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(static music)
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(upbeat music)
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(crowd Cheering)
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- [PM] (laughs) Yes, yes, yes.
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Hello, and welcome to Top Gear.
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We are back!
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(crowd cheering)
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- [PM] Love it, and we are still
here at BBC Television Centre,
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and I've gotta say boys,
it's good to be here.
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The history of this place,
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the shows that have been made here,
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and there's a lovely Greggs
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on the corner down there, fantastic!
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- Oh, love a steak bake, Paddy .
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- Love one, love one.
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- And we've got a
cracking series coming up,
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so much good stuff, super cars,
paint bombs, spicy chillies.
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- And his face when he saw
that sheep brains pate,
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and when you ran him
over with the big ball.
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- Yeah, no, listen this
is all well and good,
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but no one's got a clue
what we're talking about.
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Do you wanna see a sizzle?
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(crowd cheering)
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- Roll the VT.
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(static music)
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(engine revving)
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- Huh, right, I'm-
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(beep)
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(laughing)
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(engine revving)
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- [PM] Woo hoo hoo.
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- Are you gonna go for a habanero?
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- [PM] Get it in you, Flintoff.
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- I'm in trouble.
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- Come on.
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Ahhh, ahhh.
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- I think I've pulled summat.
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(engine revving)
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- Go on, Jeff.
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- Oh, that's a good shot, Jeff.
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- Go on, Jeff, hit it.
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(engine revving)
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- Oh, now we're moving.
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(engine revving)
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(laughs)
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- Shot it.
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(all laughing)
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- I've seen the end (laughs).
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(laughs)
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- Ohhh!
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- That's Fairy liquid!
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(laughing)
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(engine revving)
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- Now this is my kind of day.
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(engine revving)
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- (laughs) You're milking it now Pad.
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You're milking it!
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(all laughing)
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(crowd applauding)
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- Woo, hoo hoo!
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- Exciting, that's all to come.
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But what are we kicking things
off with tonight with, Fred?
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- It's a good one, Pad.
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Track specials, sports cars
made even faster, even sharper,
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to make you feel like a
hero around a race circuit.
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- And since pretty much well, forever,
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the best of the bunch has been
this, the Porsche 911 GT3.
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Here's the new one.
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And surprise, surprise, it is brilliant.
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- It really is, it's a beauty.
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But there's some serious
opposition out there,
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who are gonna give this little
rascal, a run for its money.
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So, the three of us went
to try some of them out.
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(static music)
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- [ Freddie] First onto the grid,
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is the Aston Martin Vantage, F1 edition.
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It's based on the latest
Formula 1 safety car,
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which for a road-going track special,
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is a pretty good place to start.
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But beneath the fancy
paint job and big wing,
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what this is really,
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is the car the Vantage
should always have been.
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- Now the V8 Vantage
has been around a while.
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I drove one on the show
a couple of years ago,
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and it was good,
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but it wasn't this good.
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(engine revving)
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Everything possible to
turn a decent sports car
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into a track monster.
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More downforce, more
power, more everything.
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(engine revving)
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The twin turbo V8 has been upgraded
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to produce 527 horsepower,
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so it'll now get to 60 in
just three and a half seconds.
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And to make sure you can
use that extra shove,
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they've gone to town on the chassis too.
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It's got stiffer bump
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and increased compression damping.
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Now I don't know what all that means,
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but what I will tell you,
it helps me do this.
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(engine revving)
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(car screeching)
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Oh yeah, this is a day out.
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(car screeching)
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Yeah, ha haaa! (laughs)
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Never mind the old Vantage.
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Thing of the past,
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you want the F1 edition.
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(car screeching)
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All right, the satnav's still rubbish,
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but a good thing about this car
is you're having so much fun
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you don't even notice.
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(engine revving)
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And you're basically driving the only car
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Lewis Hamilton can't overtake.
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Who knew safety could so much fun?
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(car screeching)
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- [Paddy] Very nice, but for my
money, not quite nice as this.
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The Alpha Romeo Giulia GTAm,
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based on the already brilliant top
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of the range Giulia Quadrifogolio,
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thanks to a whole load of
performance-enhancing upgrades,
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this is now a completely different animal.
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(engine revving)
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- Ha ha ha!
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0-60 this thing in less than four seconds
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and it's a four-door saloon.
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(engine revving)
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There we go-hoho!
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Alfa's F1 team even had a hand
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in making sure it goes
round a track like it should
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and it definitely does.
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(engine revving)
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- And that's because they didn't stop
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at the upgraded twin turbo V6
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that now makes over 530 horsepower.
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They also went to town
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stripping out every bit
of weight they could find.
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(engine revving)
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It's got a titanium exhaust,
polycarbonate windows,
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and inside there's
aluminium and carbon fibre
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as far as the eye can see.
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They've even taken the
rear seats out of the back.
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It's proper geeky Chris Harris stuff.
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(engine revving)
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The point is, this four-door
saloon is now quite simply
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the most extreme Alfa road car in decades.
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Whoa, there we go, we've got it back!
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Get on that.
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(engine revving)
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It really does feel special, this.
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The steering, the brakes.
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You just think it, it does it!
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And all that aside, just look at it.
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It's the Giulia but beefed up.
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(engine revving)
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It takes your breath away this car!
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(engine revving)
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- Oh, Paddy (claps).
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Wow, I'm clapping the
car, not the driving.
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- Ooh, I don't mind.
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- Think I've got a bit of car envy there.
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- I'm seriously thinking
of proposing to this car,
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I love it!
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- I'll tell you, it's
crass, it's in your face,
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but it's brilliant, look at it!
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- It's absolutely amazing.
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155 grand, how much?
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- 155 grand?
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- [PM] Yeah.
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- Maybe I've not got car envy.
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- Go on.
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- 155 grand?
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- Yeah.
- For an Alfa?
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- What's yours?
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- 150.
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- Not much difference.
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- The Atson's cheaper than the Alfa.
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- Well, you've gotta remember,
Fred, these are rare cars.
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You turn up to a track day in these,
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people come out of the woodwork,
they wanna talk to you.
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- Yeah, but you know what,
Paddy, you don't want them to.
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They come out of the woodwork.
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It'll be tyre compound,
it's about the springs.
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Mate, you don't wanna talk to them.
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Just wanna drive it, enjoy it.
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- Speaking of tire compounds,
where is Chris Harris?
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- Skidding around somewhere,
you know how he's like.
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- Now that is completely,
and utterly correct.
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(car skidding)
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Have some of that!
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(engine revving)
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Come on!
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Oh, look, put simply, for the money,
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you can't beat a Porsche
911 GT3 as a track special.
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If you wanna better it, you've
gotta go up a price bracket,
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or two, or three.
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(engine revving)
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(static music)
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Meet the reassuringly expensive,
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reassuringly outrageous, McLaren 765LT.
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With over 750 horsepower,
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and a top speed north
of 200 miles an hour,
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this isn't just one of
the very fastest cars
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McLaren has ever made, it's
also one of the most intense.
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(engine revving)
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- This isn't some friendly,
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let me help you with
that skid, sir super car.
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This thing is spiky, you
really are on your own.
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But that just adds to the sense of...
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(car skidding)
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Whoa ho ho, excitement!
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What a monster.
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(engine revving)
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Track day specials are not
meant to be relaxing and kind.
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They're supposed to keep
you right on your toes,
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and this thing, boy, does it do that.
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(car skidding)
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And that's because the 765LT sees
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all of McLaren's racing pedigree
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distilled into one very potent cocktail.
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Apart from the uprated ceramic
brakes, titanium exhaust,
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active rear wing and
acres of carbon fibre,
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the 765 is now lighter and more powerful
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than the already lightning-quick
720S it's based on.
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(engine revving)
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- And what this all adds up to,
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is a car that is shockingly first.
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(engine revving)
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Too fast for the road?
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I'd say so.
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To really get close to
what it's capable of,
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you've got to be on a circuit.
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(car skidding)
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And you'd better bring your A-game,
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and probably a spare pair of boxer shorts.
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Good lord!
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- Oh.
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(car skidding)
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- Yes, boys.
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- Don't tell him, that was pretty good.
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- All right, lads, now
this is my kind of day.
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Proper geeky track day
specials, look at that!
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(laughs)
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- It's a bit of you, innit, this.
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- Ahh.
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- How much?
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- 280 grand, because
to beat a GT3 Porsche,
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you've gotta spend 280 grand.
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- Yeah, but with you
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there's always a few extras, isn't there?
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- 400.
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- 400 thousand pounds?
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- So, more than a few extras,
that, 400 grand?
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- 400?
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- It looks like a
400-thousand-pound car, look at it.
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- For 400 grand you
could buy both of these
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and still have enough over
to get some decent T-shirts.
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Right, 400 thousand pounds.
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Let's see what that'll buy you.
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Time for a drag race.
263
00:12:05,436 --> 00:12:06,496
- A drag race?
264
00:12:06,596 --> 00:12:07,416
Totally irrelevant.
265
00:12:07,516 --> 00:12:09,576
- I know, but bit of fun innit?
266
00:12:09,676 --> 00:12:11,676
Bit of fun!
267
00:12:12,076 --> 00:12:14,836
(suspense music)
268
00:12:18,635 --> 00:12:21,135
- So gentlemen, basic
drag race, and Chris,
269
00:12:21,235 --> 00:12:22,775
if by the time and Fred get up there,
270
00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:23,695
you have not pulled up,
271
00:12:23,795 --> 00:12:26,055
got out and had a cup of
tea, there's something wrong.
272
00:12:26,155 --> 00:12:29,915
- This will do 0-120 miles
an hour in seven seconds.
273
00:12:31,595 --> 00:12:33,695
- Come on, Harris, let's
see what you've got.
274
00:12:33,795 --> 00:12:36,795
(suspenseful music)
275
00:12:44,875 --> 00:12:47,055
(engine revving)
276
00:12:47,155 --> 00:12:49,555
- [Crew] Three, two, one, go!
277
00:12:51,235 --> 00:12:52,655
(engine revving)
278
00:12:52,755 --> 00:12:53,855
- Oh, he's off!
279
00:12:53,955 --> 00:12:56,035
(laughs)
280
00:12:57,795 --> 00:13:00,115
- Ohh, that McLaren is gone!
281
00:13:02,474 --> 00:13:04,174
- Come on, the Aston.
282
00:13:04,274 --> 00:13:06,254
I can't even see them!
283
00:13:06,354 --> 00:13:08,734
- Oh, coming back on the Aston!
284
00:13:08,834 --> 00:13:09,774
- Come on.
285
00:13:09,874 --> 00:13:11,574
- Here we go.
286
00:13:11,674 --> 00:13:13,674
- Look at the McLaren.
287
00:13:14,434 --> 00:13:19,434
- 160, 170,180, dearie me,
the speed is outrageous.
288
00:13:24,514 --> 00:13:27,274
(engine revving)
289
00:13:30,874 --> 00:13:34,054
- Pretty much 200 over the line, wow!
290
00:13:34,154 --> 00:13:35,774
- First loser, baby!
291
00:13:35,874 --> 00:13:37,874
- Jeez!
292
00:13:39,594 --> 00:13:41,494
- [Paddy] In surprise order then,
293
00:13:41,594 --> 00:13:45,094
the Alfa had beaten the
Aston to second place.
294
00:13:45,194 --> 00:13:46,734
- [FF] Magnifico!
295
00:13:46,834 --> 00:13:48,173
- [FF] Do you know what, Pad?
296
00:13:48,273 --> 00:13:50,293
I can't even be unhappy for you.
297
00:13:50,393 --> 00:13:52,933
- [Paddy] Harris's McLaren
had smashed the both of us.
298
00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:56,093
- Sometimes straight-line speed is boring,
299
00:13:56,193 --> 00:13:58,453
but not when it's that fast.
300
00:13:58,553 --> 00:14:01,533
- [Paddy] And the producers
had decided a drag race
301
00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:05,873
was not the best way to test
our three track specialists.
302
00:14:07,433 --> 00:14:08,413
- Challenge, Pad.
303
00:14:08,513 --> 00:14:10,053
- Can we just confirm who won?
304
00:14:10,153 --> 00:14:11,813
- Yeah, but it was obvious
that was gonna happen.
305
00:14:11,913 --> 00:14:12,653
Shall I read this?
306
00:14:12,753 --> 00:14:15,893
- Can we just say as well, he
won by about three seconds,
307
00:14:15,993 --> 00:14:17,253
but if you put that into pounds and pence,
308
00:14:17,353 --> 00:14:20,653
so he's paid 245 thousand
pounds more than my car
309
00:14:20,753 --> 00:14:22,333
and it gave him three seconds back.
310
00:14:22,433 --> 00:14:23,653
Value for money, that.
311
00:14:23,753 --> 00:14:24,533
- Here we go.
312
00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:25,893
Since the best track special
313
00:14:25,993 --> 00:14:28,333
should make you feel like
a hero around the circuit,
314
00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:32,013
you will now find out what
yours can do, at a track day.
315
00:14:32,113 --> 00:14:33,452
- Yes, very nice.
316
00:14:33,552 --> 00:14:34,612
That is more like it.
317
00:14:34,712 --> 00:14:36,092
None of this drag race nonsense.
318
00:14:36,192 --> 00:14:37,772
- Well, he's got an
advantage on the track,
319
00:14:37,872 --> 00:14:38,632
'cause everyone will be behind him going,
320
00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,532
oh, it's the safety car, let's go slow.
321
00:14:41,632 --> 00:14:42,772
So he can hold everyone back
322
00:14:42,872 --> 00:14:46,132
while me and you have a good
razz around, Christopher.
323
00:14:46,232 --> 00:14:48,552
- [Chris] Well, yes and no,
324
00:14:51,112 --> 00:14:55,652
because it turned out the
track day we'd been sent to,
325
00:14:55,752 --> 00:14:58,712
was the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.
326
00:15:01,032 --> 00:15:02,212
(engine revving)
327
00:15:02,312 --> 00:15:04,812
Every year, Silverstone circuit plays host
328
00:15:04,912 --> 00:15:07,732
to the fastest cars on the planet,
329
00:15:07,832 --> 00:15:09,252
all racing for glory
330
00:15:09,352 --> 00:15:12,192
in front of hundreds of thousands of fans.
331
00:15:14,352 --> 00:15:17,972
The jewel in the crown of the
British Motorsport calendar.
332
00:15:18,072 --> 00:15:21,831
As track days go, this is a big one.
333
00:15:26,111 --> 00:15:27,891
- F1 weekend at Silverstone boys.
334
00:15:27,991 --> 00:15:30,651
This is serious stuff.
335
00:15:30,751 --> 00:15:33,211
- I feel like we've signed
up for a game of five aside
336
00:15:33,311 --> 00:15:37,111
and somehow ended up in an
FA Cup final at Wembley.
337
00:15:38,351 --> 00:15:39,411
- [FF] How excited are you, Chris?
338
00:15:39,511 --> 00:15:40,531
You love the F1.
339
00:15:40,631 --> 00:15:43,251
- Any driver that can handle
one of those machines,
340
00:15:43,351 --> 00:15:46,611
surrounded by 20 similar
nutcases is a hero in my book.
341
00:15:46,711 --> 00:15:48,991
They're all heroes, even
the ones at the back.
342
00:15:51,591 --> 00:15:54,351
(engine revving)
343
00:15:57,511 --> 00:15:59,211
The question was though,
344
00:15:59,311 --> 00:16:02,711
what on earth were we even doing there.
345
00:16:04,431 --> 00:16:09,210
- [PM] Oh lads, we're only
rolling onto the track!
346
00:16:09,310 --> 00:16:10,890
- Are you sure we should
be on here, Paddy?
347
00:16:10,990 --> 00:16:13,370
- I'm not, Fred, I'm really not.
348
00:16:13,470 --> 00:16:15,790
- [Fred] I feel like I'm trespassing.
349
00:16:19,030 --> 00:16:21,030
- There's a crowd on for our track day.
350
00:16:27,030 --> 00:16:29,910
- Formula 1 drivers, three of them.
351
00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:36,210
So, because our track specials
were all made by companies
352
00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:38,850
that also happen to run F1 teams,
353
00:16:38,950 --> 00:16:42,370
we'd been told we'd be
taking on their drivers
354
00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:44,970
in a relay race.
355
00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:47,830
From Aston Martin, Sebastian Vettel.
356
00:16:49,990 --> 00:16:53,229
From Alfa Romeo, Antonio Giovinazzi.
357
00:16:55,189 --> 00:16:57,869
And from McLaren, Lando Norris.
358
00:16:59,389 --> 00:17:02,289
Three of the finest racing
drivers in the world,
359
00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:04,389
against us lot.
360
00:17:05,589 --> 00:17:06,809
- [PM] Ahh.
361
00:17:06,909 --> 00:17:09,409
(crowd cheering)
362
00:17:09,509 --> 00:17:11,509
- [FF] Wow.
363
00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:13,649
- [PM] Lads.
364
00:17:13,749 --> 00:17:15,769
- Gents, thank you so much for taking time
365
00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:20,409
out of your busy weekend
to presumably humiliate us.
366
00:17:20,509 --> 00:17:21,249
- No worries.
367
00:17:21,349 --> 00:17:22,729
- Are you looking forward
to driving these cars?
368
00:17:22,829 --> 00:17:24,889
- Yes, of course, if you warm them up.
369
00:17:24,989 --> 00:17:26,969
- Very, very simple, lads.
370
00:17:27,069 --> 00:17:28,409
It's a relay race.
371
00:17:28,509 --> 00:17:31,049
Sebastian, you'll start
us off in the Aston.
372
00:17:31,149 --> 00:17:33,609
One lap of the track,
you'll come back in here,
373
00:17:33,709 --> 00:17:35,369
and you'll touch the bonnet of the Alfa.
374
00:17:35,469 --> 00:17:37,368
This is the important part.
375
00:17:37,468 --> 00:17:38,848
- Don't get run over.
376
00:17:38,948 --> 00:17:41,648
Antonio, you'll then set
off, you'll do your lap,
377
00:17:41,748 --> 00:17:42,528
you'll come back in,
378
00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:44,888
come over to your
McLaren touch the bonnet.
379
00:17:44,988 --> 00:17:47,768
Lando, you will then setoff my friend,
380
00:17:47,868 --> 00:17:49,328
do your lap come in here,
381
00:17:49,428 --> 00:17:52,088
and that's when we stop
the clock, simple enough?
382
00:17:52,188 --> 00:17:52,928
- Think so.
383
00:17:53,028 --> 00:17:55,248
- Right lads, you're gonna
lay down the benchmark,
384
00:17:55,348 --> 00:17:59,568
and us three are gonna see
how close we can get to you.
385
00:17:59,668 --> 00:18:01,768
- All right, Sebastian,
get yourself in Cocker.
386
00:18:01,868 --> 00:18:03,368
- I've gotta start. All right.
387
00:18:03,468 --> 00:18:05,528
- Here we go, come on.
388
00:18:05,628 --> 00:18:06,928
- Have you seen how thin they are?
389
00:18:07,028 --> 00:18:07,768
- Very thin.
- Yeah.
390
00:18:07,868 --> 00:18:08,608
- Seen how thin they...
391
00:18:08,708 --> 00:18:09,408
Seen how thin they are?
392
00:18:09,508 --> 00:18:11,508
- Very thin.
393
00:18:16,508 --> 00:18:19,668
- I think this old men have no chance.
394
00:18:23,067 --> 00:18:24,967
- [PM] Sebastian, are you ready?
395
00:18:25,067 --> 00:18:27,067
- I'm ready.
396
00:18:27,547 --> 00:18:29,547
- Three, two, one, go!
397
00:18:33,147 --> 00:18:34,807
(engine revving)
398
00:18:34,907 --> 00:18:36,327
- Oh, he's off, he's off.
399
00:18:36,427 --> 00:18:38,047
- Good start.
400
00:18:38,147 --> 00:18:39,727
- Oh my word.
401
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:40,647
- Follow that line.
402
00:18:40,747 --> 00:18:42,167
- Have you been round here before?
403
00:18:42,267 --> 00:18:43,007
- Never, have you?
404
00:18:43,107 --> 00:18:44,207
- Never.
405
00:18:44,307 --> 00:18:47,067
(engine revving)
406
00:18:50,227 --> 00:18:51,407
- Get yourself ready, Antonio.
407
00:18:51,507 --> 00:18:54,407
- Lando, what would you
go round in an F1 car?
408
00:18:54,507 --> 00:18:56,207
- 1.26.
409
00:18:56,307 --> 00:18:57,007
- Oh dear God.
410
00:18:57,107 --> 00:18:59,087
- Oh Jesus Christ.
411
00:18:59,187 --> 00:19:03,407
- Here we go, Cobbs Corner,
my favourite round here.
412
00:19:03,507 --> 00:19:06,767
(engine revving)
413
00:19:06,867 --> 00:19:07,767
- God, he's not messing about is he?
414
00:19:07,867 --> 00:19:09,966
- We won't be going round
quite as quick as that.
415
00:19:10,066 --> 00:19:11,166
- He's not messing about.
416
00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:14,446
- Now is the best section ever.
417
00:19:14,546 --> 00:19:19,546
Maggots (indistinct) Becketts, and Chapel.
418
00:19:21,466 --> 00:19:22,686
- High-speed corners.
419
00:19:22,786 --> 00:19:23,606
What G do you pull?
420
00:19:23,706 --> 00:19:25,206
- Er five.
421
00:19:25,306 --> 00:19:26,406
- Five, five Gs?
422
00:19:26,506 --> 00:19:28,506
- Five and a half?
423
00:19:29,266 --> 00:19:30,286
- Here he comes.
424
00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,466
Don't forget, he's gotta tap the bonnet.
425
00:19:34,306 --> 00:19:35,286
- Oh, it's the change over.
426
00:19:35,386 --> 00:19:36,446
This is where we get our time back.
427
00:19:36,546 --> 00:19:37,966
- That's not the bonnet!
428
00:19:38,066 --> 00:19:40,166
That's not the bonnet! (indistinct).
429
00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:41,166
- 10 seconds!
430
00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:43,266
- He thought it was rear-engined.
431
00:19:46,226 --> 00:19:48,086
- Whoa.
432
00:19:48,186 --> 00:19:50,906
(engine revving)
433
00:19:57,225 --> 00:19:58,445
Look at the Alpha.
434
00:19:58,545 --> 00:19:59,245
How beautiful is that?
435
00:19:59,345 --> 00:20:00,205
- Good car, ain't it?
436
00:20:00,305 --> 00:20:01,045
Go on, Lando.
437
00:20:01,145 --> 00:20:01,885
- Get yourself ready, Lando.
438
00:20:01,985 --> 00:20:03,985
Go on, son.
439
00:20:07,705 --> 00:20:09,905
- Those tyres are suitably warmed up now.
440
00:20:11,265 --> 00:20:13,265
- It's a good lap.
441
00:20:13,825 --> 00:20:14,565
- Here he comes.
442
00:20:14,665 --> 00:20:15,365
- Here he comes.
443
00:20:15,465 --> 00:20:16,685
- [All] Ohh!
444
00:20:16,785 --> 00:20:18,005
- It's all about the change over.
445
00:20:18,105 --> 00:20:22,245
- It's all about the
baton, all about the baton.
446
00:20:22,345 --> 00:20:24,345
- He's done it again!
447
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,285
- Oh my word.
448
00:20:27,385 --> 00:20:28,565
- He's gone.
449
00:20:28,665 --> 00:20:32,585
- Oh my god, I've never
driven this car before.
450
00:20:34,225 --> 00:20:36,545
It's quicker than I thought.
451
00:20:39,665 --> 00:20:41,664
- How was that, pal?
452
00:20:42,104 --> 00:20:43,364
- How was it?
453
00:20:43,464 --> 00:20:44,404
- It's hard, but...
454
00:20:44,504 --> 00:20:45,204
- It's hard, huh?
455
00:20:45,304 --> 00:20:46,404
- Yeah.
- It's heavy?
456
00:20:46,504 --> 00:20:48,804
You drive like this.
457
00:20:48,904 --> 00:20:49,644
- Oh what a beast.
458
00:20:49,744 --> 00:20:52,504
(engine revving)
459
00:21:01,424 --> 00:21:02,924
- That does look quick.
460
00:21:03,024 --> 00:21:05,024
- 'Cause he is quick.
461
00:21:07,984 --> 00:21:08,684
Oh, he's using it all.
462
00:21:08,784 --> 00:21:10,844
- Right over there.
463
00:21:10,944 --> 00:21:12,944
- Holy moley.
464
00:21:15,944 --> 00:21:16,804
- Oh, here he comes.
465
00:21:16,904 --> 00:21:18,904
- Let's cheer him on.
466
00:21:19,584 --> 00:21:21,584
- Whoa, whoa, bloody hell! (indistinct).
467
00:21:23,384 --> 00:21:25,164
- Ohh!
468
00:21:25,264 --> 00:21:27,483
- See how fast that was going?
469
00:21:27,583 --> 00:21:29,743
- Ohh, that looked lively.
470
00:21:32,423 --> 00:21:35,183
(car screeching)
471
00:21:38,943 --> 00:21:40,603
- What's he doing?
472
00:21:40,703 --> 00:21:42,003
- Oh, you see.
473
00:21:42,103 --> 00:21:44,103
- I've gotta drive that.
474
00:21:47,263 --> 00:21:50,023
(crowd cheering)
475
00:21:53,223 --> 00:21:55,223
- Ah.
476
00:21:56,463 --> 00:21:58,463
- Ah, well done.
477
00:21:59,983 --> 00:22:00,843
- Easy.
478
00:22:00,943 --> 00:22:03,083
- Lando, what is it with
young lads and donuts?
479
00:22:03,183 --> 00:22:04,403
You can't resist, can you?
480
00:22:04,503 --> 00:22:06,503
- No man, I couldn't.
481
00:22:07,343 --> 00:22:08,043
- Ok, got the times lads.
482
00:22:08,143 --> 00:22:08,903
- Come on then, what have you got?
483
00:22:08,983 --> 00:22:10,203
- What have we got?
484
00:22:10,303 --> 00:22:15,362
- Team F1, your combined time was 7.31.62.
485
00:22:15,462 --> 00:22:17,642
- To be honest, for three
laps that's not too bad, yeah.
486
00:22:17,742 --> 00:22:19,082
- Not so bad.
- Yeah.
487
00:22:19,182 --> 00:22:20,602
- Obviously we are not going to beat that.
488
00:22:20,702 --> 00:22:21,562
We are two middle-aged men
489
00:22:21,662 --> 00:22:23,082
from Lancashire and one from Bristol.
490
00:22:23,182 --> 00:22:24,042
- Yeah exactly.
491
00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:24,882
- How we doing that?
492
00:22:24,982 --> 00:22:26,802
- We are gonna need five
or 10 seconds or something.
493
00:22:26,902 --> 00:22:27,842
What will you give us?
494
00:22:27,942 --> 00:22:29,882
- What are we going to give them?
495
00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:30,962
10 seconds each?
496
00:22:31,062 --> 00:22:32,682
- How much older are they?
497
00:22:32,782 --> 00:22:34,202
- A lot, a lot, a lot.
498
00:22:34,302 --> 00:22:35,202
- A lot, and fatter.
499
00:22:35,302 --> 00:22:36,922
- 30 seconds is embarrassing.
500
00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:38,562
- Shut it, we'll take it.
501
00:22:38,662 --> 00:22:39,402
- We wanted 40.
502
00:22:39,502 --> 00:22:40,282
- 31.
503
00:22:40,382 --> 00:22:43,442
(all cheering)
504
00:22:43,542 --> 00:22:45,362
- Let's see what they think, 31?
505
00:22:45,462 --> 00:22:46,602
(crowd cheering)
506
00:22:46,702 --> 00:22:47,442
- Yeah, there you go.
507
00:22:47,542 --> 00:22:48,922
31, that's a good one.
508
00:22:49,022 --> 00:22:50,042
- Right, we know what we've gotta do.
509
00:22:50,142 --> 00:22:51,242
Fred, you're up first, son.
510
00:22:51,342 --> 00:22:53,162
Go on, knock them dead, knock them dead.
511
00:22:53,262 --> 00:22:54,082
- I'm nervous.
512
00:22:54,182 --> 00:22:56,942
(crowd cheering)
513
00:22:59,701 --> 00:23:04,161
- Just to be clear in a sport
where every hundredth counts,
514
00:23:04,261 --> 00:23:08,261
a 31-second handicap
is a shamefully long time.
515
00:23:09,501 --> 00:23:11,361
But while eight minutes and two seconds,
516
00:23:11,461 --> 00:23:13,601
was now the target to beat,
517
00:23:13,701 --> 00:23:17,281
with two of our team having
never driven the track before,
518
00:23:17,381 --> 00:23:19,561
there was also the very real question
519
00:23:19,661 --> 00:23:21,661
of whether we'd even finish.
520
00:23:24,781 --> 00:23:26,781
- Okay, Freddy, are you ready, son?
521
00:23:27,621 --> 00:23:29,441
- I think so, Pad.
522
00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:32,201
- (laughs) All right, do
it for the middle-aged men.
523
00:23:32,301 --> 00:23:34,321
Here we go.
524
00:23:34,421 --> 00:23:36,421
- Three, two, one, go.
525
00:23:41,141 --> 00:23:43,781
First corner's and right-hander,
it's a right-hander.
526
00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:46,320
- [FF] I've no idea where I'm going.
527
00:23:46,420 --> 00:23:48,200
- [CH] The next corner's a left-hander.
528
00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:49,560
- I'm gonna get in already.
529
00:23:49,660 --> 00:23:51,660
- After the right, there's a left.
530
00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:55,280
- Come on keep going.
531
00:23:55,380 --> 00:23:57,380
I'm only up against Sebastian Vettel.
532
00:24:02,980 --> 00:24:04,480
- I think he's doing really well.
533
00:24:04,580 --> 00:24:05,320
- Do you?
534
00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:07,040
- Yeah.
535
00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:08,360
- Come on!
536
00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:10,800
Get on, get on, get on.
537
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:12,900
Get some speed up.
538
00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:19,640
- All of a sudden, the
suit feels a lot tighter,
539
00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:21,740
and the car feels a lot heavier.
540
00:24:26,180 --> 00:24:28,180
- Get round.
541
00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:30,359
- Come on, Fred.
542
00:24:30,459 --> 00:24:31,439
Come on, Fred.
543
00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:33,399
- Brake, brake, brake.
544
00:24:33,499 --> 00:24:37,939
- Oh, he's not going in the
back of me, that's alright.
545
00:24:42,539 --> 00:24:44,759
- What's the (bleep) going on?
546
00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:45,599
- Go! Go!
547
00:24:45,699 --> 00:24:47,399
- The breaks!
548
00:24:47,499 --> 00:24:50,599
- Oh my god, He can't
get the handbrake off.
549
00:24:50,699 --> 00:24:52,699
- What's going on?
550
00:24:53,939 --> 00:24:55,239
- Ho, ho, ho!
551
00:24:55,339 --> 00:24:57,339
- What's going on?
552
00:25:01,539 --> 00:25:05,019
(laughs)
553
00:25:08,219 --> 00:25:10,799
- He is a clown.
- Absolute muppet, that lad.
554
00:25:12,899 --> 00:25:15,919
- What was going on
with that parking brake?
555
00:25:16,019 --> 00:25:20,478
Oh, that nearly caught me out.
556
00:25:20,578 --> 00:25:22,578
- Come on Chris.
557
00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:27,398
- 140, I'm in the wrong gear.
558
00:25:27,498 --> 00:25:30,938
Oh god, oh, come on Alfa.
559
00:25:32,378 --> 00:25:34,558
Right let's get flat out here.
560
00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,658
Get some time back, for god's sake.
561
00:25:38,458 --> 00:25:43,458
Harris needs to be absolutely mustard now.
562
00:25:43,898 --> 00:25:45,638
- Come on, Pad.
563
00:25:45,738 --> 00:25:47,738
Where is he now?
564
00:25:49,578 --> 00:25:50,998
- Chris will be good.
565
00:25:51,098 --> 00:25:56,098
- Oh my god.
566
00:26:01,618 --> 00:26:02,917
- Oi, oi, oi.
567
00:26:03,017 --> 00:26:03,877
- It wouldn't go!
568
00:26:03,977 --> 00:26:05,677
Not the parking brake, I'm
like, what's going on?
569
00:26:05,777 --> 00:26:06,477
- Handbrake, handbrake.
570
00:26:06,577 --> 00:26:07,337
You just embarrassed yourself
571
00:26:07,417 --> 00:26:08,217
in front of three world-class drivers.
572
00:26:08,297 --> 00:26:10,377
- Sorry about that, lads.
573
00:26:12,497 --> 00:26:14,557
- [FF] McGuinness's
issues on the start line
574
00:26:14,657 --> 00:26:17,357
had cost a whole heap of time.
575
00:26:17,457 --> 00:26:20,837
- I couldn't believe that (indistinct).
576
00:26:20,937 --> 00:26:22,077
- Really high-pitched voice.
577
00:26:22,177 --> 00:26:23,397
It wouldn't go mate.
578
00:26:23,497 --> 00:26:24,557
- Why won't it go?
579
00:26:24,657 --> 00:26:26,317
- I took my foot off the
brakes, it wouldn't go.
580
00:26:26,417 --> 00:26:29,117
(all laughing)
581
00:26:29,217 --> 00:26:30,797
- Antonio stitched me up!
582
00:26:30,897 --> 00:26:34,157
(audience laughing)
583
00:26:34,257 --> 00:26:37,117
- [FF] It was now all on Harris
to wring everything he could
584
00:26:37,217 --> 00:26:40,217
out of his McLaren to
keep us in the running.
585
00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:45,517
- I think he's made up for
some of your lost I'm here.
586
00:26:45,617 --> 00:26:46,397
- Yeah, thank God.
587
00:26:46,497 --> 00:26:48,676
- Right, here he comes.
588
00:26:48,776 --> 00:26:50,776
- Get back everyone.
589
00:26:54,936 --> 00:26:55,716
Fast uh?
590
00:26:55,816 --> 00:26:56,556
- Yeah.
591
00:26:56,656 --> 00:26:58,656
- That was close to you.
592
00:26:59,496 --> 00:27:03,356
- We'd all made it round,
which was a result in itself.
593
00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:06,316
- Go on, Chrissie Harris.
594
00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:09,836
(crowd applauding)
595
00:27:09,936 --> 00:27:13,036
- [FF] But that did of
course leave the small matter
596
00:27:13,136 --> 00:27:15,116
of our time.
597
00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:17,316
- Oh, come on, Pad, here we go.
598
00:27:17,416 --> 00:27:18,276
- Here we go.
599
00:27:18,376 --> 00:27:19,756
- Come on, Pad.
- Right now.
600
00:27:19,856 --> 00:27:20,716
- Yeah.
601
00:27:20,816 --> 00:27:24,036
- So lads, you did it in 7.31.62.
602
00:27:24,136 --> 00:27:27,496
You give us 31, that takes you to 8.02.62.
603
00:27:28,656 --> 00:27:31,256
We did it in 8.24.34, ahh!
604
00:27:35,615 --> 00:27:36,715
- Miles off!
605
00:27:36,815 --> 00:27:37,615
- I feel as though that 10 seconds,
606
00:27:37,695 --> 00:27:39,035
I were trying to get the handbrake off.
607
00:27:39,135 --> 00:27:40,835
- 10, that was like at least 30 seconds.
608
00:27:40,935 --> 00:27:42,475
- But what a pleasure to
be beat by these guys.
609
00:27:42,575 --> 00:27:43,635
(crowd applauding)
610
00:27:43,735 --> 00:27:44,475
- Yeah, thanks so much.
611
00:27:44,575 --> 00:27:45,455
- Cheers, boys.
- Thank you very much.
612
00:27:45,535 --> 00:27:47,875
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you so much, lads.
613
00:27:47,975 --> 00:27:50,775
(crowd cheering)
614
00:28:05,215 --> 00:28:07,835
- I was dying for you there, Pad, dying.
615
00:28:07,935 --> 00:28:09,755
- I was until I thought, if that had been me,
616
00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:12,475
McGuinness would have just
dined out on it forever.
617
00:28:14,575 --> 00:28:18,045
- (laughs) I still think
Antonio stiffed me.
618
00:28:18,055 --> 00:28:20,154
(all laughing)
619
00:28:20,254 --> 00:28:23,154
(crowd cheering)
620
00:28:23,254 --> 00:28:25,514
- Oh, we got hammered, boys.
621
00:28:25,614 --> 00:28:27,074
- We did, but what a day, come on.
622
00:28:27,174 --> 00:28:27,874
- Unbelievable.
623
00:28:27,974 --> 00:28:28,714
- F1 weekend.
624
00:28:28,814 --> 00:28:31,954
- We got to drive F1
weekend at Silverstone.
625
00:28:32,054 --> 00:28:33,394
People would give their right hand for that.
626
00:28:33,494 --> 00:28:34,234
It was an amazing day.
627
00:28:34,334 --> 00:28:35,154
- It was a treat.
628
00:28:35,254 --> 00:28:36,514
- It was spectacular.
629
00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:39,154
- Although I was packed into
that suit, I've gotta say.
630
00:28:39,254 --> 00:28:40,194
- No one noticed, Pad.
631
00:28:40,294 --> 00:28:42,074
Now, we might have lost to the F1 guys,
632
00:28:42,174 --> 00:28:44,354
but I've been drilling into the data.
633
00:28:44,454 --> 00:28:45,634
- Ooh.
- Really?
634
00:28:45,734 --> 00:28:47,434
- You know I love a bit of data.
635
00:28:47,534 --> 00:28:48,714
You know what caught my eye?
636
00:28:48,814 --> 00:28:49,554
- Go on.
637
00:28:49,654 --> 00:28:52,314
- The two lap times of the McLaren.
638
00:28:52,414 --> 00:28:55,874
Lando Norris, F1 ace,
future world champion,
639
00:28:55,974 --> 00:28:58,554
against our very own Chrissie Harris,
640
00:28:58,654 --> 00:29:00,474
sturdy lad from Bristol,
641
00:29:00,574 --> 00:29:01,474
oh look at that.
642
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:02,954
(all laughing)
643
00:29:03,054 --> 00:29:06,113
- Who wants to know how
close the lap times were?
644
00:29:06,213 --> 00:29:07,473
- Yeah.
645
00:29:07,573 --> 00:29:08,593
- [Audience] Yeah.
646
00:29:08,693 --> 00:29:09,393
- Yes.
647
00:29:09,493 --> 00:29:10,233
- Not sure Chris does.
- No.
648
00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:15,473
- But Lando's lap, two minutes 17 seconds.
649
00:29:15,573 --> 00:29:16,513
- Wow.
650
00:29:16,613 --> 00:29:17,793
- [Audience] Ohh.
651
00:29:17,893 --> 00:29:22,653
- Now, Chris' lap,
two minutes 18 seconds.
652
00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:27,153
He only beat him by one second.
653
00:29:27,253 --> 00:29:28,753
- Wow, one second, one second.
654
00:29:28,853 --> 00:29:29,753
(crowd cheering)
655
00:29:29,853 --> 00:29:31,273
- Pound for pound you're faster.
656
00:29:31,373 --> 00:29:32,153
- Wow.
657
00:29:32,253 --> 00:29:34,273
- Adjusted for weight, it's panto season.
658
00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:37,133
(crowd cheering)
659
00:29:38,293 --> 00:29:39,313
- He's milking it.
660
00:29:39,413 --> 00:29:42,673
- Let's hear it for fat lads everywhere.
661
00:29:42,773 --> 00:29:43,593
- Never hear end of it.
662
00:29:43,693 --> 00:29:45,153
- Let's hear it for fat lads (laughs).
663
00:29:45,253 --> 00:29:46,073
- Never hear end of it.
664
00:29:46,173 --> 00:29:48,033
- Adjusted for weight, I'm
claiming that as a draw.
665
00:29:48,133 --> 00:29:52,872
- Oh, I say one second, that
my friend is proper impressive.
666
00:29:52,972 --> 00:29:55,032
Which baffles me why he
doesn't win many challenges.
667
00:29:55,132 --> 00:29:57,212
(laughs)
668
00:29:58,372 --> 00:29:59,792
- Handbrake.
669
00:29:59,892 --> 00:30:02,192
- Yeah, yeah, bit of a
technical, I'm gutted.
670
00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:03,032
- Really?
671
00:30:03,132 --> 00:30:05,232
- But it's not as though
it was at Silverstone
672
00:30:05,332 --> 00:30:08,752
in front of three F1 drivers
and thousands of people,
673
00:30:08,852 --> 00:30:09,592
so it was all right.
674
00:30:09,692 --> 00:30:10,632
I got away with that one.
675
00:30:10,732 --> 00:30:12,512
- We should finally put the Diablo to bed.
676
00:30:12,612 --> 00:30:15,312
- Yes, every cloud has a-
677
00:30:15,412 --> 00:30:17,152
- That is a burn!
678
00:30:17,252 --> 00:30:18,552
- See the one thing I will give you tough,
679
00:30:18,652 --> 00:30:20,432
Pad, is your choice of car.
680
00:30:20,532 --> 00:30:22,592
The Aston, it's all right.
681
00:30:22,692 --> 00:30:23,432
- Yeah.
682
00:30:23,532 --> 00:30:25,712
- But the Alfa, I love
it, absolutely love it.
683
00:30:25,812 --> 00:30:26,552
- This is what I mean.
684
00:30:26,652 --> 00:30:27,912
You're saying the Aston it's kind of...
685
00:30:28,012 --> 00:30:30,632
It's all right, you're
dismissing it because of this.
686
00:30:30,732 --> 00:30:32,672
- Come on, don't forget
this, it's a monster.
687
00:30:32,772 --> 00:30:34,752
- That is unbelievably fast.
688
00:30:34,852 --> 00:30:35,592
- A weapon.
689
00:30:35,692 --> 00:30:36,752
- Absolute weapon.
690
00:30:36,852 --> 00:30:37,991
Right, it's time to move on
691
00:30:38,091 --> 00:30:39,831
to something a little bit more personal.
692
00:30:39,931 --> 00:30:42,111
They say never meet your heroes.
693
00:30:42,211 --> 00:30:45,151
Well I did and it was one of
the best things I've ever done.
694
00:30:45,251 --> 00:30:47,251
Take a look at this.
695
00:30:48,691 --> 00:30:50,191
(television buzzing)
696
00:30:50,291 --> 00:30:58,291
- [Kid] It's an Evel
Knievel rally, far out. Wow!
697
00:30:59,171 --> 00:31:01,851
(kids cheering)
698
00:31:03,091 --> 00:31:07,751
- (chuckles) Now, back in the
day when I was a little lad,
699
00:31:07,851 --> 00:31:10,191
this was the toy to have.
700
00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:12,991
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.
701
00:31:13,091 --> 00:31:14,751
And I know it doesn't look much now,
702
00:31:14,851 --> 00:31:18,311
but this could turn any
living room or any pavement
703
00:31:18,411 --> 00:31:20,551
into your very own stunt show.
704
00:31:20,651 --> 00:31:23,211
(upbeat music)
705
00:31:25,930 --> 00:31:27,790
Evel Knievel, was the world's
706
00:31:27,890 --> 00:31:30,430
most famous motorcycle daredevil.
707
00:31:30,530 --> 00:31:33,090
(upbeat music)
708
00:31:38,410 --> 00:31:41,550
Known for his huge death-defying jumps,
709
00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,550
every time he got on a bike,
710
00:31:43,650 --> 00:31:45,870
he would either break a new world record,
711
00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:48,970
or break himself trying.
712
00:31:54,490 --> 00:31:56,830
But the truth was growing
up here in Bolton,
713
00:31:56,930 --> 00:31:59,630
Evel Knievel wasn't really real.
714
00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:00,950
He wasn't on British TV.
715
00:32:01,050 --> 00:32:02,350
There was no YouTube.
716
00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:03,710
And he lived in America,
717
00:32:03,810 --> 00:32:07,230
which to me and my mates was
a completely different world.
718
00:32:07,330 --> 00:32:09,190
What we needed in this country
719
00:32:09,290 --> 00:32:12,069
was a true blue daredevil superstar
720
00:32:12,169 --> 00:32:14,169
that we could call our own.
721
00:32:15,009 --> 00:32:16,269
- [Announcer] Here comes Eddie Kidd.
722
00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:17,269
(kids cheering)
723
00:32:17,369 --> 00:32:19,309
He's done it, incredible!
724
00:32:19,409 --> 00:32:21,269
- [Announcer 2] Daredevil
champion of the world,
725
00:32:21,369 --> 00:32:22,829
Britain's Eddie Kidd!
726
00:32:22,929 --> 00:32:24,309
- [Paddy] How are you doing?
727
00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:25,149
- [Man] Good mate, how are you?
728
00:32:25,249 --> 00:32:27,709
- I'm good, my name is Stephen Flaherty.
729
00:32:27,809 --> 00:32:29,349
I'm from London.
730
00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:31,449
And I grew up with Eddie Kidd.
731
00:32:33,249 --> 00:32:36,429
- I'm Christine Morris, Eddie's sister.
732
00:32:36,529 --> 00:32:40,109
- I'm Marjorie Kidd and
I'm Eddie Kidd's mum
733
00:32:40,209 --> 00:32:42,929
for the last 61 years (laughs).
734
00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:46,429
(suspenseful music)
735
00:32:46,529 --> 00:32:50,329
He always had a little bike,
he used to cycle everywhere.
736
00:32:52,249 --> 00:32:56,188
He was always sort of climbing
and running and jumping.
737
00:32:56,288 --> 00:32:57,828
- We used to go to the cinema quite a lot,
738
00:32:57,928 --> 00:32:59,348
used to go late night cinema.
739
00:32:59,448 --> 00:33:01,768
We went to see a film on Evel Knievel.
740
00:33:03,008 --> 00:33:04,628
- [Christine] And that was it,
741
00:33:04,728 --> 00:33:07,828
they were absolutely hooked on it.
742
00:33:07,928 --> 00:33:10,188
- That's just something
that we both wanted to be.
743
00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:12,288
We just both wanted to be Evel Knievel.
744
00:33:14,968 --> 00:33:17,428
- So this young lad, Eddie Kidd,
745
00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:19,988
he's riding around North London on his BMX
746
00:33:20,088 --> 00:33:21,428
with all his mates,
747
00:33:21,528 --> 00:33:24,468
doing jumps and pretending
to be a daredevil.
748
00:33:24,568 --> 00:33:27,708
And then one day, he gets on a motorcycle.
749
00:33:27,808 --> 00:33:31,108
And then everything changes.
750
00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:33,628
(suspenseful music)
751
00:33:33,728 --> 00:33:35,548
- [Christine] He was
never frightened, Eddie.
752
00:33:35,648 --> 00:33:40,168
He never, ever showed fear at all, never.
753
00:33:41,927 --> 00:33:45,827
- We used to go to a place in
East London called Eton Manor,
754
00:33:45,927 --> 00:33:47,187
we used to practice there.
755
00:33:47,287 --> 00:33:49,867
We'd had a couple of guys
come from the Royal Artillery,
756
00:33:49,967 --> 00:33:51,427
the manager at the time,
the owner,
757
00:33:51,527 --> 00:33:53,707
he had some T-shirts made up
758
00:33:53,807 --> 00:33:56,027
of somebody jumping a bus long ways.
759
00:33:56,127 --> 00:33:59,067
Us being kids we always
said no no one can do that,
760
00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:01,267
only Evel Knievel, he's the only one.
761
00:34:01,367 --> 00:34:03,547
The guy that was doing it at the time,
762
00:34:03,647 --> 00:34:06,147
he came up short a couple of times.
763
00:34:06,247 --> 00:34:09,447
- So, Eddie was sitting
there on his little bike.
764
00:34:10,887 --> 00:34:12,547
And he said, "I'll do that."
765
00:34:12,647 --> 00:34:14,647
Oh, shut up, don't be silly.
766
00:34:15,207 --> 00:34:17,987
But he kept saying, can I do it?
767
00:34:18,087 --> 00:34:18,827
Can I do it?
768
00:34:18,927 --> 00:34:20,107
- And he said yeah, go on then,
769
00:34:20,207 --> 00:34:22,527
as a joke.
770
00:34:25,646 --> 00:34:28,626
And Eddie did it.
771
00:34:28,726 --> 00:34:33,026
He'd done it. It was amazing,
we couldn't believe it.
772
00:34:33,126 --> 00:34:33,866
- And from then,
773
00:34:33,966 --> 00:34:36,126
he became the star of
the show from then on.
774
00:34:37,646 --> 00:34:39,846
- [Paddy] Eddie was unleashed.
775
00:34:41,366 --> 00:34:45,746
In 1975, still just 16 years old,
776
00:34:45,846 --> 00:34:50,406
he jumped 13 double decker
buses, a new world record.
777
00:34:51,526 --> 00:34:54,286
(engine revving)
778
00:34:55,406 --> 00:34:58,686
Three years later, he cleared 14 buses.
779
00:34:59,846 --> 00:35:02,406
(upbeat music)
780
00:35:04,206 --> 00:35:06,706
Eddie was quickly proving himself
781
00:35:06,806 --> 00:35:11,806
to be one of the most skilful
riders ever to wield a bike.
782
00:35:12,606 --> 00:35:16,505
- He just had hand-to-eye
coordination that was phenomenal.
783
00:35:16,605 --> 00:35:19,265
He could have been a top
golfer, tennis player,
784
00:35:19,365 --> 00:35:20,985
anything else he'd set his mind to.
785
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,685
(upbeat music)
786
00:35:24,565 --> 00:35:26,785
- So here, we have this super talented lad
787
00:35:26,885 --> 00:35:30,385
doing things on a bike the
world had never seen before.
788
00:35:30,485 --> 00:35:32,905
But that wasn't the end
of the story for Eddie,
789
00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:35,545
this was a bloke, who had it all.
790
00:35:35,645 --> 00:35:38,245
(upbeat music)
791
00:35:42,325 --> 00:35:45,025
- He was a pinup of such proportions.
792
00:35:45,125 --> 00:35:47,385
I mean, he was over
all the girls' bedrooms
793
00:35:47,485 --> 00:35:49,745
and he was on every magazine.
794
00:35:49,845 --> 00:35:51,845
He was as big as the pop stars.
795
00:35:53,645 --> 00:35:56,145
- If I say hordes of girls,
I'm not exaggerating.
796
00:35:56,245 --> 00:35:57,545
Everywhere you went it was,
797
00:35:57,645 --> 00:35:58,865
"Eddie Kidd, Eddie Kidd, Eddie Kidd."
798
00:35:58,965 --> 00:35:59,944
- Eddie Kidd.
- Eddie Kidd.
799
00:36:00,044 --> 00:36:02,044
- Eddie Kidd.
800
00:36:02,364 --> 00:36:04,864
- [Paddy] His rise was meteoric.
801
00:36:04,964 --> 00:36:06,664
- I don't really think I'm sexy.
802
00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:07,704
- Oh, come on.
803
00:36:07,804 --> 00:36:09,304
- [Paddy] Eddie became the face,
804
00:36:09,404 --> 00:36:11,984
or rather the rear, of Levi jeans.
805
00:36:12,084 --> 00:36:14,784
Vivienne Westwood designed
his bike leathers.
806
00:36:14,884 --> 00:36:17,904
And of course, those looks
and a talent like none other,
807
00:36:18,004 --> 00:36:22,264
meant Hollywood wanted
a piece of the Kidd too.
808
00:36:22,364 --> 00:36:26,384
- Double for James Bond,
Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas.
809
00:36:26,484 --> 00:36:30,364
Doubled for Richard Gere in
"First Knight" on the horse.
810
00:36:32,124 --> 00:36:36,584
- [Paddy] Eddie even starred
in 1981's "Riding High",
811
00:36:36,684 --> 00:36:40,144
where naturally, his first
full silver screen debut
812
00:36:40,244 --> 00:36:43,424
called for another incredible stunt.
813
00:36:43,524 --> 00:36:46,123
(upbeat music)
814
00:36:49,683 --> 00:36:53,503
- From motorcycle stuntman,
to model, to actor,
815
00:36:53,603 --> 00:36:54,943
and I dare say it,
816
00:36:55,043 --> 00:36:57,323
even had a go at the
singing as well (laughs).
817
00:36:59,883 --> 00:37:02,303
- Throughout the eighties
and early nineties,
818
00:37:02,403 --> 00:37:03,983
Eddie was everywhere.
819
00:37:04,083 --> 00:37:05,143
He had the looks,
820
00:37:05,243 --> 00:37:09,063
he had the style, and me and
all my mates wanted to be him.
821
00:37:09,163 --> 00:37:14,163
And then in 1993, he did a
stunt that blew us all away.
822
00:37:14,843 --> 00:37:17,843
(suspenseful music)
823
00:37:23,483 --> 00:37:26,903
- I think to be a motorcycle
jumper, you have to be brave.
824
00:37:27,003 --> 00:37:29,143
You have to be confident.
825
00:37:29,243 --> 00:37:32,002
The drop off the side was hundreds of feet.
826
00:37:34,082 --> 00:37:35,542
- [Paddy] By Eddie's standards,
827
00:37:35,642 --> 00:37:39,502
the Great Wall wasn't
an especially long jump,
828
00:37:39,602 --> 00:37:43,562
but it was insanely dangerous.
829
00:37:44,682 --> 00:37:46,182
- You're setting yourself off
830
00:37:46,282 --> 00:37:48,022
knowing that this could be
831
00:37:48,122 --> 00:37:51,062
the last time you're
gonna be able to walk,
832
00:37:51,162 --> 00:37:52,222
and breathe, and run.
833
00:37:52,322 --> 00:37:55,082
(engine revving)
834
00:37:58,482 --> 00:38:00,482
Off he goes down the ramp.
835
00:38:03,562 --> 00:38:06,622
He takes off, disappears from my view.
836
00:38:06,722 --> 00:38:11,722
I can't see him.
837
00:38:17,122 --> 00:38:17,861
- Yeah?
838
00:38:17,961 --> 00:38:19,781
- Yeah, yeah.
839
00:38:19,881 --> 00:38:20,621
- You alright?
840
00:38:20,721 --> 00:38:22,301
- All right, yeah.
841
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,421
(crowd cheering)
842
00:38:23,521 --> 00:38:27,381
- To have that straight bottle to do that,
843
00:38:27,481 --> 00:38:30,581
to get on the bike and kill that stunt,
844
00:38:30,681 --> 00:38:34,621
and nail it, is a phenomenal talent
845
00:38:34,721 --> 00:38:36,881
that you don't come across very often.
846
00:38:38,281 --> 00:38:39,181
(crowd cheering)
847
00:38:39,281 --> 00:38:42,601
- It was impressive to a guy like me.
848
00:38:45,081 --> 00:38:46,541
'Cause I never did it.
849
00:38:46,641 --> 00:38:48,941
But when you walk into a brand new jump
850
00:38:49,041 --> 00:38:50,621
and there's this much room for error,
851
00:38:50,721 --> 00:38:54,341
which is none, it's like be real spot on,
852
00:38:54,441 --> 00:38:56,221
or you're in trouble.
853
00:38:56,321 --> 00:38:58,321
And he did it spot-on.
854
00:39:00,641 --> 00:39:03,700
- For years, Eddie had
tried to lure his old rival,
855
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,420
Evel Knievel into a jump-off,
856
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,220
but he didn't take that bait.
857
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,500
And by '93, he'd long since retired.
858
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:16,340
But Evel's son Robbie was
now also a daredevil rider.
859
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,240
In fact, he was even better than his dad.
860
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,380
- I was like, this is
only worthy challenger
861
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,740
that I've seen that looks like me,
862
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,380
focused on that jump that
I wanna jump against.
863
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:34,300
- I was like, what?
864
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,260
You're gonna have a Knievel
versus Kidd at last?
865
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,360
This thing is a dream come true.
866
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,560
- They called it the Daredevil Duel.
867
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,660
Robbie in the trademark
Knievel white suit,
868
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,099
versus Eddie all in black.
869
00:39:49,199 --> 00:39:51,939
(engine revving)
870
00:39:52,039 --> 00:39:56,159
- What I remember is
just total competition.
871
00:39:57,039 --> 00:40:01,559
- [Announcer] Ladies and
gentlemen, Robbie Knievel.
872
00:40:03,159 --> 00:40:07,339
- I thought I was the best,
and he thought he was the best.
873
00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:09,919
- [Announcer] From London,
England , Eddie Kidd!
874
00:40:13,559 --> 00:40:16,419
- [Paddy] Each rider had three jumps.
875
00:40:16,519 --> 00:40:18,379
Furthest combined distance,
876
00:40:18,479 --> 00:40:23,479
would be crowned daredevil
champion of the world.
877
00:40:24,999 --> 00:40:25,899
(engine revving)
878
00:40:25,999 --> 00:40:28,459
- It's the craziest thing every time,
879
00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:30,679
because you're risking your life.
880
00:40:31,519 --> 00:40:34,939
(engine revving)
881
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:37,038
- [Announcer] He's got it lined up.
882
00:40:39,438 --> 00:40:43,278
- My first jump was small, like 192 feet.
883
00:40:44,318 --> 00:40:48,538
- [Announcer] I believe
Eddie Kidd is ready to go.
884
00:40:48,638 --> 00:40:51,398
(engine revving)
885
00:40:53,558 --> 00:40:56,458
- Then Eddie comes out and does 214.
886
00:40:56,558 --> 00:40:58,018
- [Announcer] Eddie
Kidd is letting it rip,
887
00:40:58,118 --> 00:41:00,178
nearing 90 miles an hour.
888
00:41:00,278 --> 00:41:03,338
(crowd cheering)
889
00:41:03,438 --> 00:41:05,578
214 ft.
890
00:41:05,678 --> 00:41:06,418
- Yeah!
891
00:41:06,518 --> 00:41:08,518
- I'm like oh, man, I'm in trouble.
892
00:41:10,478 --> 00:41:14,738
My next jump, I just said this is
it, I'm going to risk it all.
893
00:41:14,838 --> 00:41:16,538
(engine revving)
894
00:41:16,638 --> 00:41:18,418
- I watched that thing with bated breath.
895
00:41:18,518 --> 00:41:20,218
Because these were world record,
896
00:41:20,318 --> 00:41:22,377
everyone was a world record jump.
897
00:41:22,477 --> 00:41:24,297
- [Announcer] That's Robbie airborne.
898
00:41:24,397 --> 00:41:25,697
This was a big one.
899
00:41:25,797 --> 00:41:27,417
Oh it's a huge jump!
900
00:41:27,517 --> 00:41:29,177
- I was like, yeah.
901
00:41:29,277 --> 00:41:32,377
- That could well be the
biggest jump of the night.
902
00:41:32,477 --> 00:41:37,237
- That whole jump competition
went on the last jump.
903
00:41:38,877 --> 00:41:39,857
Knievel had done his three jumps.
904
00:41:39,957 --> 00:41:41,957
Eddie was doing this last jump.
905
00:41:43,437 --> 00:41:48,437
- [Announcer] The biggest
jump of Eddie Kidd's career.
906
00:41:49,357 --> 00:41:52,417
(breathing)
907
00:41:52,517 --> 00:41:55,277
(engine revving)
908
00:41:58,317 --> 00:42:00,457
He needs 210 feet.
909
00:42:00,557 --> 00:42:02,857
Kidd is coming, and he's
off the launch ramp.
910
00:42:02,957 --> 00:42:04,297
- Eddie comes right back like that,
911
00:42:04,397 --> 00:42:06,397
and you think no, no, no, no, no.
912
00:42:16,916 --> 00:42:19,636
Bang, somehow he brings it back.
913
00:42:23,236 --> 00:42:26,656
- Yes!
- [Announcer] 215 feet for Eddie Kidd.
914
00:42:28,156 --> 00:42:29,896
- That was a massive
achievement for Eddie.
915
00:42:29,996 --> 00:42:33,436
The son of Evel Knievel and he beats him.
916
00:42:34,876 --> 00:42:37,636
- When I saw him grab that belt,
917
00:42:39,956 --> 00:42:41,956
I go, he deserves it.
918
00:42:46,996 --> 00:42:48,096
- At last he's gotten that recognition,
919
00:42:48,196 --> 00:42:50,716
where he surpassed the Knievel legend.
920
00:42:51,596 --> 00:42:55,955
- The best jumper for sure that
I ever seen in my life.
921
00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:14,075
- I never worried about Eddie.
922
00:43:14,915 --> 00:43:16,415
Why?
923
00:43:16,515 --> 00:43:18,515
Why did I not worry about it?
924
00:43:19,635 --> 00:43:23,475
Because he had so much
confidence in himself.
925
00:43:26,355 --> 00:43:28,855
- Eddie never had any bad accidents.
926
00:43:28,955 --> 00:43:31,135
Never broke a bone in his body.
927
00:43:31,235 --> 00:43:32,455
- He was almost...
928
00:43:32,555 --> 00:43:34,855
Teflon Eddie, he just bounced back.
929
00:43:34,955 --> 00:43:36,955
He was indestructible.
930
00:43:40,114 --> 00:43:42,214
- Three years after the Daredevil Duel,
931
00:43:42,314 --> 00:43:44,734
Eddie was back in Britain performing here,
932
00:43:44,834 --> 00:43:48,214
at a motorcycle festival
called The Bulldog Bash.
933
00:43:48,314 --> 00:43:49,774
Now the jump was pretty standard
934
00:43:49,874 --> 00:43:51,414
for someone as skilled as Eddie.
935
00:43:51,514 --> 00:43:53,374
50 odd feet over the drag strip.
936
00:43:53,474 --> 00:43:55,214
But the landing,
937
00:43:55,314 --> 00:43:58,094
that was going to be a
little bit more tricky.
938
00:43:58,194 --> 00:44:00,934
- He got there and I said,
939
00:44:01,034 --> 00:44:02,734
you're jumping into a hill,
940
00:44:02,834 --> 00:44:04,214
and there's no way you can do that.
941
00:44:04,314 --> 00:44:06,534
All my ears of experience
following Motocross
942
00:44:06,634 --> 00:44:10,174
and being involved in it,
you will injure yourself.
943
00:44:10,274 --> 00:44:12,014
- When you have a landing ramp,
944
00:44:12,114 --> 00:44:12,894
you come down,
945
00:44:12,994 --> 00:44:16,174
the landing ramp brings you
down nice and slowly to gravity.
946
00:44:16,274 --> 00:44:19,074
You know, it's a smooth transition down.
947
00:44:19,994 --> 00:44:21,134
You cannot land uphill.
948
00:44:21,234 --> 00:44:24,853
- I did really try and talk him out of it,
949
00:44:24,953 --> 00:44:27,833
but he said he'd committed
himself and he was gonna do it.
950
00:44:28,753 --> 00:44:31,513
(engine revving)
951
00:44:33,433 --> 00:44:34,693
- He lands and he's
straight into an uphill,
952
00:44:34,793 --> 00:44:37,173
so bike does that, literally, bang,
953
00:44:37,273 --> 00:44:39,273
and his head hit the petrol tank.
954
00:44:42,113 --> 00:44:43,573
- His body went limp.
955
00:44:43,673 --> 00:44:45,213
Straight away you could see,
956
00:44:45,313 --> 00:44:46,813
that he was knocked unconscious,
957
00:44:46,913 --> 00:44:49,613
didn't make any attempt
to put any breaks on.
958
00:44:49,713 --> 00:44:51,213
- You think he's got control of the bike
959
00:44:51,313 --> 00:44:53,013
even though he's unconscious,
960
00:44:53,113 --> 00:44:55,293
'cause he seems to slow
as he goes to the top.
961
00:44:55,393 --> 00:44:57,813
And you're thinking, he's got
it, he's got it, he's got it.
962
00:44:57,913 --> 00:44:59,253
And then almost in slow
motion, if you watch it back,
963
00:44:59,353 --> 00:45:01,553
almost in slow motion,
he drops of the edge.
964
00:45:04,353 --> 00:45:07,233
And that's when I knew, it
wasn't a simple accident.
965
00:45:10,713 --> 00:45:12,572
- When I managed to get around there,
966
00:45:12,672 --> 00:45:14,252
he was at the bottom of this bank
967
00:45:14,352 --> 00:45:17,332
laid there with two Hell's
Angels close to him,
968
00:45:17,432 --> 00:45:19,432
and they were calling the ambulance.
969
00:45:22,792 --> 00:45:24,792
I thought he was dead.
970
00:45:29,072 --> 00:45:33,432
- We got a phone call saying
that Eddie was in the hospital.
971
00:45:36,112 --> 00:45:39,392
When we got there, he was in a coma.
972
00:45:40,352 --> 00:45:42,512
They told us that he was in a coma.
973
00:45:44,832 --> 00:45:48,712
I couldn't believe it, that
he'd had this accident.
974
00:45:52,632 --> 00:45:55,392
- I remember going in
and the doctor saying,
975
00:45:58,151 --> 00:46:00,411
the next 72 hours or whatever it was,
976
00:46:00,511 --> 00:46:02,511
dunno know what it was.
977
00:46:02,991 --> 00:46:04,931
Well, I thought, and then I walked out.
978
00:46:05,031 --> 00:46:07,031
In fact it's making me emotional now.
979
00:46:11,431 --> 00:46:14,071
Because I thought they were
telling me he was gonna die.
980
00:46:17,111 --> 00:46:20,471
- Eddie survived, but it
was a close-run thing.
981
00:46:21,391 --> 00:46:23,811
He spent three months in a coma.
982
00:46:23,911 --> 00:46:25,731
And when he finally awoke,
983
00:46:25,831 --> 00:46:28,731
he was left with
life-changing brain injuries.
984
00:46:28,831 --> 00:46:33,731
That was 25 years ago
but here's the thing.
985
00:46:33,831 --> 00:46:35,651
When I set out to make this film,
986
00:46:35,751 --> 00:46:39,011
I didn't just wanna tell you
the story of my childhood hero,
987
00:46:39,111 --> 00:46:41,171
I wanted to meet him.
988
00:46:41,271 --> 00:46:44,410
To pay my respects to
a great British legend,
989
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:47,350
and show him just what a trail he blazed.
990
00:46:50,590 --> 00:46:53,350
(birds chirping)
991
00:46:54,230 --> 00:46:56,950
- Eddie now lives on the south coast.
992
00:46:57,830 --> 00:47:00,170
He has a carer, Glenn.
993
00:47:00,270 --> 00:47:01,030
- [Paddy] Hello, pal, how are you?
994
00:47:01,110 --> 00:47:01,850
- [Glen] Hey, Pally how are ya?
995
00:47:01,950 --> 00:47:02,690
- [Paddy] Good to see you.
996
00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:04,050
- [Glen] Glad to see ya.
997
00:47:04,150 --> 00:47:08,090
- And they were good enough
to let me stop by for a chat.
998
00:47:08,190 --> 00:47:11,790
The governor, the absolute governor.
999
00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:16,490
Eddie, pleased to meet you, sir.
1000
00:47:16,590 --> 00:47:18,130
Pleased to meet you.
1001
00:47:18,230 --> 00:47:20,490
- I know he said "Paddy".
1002
00:47:20,590 --> 00:47:25,590
- (laughs) Eddie I cannot
believe I'm here with you.
1003
00:47:29,309 --> 00:47:32,449
My mates will be so jealous.
1004
00:47:32,549 --> 00:47:35,569
Honestly, when I was a
kid, I had your posters
1005
00:47:35,669 --> 00:47:36,849
up in my bedroom,
1006
00:47:36,949 --> 00:47:39,329
until my mum took them
for her own bedroom.
1007
00:47:39,429 --> 00:47:41,649
But I don't wanna talk
about that on camera.
1008
00:47:41,749 --> 00:47:43,849
But it's an absolute thrill.
1009
00:47:43,949 --> 00:47:46,889
I'm so glad you've let me
come and see you down here.
1010
00:47:46,989 --> 00:47:49,969
Would you mind if I just get
rid of my nervous energy,
1011
00:47:50,069 --> 00:47:51,089
and just have a little bit of a look
1012
00:47:51,189 --> 00:47:52,769
at some of your items around?
1013
00:47:52,869 --> 00:47:53,969
- Go, go, go.
1014
00:47:54,069 --> 00:47:54,769
- Go, go, go.
1015
00:47:54,869 --> 00:47:56,729
- Right, I'm on it, I'm on it.
1016
00:47:56,829 --> 00:47:58,929
I've gotta come over here first.
1017
00:47:59,029 --> 00:48:02,329
Oh, wow, these the Vivienne Westwood ones?
1018
00:48:02,429 --> 00:48:03,529
- [Glen] Some weight on them.
1019
00:48:03,629 --> 00:48:06,089
- Look at the weight!
1020
00:48:06,189 --> 00:48:07,169
Am I okay-
1021
00:48:07,269 --> 00:48:09,249
I was gonna say, am I okay
to touch your helmet, Eddie?
1022
00:48:09,349 --> 00:48:11,349
So that's-
1023
00:48:13,109 --> 00:48:15,528
- Look on the back.
1024
00:48:15,628 --> 00:48:16,608
- The back?
1025
00:48:16,708 --> 00:48:18,708
It ain't easy being this good (laughs).
1026
00:48:22,548 --> 00:48:24,548
- Can you spell it?
- Fear no Evel.
1027
00:48:25,828 --> 00:48:27,828
Look at that.
1028
00:48:29,828 --> 00:48:32,568
So this is the actual bike then?
1029
00:48:32,668 --> 00:48:35,128
- [Glen] Look at the tank, Paddy.
1030
00:48:35,228 --> 00:48:36,728
That's from the crash.
1031
00:48:36,828 --> 00:48:38,808
- Oh, this here.
1032
00:48:38,908 --> 00:48:42,328
I mean, this is for me a real surprise
1033
00:48:42,428 --> 00:48:44,688
at seeing the damage caused.
1034
00:48:44,788 --> 00:48:46,788
Because it's just as quick as that.
1035
00:48:48,068 --> 00:48:50,788
- So this bike you nicknamed Sid.
1036
00:48:51,948 --> 00:48:54,248
Because they say it was so vicious.
1037
00:48:54,348 --> 00:48:56,348
- Yeah.
1038
00:48:56,708 --> 00:48:59,428
- That is mad.
1039
00:49:01,067 --> 00:49:05,227
So this is the Great
Wall of China jump, oh.
1040
00:49:10,107 --> 00:49:14,267
- It was the hardest jump he's done.
1041
00:49:16,067 --> 00:49:20,527
And the mayor, he was down
the bottom speaking to people.
1042
00:49:20,627 --> 00:49:21,327
He missed it.
1043
00:49:21,427 --> 00:49:23,287
He asked Eddie to do it again (laughs).
1044
00:49:23,387 --> 00:49:25,287
- No way.
1045
00:49:25,387 --> 00:49:26,447
- I don't think-
1046
00:49:26,547 --> 00:49:30,207
- I don't think so.
1047
00:49:30,307 --> 00:49:32,007
(all laughing)
1048
00:49:32,107 --> 00:49:35,607
- So, I noticed Sid out
in the hall there, Eddie.
1049
00:49:35,707 --> 00:49:37,527
Who else drove that bike apart from you?
1050
00:49:37,627 --> 00:49:38,647
Was anyone-
1051
00:49:38,747 --> 00:49:39,647
(Eddie gasps)
1052
00:49:39,747 --> 00:49:41,007
- [Glen] What's he done, what's he done?
1053
00:49:41,107 --> 00:49:41,847
- What have I done?
1054
00:49:41,947 --> 00:49:42,647
What?
1055
00:49:42,747 --> 00:49:44,127
Ride, ride!
1056
00:49:44,227 --> 00:49:46,646
Oh no, no!
1057
00:49:46,746 --> 00:49:47,486
- [Glen] He drove a bike!
1058
00:49:47,586 --> 00:49:48,846
- No, how have I done it?
1059
00:49:48,946 --> 00:49:50,886
How have I done that
in front of the gaffer?
1060
00:49:50,986 --> 00:49:52,086
- That is the worst thing
1061
00:49:52,186 --> 00:49:55,266
you can ever say, ever (laughs).
1062
00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:59,046
- I've upset myself. I've
upset my family name.
1063
00:49:59,146 --> 00:50:02,206
I won't be allowed back up
in Bolton after this, Eddie.
1064
00:50:02,306 --> 00:50:03,646
Oh, god, you want to be doing-
1065
00:50:03,746 --> 00:50:04,966
(laughing)
1066
00:50:06,766 --> 00:50:09,326
Pack it in, Eddie!
1067
00:50:12,026 --> 00:50:14,586
(upbeat music)
1068
00:50:17,146 --> 00:50:19,886
Now, it's probably just as well for me,
1069
00:50:19,986 --> 00:50:22,466
the story doesn't end there.
1070
00:50:23,546 --> 00:50:27,386
Because it was time to show
Eddie that trail he blazed.
1071
00:50:30,426 --> 00:50:33,745
And that meant taking a little drive.
1072
00:50:34,625 --> 00:50:37,045
The Black Knights ride again!
1073
00:50:37,145 --> 00:50:39,225
(laughs)
1074
00:50:40,825 --> 00:50:43,105
What a way to travel, lads.
1075
00:50:46,265 --> 00:50:49,445
Check this boys out now, Eddie.
1076
00:50:49,545 --> 00:50:52,265
(engine revving)
1077
00:51:01,465 --> 00:51:03,465
Go on boys!
1078
00:51:05,505 --> 00:51:08,105
Yeah, all for you, Eddie!
1079
00:51:16,425 --> 00:51:21,424
Yes, wow.
1080
00:51:22,544 --> 00:51:25,304
(engine revving)
1081
00:51:39,824 --> 00:51:44,824
That little trike at the back.
1082
00:51:47,224 --> 00:51:49,224
Wow, wow.
1083
00:51:51,104 --> 00:51:54,104
(melancholic music)
1084
00:52:15,023 --> 00:52:18,623
I've got a little surprise
for you up here, Eddie.
1085
00:52:20,423 --> 00:52:25,583
(crowd cheering)
1086
00:52:35,223 --> 00:52:36,843
Eddie, while you get yourself acquainted
1087
00:52:36,943 --> 00:52:38,283
with your friends and family,
1088
00:52:38,383 --> 00:52:40,363
I'm gonna get out 'cause I've
got a bit of something special
1089
00:52:40,463 --> 00:52:42,463
lined up for you, pal.
1090
00:52:43,183 --> 00:52:45,183
Here we go.
1091
00:52:48,463 --> 00:52:51,022
(upbeat music)
1092
00:52:54,942 --> 00:52:57,042
You all right, Eddie?
1093
00:52:57,142 --> 00:53:00,042
Paddy Kidd at your service.
1094
00:53:00,142 --> 00:53:03,242
And this is a bit of something
I've done just for you, pal.
1095
00:53:03,342 --> 00:53:04,562
(crowd cheering)
1096
00:53:04,662 --> 00:53:07,422
(engine revving)
1097
00:53:19,222 --> 00:53:25,982
(crowd cheering)
- Come on, Paddy!
1098
00:53:29,942 --> 00:53:31,642
Just for you, that, pal.
1099
00:53:31,742 --> 00:53:33,482
(all laughing)
1100
00:53:33,582 --> 00:53:36,022
Oh, what are you laughing at?
1101
00:53:37,101 --> 00:53:39,921
It took me a month to practice that.
1102
00:53:40,021 --> 00:53:40,961
(all laughing)
1103
00:53:41,061 --> 00:53:42,281
Let me get this off, here.
1104
00:53:42,381 --> 00:53:46,681
- Where is the fire?
1105
00:53:46,781 --> 00:53:49,681
(all laughing)
1106
00:53:49,781 --> 00:53:54,561
- Well, listen, that
was just the appetiser.
1107
00:53:54,661 --> 00:53:56,561
Now it's time for the main course.
1108
00:53:56,661 --> 00:53:58,661
Hit it!
1109
00:53:59,061 --> 00:54:01,621
(upbeat music)
1110
00:54:04,061 --> 00:54:09,061
Yes, for Britain's best, we
brought together the best.
1111
00:54:10,381 --> 00:54:11,481
- This is for you, Eddie.
1112
00:54:11,581 --> 00:54:13,521
- Some of this great nation's
1113
00:54:13,621 --> 00:54:16,441
most talented performers on wheels.
1114
00:54:16,541 --> 00:54:18,001
- This is for you, Eddie.
1115
00:54:18,101 --> 00:54:21,281
- Everyone dedicating their lives
1116
00:54:21,381 --> 00:54:26,380
to pure daredevil showmanship.
1117
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:28,800
- This is for you.
1118
00:54:28,900 --> 00:54:30,520
(engine revving)
1119
00:54:30,620 --> 00:54:35,620
- Oh, oh, here we go!
1120
00:54:37,420 --> 00:54:40,180
(crowd cheering)
1121
00:55:31,539 --> 00:55:33,539
Here he is.
1122
00:55:38,019 --> 00:55:40,279
Oh (laughs).
1123
00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:43,139
(engine revving)
1124
00:55:48,699 --> 00:55:50,779
(cheers)
1125
00:56:12,298 --> 00:56:15,778
Oh, bloody hell, I were
convinced he were off then!
1126
00:56:21,858 --> 00:56:27,178
Oh, yeah!
Oh, here we go!
1127
00:57:00,417 --> 00:57:02,417
- Eddie was the pioneer.
1128
00:57:02,977 --> 00:57:05,837
He paved the way and
inspired a generation of kids
1129
00:57:05,937 --> 00:57:07,937
that are doing it now.
1130
00:57:11,097 --> 00:57:12,917
- He was the king of jumps.
1131
00:57:13,017 --> 00:57:14,357
He would push it to the extreme,
1132
00:57:14,457 --> 00:57:16,937
every time he would get on his motorcycle.
1133
00:57:20,937 --> 00:57:23,437
- The fact that he started
doing this when he was just 14,
1134
00:57:23,537 --> 00:57:25,717
and jumping over buses in just a helmet,
1135
00:57:25,817 --> 00:57:28,316
and a leather jacket, is insane.
1136
00:57:28,416 --> 00:57:30,916
It takes that one person to do it
1137
00:57:31,016 --> 00:57:33,856
and then everyone else thinks,
oh yeah, we could do that.
1138
00:57:34,736 --> 00:57:37,876
- Everything that he did was
gnarly and without Eddie,
1139
00:57:37,976 --> 00:57:40,216
I, you know, God knows where we'd be.
1140
00:57:41,776 --> 00:57:44,956
- You pioneered for all of
us to have a fantastic career
1141
00:57:45,056 --> 00:57:46,676
in this industry.
1142
00:57:46,776 --> 00:57:49,796
Thanks, Eddie.
1143
00:57:49,896 --> 00:57:51,896
Keep smiling, buddy.
1144
00:58:00,136 --> 00:58:02,856
(crowd cheering)
1145
00:58:25,695 --> 00:58:29,015
- Don't make him cry, he'll make me cry.
1146
00:58:32,695 --> 00:58:34,875
- Bloody hell, we're all at it.
1147
00:58:34,975 --> 00:58:37,115
(all laughing)
1148
00:58:37,215 --> 00:58:39,215
I think it were the petrol fumes.
1149
00:58:41,775 --> 00:58:44,935
(audience applauding)
1150
00:58:47,175 --> 00:58:49,635
- That was a special film.
1151
00:58:49,735 --> 00:58:50,435
- For sure.
1152
00:58:50,535 --> 00:58:52,195
- What are hero he is.
1153
00:58:52,295 --> 00:58:53,275
And what a privilege to meet,
1154
00:58:53,375 --> 00:58:56,435
the man is an absolute legend.
1155
00:58:56,535 --> 00:58:57,715
- Yep.
- Fair play, Paddy,
1156
00:58:57,815 --> 00:58:59,194
that was different class.
1157
00:58:59,294 --> 00:59:02,434
Proper tribute to a proper British hero.
1158
00:59:02,534 --> 00:59:03,594
Well played.
- Correct, correct.
1159
00:59:03,694 --> 00:59:04,994
- One of the all-time greats.
1160
00:59:05,094 --> 00:59:06,354
Look how many people wanted to come out
1161
00:59:06,454 --> 00:59:08,234
and say thank you to Eddie.
1162
00:59:08,334 --> 00:59:10,514
He was an inspiration to so many people.
1163
00:59:10,614 --> 00:59:12,834
- He definitely was and
God bless you, Eddie.
1164
00:59:12,934 --> 00:59:13,754
That's it for tonight.
1165
00:59:13,854 --> 00:59:16,554
We'll be back next week, when
we fast forward to the future
1166
00:59:16,654 --> 00:59:19,794
with some brand new,
state-of-the-art electric cars.
1167
00:59:19,894 --> 00:59:21,234
- And some tiny caravans.
1168
00:59:21,334 --> 00:59:24,354
- Very tiny, very small.
perfect for you, Chris.
1169
00:59:24,454 --> 00:59:25,394
- Harsh.
1170
00:59:25,494 --> 00:59:28,334
- Thanks so much for watching, goodnight.
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