1 00:00:11,072 --> 00:00:16,024 On today's show, James catches fire. 2 00:00:16,059 --> 00:00:18,037 Richard knocks something over. 3 00:00:18,072 --> 00:00:21,048 And I crash a Reliant Robin into to a lamppost. 4 00:00:28,012 --> 00:00:29,045 Hello! 5 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,096 Hello, we're back! We're back! 6 00:00:33,048 --> 00:00:35,008 We're back and we are... 7 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:39,001 .. more sensible than ever. 8 00:00:39,036 --> 00:00:42,044 Well, we're starting sensibly anyway, with this, 9 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:43,993 the Bentley Continental GT. 10 00:00:44,028 --> 00:00:46,057 It's not my cup of tea, if I'm honest, 11 00:00:46,092 --> 00:00:51,576 but if you live in Cheshire and you have to travel great distances 12 00:00:51,611 --> 00:00:57,060 at high speed in drinks globe luxury it really is in a class of one. 13 00:00:57,095 --> 00:01:01,064 Now, however, there's a new version which is a bit different. 14 00:01:11,036 --> 00:01:16,012 It's called the Continental Supersports, and this is it. 15 00:01:16,047 --> 00:01:17,041 The fastest, 16 00:01:17,076 --> 00:01:23,056 most outlandish car Bentley has ever made. 17 00:01:23,091 --> 00:01:25,989 First of all, it's been lightened. 18 00:01:26,024 --> 00:01:30,061 The rear seat has been replaced with air. 19 00:01:30,096 --> 00:01:37,088 The sofas up front are now racing buckets trimmed in the Duke of Westminster's smoking jacket. 20 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,052 And there is carbon fibre on the dash rather than walnut. 21 00:01:47,012 --> 00:01:52,068 The result is dramatic because that car weighs just two and a quarter tons, 22 00:01:52,103 --> 00:01:56,024 about the same as a three bedroom terraced house. 23 00:01:59,064 --> 00:02:03,052 Still, it's not like there isn't enough power to deal with the bulk. 24 00:02:03,087 --> 00:02:09,040 It has the same engine as before, a 6 litre twin turbo W12, 25 00:02:09,075 --> 00:02:15,008 but now it produces 621 horsepowers. 26 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:24,024 The result is 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds. 27 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,052 God, that is 167, 168 and it's still pulling! 28 00:02:48,092 --> 00:02:52,973 Flat out, it will do 204 miles an hour, 29 00:02:53,008 --> 00:02:57,048 even if you fill the tank with Jerusalem artichokes. 30 00:03:05,076 --> 00:03:11,024 That engine has been designed to run on something called bioethanol, fuel made from plants. 31 00:03:11,059 --> 00:03:15,559 And if you use that rather than petrol the power output remains 32 00:03:15,594 --> 00:03:20,060 the same, but you get fewer carbon dioxides coming out of the back. 33 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,012 Sounds wonderful, if you believe in this carbon malarkey, 34 00:03:28,047 --> 00:03:30,036 but there are a couple of drawbacks. 35 00:03:32,032 --> 00:03:40,064 First of all, there are 8,850 petrol stations in Britain, but only 20 of them sell bioethanol. 36 00:03:40,099 --> 00:03:47,000 And, secondly, when you're running on maize it's not what you'd call economical. 37 00:03:50,064 --> 00:03:54,056 Honestly, it gets through veg faster than Paul McCartney's ex. 38 00:03:56,064 --> 00:03:59,969 The Supersports, then, it's all much as you'd expect, 39 00:04:00,004 --> 00:04:05,060 very fast, very heavy and at speed about six miles to the gallon. 40 00:04:08,036 --> 00:04:11,076 But don't be fooled by the headlines. 41 00:04:11,111 --> 00:04:16,013 This is spooky. 42 00:04:16,048 --> 00:04:22,064 I've got an automatic gearbox and air conditioning, satellite navigation and it's very quiet. 43 00:04:22,099 --> 00:04:28,068 It's just like a normal Bentley, but look at the way it changes direction. 44 00:04:36,052 --> 00:04:42,040 This car is like an elephant with the reflexes of a water boatman. 45 00:04:42,075 --> 00:04:45,579 And if you're watching in Poland and you don't know what 46 00:04:45,614 --> 00:04:49,049 a water boatman is, it's like an Evo X, it really is. 47 00:04:49,084 --> 00:04:54,016 And if you're watching in Ethiopia and you don't know what an Evo X is, 48 00:04:54,051 --> 00:04:59,020 what I mean is it does things rather well. No, not well! 49 00:04:59,055 --> 00:05:01,068 Why did I say "well"? Oh, God. 50 00:05:03,024 --> 00:05:09,000 Then you have the brakes which can tear your face off. 51 00:05:09,035 --> 00:05:11,048 Ready, now! 52 00:05:20,052 --> 00:05:24,033 To make the Bentley a race track screamer it's been fitted with 53 00:05:24,068 --> 00:05:30,096 carbon ceramic discs, new suspension bushes and different anti roll bars. 54 00:05:30,131 --> 00:05:34,004 Though when I say different I mean, of course, enormous. 55 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:42,004 They've also reprogrammed the four wheel drive system so that now most of the power goes to the back. 56 00:05:46,052 --> 00:05:52,036 Imagine then that if you mash the throttle into the carpets halfway around a corner 57 00:05:52,071 --> 00:05:58,048 it will spin up its rear wheels and hang its tail out like a small dog. 58 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,072 Sorry, but was a dreadful simile, dogs don't have wheels. 59 00:06:03,107 --> 00:06:05,056 Unless they'd been in an accident. 60 00:06:08,016 --> 00:06:10,041 But here's the extraordinary thing, OK? 61 00:06:10,076 --> 00:06:15,000 It doesn't! Coming up to the Hammerhead going the wrong way, 62 00:06:15,035 --> 00:06:16,072 halfway round, foot hard down... 63 00:06:24,028 --> 00:06:27,076 .. it doesn't! It just grips. 64 00:06:31,012 --> 00:06:37,012 Of course, you can make it misbehave if you go way too fast and poke it with a stick. 65 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,013 But even if you do that the computer steps in, 66 00:06:47,048 --> 00:06:53,020 sends power to the front wheels and, bang, everything is sorted out! 67 00:06:53,055 --> 00:06:55,044 It is uncanny. 68 00:06:57,020 --> 00:07:00,076 It is a very impressive car, this. 69 00:07:00,111 --> 00:07:02,973 But I don't like it. 70 00:07:03,008 --> 00:07:04,981 What they've tried to do here 71 00:07:05,016 --> 00:07:08,084 is turn an ocean liner into a speedboat. 72 00:07:12,096 --> 00:07:15,973 And, yes, they have sort of pulled it off, 73 00:07:16,008 --> 00:07:22,084 but it still feels very big and very heavy. Oh dear! 74 00:07:34,092 --> 00:07:36,044 Whoa! 75 00:07:41,004 --> 00:07:48,008 So big and so heavy in fact that I believe it has just shredded its rear tyres. 76 00:07:48,043 --> 00:07:50,061 Oh ho! 77 00:07:50,096 --> 00:07:55,088 Oh dear! Now, I don't think that's legal any more, 78 00:07:55,123 --> 00:07:57,092 or safe. 79 00:08:04,012 --> 00:08:05,973 The upshot then is simple. 80 00:08:06,008 --> 00:08:10,993 If I wanted to spend L163,000 on a speedboat 81 00:08:11,028 --> 00:08:16,000 I'd buy something that was designed to be a speedboat in the first place. 82 00:08:18,008 --> 00:08:23,004 In short, I'd buy an Aston Martin DBS. 83 00:08:40,024 --> 00:08:41,084 Thank you very much. 84 00:08:44,028 --> 00:08:48,000 Really? You would have the Aston? 85 00:08:48,035 --> 00:08:48,973 Oh, yeah. 86 00:08:49,008 --> 00:08:51,060 No, it's more nimble, it's got two more seats, 87 00:08:51,095 --> 00:08:53,017 doesn't weigh the same as a church. 88 00:08:53,052 --> 00:08:57,008 Doesn't eat its own shoes. No,this is t he best car in the world. No, it isn't. 89 00:08:57,043 --> 00:09:01,000 Yes, it is. Anyway, we must now find out how fast 90 00:09:01,035 --> 00:09:03,017 the Wilmslow Express goes round our track 91 00:09:03,052 --> 00:09:07,064 and that, of course, means handing it over to our tame racing driver. 92 00:09:07,099 --> 00:09:12,092 Some say that his discharge is luminous... 93 00:09:12,127 --> 00:09:14,993 LAUGHTER 94 00:09:15,028 --> 00:09:19,546 .. and that even as we speak he is appearing on the main stage 95 00:09:19,581 --> 00:09:24,064 at Glastonbury performing his most famous hit, Superstition. 96 00:09:24,099 --> 00:09:27,013 LAUGHTER 97 00:09:27,048 --> 00:09:30,024 All we know is he's called The Stig. 98 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:36,080 He's off! Note the flags there, Stig displaying his support for the Norwegian football team. 99 00:09:36,115 --> 00:09:41,080 I tried to explain they aren't actually in the World Cup, but this made him very angry. 100 00:09:41,115 --> 00:09:45,056 Here he is, first corner, looking nice. 101 00:09:45,091 --> 00:09:47,008 Yes! 102 00:09:49,076 --> 00:09:52,058 Interestingly, he's the only person in the world who 103 00:09:52,093 --> 00:09:55,558 likes the sound of the vuvuzela, because he invented it! 104 00:09:55,593 --> 00:09:59,024 There he is, round Chicago, very tidy for a big car. 105 00:09:59,059 --> 00:10:01,088 Now, Hammerhead. This should be astonishing. 106 00:10:03,072 --> 00:10:06,080 Oh no, it's exploded! It's rolled end over end! 107 00:10:06,115 --> 00:10:09,569 This is incredible! But Stig's out of the wreckage! 108 00:10:09,604 --> 00:10:13,024 He's dodging the naked waitresses and... he's on fire! 109 00:10:13,059 --> 00:10:14,045 He's now coming up to Gambon. 110 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,058 No, no! He's taking his helmet off! 111 00:10:17,093 --> 00:10:20,001 It's her! Right round the tiger! 112 00:10:20,036 --> 00:10:25,033 He's just a shaken hands with Elvis and there he is, across the line! 113 00:10:25,068 --> 00:10:32,024 I don't believe that, the most exciting thing I've ever seen and some idiot at Television Centre 114 00:10:32,059 --> 00:10:35,017 cut to an advertisement for a stupid little Korean hatchback. 115 00:10:35,052 --> 00:10:40,056 It's a good job ITV didn't cover the moon landings. 10 foot. BEEP. 116 00:10:40,091 --> 00:10:42,021 Five foot. BEEP. 117 00:10:42,056 --> 00:10:45,076 # If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit... # 118 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:48,017 Anyway, I have the time 119 00:10:48,052 --> 00:10:52,558 and it did it in 1:24.9, which puts it there. 120 00:10:52,593 --> 00:10:57,029 And that's not bad, really, for a small moon. 121 00:10:57,064 --> 00:11:02,064 Anyway, now we must turn our attention to the Icelandic volcano because although it went on 122 00:11:02,099 --> 00:11:07,553 to become global news, the actual eruption itself started out quite 123 00:11:07,588 --> 00:11:13,008 small and that got us wondering how close could you get to it in a car. 124 00:11:13,012 --> 00:11:17,080 Now, obviously, this was a job for a rugged, outdoorsy sort of chap. 125 00:11:17,115 --> 00:11:20,060 Unfortunately, Jeremy was on holiday, 126 00:11:20,095 --> 00:11:22,040 so James went. 127 00:11:29,004 --> 00:11:33,000 It's very hard to drive across Iceland at the best of times. 128 00:11:35,076 --> 00:11:38,061 But luckily I had just the vehicle for the job. 129 00:11:38,096 --> 00:11:45,040 This looks exactly like the Toyota that Jeremy and I 130 00:11:45,075 --> 00:11:47,033 drove to the North Pole. 131 00:11:47,068 --> 00:11:50,044 More to the point, this has been to the North Pole with us, 132 00:11:50,079 --> 00:11:54,048 but you never saw it and it never got any of the glory 133 00:11:54,083 --> 00:11:58,017 because it was the one driven by the camera crew. 134 00:11:58,052 --> 00:12:05,060 After we got back from the Pole our car went off to a museum whereas this one was just left to rot. 135 00:12:05,095 --> 00:12:10,028 Today, though, I'm going to bring it back to life and give it one more mission. 136 00:12:14,068 --> 00:12:19,080 Wow, I never actually thoughtI'd be so pleased to seeone of these again. 137 00:12:19,115 --> 00:12:21,029 This really brings it all back, 138 00:12:21,064 --> 00:12:27,048 the ice going on and on forever, the boulder field going on and on forever. 139 00:12:27,083 --> 00:12:29,076 I can hear Jeremy going on and on forever. 140 00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:33,044 Oh, God... 141 00:12:35,064 --> 00:12:40,056 No matter, my job is to turn this into the world's first volcano-proof car, 142 00:12:40,091 --> 00:12:42,989 which means a visit to Emil, 143 00:12:43,024 --> 00:12:48,025 the 4x4 genius who built it in the first place. 144 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:51,001 I mean, what are the unique risks to volcano driving, 145 00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:54,088 apart from obviously being consumed by molten lava and burnt to a crisp? 146 00:12:54,123 --> 00:12:56,057 It depends on how close you want to get. 147 00:12:56,092 --> 00:12:59,981 Very close. As far as I can work out no-one's ever actually driven 148 00:13:00,016 --> 00:13:04,088 right up to the mouth of an active volcano in a car, so it's another Top Gear first if we can do it. 149 00:13:04,123 --> 00:13:06,017 Yeah. 150 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:10,068 Some people claim you can walk on hot coals if you wet the bottom 151 00:13:10,103 --> 00:13:14,049 of your feet and I was just wondering, if there was some system 152 00:13:14,084 --> 00:13:20,032 of continuously wetting the tyres would it be possible to drive across the hot lava? 153 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:24,056 If you don't fall through, possibly, yeah, if you drive fast. 154 00:13:27,068 --> 00:13:29,044 Emile didn't look very confident, 155 00:13:29,079 --> 00:13:33,036 but we set to work anyway... 156 00:13:35,028 --> 00:13:39,060 .. and by the next morning the volcano-buster was ready. 157 00:13:45,004 --> 00:13:48,080 I know I look a bit like a petty thief on my way home from some corrugated roof robbery 158 00:13:48,115 --> 00:13:52,012 at the allotment, but there's a very good reason for all of this. 159 00:13:52,047 --> 00:13:54,985 Their lava occasionally goes over an area of water and that 160 00:13:55,020 --> 00:14:00,025 causes an explosion throwing bits of lava and rock up into the air, 161 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:06,000 so that's there to stop those lumps coming down and breaking the windscreen, or my head. 162 00:14:09,004 --> 00:14:12,985 We've also fitted our new and pioneering tyre cooling system. 163 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:17,036 There's an oil drum on the back full of water and pipes feed the water to the tyres. 164 00:14:17,071 --> 00:14:20,981 Now, obviously, there's a risk of it freezing and we can't put antifreeze 165 00:14:21,016 --> 00:14:26,016 in the water because that pollutes the glacier, so we've added a dash of vodka. 166 00:14:31,012 --> 00:14:33,021 As I drove on to the glacier, I stopped to hook up with 167 00:14:33,056 --> 00:14:38,064 a volcanologist who couldn't get to the volcano because of the weather. 168 00:14:43,072 --> 00:14:47,997 And it's fantastically windy. I've never seen or felt a wind like it. 169 00:14:48,032 --> 00:14:53,084 Because of this storm that has been raging for the last few days, we haven't really been able to visit 170 00:14:53,119 --> 00:14:56,037 the area to see what's going on there. 171 00:14:56,072 --> 00:15:00,032 So at the moment, with this weather, in this white-out, 172 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,012 really nobody knows what's happening. 173 00:15:02,047 --> 00:15:05,045 Exactly. Nobody can say. 174 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,989 As night fell, the storm became worse. 175 00:15:09,024 --> 00:15:13,076 It was so bad that by morning, it had taken the lives of two locals. 176 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:20,048 This is what we're seeing, or what we're not seeing, I should say. 177 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:26,993 Visibility is probably less than 10m. 178 00:15:27,028 --> 00:15:33,060 We reckoned that as long as we could follow the car carrying Emil and the camera crew, we'd be OK. 179 00:15:35,056 --> 00:15:36,088 There it is. There he is. 180 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:39,080 But we weren't. 181 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:43,044 Oh, I've lost the tail lights. 182 00:15:43,079 --> 00:15:44,096 Wow, that's dark. 183 00:15:47,028 --> 00:15:49,989 Soon, we were completely lost. 184 00:15:50,024 --> 00:15:53,024 Can you see any red lights? I don't see anything. 185 00:15:53,059 --> 00:15:55,028 Oh, cock. 186 00:15:59,012 --> 00:16:02,001 Right, we are now, effectively, driving on instruments. 187 00:16:02,036 --> 00:16:05,036 Outside the window is just... it's a complete sheet of white. 188 00:16:05,071 --> 00:16:07,029 There's a blizzard going. 189 00:16:07,064 --> 00:16:09,064 The windscreen itself is freezing up. 190 00:16:09,099 --> 00:16:11,064 The windscreen wipers have frozen up. 191 00:16:11,099 --> 00:16:14,057 It's quite unnerving. 192 00:16:14,092 --> 00:16:18,020 Eventually, I had to get out to unjam the wipers. 193 00:16:18,055 --> 00:16:21,048 Ah! Oh, my God. 194 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:23,071 Blinding. 195 00:16:23,106 --> 00:16:25,060 Look at that. 196 00:16:38,072 --> 00:16:40,080 Good job. Argh! 197 00:16:40,115 --> 00:16:42,045 Argh. 198 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,985 God, I've never known anything like that. 199 00:16:47,020 --> 00:16:49,048 I hadn't realised how strong that was, being in here. 200 00:16:49,083 --> 00:16:50,997 I could hardly stand up. 201 00:16:51,032 --> 00:16:56,028 We ploughed onwards until, at last, salvation. 202 00:16:56,063 --> 00:17:01,024 Lights! Look, lights! There they are. Thank God. 203 00:17:03,064 --> 00:17:06,981 Eventually, the storm cleared and we arrived at 204 00:17:07,016 --> 00:17:12,028 our overnight stop, where we were greeted by a spectacular sight. 205 00:17:12,063 --> 00:17:14,096 Wow, look at that! Beautiful. 206 00:17:16,060 --> 00:17:18,029 How far away is that? 207 00:17:18,064 --> 00:17:21,024 About one and a half kilometres. 208 00:17:21,059 --> 00:17:23,529 I can hear it, as well. 209 00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:26,000 It's like cannon fire. 210 00:17:26,035 --> 00:17:28,036 That's fantastic. 211 00:17:33,088 --> 00:17:35,021 Wow! 212 00:17:35,056 --> 00:17:42,088 The next morning, still with no idea how big this eruption would become, I dropped off the professor... 213 00:17:42,123 --> 00:17:44,013 Thanks for a ride. 214 00:17:44,048 --> 00:17:51,056 .. and headed on alone, until at last I got my first close-up look at the volcano. 215 00:18:01,064 --> 00:18:03,044 God in heaven, look at that. 216 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:12,033 Lava was spewing out at a temperature of 1,200 degrees centigrade, 217 00:18:12,068 --> 00:18:18,012 and right in front of my eyes, a brand-new part of the world was being created. 218 00:18:18,047 --> 00:18:21,025 It was now my job to test our volcano car by driving up to 219 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:27,032 the crater and scooping up a fresh piece of landscape as a souvenir. 220 00:18:27,067 --> 00:18:30,084 And to help me with that, they've given me a garden trowel, 221 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,096 on an extending pole, held on with sticky tape, and... 222 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:37,993 .. a bucket. 223 00:18:38,028 --> 00:18:40,969 And of course, I have my corrugated roof 224 00:18:41,004 --> 00:18:45,028 and I'm in the best off-road vehicle I've ever driven. 225 00:18:45,063 --> 00:18:47,092 So, piece of cake, really. Here we go. 226 00:19:00,032 --> 00:19:02,040 Does look quite angry. 227 00:19:05,004 --> 00:19:07,021 Oh, God, look at that. 228 00:19:07,056 --> 00:19:10,997 Even though I was driving on lava that had fallen days ago, 229 00:19:11,032 --> 00:19:17,036 it was still red hot, and the Top Gear vodka tyre cooling system was working overtime. 230 00:19:17,071 --> 00:19:21,028 Right, what I need is for a piece to land quite near me, 231 00:19:21,063 --> 00:19:25,088 and then I can reach out of the window and grab it. 232 00:19:25,123 --> 00:19:27,080 Ooh! 233 00:19:30,072 --> 00:19:33,052 Bravely, I decided that was far enough. 234 00:19:33,087 --> 00:19:35,061 Oh, my word. 235 00:19:35,096 --> 00:19:39,056 I don't know if you can see this but it's raining red-hot lumps. 236 00:19:39,091 --> 00:19:42,047 It's quite... 237 00:19:42,082 --> 00:19:44,969 God, that's hot. 238 00:19:45,004 --> 00:19:48,072 It was time to break out the lava scoop. 239 00:19:53,012 --> 00:19:54,546 Whoa! Bloody hellfire. 240 00:19:54,581 --> 00:19:56,045 Look at the size of that! 241 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,000 A piece of that would do nicely. 242 00:20:00,044 --> 00:20:02,522 Whoa! 243 00:20:02,557 --> 00:20:04,965 Yes! Yes! 244 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000 It's still glowing slightly. 245 00:20:08,035 --> 00:20:09,041 Yay-hey! 246 00:20:09,076 --> 00:20:13,008 God, that's hot. 247 00:20:13,043 --> 00:20:15,012 Whoa! 248 00:20:17,092 --> 00:20:20,021 Oh, that's getting a bit frisky. 249 00:20:20,056 --> 00:20:25,004 In the excitement of bagging a souvenir, I'd stayed still for too long. 250 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,004 We're on fire. Right, I'm off. 251 00:20:34,088 --> 00:20:40,008 With the tyres steaming, I beat a retreat from the volcano, 252 00:20:40,043 --> 00:20:44,043 clutching my brand-new piece of planet Earth. 253 00:20:44,078 --> 00:20:48,044 I claim you for Queen Elizabeth and Top Gear. 254 00:20:53,088 --> 00:21:00,068 And best of all, the unsung hero finally got the recognition it deserves. 255 00:21:16,036 --> 00:21:18,524 And... 256 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:21,012 Here is... 257 00:21:24,036 --> 00:21:27,061 Is that it? The piece of lava I brought backfor you. What a souvenir! 258 00:21:27,096 --> 00:21:32,061 Do you know, it was quite interesting. I asked a volcanologist the other day what caused that 259 00:21:32,096 --> 00:21:37,574 small eruption we saw in the film there to become so massive, to shut down all of Europe's airspace. 260 00:21:37,609 --> 00:21:43,052 And he said there must have been a trigger of some kind, a disturbance near the actual crater itself. 261 00:21:43,087 --> 00:21:47,969 Yes, something to do with weight, he said. It would need about two tonnes. 262 00:21:48,004 --> 00:21:52,040 If it was in the right place, it could trigger all of that. That's not strictly true, is it? 263 00:21:52,075 --> 00:21:57,052 James, have you been working recently on any oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico? 264 00:21:57,087 --> 00:22:03,041 Let's do the news. Just before we do, I don'tknow if you've heard... 265 00:22:03,076 --> 00:22:09,008 Barack Obama's been prattling on about British Petroleum and "this is 9/11 X 1,000," this oil spill... 266 00:22:09,043 --> 00:22:12,096 Did you hear how the English football fans responded during the America game the other day? 267 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:17,060 They were actually singing, "You're not swimming any more!" 268 00:22:17,095 --> 00:22:18,989 LAUGHTER 269 00:22:19,024 --> 00:22:21,096 That is classic. Right, let's really do the news. 270 00:22:21,131 --> 00:22:23,965 Yes, the news. 271 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:31,060 Ferrari has broken the lap record of the Nurburgring for production cars with this, the 599XX. 272 00:22:31,095 --> 00:22:33,009 It did it in six minutes, 58 seconds. 273 00:22:33,044 --> 00:22:37,088 Nurburgring? That's fasterthan than Clay Regazzoni'slap record in an F1 car. 274 00:22:38,064 --> 00:22:43,036 I know the track's a bit shorter now, but that is almost unbelievably fast. For a road car. 275 00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:45,977 For a production car. That's incredible. 276 00:22:46,012 --> 00:22:50,008 It does have a six-litre V12 and 772 horsepower, 277 00:22:50,043 --> 00:22:55,969 and it costs L1.2 million. 278 00:22:56,004 --> 00:22:58,969 And, you can't actually have it. 279 00:22:59,004 --> 00:23:02,009 Well, unless you've got L1.2 million, obviously. 280 00:23:02,044 --> 00:23:06,084 No, you can buy it, and you own it, but then they don't let you have it, 281 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,029 but they do let you drive it occasionally, if they feel like it. 282 00:23:09,064 --> 00:23:13,032 Can I just say, this was the actual photograph that Ferrari sent to us 283 00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:15,041 to show what the car looked like at the Nurburgring. 284 00:23:15,076 --> 00:23:19,028 Now, I'm not sure it's particularly brilliant. If we look at the graffiti on the track... 285 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:27,053 That's not a map of the Nurburgring, is it? No. I... They didn't see that? 286 00:23:27,088 --> 00:23:31,981 You've seen it now. Too late. And I have to say, the manwho's responsible for this 287 00:23:32,016 --> 00:23:36,032 piece of graffiti has also been at work in Russia on a drawbridge. I've got a picture here. 288 00:23:38,092 --> 00:23:42,546 We're supposed to be being serious. Yeah, we are. According to the newspapers... 289 00:23:42,581 --> 00:23:46,965 Haven't we just shown two crudely-drawn images of a man's private parts? Yes. 290 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,021 That's not serious, is it? According to the newspapers,Top Gear has become serious. 291 00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:58,012 Yes. So, here we go. Gentlemen, tell me, since we were last here, what is the best car you've driven? 292 00:23:58,047 --> 00:23:59,029 Good question, glad you asked it. 293 00:23:59,064 --> 00:24:02,016 It would be this, the Lamborghini Gallardo. 294 00:24:02,051 --> 00:24:03,965 This is the Superleggera, the new one. 295 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,005 570. It's magnificent. Lightest, faster. 570 brake horsepower. Really? 296 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:15,012 I haven't actually driven it as such, but I've looked at that picture of it and I'm desperate to drive it. 570. 297 00:24:15,047 --> 00:24:19,012 570. That's very interesting,because th e standard carhas 560, doesn't it? Yep. 298 00:24:19,047 --> 00:24:23,535 And then Ferrari brought out the 458, which has got, I think, 562. 299 00:24:23,570 --> 00:24:28,024 Yes, two more. And then, mysteriou sly,Lamborghini came back with 570. 300 00:24:28,059 --> 00:24:29,981 We all know why it is. 301 00:24:30,016 --> 00:24:36,052 It's because Lamborghini are owned by Audi, so the Germans do the actual building of the cars, and then they 302 00:24:36,087 --> 00:24:40,004 let the Italians do the brochure, so they just fill in the numbers. 303 00:24:40,039 --> 00:24:42,004 It's got a million horsepower, yes! 304 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:43,559 100,000. It's invisible. 305 00:24:43,594 --> 00:24:45,045 And it's got cannons! 306 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,580 What about you, then? Come on. I have actually driven it. 307 00:24:48,615 --> 00:24:52,045 AMG SLS. It is a mental. We've got a picture of it here. 308 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:58,012 Honestly, it is insanely fast. The only thing I don't like about it, really, are the doors. 309 00:24:58,047 --> 00:25:01,973 It's got gull-wings, so I'll probably wait for the convertible. 310 00:25:02,008 --> 00:25:06,044 How can you have gull-wing doors on a convertible? They'd be all floppy. 311 00:25:06,079 --> 00:25:10,032 Idiot. You'd have normal doors and then it would be fantastic. 312 00:25:10,067 --> 00:25:12,037 No, that was awesome. So, James, you? 313 00:25:12,072 --> 00:25:17,056 Well, to be honest, I think it's got to be the new Boxster Spider, which I'm driving next week. 314 00:25:17,091 --> 00:25:20,041 So you haven't driven that either?No... He means... I've driven it, but... 315 00:25:20,076 --> 00:25:26,052 Oh, we're showing it on theprogramme next week. Through the magic of television, we recorded it. 316 00:25:26,087 --> 00:25:28,965 Now, have a look at this. This is a device. 317 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:34,092 It fits on the exhaust pipe of your car and as you drive along, it cooks a burger for you. 318 00:25:36,084 --> 00:25:38,057 It's brilliant. What, in the exhaust fumes? 319 00:25:38,092 --> 00:25:41,072 No, no, no. The exhaust fumes don't cook the burger. 320 00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:44,017 It's like, you know, like a toasted-sandwich maker? 321 00:25:44,052 --> 00:25:48,048 Your hot gas from the exhaust heats it up and then it griddles the burger in between the two bits. 322 00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:51,005 It's a bit close to the whole exhaust process for food. 323 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:56,060 Your testes are close to your bottom but you still play with them all the time. 324 00:25:56,095 --> 00:26:01,008 Hammond. Yes, a normal Nissan GTRcosts, what, 60 grand? 60 grand. 325 00:26:01,043 --> 00:26:05,008 OK. Well, this is the new one. It's the Spec V. V Spec GTR. 326 00:26:05,043 --> 00:26:09,005 That is L125,000, all of a sudden. 327 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,005 Yeah. Why is it L125,000. It's difficult to tell. 328 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,056 It doesn't have more power than the normal car, but it does have something 329 00:26:15,091 --> 00:26:18,029 called a boost-control device. Basically, it's a button. 330 00:26:18,064 --> 00:26:24,064 When you press it, it spools up both the turbos and releases a sudden burst of more power! 331 00:26:24,099 --> 00:26:27,069 I just hope that button is mounted on top of the gear lever 332 00:26:27,104 --> 00:26:30,005 under like a little cage and you lift it and go, "Ohhh!" 333 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:35,056 And then you've got to know the code word. And maybe two keys in the dash have to be turned simultaneously... 334 00:26:35,091 --> 00:26:39,079 Like on a nuclear submarine? Yes,th at's what I'm thinking! You turn... 335 00:26:39,114 --> 00:26:43,068 A mission from the president. It's a go. I want it, just for that button. 336 00:26:43,103 --> 00:26:45,997 Yes. Because this is sensible Top Gear, I will say 337 00:26:46,032 --> 00:26:49,052 it also comes with a verycompetitive three-year warranty. Yeah. 338 00:26:49,087 --> 00:26:52,064 Now, are there any girls here? Good. 339 00:26:52,099 --> 00:26:55,989 Don't ever faint in Holland. 340 00:26:56,024 --> 00:26:58,061 That would be my Top Gear top tip for the night. 341 00:26:58,096 --> 00:27:01,017 We've got some footage here, explains what I'm on about. 342 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:05,024 Start of a race. There's the grid girl. Oh, she's gone a bit wobbly. 343 00:27:05,059 --> 00:27:07,000 And she's fainted. There you go. 344 00:27:08,064 --> 00:27:13,044 So you're thinking, "Poor girl. " You're thinking, "Ooh, no - now she's lying on the track. " 345 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:18,028 So, as we can see, men in high-visibility jackets have come over to make sure she's OK. 346 00:27:18,063 --> 00:27:19,061 Or are they making sure she's OK? 347 00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:22,001 How do you...? Oh, put your hand on her bottom. 348 00:27:22,036 --> 00:27:25,076 That's the ticket. That's what he'sdone. Checking for her pulse. 349 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:27,076 Now let's hear what the driver's got to say. 350 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,025 Get the girl off! 351 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:40,032 That's a racing driver, isn't it? All over. 352 00:27:40,067 --> 00:27:42,048 Everybody, good news. 353 00:27:42,083 --> 00:27:43,973 CHEERING 354 00:27:44,008 --> 00:27:45,068 No, wait. It's better than you think. 355 00:27:45,103 --> 00:27:48,064 The new Dacia... Duster... 356 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:50,061 LAUGHTER 357 00:27:50,096 --> 00:27:53,024 IS coming to the UK. OK! 358 00:27:53,059 --> 00:27:55,092 That's great. 359 00:27:55,127 --> 00:28:00,005 APPLAUSE 360 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:05,076 That's great. Good. Now, for this new series of Top Gear, we have the new reasonably-priced car. 361 00:28:05,111 --> 00:28:08,068 I know, exciting. But it gave us a dilemma - 362 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,084 what to do with the old one. 363 00:28:13,048 --> 00:28:15,965 Every year in Britain, 364 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,001 over two million cars go to their deaths. 365 00:28:19,036 --> 00:28:22,076 And frankly, it's a pretty cold and clinical affair. 366 00:28:22,111 --> 00:28:25,969 Tyres are made into carpet underlay. 367 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:28,037 Dashboards are melted down to make garden furniture. 368 00:28:28,072 --> 00:28:34,542 The once-sleek bodywork gets reincarnated as a washing machine. 369 00:28:34,577 --> 00:28:41,012 All in all, a lot of eco-worthiness but absolutely no emotion. 370 00:28:43,052 --> 00:28:46,029 And that's quite sad when you think about it. 371 00:28:46,064 --> 00:28:51,060 Because the car doesn't just carry people. It carries memories. 372 00:28:53,048 --> 00:28:55,017 Take this one, for example. 373 00:28:55,052 --> 00:29:00,092 It's an ancient Mazda 323 that will never go up the hill at Goodwood 374 00:29:00,127 --> 00:29:03,041 or turn on a plinth at a motor show. 375 00:29:03,076 --> 00:29:09,024 But it's been with the Lister family of Maidenhead for 23 years. 376 00:29:09,059 --> 00:29:12,092 It took Mum to and from hospital when the kids were born. 377 00:29:12,127 --> 00:29:14,973 It did years of school runs. 378 00:29:15,008 --> 00:29:21,032 And when Daniel and Rachel turned 17, they learned to drive in it. 379 00:29:21,067 --> 00:29:26,060 And then adopted it as their passport to teenage freedom. 380 00:29:26,095 --> 00:29:30,093 Sadly, the Listers' 323 is soon to be scrapped. 381 00:29:30,128 --> 00:29:34,096 And it makes you realise that when a car dies, 382 00:29:34,131 --> 00:29:38,064 it should be treated like a death in the family. 383 00:29:40,016 --> 00:29:43,045 And today we find ourselves in that very position. 384 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:49,064 Because it's time to say goodbye to a special member of the Top Gear family. 385 00:29:50,048 --> 00:29:52,060 Our old reasonably priced car. 386 00:29:52,095 --> 00:29:54,993 The Chevrolet Lacetti. 387 00:29:55,028 --> 00:30:00,080 As a machine, it was never destined to set the automotive world alight. 388 00:30:00,115 --> 00:30:03,985 But it's certainly got some memories. 389 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:12,020 Think of the real fear and exhilaration experienced by real-life celebrities in this car. 390 00:30:12,055 --> 00:30:17,064 The celebrity sweat from celebrity bums in this seat. 391 00:30:17,099 --> 00:30:20,004 What a life it's been. 392 00:30:40,064 --> 00:30:43,041 But now, it's at the end of its useful life, 393 00:30:43,076 --> 00:30:48,028 and because it's been such a hard life, we're not allowed to sell it. 394 00:30:48,063 --> 00:30:52,033 So with regret, the Lacetti must die. 395 00:30:52,068 --> 00:30:56,041 But the thought of it being crushed and recycled... 396 00:30:56,076 --> 00:31:03,004 and these tyres - Michael Gambon's tyres being turned into carpet underlay... 397 00:31:03,039 --> 00:31:04,053 I'm sorry, no. 398 00:31:04,088 --> 00:31:10,048 So instead, we've decided to give it a Viking burial. 399 00:31:11,052 --> 00:31:15,040 These magnificent chimneys were built in 1969. 400 00:31:15,075 --> 00:31:17,053 They're 550' high, 401 00:31:17,088 --> 00:31:22,080 and they weigh 7,185 tonnes each. 402 00:31:23,084 --> 00:31:31,016 Except today, they weigh a little bit more because each has been stuffed with 25 kilograms of nitroglycerine. 403 00:31:31,051 --> 00:31:36,013 In a few minutes, that'll go boom, and these will come crashing down. 404 00:31:36,048 --> 00:31:43,052 And in the process, they'll create a fitting tomb for our heroic little car. 405 00:31:43,087 --> 00:31:46,009 I can see already this is the right thing to do. 406 00:31:46,044 --> 00:31:51,060 If I were a reasonably priced car that had been driven round a television show's test track 407 00:31:51,095 --> 00:31:56,076 hundreds of times by celebrities from all over the world, that is the way I would want to go. 408 00:31:56,111 --> 00:32:00,000 I've never thought about it, but that is how I'd want to go. 409 00:32:01,052 --> 00:32:06,072 With the assembled mourners looking resplendent in high-visibility jackets, 410 00:32:06,107 --> 00:32:09,044 the funeral service was about to begin. 411 00:32:42,044 --> 00:32:44,025 And there we are. 412 00:32:44,060 --> 00:32:46,072 A dignified Viking burial. 413 00:32:46,107 --> 00:32:48,028 Nearly! 414 00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:56,048 You know, I can just see the nose of the car sticking out, which is pretty shoddy. 415 00:32:58,032 --> 00:33:03,000 You're supposed to cover the whole body, that's the basics, you don't walk away with an arm 416 00:33:03,035 --> 00:33:06,016 sticking out of the ground and say, that's that done! 417 00:33:06,051 --> 00:33:08,012 You cover it all up. 418 00:33:11,036 --> 00:33:13,040 Oh, my God. 419 00:33:17,016 --> 00:33:18,037 You idiot! 420 00:33:18,072 --> 00:33:20,040 What? How was I to know? 421 00:33:22,088 --> 00:33:26,060 "I nearly buried it"? Nobody "nearly buries" anything! 422 00:33:26,095 --> 00:33:30,032 Anyway, we are very sad to say goodbye to the Lacetti... 423 00:33:30,067 --> 00:33:33,013 No, we're not, actually, we never really liked it. 424 00:33:33,048 --> 00:33:37,032 It was rubbish, to be honest. Now it's time to unveil its replacement. 425 00:33:37,067 --> 00:33:39,985 And here it is. Anybody want to guess what's under here? 426 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:45,052 A Lamborghini, no, it isn't, it's the same height as him, so it can't be a Lamborghini. 427 00:33:45,087 --> 00:33:48,052 They just haven't got this at all, have they? Shall I just reveal? 428 00:33:48,087 --> 00:33:52,008 Are we ready? Here we go! This is the big moment! 429 00:33:53,060 --> 00:33:55,012 It's a Kia! 430 00:33:57,020 --> 00:34:01,072 Specifically... 431 00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:03,567 the Kia... 432 00:34:03,602 --> 00:34:05,993 the Kia cee'd, 433 00:34:06,028 --> 00:34:13,052 the only car in the worldthat actually has an apostrophe inits name. And what a machine it is. 434 00:34:13,087 --> 00:34:21,088 It has a 1.6 litre engine, which means it can go from 0-60 in a dazzling 10.4 seconds. 435 00:34:21,123 --> 00:34:27,000 And it'll go on to a mind-boggling top speed of 119 miles an hour. 436 00:34:27,035 --> 00:34:32,527 Engineered in Korea, built in Slovakia. Finished in brown. 437 00:34:32,562 --> 00:34:36,809 It is on sale to you for an incredibly reasonable L14,000. 438 00:34:36,844 --> 00:34:41,021 That's amazingly reasonable. It is incredibly reasonable. 439 00:34:41,056 --> 00:34:47,004 Astonishing. But there is one more issue, because new car means we've got a new lap time board. 440 00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:50,028 We couldn't just invite a celebrity tonight, and ask them, "So! 441 00:34:50,063 --> 00:34:51,981 "Where do you think you came on the board?" 442 00:34:52,016 --> 00:34:57,020 because there's no other names on it. So we've thought of a way of getting lots of names on it all at once 443 00:34:57,055 --> 00:35:04,036 by inviting lots of celebrities to an all-star celebrity summer barbecue festival event. 444 00:35:06,016 --> 00:35:09,053 Since it was going to be a celebrity-packed day, 445 00:35:09,088 --> 00:35:13,032 we arrived at the track good and early to sort out the catering. 446 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:16,033 I've got 32 sausages. That's going to be enough. 447 00:35:16,068 --> 00:35:18,965 I've got a cauliflower for if a vegetarian comes. 448 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,088 With the barbecue lit, we turned our minds to the guest list. 449 00:35:22,123 --> 00:35:25,085 Well, I've invited Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp... 450 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,013 Oh, you invited Johnny as well? I invited Johnny Depp. 451 00:35:28,048 --> 00:35:32,024 He's been invited twice, but he won't mind. I've invited her again. 452 00:35:32,059 --> 00:35:34,013 Look, if you invite Angelina, she won't come. 453 00:35:34,048 --> 00:35:37,013 She will. No, she won't. We're bigger than ever. She will. 454 00:35:37,048 --> 00:35:42,084 By 9am our spread was ready and we'd laid out a selection of toys to keep our A-listers entertained. 455 00:35:48,084 --> 00:35:50,033 I can't give Harrison Ford this. 456 00:35:50,068 --> 00:35:53,076 Do you think she saw when we went to Vietnam on those bikes? 457 00:35:53,111 --> 00:35:56,040 No. She isn't coming. 458 00:35:57,092 --> 00:36:00,981 And she wasn't. Who's that?That's not Angelina. 459 00:36:01,016 --> 00:36:05,048 I know who that is. Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor. 460 00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:07,037 I knew that. Nick. Jeremy. How are you? 461 00:36:07,072 --> 00:36:11,068 Nick was looking forward to driving our new reasonably priced car. 462 00:36:11,103 --> 00:36:15,004 Over there, in brown, the Kia cee'd. 463 00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:17,029 Now that is my sort of car. 464 00:36:17,064 --> 00:36:23,076 Dull, slow. But the PoliticalEditor's start was far from slow. 465 00:36:23,111 --> 00:36:25,028 TYRES SCREECH 466 00:36:27,032 --> 00:36:30,544 Ooh, I like the smell of burning rubber. God, it's addictive! 467 00:36:30,579 --> 00:36:34,056 It would've been polite to show an interest in Nick's lap. 468 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:37,045 Here we go! Don't brake! 469 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:42,004 But we got distracted by our next guest - Al Murray... 470 00:36:42,039 --> 00:36:44,053 Hi. Pickled cucumber? .. who is my kind of guy. 471 00:36:44,088 --> 00:36:51,076 My favourite medium tank of the war, T-34-85 with the larger calibre gun that could take on a tiger. 472 00:36:51,111 --> 00:36:55,008 As Nick was on his hot lap, we should've paid attention. 473 00:36:55,043 --> 00:36:56,973 Not fifth, you BLEEP! 474 00:36:57,008 --> 00:36:59,052 But sadly, we got distracted again. 475 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:09,969 Oh, I love it! 476 00:37:10,004 --> 00:37:14,052 Just give me a news conference now. I tell you what, no politician is safe! 477 00:37:14,087 --> 00:37:17,072 It was time to put the first ever result on the new board. 478 00:37:18,072 --> 00:37:21,005 Here it is. 479 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,020 Nick Robinson, 1.499. First! 480 00:37:24,055 --> 00:37:26,965 You're the first! Amazing! 481 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,000 The fastest man ever to go round this track in that car. 482 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,981 As Al Murray roared off... 483 00:37:37,016 --> 00:37:39,028 Turn, turn, turn, turn, you doughnut. 484 00:37:41,056 --> 00:37:44,017 .. tall Dragon Peter Jones arrived. 485 00:37:44,052 --> 00:37:49,080 My day just immediately takes a downturn. No offence. 486 00:37:50,084 --> 00:37:54,004 With the hellos over, Peter unleashed his killer instinct to win. 487 00:37:56,064 --> 00:38:00,076 Wait a minute! You're supposed to let the other person... 488 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:03,049 How competitive. He's actually playing himself! 489 00:38:03,084 --> 00:38:07,052 With the game over, we should've turned our attention to Al. 490 00:38:07,087 --> 00:38:12,977 Oh, yes! But at that mome nt,a Page 3 girl arrived. 491 00:38:13,012 --> 00:38:16,032 Peta, 23, from Essex. Hello, Jeremy Clarkson from Tops Gear. 492 00:38:16,067 --> 00:38:18,072 Tops Gear?! How are you? Very well. Come along. 493 00:38:18,107 --> 00:38:20,965 You're not Jewish, are you? I'm not, no. 494 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:26,008 Good. So we've got sausages and we've got bacon and everything. 495 00:38:26,043 --> 00:38:31,016 Peta didn't fancy ham and sausages, or my vegetarian option. 496 00:38:31,051 --> 00:38:33,096 So at last we turned our thoughts to Al... 497 00:38:35,088 --> 00:38:38,000 .. just as he crossed the finishing line. 498 00:38:38,035 --> 00:38:39,029 One... 499 00:38:39,064 --> 00:38:41,080 Yes. Thank goodness it's a one. 500 00:38:41,115 --> 00:38:43,081 40... Yes. 501 00:38:43,116 --> 00:38:45,013 Ballpark. 502 00:38:45,048 --> 00:38:48,066 Eight... point one. 503 00:38:48,101 --> 00:38:51,049 You, sir, the fastest. 504 00:38:51,084 --> 00:38:53,973 A fact that Al was keen to point out to Nick Robinson. 505 00:38:54,008 --> 00:38:57,033 Whenever I see you on TV now I'm going to think, "Quicker than him". 506 00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:02,076 Whatever your Downing Street analysis might be, you might know more about 507 00:39:02,111 --> 00:39:07,097 the inner workings of the coalition, but I'm quicker than you. 508 00:39:07,132 --> 00:39:12,084 As the competitive Dragon pounded round, we decided to spy on him. 509 00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:14,589 He doesn't know we can see him. 510 00:39:14,624 --> 00:39:17,060 # Come on baby, light my fire. # 511 00:39:20,008 --> 00:39:22,040 Next to arrive was Johnny Vaughan. 512 00:39:22,075 --> 00:39:24,037 Vaughany! All right, Clarky. 513 00:39:24,072 --> 00:39:29,016 Who as a former star in the car was keen to gen up on the cee apostrophe dee. 514 00:39:29,051 --> 00:39:32,080 We're talking 124 brake horse power. 515 00:39:32,115 --> 00:39:34,079 What was the last one? 516 00:39:34,114 --> 00:39:36,009 The last one was 119. 517 00:39:36,044 --> 00:39:38,040 OK. So we're packing five more here. 518 00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:40,092 Five more horses in the stable. 519 00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:46,040 The competitive Dragon had finished his whole lap. 520 00:39:46,075 --> 00:39:48,997 Whoo-hoo! Please tell me that was quick. 521 00:39:49,032 --> 00:39:53,029 Now we would find out the difference between our old Chevy and the new Kia. 522 00:39:53,064 --> 00:39:59,004 This is where all of South Korea is sitting and going, "Do we make a fast car than Chevrolet?" 523 00:39:59,039 --> 00:40:05,016 Seriously, can we go toe-to-toe with the North across the bamboo curtain? 524 00:40:05,051 --> 00:40:08,068 Where were you in the old car? 1.469. 525 00:40:08,103 --> 00:40:11,020 You did it in one minute... 526 00:40:11,055 --> 00:40:13,024 Oh, Jeremy. 527 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,088 45.9. Yes! 528 00:40:20,008 --> 00:40:23,072 That's going to take some strangling, that. That's a second faster. 529 00:40:27,016 --> 00:40:30,048 As Peta, 23, from Essex hitthe track... I cannot change gear. 530 00:40:30,083 --> 00:40:34,033 .. Hammond's dreams finally came true. 531 00:40:34,068 --> 00:40:38,088 Make-up does a lot. You might gain a few pounds on thetelly, but it doesn't do that. 532 00:40:38,123 --> 00:40:39,985 It does. It does. Get off! 533 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:44,004 Cos when Angelina comes, if you'vebent the badge, she'll be cross. You can't have it! 534 00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:48,535 Out on the track, it was starting to get wet and slippery. 535 00:40:48,570 --> 00:40:52,997 The chaps were desperately concerned for Peta's welfare. 536 00:40:53,032 --> 00:40:57,076 When does a gazebo become a tent?All right. This is not even a tent, is it? It is. 537 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,981 It's a gazebo. No, it's not. It's not even that. 538 00:41:03,016 --> 00:41:07,080 Despite the rain, Peta matched Nick Robinson's time. 539 00:41:07,115 --> 00:41:09,096 Then Johnny Vaughan set off. 540 00:41:09,131 --> 00:41:11,037 Ignore the weather. 541 00:41:11,072 --> 00:41:14,076 To an inspiring soundtrack from Angelina. 542 00:41:19,032 --> 00:41:21,009 Don't lose your bottle, don't lose your bottle. 543 00:41:21,044 --> 00:41:24,076 Keep your foot down, keep your foot down, keep your foot down. 544 00:41:27,068 --> 00:41:30,985 The weather got worse and worse. 545 00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:34,068 Whoa! Someone left a cake out in the rain. 546 00:41:37,048 --> 00:41:40,028 This is where you've got to have balls. This is where it counts. 547 00:41:40,063 --> 00:41:43,041 Meanwhile, I'd spotted our next guest. 548 00:41:43,076 --> 00:41:47,012 Someone I'd first encountered on The Jonathan Ross Show. 549 00:41:47,047 --> 00:41:48,001 Oh, my God! 550 00:41:48,036 --> 00:41:50,981 It's Angelina Jolie. No. Hammond, I've just remembered. 551 00:41:51,016 --> 00:41:56,080 It's June 10th, isn't it? Er, yes, it is. My wife's birthday. 552 00:41:56,115 --> 00:41:58,989 What, today? Yeah. You idiot. 553 00:41:59,024 --> 00:42:03,032 I'm going to, no, seriously,I'm goin g to go now, this second. What, now?! 554 00:42:03,067 --> 00:42:07,061 This second and I'm going to get her a birthday present. 555 00:42:07,096 --> 00:42:10,578 Next guest is here. He's brilliant, absolutely brilliant. 556 00:42:10,613 --> 00:42:14,025 Real man's man, you know? I'll be back, I'll be back. 557 00:42:14,060 --> 00:42:17,088 So I'm looking after the... ?Yes, yes. What's he called? Louie. 558 00:42:17,123 --> 00:42:20,041 Where's Jeremy going? 559 00:42:20,076 --> 00:42:24,060 Oh, hello. All right? Hello. I'm Bill. Nice to meet you. Hello, Louie. You all right? 560 00:42:24,095 --> 00:42:26,033 Louie seemed very friendly. 561 00:42:26,068 --> 00:42:30,028 Oh, mind. You're getting dribbled there, darling. Just dribbling on you. 562 00:42:30,063 --> 00:42:32,072 Yeah, it's dribbling on you. 563 00:42:33,076 --> 00:42:35,057 Johnny was still out driving. 564 00:42:35,092 --> 00:42:37,997 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! 565 00:42:38,032 --> 00:42:43,048 Bill went bird watching and that left to me all alone with my new best friend. 566 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,060 I'll be over here. I'm just having a little stretch just before I get in there. Try it. 567 00:42:53,095 --> 00:42:57,075 Do what? Flat back over and just stretch out your hamstrings. 568 00:42:57,110 --> 00:43:01,056 I'm, I've got a war wound fromfighting a rugby player. No, no, no. 569 00:43:01,091 --> 00:43:03,053 No, honestly, you'll be surprised. 570 00:43:03,088 --> 00:43:11,008 With Jeremy still not back the celebrities were getting more and more unruly. 571 00:43:11,043 --> 00:43:13,977 Bill, get off the track! What the BLEEP are you doing, Bill? 572 00:43:14,012 --> 00:43:17,048 The race track is no place for fancy cakes. Do you want something to eat? 573 00:43:17,083 --> 00:43:19,005 All right. Custard cream if you're asking. 574 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:23,981 And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 575 00:43:24,016 --> 00:43:28,526 And side, two, three, four, catch, take it down, walk around, walk around. 576 00:43:28,561 --> 00:43:33,036 Flip ball change, flip ball change, step turn, step turn, in and look. 577 00:43:36,008 --> 00:43:41,985 Mercifully, I had to go and put Johnny's time on the lap board, but even that was stressful. 578 00:43:42,020 --> 00:43:47,088 We knock five seconds off, or we add five seconds for a wet lap in our mind, so it's five seconds gone. 579 00:43:47,123 --> 00:43:51,041 THEY DISAGREE 580 00:43:51,076 --> 00:43:53,037 That's how it works! 581 00:43:53,072 --> 00:43:55,564 'Worse, Johnny started giving advice to Louie. ' 582 00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:58,021 Watch your big end as you slide through Hammerhead. 583 00:43:58,056 --> 00:44:02,044 Your back end will slide out if you don't get the purchase up there. 584 00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:05,064 Also, watch your helmet against the steel bar. 585 00:44:05,099 --> 00:44:07,041 'Clarkson finally got back. ' 586 00:44:07,076 --> 00:44:11,001 Hammond! 'Just as the fire was being put out. ' 587 00:44:11,036 --> 00:44:13,993 Don't put the fire barbecue out! I wanted one of those sausages. 588 00:44:14,028 --> 00:44:18,056 Louie, what have you done with the fireman who was in that jacket and helmet? 589 00:44:18,091 --> 00:44:21,028 Have things not been going smoothly since I just... 590 00:44:21,063 --> 00:44:23,553 Yeah, yeah. It's gone well. Has it? 591 00:44:23,588 --> 00:44:26,009 As Angelina wrestled with the Kia... 592 00:44:26,044 --> 00:44:31,048 Turn! Turn... We get out of the turn with speed, yes, because speed is our friend. 593 00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,033 .. our next guest arrived. 594 00:44:33,068 --> 00:44:39,092 Amy Williams, Britain's only gold medallist at the Winter Olympics. 595 00:44:39,127 --> 00:44:41,013 What is it that's worrying you? 596 00:44:41,048 --> 00:44:46,068 I'm quite scared and I'm worried that I'm just going to skid off course by trying to be too quick. 597 00:44:46,103 --> 00:44:48,981 Wait a minute. You earned your notoriety 598 00:44:49,016 --> 00:44:55,052 from, let's be honest, skidding downa mountain at extremely high speed. Sophisticated skidding! 599 00:44:58,076 --> 00:45:01,005 I think that was... Was it a crow? Or was it a raven? 600 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:06,092 In the celebrity gymnasium, I too was enjoying a spot of bird watching. 601 00:45:06,127 --> 00:45:09,080 Take your arms up to the side. 602 00:45:11,096 --> 00:45:15,049 Squats. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond is with Louie Spence. 603 00:45:15,084 --> 00:45:20,056 And you go flat out through there, and you come to a tight left here. 604 00:45:20,091 --> 00:45:22,973 Right. Quite a wide bit of the track there. 605 00:45:23,008 --> 00:45:27,040 So I can just go back to the flat out but up here, this tight bit here? 606 00:45:27,075 --> 00:45:32,016 You just go flat out through there, and then flat out round there. 607 00:45:32,051 --> 00:45:34,084 So, why am I so tight up to the edge here? 608 00:45:34,119 --> 00:45:37,981 As Jeremy tried to impress Amy... 609 00:45:38,016 --> 00:45:41,965 I'm extremely fit. I don't think a lot of people realise that. 610 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,060 .. Angelina was finishing her lap, confident that she'd beaten Johnny Vaughan. 611 00:45:46,095 --> 00:45:47,993 Ha ha ha ha ha! 612 00:45:48,028 --> 00:45:53,026 He was 1:53.3. You did it in 1:50.8. 613 00:45:53,061 --> 00:45:58,024 Oh ho ho! Now that... That's good. 614 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,025 .. when Louie out on the track. 615 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:05,001 BLEEP! Where's that corner gone? There it is. 616 00:46:05,036 --> 00:46:12,020 I wanted to say hello to Amy, but unfortunately she was still being monopolised. 617 00:46:13,076 --> 00:46:16,032 I can do Congratulations, are you ready? 618 00:46:16,067 --> 00:46:17,084 Yeah. 619 00:46:25,060 --> 00:46:28,030 Despite a few pirouettes... BLEEP! 620 00:46:28,065 --> 00:46:31,000 .. Louie finally banged in a lap. 621 00:46:33,012 --> 00:46:37,516 You did it in 1:53.69. 622 00:46:37,551 --> 00:46:41,985 Louie was very unhappy. 623 00:46:42,020 --> 00:46:43,076 I gave a better show than Johnny. 624 00:46:43,111 --> 00:46:45,061 I mean he took no chances. 625 00:46:45,096 --> 00:46:49,060 No chances at all! So I left him and Hammond to say a tender goodbye... 626 00:46:49,095 --> 00:46:52,067 Can I have my helmet back now? 627 00:46:52,102 --> 00:46:55,005 .. and escorted Amy to the car. 628 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,080 OK, so, skeleton run, here we go. But in a car. 629 00:47:01,056 --> 00:47:03,080 I was looking forward to watching her lap. 630 00:47:03,115 --> 00:47:05,583 But Hammond kept shouting at me. 631 00:47:05,618 --> 00:47:08,017 I've been running all of his. 632 00:47:08,052 --> 00:47:10,564 I've been in charge of everything you see here. 633 00:47:10,599 --> 00:47:13,041 This whole operation takes a lot of looking after. 634 00:47:13,076 --> 00:47:17,048 I've been back for hours. Standing on wobbling machine with a sports girl. 635 00:47:17,083 --> 00:47:21,020 Why can't I look after the girl? You can, but I'd like to have talked to her. 636 00:47:21,055 --> 00:47:24,000 Maybe you could have talked to Louie for a couple of minutes? 637 00:47:24,035 --> 00:47:26,001 I did! I said goodbye. 638 00:47:26,036 --> 00:47:30,036 Out on the track, Amy was displaying all of the raw skill... 639 00:47:32,044 --> 00:47:35,092 .. that had won her a gold medal. In my mind, she was brilliant. 640 00:47:40,044 --> 00:47:42,068 Whoa! Watch, watch, watch. 641 00:47:48,004 --> 00:47:49,969 Clap. No. 642 00:47:50,004 --> 00:47:52,993 Amy, you did it in... 643 00:47:53,028 --> 00:47:58,040 Now, bear in mind we've got a 1:53.7, and a 1:50.8. 644 00:47:58,075 --> 00:48:00,020 These are the wet times. Yeah. 645 00:48:00,055 --> 00:48:03,080 You did it in 1:50.9. 646 00:48:05,072 --> 00:48:08,009 So, you're there. I'm just disappointed about that. 647 00:48:08,044 --> 00:48:11,060 I think I do have to come back and practise a little bit more. 648 00:48:11,095 --> 00:48:14,053 I'd be delighted if you came back. Absolutely thrilled. 649 00:48:14,088 --> 00:48:17,012 When it's not raining. Maybe you could use a faster car? 650 00:48:17,047 --> 00:48:19,013 Come back any time. Move in. Practise constantly. 651 00:48:19,048 --> 00:48:25,080 With Amy gone, Jeremy decided there was no reason to stay. 652 00:48:28,028 --> 00:48:34,000 So, I sat down to wait for the real Angelina. 653 00:48:34,035 --> 00:48:35,052 Just give it another hour. 654 00:48:42,076 --> 00:48:45,056 She was so stunning. She is. Louie is a nice guy. 655 00:48:46,044 --> 00:48:49,052 Let me ask, let me ask. Did she turn up? Yep! Really?! 656 00:48:49,087 --> 00:48:52,001 No. No, I didn't think she would. 657 00:48:52,036 --> 00:48:56,041 Anyway, I'd now like you to have a look at this motorcycle. 658 00:48:56,076 --> 00:49:01,076 Now, I know it's not a motorcycle, OK? But the Government says it is. 659 00:49:01,111 --> 00:49:06,012 They say that because it only has three wheels, it's not a car. 660 00:49:06,047 --> 00:49:10,037 And as a result, you save L55 a year on your tax disc. 661 00:49:10,072 --> 00:49:13,993 Now obviously, the best way of exploiting this loophole 662 00:49:14,028 --> 00:49:17,080 is to take a wheel off your car and drive round on the other three, 663 00:49:17,115 --> 00:49:19,101 but we don't recommend that. 664 00:49:19,136 --> 00:49:21,088 So is there another way? 665 00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:34,004 This is a Reliant Robin. 666 00:49:35,076 --> 00:49:39,977 On the face of it, it's hard to see how it ever caught on. 667 00:49:40,012 --> 00:49:46,092 Even though it was made from plastic rather than steel, it cost more when it was new than a Mini. 668 00:49:49,036 --> 00:49:50,061 Catch on it did, though. 669 00:49:50,096 --> 00:49:54,076 The American Embassy in London ran three as diplomatic cars. 670 00:49:54,111 --> 00:49:56,001 Princess Anne had one. 671 00:49:56,036 --> 00:50:01,024 Here in the North of England, it was such a hit that by the middle of 672 00:50:01,059 --> 00:50:06,012 the 1970s, Reliant was the largest consumer of glass fibre in Europe. 673 00:50:06,047 --> 00:50:09,053 Even to this day, this remains the second best 674 00:50:09,088 --> 00:50:15,000 selling plastic car in history, after the Chevrolet Corvette. 675 00:50:16,004 --> 00:50:22,088 Unlike other three-wheelers, the Reliant's single wheel was at the front rather than the back. 676 00:50:22,123 --> 00:50:27,000 I've always been rather worried that this might have a profound effect 677 00:50:27,035 --> 00:50:28,096 on the handling. 678 00:50:32,024 --> 00:50:36,045 That's why I'm so scared about the challenge which has been set for me today. 679 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:45,068 I have to drive that car all the way from here, on the outskirts of Sheffield, to a pigeon loft here, 680 00:50:45,103 --> 00:50:47,033 in Rotherham. 681 00:50:47,068 --> 00:50:51,024 That's a distance of 14 miles. 682 00:50:53,072 --> 00:50:57,048 On the way, there will be many perils such as roundabouts, 683 00:50:57,083 --> 00:51:03,076 pedestrian crossings, pedestrians and traffic lights. 684 00:51:05,064 --> 00:51:07,993 That's why I'm wearing a helmet. 685 00:51:08,028 --> 00:51:10,045 It's also why I insisted the car was fitted with a four-point 686 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:18,000 safety harness, because I really genuinely believe that what I'm about to do is as dangerous as... 687 00:51:18,035 --> 00:51:22,072 Inviting you mum round for an evening on Chat Roulette. Why? 688 00:51:27,056 --> 00:51:29,068 Here we go. Reliant Robin. 689 00:51:37,036 --> 00:51:41,036 Oh, no. I've crashed it. I've crashed it almost immediately. 690 00:51:41,071 --> 00:51:43,545 I mean, literally, 20 feet. 691 00:51:43,580 --> 00:51:46,020 I can't get out, obviously. 692 00:51:46,055 --> 00:51:48,045 I'm completely stuck. 693 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:54,052 Luckily, people in the North of England are friendly and keen to help out. 694 00:51:54,087 --> 00:51:56,036 Excuse me! 695 00:51:58,028 --> 00:52:00,053 Excuse me... 696 00:52:00,088 --> 00:52:03,544 Oh heavens, look who it is! It's Phil Oakey. 697 00:52:03,579 --> 00:52:07,000 Do you think you can push me back on my wheels? 698 00:52:07,035 --> 00:52:09,028 Yeah, certainly. Thanks very much. 699 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,008 Thank you, so much. 700 00:52:16,044 --> 00:52:20,084 Thank you very much, Phil Oakey,o ut of the Human League! Pleasure. 701 00:52:22,036 --> 00:52:27,036 I suppose as a Sheffield boy, Phil Oakey spent a lot of his youth 702 00:52:27,071 --> 00:52:30,965 putting Robin Reliants back on their wheels. 703 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,060 When he wasn't rescuing waitresses from cocktail... 704 00:52:34,095 --> 00:52:38,053 Oh! Help! 705 00:52:38,088 --> 00:52:41,977 Again! Help! 706 00:52:42,012 --> 00:52:46,020 Where's Martin Fry out of ABC when you need him? 707 00:52:50,044 --> 00:52:53,060 That's a... useful feature. 708 00:52:59,092 --> 00:53:04,036 In the early days, the Robin had a 750cc engine. 709 00:53:05,056 --> 00:53:13,032 With 32 brake horse power on tap, 0-50 took 22 seconds. 0-60... 710 00:53:13,067 --> 00:53:14,997 wasn't really possible. 711 00:53:15,032 --> 00:53:21,068 In 1975 though, Reliant fitted an 850cc engine. 712 00:53:21,103 --> 00:53:24,551 This improved the acceleration enormously. 713 00:53:24,586 --> 00:53:28,000 But the consequences were catastrophic... 714 00:53:35,060 --> 00:53:37,029 The lamppost! 715 00:53:37,064 --> 00:53:43,068 The big engine increase the top speed too... It would now do 85. 716 00:53:43,103 --> 00:53:47,008 That was catastrophic as well. 717 00:53:50,048 --> 00:53:52,037 Not again! 718 00:53:52,072 --> 00:53:58,009 Oh no! I'm 50 years old. 719 00:53:58,044 --> 00:54:01,056 I'm on the side of a street in Sheffield. 720 00:54:05,020 --> 00:54:07,040 Oh, is that the sound of somebody? 721 00:54:07,075 --> 00:54:11,040 Hello? Peter Stringfellow! 722 00:54:14,008 --> 00:54:17,068 Were you just walking by, or... 723 00:54:17,103 --> 00:54:19,055 Nearly! 724 00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:20,973 Yes! 725 00:54:21,008 --> 00:54:24,032 Thank you so much, Peter Stringfellow out of lap dancing clubs. 726 00:54:24,067 --> 00:54:27,048 My pleasure. I can't thank you enough. 727 00:54:30,096 --> 00:54:37,044 To try and understand why the Robin was so popular up north, I pulled over to chat to some enthusiasts. 728 00:54:45,032 --> 00:54:47,044 How do you drive a Reliant? Straight lines. 729 00:54:47,079 --> 00:54:49,013 You don't go round roundabouts. 730 00:54:49,048 --> 00:54:52,092 You get to it and you see where you're coming off, and you go straight across. 731 00:54:52,127 --> 00:54:55,037 Try to avoid t'hill in t'middle. 732 00:54:55,072 --> 00:54:58,033 Cement on the passenger seat. Cement? 733 00:54:58,068 --> 00:55:01,080 Sack of cement on t'passenger seat belt, helps the balance. 734 00:55:01,115 --> 00:55:05,040 Why do you think Reliant owners have big tool boxes? 735 00:55:05,075 --> 00:55:07,025 To weigh it down. I was going to say... 736 00:55:07,060 --> 00:55:10,088 Your teeth, did you lose these in a Reliant accident? 737 00:55:10,123 --> 00:55:12,017 You did, didn't you? 738 00:55:12,052 --> 00:55:16,037 Why do you think, everybody, Reliants were so popular in t'North. 739 00:55:16,072 --> 00:55:21,033 The miners used them. But why? Because they weremore expensive than Minis. 740 00:55:21,068 --> 00:55:27,060 Because a lot of miners originally started with motorbikes, and they didn't have a full driving licence. 741 00:55:27,095 --> 00:55:32,061 So to get out of t'weather in winter when it were absolutely siling it down, 742 00:55:32,096 --> 00:55:37,028 they bought a Reliant. So it was just because minersdidn't have a driving licence? 743 00:55:37,063 --> 00:55:40,076 Some of them. But other ones, also in t'winter, with them being light, 744 00:55:40,111 --> 00:55:46,060 you'd get your normal car stuck in t'snow or whatever. 745 00:55:46,095 --> 00:55:48,080 These just simply glide over top. 746 00:55:48,115 --> 00:55:50,981 Until you get to a corner! 747 00:55:51,016 --> 00:55:54,040 Well, long as you live somewhere with a straight line to t'pit. 748 00:55:58,076 --> 00:56:02,001 Soon, I was back on my perilous journey. 749 00:56:02,036 --> 00:56:08,048 In this, it feels like I'm driving through South Yorkshire in the 1970s, again. 750 00:56:10,032 --> 00:56:14,096 I grew up not far from here, so did James May, for that matter. 751 00:56:17,044 --> 00:56:20,068 When I were a lad round 'ere, all t'rich people, them as could 752 00:56:20,103 --> 00:56:24,021 afford four wheels on the car, they all had Ladas. 753 00:56:24,056 --> 00:56:29,000 Lah-de-dahs we called them. You didn't want to hit one of them, 754 00:56:29,035 --> 00:56:32,024 I'll tell you that for nowt, they were built like tanks. 755 00:56:34,072 --> 00:56:37,096 One of the best ways to protect your Robin was to lavish it with 756 00:56:37,131 --> 00:56:42,581 an exotic paint job, such as this Starsky And Hutch homage. 757 00:56:42,616 --> 00:56:48,032 The idea was that having spent many hours with the spray cans 758 00:56:48,067 --> 00:56:51,016 and the masking tape, you'd drive more carefully. 759 00:56:51,051 --> 00:56:54,008 But this didn't always work. 760 00:57:01,056 --> 00:57:06,048 It really is a wonder how anyone in the North survived the 1970s. 761 00:57:06,083 --> 00:57:09,029 Of course, a lot didn't. 762 00:57:09,064 --> 00:57:15,084 In 1971, the population of Sheffield was 573,000. 763 00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:21,053 Since then, it's dropped to just 513,000. 764 00:57:21,088 --> 00:57:27,965 Some of the lost 60,000 moved south, of course. 765 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:33,096 But many, many, many more were wiped out by their three-wheelers. 766 00:57:38,052 --> 00:57:45,040 Today, of course, most of the Robins are gone and people up here drive Kias and Hyundais instead. 767 00:57:45,075 --> 00:57:49,012 This means the local TV news channel has to think of things 768 00:57:49,047 --> 00:57:53,012 other than Reliant crashes to put in its bulletins. 769 00:57:59,020 --> 00:58:06,008 To Braithwell in South Yorkshire and a blooming mystery that's baffling its green-fingered residents. 770 00:58:06,043 --> 00:58:08,088 Harry is there for us. Harry, what's going on? 771 00:58:08,123 --> 00:58:10,025 Welcome to beautiful Braithwell. 772 00:58:10,060 --> 00:58:14,009 You can see the sun exploding on a kaleidoscope of colour. 773 00:58:14,044 --> 00:58:18,080 I have to say, there has been a real area of controversy here, because over the last few days... My God! 774 00:58:24,012 --> 00:58:27,064 Are you all right, sir? I'm getting used to it now, thanks. 775 00:58:27,099 --> 00:58:29,025 Thanks, very much. 776 00:58:29,060 --> 00:58:32,024 If you could just pop me back on the wheels. 777 00:58:34,016 --> 00:58:36,013 Thank you, so much. 778 00:58:36,048 --> 00:58:39,096 Thank you, Harry Grayson, out of Look North. Pleasure. 779 00:58:39,131 --> 00:58:41,048 Thank you, so much. 780 00:58:55,048 --> 00:58:58,981 The Reliant three-wheeler soldiered on until 2001, 781 00:58:59,016 --> 00:59:03,024 but then with the mines gone, the customer base dried up. 782 00:59:03,059 --> 00:59:05,025 And it was gone too. 783 00:59:05,060 --> 00:59:12,088 I don't know why Jasper Carrot ever thought that this could be the basis for a joke. 784 00:59:12,123 --> 00:59:18,008 I don't know why we all laughed at Del Boy's Reliant, because it wasn't funny. 785 00:59:18,043 --> 00:59:20,076 It was a complete menace. 786 00:59:28,072 --> 00:59:30,536 Oh, God! 787 00:59:30,571 --> 00:59:32,965 Oh, dear. 788 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,009 Oh, dear. Look at the pitch. 789 00:59:35,044 --> 00:59:39,020 I'm very glad I've put these safety things in. 790 00:59:40,088 --> 00:59:44,005 That's marvellous, thank you. Oh yes, that's comfortable. 791 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:49,092 Thank you, very much. That's Dickie Bird MBE out of cricket umpiring here, he's not pleased. 792 00:59:49,127 --> 00:59:52,028 It's a cricket match on here! 793 01:00:01,096 --> 01:00:06,036 After this latest accident, I decided to see if there was 794 01:00:06,071 --> 01:00:10,051 some way of correcting the car's flawed design. 795 01:00:10,086 --> 01:00:14,032 I therefore found a workshop and cued the music. 796 01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:22,024 Oh, God, I've driven into the inspection pit. 797 01:00:22,059 --> 01:00:26,008 Soon though, the car was out, and we set to work. 798 01:00:34,032 --> 01:00:38,045 What staggers me most of all is that the Reliant was engineered and built 799 01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:44,072 in Tamworth in Staffordshire, and Tamworth over the years has produced many, many brilliant men. 800 01:00:44,107 --> 01:00:50,064 It was a Tamworth man who captured one of the Enigma coding machines from the Germans in the war. 801 01:00:50,099 --> 01:00:55,088 It's a Tamworth man who fronts The Teardrop Explodes. 802 01:00:55,123 --> 01:00:57,969 I mean, how many more do you want? 803 01:00:58,004 --> 01:01:03,040 So, how come no one in this town of excellence was able to see 804 01:01:03,075 --> 01:01:07,044 that the Reliant could be fixed in a trifle? 805 01:01:12,036 --> 01:01:14,977 How brilliant is this? 806 01:01:15,012 --> 01:01:16,977 It's still a three-wheeler. 807 01:01:17,012 --> 01:01:20,016 You still only pay motorcycle tax, but now, 808 01:01:20,051 --> 01:01:22,549 thanks to these stabilisers... 809 01:01:22,584 --> 01:01:25,048 it can't roll over any more. 810 01:01:32,096 --> 01:01:35,021 I only had six miles of the journey left. 811 01:01:35,056 --> 01:01:38,064 But with my new anti-capsize solution in place, 812 01:01:38,099 --> 01:01:41,068 I knew nothing could go wrong. 813 01:01:42,072 --> 01:01:45,064 And I knew that right up to the moment... 814 01:01:45,099 --> 01:01:46,597 when it did. 815 01:01:46,632 --> 01:01:48,356 Oh, my God! 816 01:01:48,391 --> 01:01:50,080 Oh, no! 817 01:02:01,052 --> 01:02:04,005 APPLAUSE 818 01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:06,088 Neck broken, and drowned. 819 01:02:06,123 --> 01:02:08,561 APPLAUSE 820 01:02:08,596 --> 01:02:10,965 So... 821 01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:15,032 You can save L55 off your annual motoring costs? 822 01:02:15,067 --> 01:02:16,001 Yes, you can. 823 01:02:16,036 --> 01:02:18,004 But you will be killed doing it? 824 01:02:18,039 --> 01:02:18,981 Yes, you will. 825 01:02:19,016 --> 01:02:23,084 And on that bombshell, it is time to end what I think has been a very serious show. 826 01:02:23,119 --> 01:02:26,044 I think we should congratulate ourselves on that. 827 01:02:26,079 --> 01:02:27,037 Very good work, well done. 828 01:02:27,072 --> 01:02:30,045 We'll see you next week for more sensible buying advice. 829 01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:35,048 Thank you so much for watching and do please remember, drive safely. 830 01:02:53,072 --> 01:02:57,076 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd //www.addic7ed.com/ 831 01:02:57,111 --> 01:03:01,080 E- mail subtitling@bbc. co. uk