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Hello and welcome to
a Grand Tour special,
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which begins with this:
the Volkswagen Beetle.
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It's a car we hate very much
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because it appeals only
to Nazis and hippies,
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and we are neither
of those things.
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However,
if you remove the bodywork
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and replace it with something
a bit more fun -
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something like this--
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you end up with
a beach buggy,
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and that's brilliant.
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We love beach buggies.
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However, Mr. Wilman disagrees.
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He says that
if they'd been any good,
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they would have caught on,
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and he points out
that they didn't.
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So he hatched a plan.
And it's this:
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he said all three of us
must buy a Volkswagen Beetle,
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turn it into a beach buggy,
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and then report with it
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to a wild, rugged
and extremely remote place--
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here on the coast of Namibia.
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This is what I've built.
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It's as close
as you can possibly get
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to the original
1964 beach buggy
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built by Bruce Meyers.
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Underneath,
it is a 1950s Beetle--
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Beetle floorpan,
Beetle suspension,
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Beetle engine,
Beetle gearbox.
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It's got Beetle lights on it.
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I've even got
a Beetle speedometer
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and Beetle hubcaps.
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It's brilliant!
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This is a beach buggy
very like the one
that Steve McQueen drove
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in the original
Thomas Crown Affair.
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- And if it's good enough--
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- Oh, God.
- Ha-ha!
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I've been joined
by the 1970s.
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* T.REX: "20th Century Boy"
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Yes.
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James May has built
what a beach buggy was,
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what I've built is what
a beach buggy can be...
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...if you have
a bit of imagination
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and some purple
metal-flake paint.
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Ha-ha-ha-ha!
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* Twentieth century toy,
I wanna be your boy... *
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There, I believe,
is the start point
of our adventure.
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* I wanna be your boy... *
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JEREMY:
What an extraordinary place.
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It's amazing, isn't it?
I mean, more seals.
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What David Attenborough
never told us about those
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is how bad they smell.
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JEREMY: Sadly, before
our nature documentary
could go any further,
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Richard Hammond
emerged from the mist.
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Ooh, hello.
That's not a beach buggy.
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- Well, I wouldn't
call that...
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- Ah-ha!
- Oh, geez.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Dick-tari!
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RICHARD: Behold!
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JAMES: What are you wearing?
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What are you wearing?
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Well, I'm in Africa!
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- These trousers,
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did they say in the shop,
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"I'm afraid
they are yellow, sir"?
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When you left,
they went, "Yes!
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20 years we've had
those on the hanger!"
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- Shut up.
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And then we must
move over to this.
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- Yeah.
- We were told
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to build beach buggies.
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- Yes.
- Beach buggies.
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JAMES: It's not a beach buggy.
JEREMY: It isn't.
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RICHARD: It is a beach buggy.
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It isn't a beach buggy.
It's got a roof!
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There's no Beetle
in here at all.
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Yes, there is.
Beetle engine in there.
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OK, this space-frame chassis...
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- Yeah.
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- No.
- These enormous
suspension components
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that don't even fit
under the bodywork.
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- You've got two lots
of suspension at the back.
- Twin shocks.
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- I like an off-road
sort of vibe.
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To get here,
we had to drive on a beach.
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-Yeah.
-Ours have made it.
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I didn't need two lots
of rear suspension on mine.
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Neither did I.
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Look, we were told
to come to Africa.
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If we'd been told to go
to Santa Monica Beach,
then this, with its...
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...incredibly vivid paint...
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That's the most metal flake
I've ever seen.
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Any beach in the world.
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Um...
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- That's the engine.
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- V8!
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I've put a V8
in a beach buggy!
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Well, no, you haven't.
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You've parked your
beach buggy quite close.
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It's not in it!
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- It isn't in it.
No.
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You've reversed into a V8,
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but not quite hard enough.
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It's only gone in
a third of the way.
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Do you have any idea
how difficult it is
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to fit a V8 to a beach buggy?
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- Well, it doesn't fit!
- It's obviously impossible.
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Exactly, it's impossible.
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This is no ordinary V8.
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It started out in life
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as a 3.5 litre V8
from a Range Rover,
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but I've modified it,
so it produces
180 horsepower.
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Can I just say,
you were doubting
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the credibility of mine
as a beach buggy.
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Yeah.
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The defining characteristic
of a beach buggy
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is an air-cooled,
flat-four Beetle engine.
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No, that's not
an engine, James.
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That's just a fan.
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How many horsepower
does yours have?
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94!
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So I have twice
as many horsepower.
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- They're not in the car,
though.
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- They are, they're near it.
- Yes.
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It's interesting, isn't it?
I mean, that is an entire--
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Nothing about that
is interesting.
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This is a blank canvas
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onto which you could
paint your personality.
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- Yes.
- Yours has got
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a prolapsed V8 hanging
out of its backside
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and terrible paint.
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Mine is a rather magnificent
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"Daktari"-themed off-roader.
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That's got nothing on it!
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- You can express...
- JEREMY: It is a bit boring.
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...all your personality,
and it's standard.
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It's not...
What do you mean, standard?
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It's a beach buggy.
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- It's tasteful.
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What?
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- Oh.
- The bat sat-phone.
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We've got a message from...
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Mr. Wilman.
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RICHARD: Right, go on.
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"Since you're in
beach buggies..."
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Well, us two are.
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"Since you're
in beach buggies,
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you will now
drive to the beach."
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Uh...
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Uh...do you think
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he's taken leave
of his senses?
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Well, he was never that good
at geography, was he?
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No, he wasn't. "You'll now
drive to the beach."
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Hold on.
Oh, no, there's more.
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"The beach
to which you will drive
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is located on
the crocodile-infested
Kunene River
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at the northernmost
point of Namibia,
where it meets Angola.
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It's 1,000 miles away."
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- 1,000.
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JEREMY: What we needed
at this point was a map,
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so we decided
to head north up the coast
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and find the nearest town.
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JEREMY:
Let the journey begin!
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JEREMY: And what a journey
it would be in these cars,
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cars that were born
in interesting times.
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So, it's 1964,
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the word "teenager"
has started to appear
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in the world's dictionaries,
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people are listening
to new types of music,
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they're smoking
new types of stuff.
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And then, in California,
the beach buggy arrived!
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It was perfect!
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Girls and boys,
beach barbecues...
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The first design criteria
was that the front fenders
were flat,
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so you could stand
a beer on it.
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That's how you design a car!
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Jimi Hendrix had a beach buggy
and President Nixon didn't.
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Tells you
all you need to know.
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What I really like
about the beach buggy
is that it's a testament
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to the ability of
the human spirit to triumph.
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Because somebody looked
at the Beetle and said,
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"Well, that's the legacy of
the world's worst dictator.
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Let's turn it
into a beach car."
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JEREMY: After a lonely hour
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of driving north
through the swirling mist,
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we still hadn't found a town,
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but we did find
something else.
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Jesus.
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JEREMY: I'll tell you what,
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he must have been
going at a right old lick
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when he hit the beach.
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RICHARD: He must have been.
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Right, the sea is there.
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That's half a mile away.
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JAMES: I'd say so.
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So he got it up the beach,
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and then sort of did
a handbrake turn.
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-Power-slided it in.
-How do you do a handbrake...
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RICHARD: How did it
get here, seriously?
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Can I just say...
my nipples are erect.
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- What, 'cause
of this jacket?
- No.
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- Oh.
- It's cold.
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- It's cold.
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That's an unwise
wardrobe strategy.
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Yeah, well, you know,
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Africa, on a beach,
I thought...
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- So did I.
- I'm surprised.
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The beach has got
the sea haar on it -
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mist, fog, cold.
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- If you look over there...
- Hm.
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...sunshine, blue sky.
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- Why don't we just
go inland...
- The coast road.
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Find the coast road
which will take us
to a town.
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And that'll be in the sun.
That's a better idea.
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JEREMY:
With a plan worked out,
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it was time
to get moving again.
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Oh, dear.
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JAMES: Did you modify
the battery as well?
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- RICHARD: Oh...
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- It's obviously not
charging up.
- No.
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Because I didn't modify it.
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Yeah.
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I'll just see if mine works.
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- Oh, yeah.
- Let me just try mine.
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- Yeah.
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JEREMY: After the film crew
had got me going,
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I used my massive horsepower
to catch the others.
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But by the time we were
back together again...
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it was going dark.
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The sun, as you can see
over my shoulder, has set,
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and we still
haven't found a road.
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It's also going to be very,
very, very cold.
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Lights on.
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RICHARD: We have
got to find this road.
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This is not going to be
too clever...
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in the dark.
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I've rather crudely
rigged up my torch,
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wedged in
the windscreen rail,
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in the hope that you can see
my last pieces to camera.
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Oh, bollocks!
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Oh, cold!
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JEREMY: Finally, though,
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it looked like
our luck had changed.
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Ooh, hello! Hello!
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What's that?
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- It's not a hotel.
- No.
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It smells of excrement!
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JAMES: Oh, wow, look at this!
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There's still, like, plates
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and cups and saucers
and things in here.
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I'll tell you exactly
what this is.
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It's an abandoned mine.
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They do mine round
in Namibia, don't they?
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What do they mine for?
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- Diamonds.
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Yeah, but they wouldn't
have left if there were any.
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They obviously left,
and not yesterday.
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Look, there's no road here,
is there?
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- No.
- No.
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Apart from anything else,
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we can't find our way
around in the dark
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'cause we can't navigate.
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- Well, I can.
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- Stars.
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- No, you can't.
- I can.
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I can't do very many
things, I admit...
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...anything,
but I can do that.
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How do you navigate
by the stars?
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Uh...
find the Southern Cross.
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Yeah, but that's
really complicated.
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Right, do you want to sleep
in the excrement mine?
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No, this is out.
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So, we have to keep going,
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whether we like it or not,
till we find...
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We have to, so listen.
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I shall find
the Southern Cross.
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You can't find
the Southern Cross
with a hammer.
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I've found it!
Ha! I've found it.
It's there.
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It's like a kite.
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- Yeah.
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It's a kite shape.
It's sort of...
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Now, you take
the long axis, yes?
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- Yes.
- Mm-hm.
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And draw an imaginary line
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through it,
down to the horizon.
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Yes? Now, you intersect it
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from a line drawn
between two other stars,
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and where those
two imaginary lines meet,
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directly underneath it
is due south.
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So if it's those two--
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which it is, I'm sure of it--
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you draw a line...
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Oh, this is a bad idea!
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We are now trusting
our lives to an orangutan
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who thinks
he's Patrick Moore.
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There it is.
There's the two stars.
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Draw a line...
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I'm not getting many
directions from you, Jeremy.
Is this right?
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You're heading a little bit
too much to the right.
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You need to go left a bit.
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Good, good.
Oh, I'm so confident.
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You two are going to be
eating humble pie
when the sun comes up.
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RICHARD: Despite
the confidence
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of Jeremy Columbus,
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no road appeared.
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Oh, this is grim.
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Excuse me.
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I've been on the go
a very, very long time now.
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RICHARD: Guys, I'm sorry.
I'm not driving another inch.
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I can't do this.
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It's three o'clock
in the morning.
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I'm exhausted.
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JEREMY: He does have a point.
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RICHARD: The next morning,
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we woke, having
slept on the sand,
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huddled round our engines
for warmth.
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JAMES:
You muppet. What's that?
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Um...
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"Um" what?
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I never knew
Namibia had two seas.
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It doesn't have two seas.
15:52.585 --> 15:54.187
No, it has one
massive "cee" in it.
15:54.254 --> 15:55.655
One massive, stupid "cee"
15:55.722 --> 15:57.657
that's navigated us back
to where we started.
15:57.724 --> 15:59.726
- Can I just say...
- It wasn't my... I...
15:59.792 --> 16:02.029
Why did we even believe
you could navigate
by the stars?
16:02.095 --> 16:03.430
You can't even
read a compass.
16:03.496 --> 16:06.099
There are two "cees".
There's two "cees" here
16:06.166 --> 16:08.268
for believing that
that "cee" could navigate us.
16:08.335 --> 16:10.370
- No, you're right.
- I couldn't possibly...
16:10.437 --> 16:12.872
Really,
I don't understand that.
16:12.939 --> 16:15.775
JAMES: Freezing cold,
sandpapered on the face...
16:15.842 --> 16:18.278
- You've got a coat on.
16:18.345 --> 16:20.180
I haven't even got
a thin coat.
16:20.247 --> 16:21.581
I've only got
a T-shirt. Anyway,
16:21.648 --> 16:23.150
I'm not going to be
competitive with you
16:23.216 --> 16:24.551
about who's the coldest.
16:24.617 --> 16:26.453
- I'm the coldest!
- We're all the lostest.
16:26.519 --> 16:28.821
Never mind. Look,
let's not get bogged down
16:28.888 --> 16:30.223
with whose fault it was.
16:30.290 --> 16:32.159
There's no being bogged
down with it, is there?
16:32.225 --> 16:34.127
It was yours.
16:34.194 --> 16:35.962
We can either go
back into the desert
16:36.063 --> 16:37.564
to look for a road,
16:37.630 --> 16:39.966
or we can just do what
we were doing yesterday,
16:40.067 --> 16:41.534
and stay on the beach.
16:41.601 --> 16:43.970
At least we know, if we
keep the sea on our left,
16:44.071 --> 16:45.238
we're going north.
16:45.305 --> 16:46.673
- Yes.
- That's a fair point.
16:46.739 --> 16:49.242
- Let's navigate by the sea.
- JEREMY: Yes.
16:50.543 --> 16:53.113
JEREMY: With our new--
well, newish--
16:53.180 --> 16:54.314
plan in place,
16:54.381 --> 16:56.183
we set off once more.
16:57.784 --> 17:01.754
So here we are. These are our
wheel marks from yesterday.
17:02.955 --> 17:06.393
24 hours of cold, misery...
17:06.459 --> 17:08.428
to achieve exactly nothing.
17:08.495 --> 17:11.131
I mean,
it is exactly nothing.
17:11.198 --> 17:14.501
But, apart from that
and the weather...
17:14.567 --> 17:19.406
and Jeremy Clarkson,
it's all going really well.
17:19.472 --> 17:21.274
JEREMY:
As we continued north,
17:21.341 --> 17:23.776
the misery of
the previous day was banished
17:23.843 --> 17:27.580
by the sheer bigness
of our surroundings.
17:27.647 --> 17:30.583
Oh, this is
an astonishing place.
17:33.553 --> 17:37.457
I've got a dune the size
of Mount Everest to my right,
17:37.524 --> 17:40.727
the Atlantic Ocean
to my left...
17:41.928 --> 17:44.697
This is absolutely epic.
17:53.306 --> 17:55.142
This is proper
beach buggy driving.
17:55.208 --> 17:58.611
Sun's out, sea's there
with the surf.
17:58.678 --> 18:00.580
It's like being
in the Beach Boys.
18:05.418 --> 18:07.554
JEREMY: Amidst all
this loveliness, though,
18:07.620 --> 18:12.825
there was one small elephant
edging its way into the room.
18:12.892 --> 18:14.727
Chaps, I don't want to
have to say this,
18:14.794 --> 18:18.231
but is the tide coming in
or going out?
18:20.167 --> 18:22.702
RICHARD:
Uh...I'm guessing in.
18:24.804 --> 18:27.307
There's no way
up the sides of that.
18:28.541 --> 18:32.011
And if the tide comes in
that far, which it does,
18:32.078 --> 18:34.181
we've had it.
18:34.247 --> 18:35.815
Got to keep moving here.
18:35.882 --> 18:37.517
We cannot afford
to get stuck.
18:41.754 --> 18:44.191
JEREMY: With some generous
use of the throttle,
18:44.191 --> 18:45.625
we managed to get clear
18:45.692 --> 18:48.595
of the sea-and-sand-dune
pincer movement.
18:48.661 --> 18:51.631
But then we had
another problem.
18:54.601 --> 18:56.703
I'd say that was the end
of the beach.
18:57.937 --> 18:59.772
RICHARD: How does that
just end like that?
18:59.839 --> 19:01.708
JEREMY: It does just end.
JAMES: That is the end.
19:01.774 --> 19:04.043
JEREMY: And the Namibian
government doesn't allow us
19:04.110 --> 19:06.679
to drive on the salt pans,
and that's what that is.
19:06.746 --> 19:08.315
This meant,
according to James,
19:08.381 --> 19:11.684
we had only one option.
19:11.751 --> 19:13.553
We've got to go back
the way we came.
19:13.620 --> 19:14.987
But if the tide's coming in,
19:15.054 --> 19:18.325
that narrow bit
will have become impassable.
19:18.391 --> 19:22.028
That's why I think
if we see a good opportunity
to turn left,
19:22.094 --> 19:24.364
like we did last night,
we do it.
19:24.431 --> 19:26.399
Are you honestly suggesting
we go back in the...
19:26.466 --> 19:28.235
Well, where else can we go?
19:28.235 --> 19:30.337
We'll either drown
or starve otherwise.
19:36.243 --> 19:37.677
Right, we've just
got to find a bit
19:37.744 --> 19:41.748
where we can get inland
before the tide comes in.
19:47.287 --> 19:49.822
That is getting closer
to that,
19:49.889 --> 19:51.624
and when that happens,
we've had it.
19:56.263 --> 19:57.964
RICHARD:
But as we thundered along,
19:58.030 --> 20:01.468
the dunes refused
to open up and let us in.
20:03.135 --> 20:04.504
That's the sea!
20:05.405 --> 20:07.274
It's the sea, there!
20:08.975 --> 20:10.510
Oh, it's coming at me!
20:12.211 --> 20:15.582
JEREMY: I still say
we can't get out here, look.
20:15.648 --> 20:17.550
No left turn at the moment.
20:21.454 --> 20:23.723
This is where you need a V8!
20:27.193 --> 20:28.395
Oh, shit.
20:29.829 --> 20:32.332
Oh, Jeremy's in trouble!
20:32.399 --> 20:34.100
That is not looking good!
20:35.435 --> 20:37.103
Come on, come on. Whoa.
20:38.938 --> 20:40.707
Oh, no.
20:42.909 --> 20:45.645
Oh, no. No, no, no.
Not a good place.
20:45.712 --> 20:48.114
- Oh, God.
20:48.180 --> 20:49.816
Uh...I'm in the sea.
20:51.384 --> 20:53.453
Because it was
a bit of an emergency,
20:53.520 --> 20:56.255
my colleagues
decided to help for once.
20:56.323 --> 20:59.058
- Go.
20:59.125 --> 21:00.192
JAMES: No.
21:00.259 --> 21:01.894
Is that just spinning?
21:01.961 --> 21:03.530
It's beached under there.
21:03.596 --> 21:05.498
I don't see why
I can't push him with that.
21:05.565 --> 21:07.800
-All right, then. Try.
-All right.
21:07.867 --> 21:09.569
James, count us in.
21:09.636 --> 21:12.038
Three, two, one, away!
21:17.644 --> 21:20.347
JEREMY: Yes!
RICHARD: Right, let's go!
21:22.349 --> 21:27.086
Me getting beached cost us
time we never had
in the first place,
21:27.153 --> 21:29.422
and we were still trapped.
21:32.825 --> 21:34.060
Jesus Christ.
21:36.128 --> 21:37.830
Ah, it's coming in.
21:41.501 --> 21:43.670
Come on, come on, come on.
21:45.204 --> 21:46.506
Come on.
21:48.040 --> 21:49.075
Whoa!
21:54.381 --> 21:55.615
Oh!
21:57.249 --> 21:58.518
Oh, that's bad.
22:02.188 --> 22:03.222
Shit.
22:05.925 --> 22:06.993
Whoa!
22:09.629 --> 22:11.097
Come on, baby, come on.
22:13.400 --> 22:17.504
RICHARD:
Mercifully, the dunes finally
started to fall away
22:17.570 --> 22:19.572
and we were saved.
22:22.509 --> 22:25.512
-And we're through!
-We are, we are.
22:25.578 --> 22:26.879
That's a relief.
22:29.516 --> 22:31.083
So nearly got stuck then.
22:34.687 --> 22:37.657
RICHARD: We'd now been
on the go for 36 hours,
22:37.724 --> 22:42.662
and we were
pretty much back where
we started from... again.
22:42.729 --> 22:45.665
We were also soaked,
frozen, worn out,
22:45.732 --> 22:47.667
and because
we had no food with us,
22:47.734 --> 22:49.802
we were also hungry.
22:49.869 --> 22:53.706
But then Bear Clarkson
came to the rescue.
22:53.773 --> 22:57.243
Cold you go and get
some driftwood for a fire?
22:57.309 --> 23:01.180
And could you fashion
a rudimentary barbecue
grill of some sort?
23:01.247 --> 23:03.716
OK. Where did you get
the fishing rod from?
23:03.783 --> 23:05.885
It's my whip aerial.
It's a beach buggy.
23:05.952 --> 23:08.154
- I thought of that.
- They're fishing rods.
23:15.795 --> 23:18.598
This is going to make
a perfect little
fish grill thing, look.
23:23.603 --> 23:25.137
Have you got a fire lit yet?
23:25.204 --> 23:26.473
I thought you were fishing.
23:26.473 --> 23:28.741
I am fishing.
My car's fishing.
23:28.808 --> 23:30.843
- Look.
23:30.910 --> 23:33.079
- Yeah, look,
I've got the rods attached.
- It's parked.
23:33.145 --> 23:35.014
JEREMY: What's that?
JAMES: That's the grill.
23:35.081 --> 23:37.650
So we hold that
with the pliers
from my multi-tool,
23:37.717 --> 23:39.652
cut the fish up, fillet it...
23:39.719 --> 23:43.556
Can you do that?
There's no point asking him.
He can open a tin...
23:43.623 --> 23:45.024
Can you fillet a fish?
23:45.091 --> 23:47.159
- Well, it's the sea!
23:47.226 --> 23:49.829
What did you think I was
going to catch, a chicken?
23:49.896 --> 23:51.063
Oh, my God!
23:56.268 --> 23:59.506
RICHARD: Oh, my God!
JAMES: No, wait. Yes!
23:59.506 --> 24:01.708
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
24:01.774 --> 24:04.043
While Hammond went off
to get more driftwood,
24:04.110 --> 24:07.614
James and I set about
gutting the catch.
24:07.680 --> 24:11.283
JEREMY: Use his car
as the table. There we go.
24:11.350 --> 24:14.420
- That's his gut.
Look. You've got it.
- Yeah, right.
24:14.521 --> 24:16.022
Oh, God. Shit. Look,
24:16.088 --> 24:17.857
it's all gone literally
onto his exhaust.
24:17.924 --> 24:20.359
Oh, no. Never mind.
Look, I need your help.
24:20.426 --> 24:21.794
Right, saw its head off.
24:23.730 --> 24:26.866
- Ah, there we go.
- Excellent.
24:26.933 --> 24:29.135
- I think, but I'm not sure--
- It's gone under his seat.
24:29.201 --> 24:30.436
Oh, no. Has it?
24:30.537 --> 24:32.071
It's all right,
I'll get it out later.
24:36.175 --> 24:38.177
JAMES:
Oh, it's done a treat, this.
24:38.244 --> 24:39.879
Look at this, Hammond.
24:42.248 --> 24:44.450
Mm.
24:44.551 --> 24:45.885
Oh, that's all right,
isn't it?
24:48.020 --> 24:49.155
Ooh.
24:54.727 --> 24:56.563
It tastes like fish,
doesn't it?
24:57.730 --> 24:59.832
OK, does anybody want a beer?
25:01.033 --> 25:02.401
- No.
25:02.468 --> 25:04.971
- Oh, you...
25:05.037 --> 25:07.640
- That deserves a stabbing.
25:07.707 --> 25:08.775
That is a proper stabbing.
25:08.841 --> 25:10.109
That's properly out of order.
25:13.846 --> 25:15.181
RICHARD: After lunch,
25:15.247 --> 25:17.850
we set off once more
into the dunes.
25:20.152 --> 25:22.822
Right,
so let's keep heading east.
25:22.889 --> 25:25.825
And we must come to
a road at some...
25:25.892 --> 25:28.628
There has to be a road.
25:28.695 --> 25:31.598
JEREMY: But,
for mile after mile,
25:31.598 --> 25:32.899
there wasn't.
25:44.510 --> 25:46.045
It's the Namib Desert.
25:46.112 --> 25:50.983
"Namib" in the local dialect
means "big nothing".
25:56.155 --> 26:00.259
It must be the prettiest
desert in the world.
26:00.326 --> 26:02.094
It's just a sea of dunes.
26:07.299 --> 26:10.369
JEREMY: Dunes which
were getting bigger.
26:10.436 --> 26:13.973
JAMES: Bloody Nora,
look at the size of that!
26:15.942 --> 26:20.279
Engaging 180 horsepower.
26:20.346 --> 26:23.382
JEREMY: Climbing them in our
two-wheel-drive beach buggies
26:23.449 --> 26:25.084
was becoming tricky.
26:26.986 --> 26:32.191
Come on, you can do this.
You can do this!
26:32.258 --> 26:37.296
But by deploying the V8,
I was sort of all right.
26:37.363 --> 26:38.464
Yes!
26:38.530 --> 26:41.367
Oh-ho-ho-ho!
26:41.433 --> 26:45.571
Hammond had grippy tyres,
so he was all right, too.
26:45.672 --> 26:48.240
Please, make it. Please.
26:49.676 --> 26:50.910
Please!
26:53.045 --> 26:54.380
Ho-ho!
26:54.446 --> 26:55.948
There you go!
26:56.015 --> 26:58.985
However, back in the 1960s...
27:01.754 --> 27:03.990
Come on, little car.
27:04.056 --> 27:06.425
- Oh, no, no, no.
27:06.492 --> 27:07.559
No, no.
27:19.171 --> 27:20.406
- Yes.
27:20.472 --> 27:22.108
Two problems. Number one,
27:22.174 --> 27:24.711
he's put a 90 horsepower
engine in it,
27:24.711 --> 27:26.445
which actually
is probably only 40.
27:26.512 --> 27:27.847
- Yeah.
- And number two,
27:27.914 --> 27:30.717
he will not use
full power ever.
27:30.750 --> 27:34.320
Well, he's got
a 90 horsepower engine,
but a 5 horsepower foot.
27:36.155 --> 27:39.125
And I bet you any money he's
saying "I had a misfire."
27:46.999 --> 27:48.835
You've got to push the
accelerator all the way to--
27:48.901 --> 27:50.136
I know, but... I know that.
27:50.202 --> 27:52.338
It occasionally has
a little misfire moment,
27:52.404 --> 27:53.572
and then I lose it.
27:53.639 --> 27:55.407
- He said it!
27:57.844 --> 28:00.346
JEREMY: And so
the afternoon continued.
28:00.412 --> 28:04.550
The Grunt Machine
and the Grit Machine
would forge ahead...
28:04.616 --> 28:08.454
There is no way in hell
I'm doing this!
28:08.520 --> 28:10.156
Yes!
28:13.659 --> 28:15.561
You star!
28:15.627 --> 28:16.929
...and then there'd be
28:16.996 --> 28:19.799
the inevitable
radio exchange.
28:19.866 --> 28:21.834
We appear to be a man down,
Jeremy.
28:21.901 --> 28:24.403
JEREMY:
James May, where are you?
28:29.408 --> 28:31.410
JEREMY: Because
we spent so much time
28:31.477 --> 28:34.046
waiting
for Captain Misfire,
28:34.113 --> 28:37.216
we were still in the desert
as dusk fell.
28:37.283 --> 28:41.320
And failing light meant it
was hard to spot obstacles.
28:42.922 --> 28:44.623
Right, sit rep.
28:44.690 --> 28:48.027
Jesus Christ!
28:48.094 --> 28:50.797
- Holy...
28:53.265 --> 28:55.701
- Oh, my God!
28:55.802 --> 28:58.437
- Oh, shit!
28:58.504 --> 29:00.439
RICHARD: Look at it!
29:00.506 --> 29:02.441
Mate, I've got
to have a look.
29:05.411 --> 29:08.214
Oh, shitty death...
29:10.116 --> 29:13.019
- I locked up.
That was just...
- Look, he's buried!
29:13.085 --> 29:16.688
- You've buried the front.
- I was completely locked up.
29:16.823 --> 29:18.257
'Cause I would have
gone down that.
29:18.324 --> 29:19.826
- Look at it!
29:22.428 --> 29:25.364
My close shave was a reminder
that, after dark,
29:25.431 --> 29:29.168
these dunes would become
very, very dangerous.
29:34.540 --> 29:37.643
RICHARD: It's getting
harder and harder
to read the terrain now.
29:37.709 --> 29:39.278
Is that a drop?
Is that a hill?
29:39.345 --> 29:41.848
Is that going up?
Is that a cliff?
What is it?
29:43.983 --> 29:46.018
Peril... peril.
29:47.453 --> 29:48.988
Oh, shit!
29:49.055 --> 29:50.957
Oh, I think there's
a drop off there.
29:51.991 --> 29:53.759
It's just a black abyss.
29:53.860 --> 29:57.096
That could be
a huge cliff again.
29:59.999 --> 30:02.268
RICHARD: Eventually,
we could take no more,
30:02.334 --> 30:07.273
and we had to settle down
for a second night
around our engines.
30:30.562 --> 30:33.699
We will find a road.
There must...
30:33.765 --> 30:36.502
- It can't... It can't
go on forever, can it?
- No.
30:36.568 --> 30:40.472
It has to... There will be
a town, a road... something.
30:42.942 --> 30:46.112
RICHARD: Unfortunately,
to find salvation,
30:46.178 --> 30:50.249
we still had to climb
more dunes.
30:50.316 --> 30:53.953
Climb them and then
get down the other side.
30:54.020 --> 30:55.421
Oh, my God!
30:57.656 --> 30:59.191
Well, that's just a cliff!
31:01.060 --> 31:03.329
Whoa! Aargh!
31:10.002 --> 31:13.105
Whoa, this is a monster.
31:13.172 --> 31:16.675
Oh!
I don't think I can do...!
31:16.742 --> 31:19.378
Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
31:24.450 --> 31:28.087
Whoa-a-a-a-a-a!
31:31.057 --> 31:32.324
Here we go.
31:32.391 --> 31:35.127
All three of us
simultaneously...
31:38.965 --> 31:40.399
Holy shit.
31:40.466 --> 31:43.069
Oh-h-h-h, shit!
31:43.135 --> 31:46.438
Argh-hhh! Ha-ha!
31:46.505 --> 31:49.408
Whoa-a-a-a-a!
31:51.010 --> 31:52.344
I wasn't scared.
31:56.782 --> 31:58.217
Oh, my God.
31:58.284 --> 32:01.687
Guys, this is the biggest yet
by a country mile.
32:03.689 --> 32:06.993
Whoa-a-a-a-a-a!
32:06.993 --> 32:08.460
Is that the size of the drop
32:08.527 --> 32:10.396
or what's happened
to his penis?
32:13.332 --> 32:15.601
Right, then. Let's see
what all the fuss is about.
32:15.667 --> 32:17.636
Holy shit!
32:21.073 --> 32:26.012
Oh-h-h-h-h!
32:28.880 --> 32:30.249
Phwoar.
32:30.316 --> 32:32.018
And now straighten
those wheels, Richard,
32:32.051 --> 32:33.385
straighten them,
32:33.452 --> 32:35.021
because you've got to
go down straight.
32:35.087 --> 32:39.158
Holy shit.
Oh-h-h-h-h, shit!
32:39.225 --> 32:41.027
That is frightening.
32:46.798 --> 32:48.834
Love this desert.
32:48.900 --> 32:50.902
I'm never, ever, ever happier
32:51.037 --> 32:53.405
than I am
when I'm in a desert.
32:53.472 --> 32:57.609
And this... this is the best
desert I've ever been to.
33:00.246 --> 33:02.348
You can never really lose
sight of the fact, though,
33:02.414 --> 33:04.050
that what it actually is
33:04.116 --> 33:08.487
is a big, orange
killing engine.
33:08.554 --> 33:12.091
Now, a big crest's coming up.
No idea.
33:12.158 --> 33:15.761
Gentle rolling hill
or massive cliff?
33:15.827 --> 33:17.663
I don't know, Hammond!
33:17.729 --> 33:19.931
Hammond, seriously.
33:20.066 --> 33:21.833
Shit, he's gone.
33:21.900 --> 33:24.370
Hammond's gone, everyone.
Hammond's gone. Big one.
33:28.640 --> 33:30.076
Oh, me.
33:36.815 --> 33:40.286
How the
did you get down that?
33:41.720 --> 33:44.090
With my eyes shut!
33:44.123 --> 33:46.492
That was terrifying!
33:48.794 --> 33:51.097
Jesus!
33:59.205 --> 34:01.140
JEREMY: As we
continued to head east,
34:01.207 --> 34:03.509
the terrain
eventually levelled out...
34:07.679 --> 34:11.750
which meant
we swapped terror
for extreme discomfort.
34:14.753 --> 34:17.789
Ah. Oh, God Almighty.
34:17.856 --> 34:20.792
I don't think these cars
were actually designed
34:20.859 --> 34:23.495
to take this much punishment.
34:23.562 --> 34:26.132
- And I know we weren't.
34:26.165 --> 34:27.833
The only thing is,
34:27.899 --> 34:31.603
James's car rides lower
than this and will be worse.
34:31.670 --> 34:34.606
Argh! Ow!
34:34.673 --> 34:36.408
Ow! Ow! Ow!
34:38.144 --> 34:40.312
Agh!
34:40.379 --> 34:42.414
JEREMY: Soon,
the relentless battering
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started to cause breakdowns.
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Sand... Sand in gear shift.
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JEREMY: My throttle is
jammed wide open, people.
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The problem is that every
time the air filter, here,
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turns as I'm driving along--
which it does--
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it's jamming the throttle.
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What's going on here?
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What's up?
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The throttle is now jamming
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fully open all the time.
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Oh, problem.
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Oh, God.
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It is still moving.
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RICHARD: Many miles ahead,
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we'd pulled over for a break
from the endless bumps,
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and James was being
very interesting!
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The good thing about this hat
is you can angle it,
like a heliostat,
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to where
the sun's coming from.
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Yes, that's true.
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But you still look a tit.
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Luckily for Hammond, who
could do with the company,
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I was back on the move.
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Right, a new style of driving
is now required.
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This arm for steering,
this arm for changing gear,
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and then another arm
for deaccelerating, like so.
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Yes!
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Accelerate.
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Deaccelerate.
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Sometimes, if you
listen very carefully,
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you can hear my genius.
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JEREMY: Back as a threesome,
we continued
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with our seemingly
endless journey to the east.
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Just need to find a road now.
This is not funny any more.
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Enough desert.
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I don't want another night
in the desert.
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I smell pretty bad.
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And I suspect that
if we manage
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to find somewhere tonight
near civilisation,
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we should probably
have a ceremonial
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bonfire of the underpants.
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JAMES: In truth, though,
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I thought we'd be
in the desert forever.
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But then,
late in the afternoon...
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I'm looking ahead,
and I'm not seeing
an endless sea of sand.
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I'm seeing green.
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Trees!
Those are trees and shrubs!
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Pylons!
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Pylons!
That means electricity.
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Oh, yes!
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Civilisation!
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JAMES:
And then, best of all...
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Oh, my God.
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I honestly thought we had
another night of sleeping...
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- ...in the sand.
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But, no! Look at it!
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Nicest thing I've ever seen.
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JEREMY: I could go east,
I could go west...
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Whichever way you go, it goes
somewhere. That's the point.
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It's a road,
it goes somewhere.
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You know what we've
just done, don't you?
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We've just crossed
the Namib Desert
in three beach buggies.
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- We have.
- We did.
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We did.
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There is literally nothing
can stop us now.
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JEREMY: Admittedly,
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our crossing had not exactly
been as the crow flies,
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but we had found our road,
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and that's all that mattered.
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Oh, yes!
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That's the best thing
I've ever seen!
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Yes,
it is the road to freedom!
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Something has just exploded
at the back of my car.
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Oh, dear.
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By the time my colleagues
had got back to me,
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I'd worked out
what the problem was.
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It's really
straightforward, OK?
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- The top bolt has come
out of the shock absorber.
- Right.
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It shot up, boinged
into the coolant pipe,
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and three gallons of water
have simply burst out,
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going everywhere
except into the engine.
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- Right.
- So all I've got to do
is reattach the top bolt...
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mend the pipe and find
three gallons of water...
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which I shall get
from a passing motorist,
and I'll be on my way.
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Right.
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All I could do
with a hand with
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is just lifting the car up
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so I can reattach the, um...
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Yeah. Well,
is there anybody here?
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- There's...
- I suppose a motorist
will pass eventually.
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The one that gives you water
will also lift it up for you.
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You could just
lift it up a little bit.
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Or we could go
and have a beer.
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Or we could go
and have a beer.
- I hear traffic.
- Yes.
- We'd better not be here.
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- I hear traffic.
- Yes.
- We'd better not be here.
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We don't want to interfere
when you're trying to talk
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'cause we might put them off.
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Right.
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Somewhere along here
there will be a place,
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and that place
will have a bar in it
40:33.031 --> 40:34.566
that will contain beer.
40:39.237 --> 40:40.506
Do you have any water?
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- Water.
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Because the radiator
has blown,
40:44.309 --> 40:45.911
so I need just three gallons.
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Look, you've got some water
there. Just a bucket.
40:52.751 --> 40:55.621
It's an actual water lorry...
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leaking water,
and he won't give me any.
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Eventually,
I flagged down a local
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who had water to spare.
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Thank you.
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And then I got on
with the repairs.
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That is one reassembled
shock absorber.
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That's reattached,
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so that's the cooling system
back in one piece.
41:25.116 --> 41:28.754
JAMES: After an exhausting
five-hour drive,
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Richard and I finally
reached a town,
41:31.389 --> 41:35.761
which turned out to be
Namibia's capital city:
Windhoek,
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and we too were
taking on liquids.
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Mm.
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Back out on
the highway, though,
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things weren't so good.
42:09.260 --> 42:13.799
What I'm driving here -
or attempting to drive -
is Apollo 13.
42:13.865 --> 42:15.366
There's some air
trapped in the system
42:15.433 --> 42:18.604
and I've had to make
a small hole in the front
42:18.670 --> 42:20.205
to get at the radiator.
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Bled that,
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bled all the stuff
going into the engine.
42:23.408 --> 42:24.509
This is the header pipe.
42:24.610 --> 42:26.311
Everything is bled, and yet,
42:26.377 --> 42:28.814
you do a mile, it overheats.
42:28.880 --> 42:30.616
Another mile, overheats.
42:42.060 --> 42:46.331
Well, we've covered...
20 miles in four hours.
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This is the sixth time
in 30 miles that's happened.
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Whilst my colleagues
embraced beer and bed,
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I steeled myself
for the longest, coldest,
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most frustrating night
of my life.
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JEREMY:
The roads are getting worse.
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Honestly, my bones
are going to shatter.
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- Oh, my God!
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- I've had a great idea.
- Oh, no.
43:39.785 --> 43:41.820
Oh, shit, it's really high!
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