disgusting. So, get those polished up.

And if you can get this tattoo off, that would help. (ALL LAUGH)

Excellent. Well, I know you're going to be brilliant.

You'll be proud of us, Zog. Bye-bye!

All right, ta, Zog! Bye, Zog! That was a bit of a bit of a shock.

You gotta be yourself. But that's the problem.

He's trying to change who we are, but the problem we can be polite.

We can all switch that on and be polite -

Something he has taught us? Stand-my hands behind my back.

None of us have got our hands in our pockets. My hands behind my back.

You're like this, he's like this and I'm stood like that,

usually like this. Getting in training. That's right.

After Les' frankly, heroic shepherding work,

we finally move on to his Riley

which has been progressing rather slowly over the past three decades.

I'm grateful that you're taking this on.

And I'm overjoyed, but... But? ..I know some of it ain't great.

When I put the engine together and I saw tiny hairline cracks in the top,

I thought, "That won't be a problem.." Yeah.

"That shouldn't be a problem. They're tiny.

Nothing can get through there." But they got bigger.

But it is. Yes. When it gets hot, I think they get bigger.

That's the main problem with it at the moment?

Yeah, that's one of them. There's a few. Right.

Really, these things here, Rich,

there should be a plate on top of the spring, and a thing coming up,

a lug coming up to take these.

I decided it would be much easier and quicker

just to use some cheap U-bolts. Yeah. We can definitely do that.

That's one of them, is it? That's one small thing.

OK. We'll go - you go to the back of the car now. The back of the car.

I also made the battery carrier.

And realistically - It isn't a battery carrier.

There is another thing.

The tank should really have a solid filler neck on it,

so it should be slightly longer.

How many threads are on this? A lot of threads.

Right, so this is one piece and really... Oh, yeah.

..it wants welding. Yes. I think that's the worst of my woes.

Well, there's nothing not doable, is there? No, no, it's doable.

The idea here is get this on the trailer.

I shall then drive it back down to Herefordshire...

..and we shall begin work.

Right, I'm gonna wind and you could steer. OK.

Ah! God!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's lovely.

(PANTS)

You all right, mate?

Yeah. We've got it -

A lot of my workmanship is a long way from perfect.

So, to think that my old mate's taking it and doing it

is pretty bloody amazing.

Right, that, that's it. It's on, it's safe and secure.

Yeah. Brilliant, mate. Thanks, man.

Next stop, Hereford.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Hello? Hello.

This is Thunderbird one and I have a delightful gift

for you to examine on the trailer. Bye. Bye.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Ta-da! What have you got there?

It's good, isn't it? This is Leslie's car.

Built by a shepherd in Buttermere.

It's like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's evil twin. Yes, exactly.

I could tell you something,

since you've been away things have changed around here.

Well, how have things changed around here? Why?

Well, basically, Kamla and Mindy have been in.

They've given us these box files,

come up with this plan that every car that we do,

we log the hours, log the material and put it all in this box.

And it'll be accurate? It is accurate.

We've done Dean's Bentley. So, it's worked..

So, if this goes on, we could end up making money?

We could be retired by the end of next year.

Yeah. You might be pushing a bit there.

Right. So, there is only one downside.

I've gotta go home at some point and Mindy's gonna be going,

"Sorted your business."

You'll be having humble pie for tea, won't you?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Today, is the annual Bentley Drivers Club big shindig.

We've got two cars to show - one R-Type that's still to be restored

and another, where we've tried to perfect the paintwork.

But it is, in fact, raining.

There's no denying that. Il pleut.

Not exactly the best conditions to display two convertibles,

but the lads are on top of it, I'm sure.

I'll take one for the team, don't worry lads. Well done.

Hey, I don't think we have to put the legs up,

I think Richard can get under here.

Yeah, he's got enough height, but we haven't.

Take your time now, there's no rush.

If we stop there. Shall I go and get the other cover out then? Yeah.

We'll get the other one of these out to cover that one up.

Where's the second one? Got him?

No. I got - oh! Got a car cover. No, these, these - yeah.

These are the covers for that one, innit?

So, where's the other one of them then?

We, we haven't got another one? By the look of it, no.

For flip's sake. Your dad's in town.

Give him a call, if you can get a hold of him,

and see if he can pick anything up gazebo-wise.

Yeah. I'll try my best. If he can. (GROANS)

Hi, Dad. Yeah. No, no, no, no. We're in trouble here.

We're a marquee down, we are struggling and we look silly.

2 00:36:21.480 -- 00:36:25.680 align:middle line:90% position:50% I wanted to be here to inspect the Cog boys,

so I'm hoping to see them looking neat and tidy.

So... time to inspect the troops, I fear.

Right, the moment of truth.

Good morning. Morning, Zog.

You've brought the weather with you then chaps. Beautiful, innit?

So, Richard's on his way. Yep.

Are you happy with what you're going to show him?

Not really. Cos there's a tent missing?

That's on its way, that should be here any minute.

Good God, you've brought refreshments. We have indeed.

You won't like it, I don't think. Nozecco?

Is that alcohol-free? Yes. It was cheap.

Neil's here, mate. Let's go have a look if he's got what we want.

Have you got some? Oh!

Let's get this show on the road, eh?

This has all gone a bit British.

Lots of soggy Bentleys.

Might go see the chaps.

They might not be happy about the weather.

Grab that one then. I'll get it then.

Look at - (LAUGHS) Oh!

What you doing?

Hello? Hello, Hammond. Isn't it lovely?

How are the Cogs? How are they? Are they -?

Well, they're... Downhearted?

..wet - well - They're soggy. Well, they're building tents.

I think Andrew is gonna punch one of us in a minute.

Look at his little face. (LAUGHS)

This is our hospitality area. Nozecco. Yeah.

Champagne glasses. Well, that's - Strawberries. Rose.

If we dress it up a bit, it'll be fine.

Go on.

I'm getting disappointment tinged with regret.

Let's do some PR-ing. Somebody will be along in a minute. Yeah.

Come on then, punters. Where are you?

Got a lovely workshop, plenty of room for your Bentleys in there.

There'll be a rush in a minute.

This is the stuff of nightmares.

The British way is we soldier on as though it weren't happening.

Time to check in with the host and our number one customer,

who's displaying another of his

prize-winning Bentleys under a much bigger tent.

Dean, hello. How are you? Hello. Hello, Richard. Good to see you.

I have spotted your baby. Oh, yes, this one.

Yes, indeed. "Oh, yeah, it's this one. Oh, that - this?

That little thing?" Yeah, this.

Continental Fastback and this is a Concours winning car? Yes.

This is what you want?

I want it the same quality and final finish. Yeah.

I wanna deliver this. I want paint that flat.

Well, just imagine in two years' time,

when you've actually done the work.

It could be here. I want it in here.

I want it in here looking like this. You're on the same spot.

It could be here. That's what we're looking to achieve.

Same quality. You got a good, clear picture of what we're looking?

Yeah. Really, really, really good. Yeah. Yeah, I got it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

The weather has actually changed now and it's not raining for once.

It's getting a lot busier now. We're rubbing shoulders with people

with cars that are like £100,000 plus.

So, we just gotta push through the rest of the day,

talk to as many people as we can,

and actually push this company forward at last into the big league.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the judging is taking place.

His Royal Highness is on the field. Dean is on the field.

Lots of exciting things to come. Enjoy the day.

Remember the etiquette lessons boys. Good afternoon, your Grace.

Trouble is, we haven't had chance to go get posh clothes on or nothing.

Good morning, gentlemen. How's everybody this morning?

Good, thank you. Very well. Fine. And you? OK.

So, this is a 1953 model. This is the INDISTINCT.

And what I like is, it's preserving British history in a way, yeah?

NEIL: We've just had a near miss, I would say.

Prince Michael of Kent sort of walked over to a car

and got within about ten ft of us,

which is ten ft closer than we've never been to anybody royal,

so that's not bad, is it?

Hello. Phillip Hine, Chairman of the BDC.

Right. Neil Greenhouse, this is my brother Andrew.

Hello. Nice to meet you. We're from The Smallest Cog,

we have done some rectification paintwork

and blended some of the paintwork along that car. Have you?

I would love it if you could have a walk around there.

Of course. ..and see if you can -

if you would be happy with the finishes on there. Yeah.

Plainly, you've done an extremely good job. You really have.

I'm trying to see anything, but I can't.

You didn't do the whole panel? No. No, it is a blend in.

Right, so it's all blend in. Yeah.

(SIGHS) Magical. Now, that means a lot to us.

Yeah, magical. It really is.

Because, you know, we're very experienced in paintwork. Yeah.

But this is a different level for us.

We've all worked on very high-end cars,

but nothing as, as nice and as big as an important and rare as this.

It's superb, really. Thank you for having us.

It's made our day to be here to be honest.

That was a bit of an unexpected event.

That was Phillip, and he's the head judge at the Bentley Drivers Club.

He was thrilled to bits with the paint job.

His word was, "Magical."

"Magical." So, I was quite impressed with that.

I don't think we've seen anything that the guys couldn't do.

Every time we pop up in front of owners, enthusiasts,

it's reinforcing the fact that we exist,

so we become part of the scene. Actually, the day is not over for me

cos I'm going home to change into my bow tie and dinner suit

cos I'm coming back to the gala dinner.

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

Hello there, welcome. Hi.

Dean knows how to throw a party.

I hope the boys are enjoying their evening, too.

I can't believe it.

The rain just stops and then bang, it's back again innit?

Richard's over there having his big drinks and -

He's having a posh food, isn't he?

What's he having? Five course, wasn't it? This is our dinner.

I say. That's splendid. But we have met some nice people.

We've seen some nice cars. It's been a productive day.

We're not quite the Bentley boys,

but we're there with the Bentley boys.

We should toast ourselves for having a good day.

I reckon that. Cheers, boys! Cheers!

We need a show car.

Everybody knows Oliver. Come on then.

No one ever sees the bad side of Oliver. All they see is cuddly.

It's actually costing you to do this job.

Right. Silverstone.

He'll get a licence if he earns a licence.

He's pretty good in a go-kart,

I'll give him that, but this ain't exactly a go-kart circuit, is it?