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Tonight, James experiences the sheer
grunt of a Chevrolet Silverado.
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I go airborne in a Ford Velociraptor.
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And Richard Hammond
carries some wood.
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Hello!
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Hello, and good evening.
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Hello. Now...
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Thank you very much. A while
back I heard that Lexus
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was working on a car called the RCF.
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It would be a two-door coupe
with a five-litre V8 engine
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and it would take on the smaller
AMG Mercs and M-powered BMWs.
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And I was very excited.
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I couldn't wait to give it
a spanking round our track.
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And now I have.
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I expected it to be
sharp... but violent.
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Raw, but civilised.
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Powerful, but controlled.
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I expected a bank of Tokyo hi tech...
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.. with the exhaust
bark of a mad dog.
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But actually it turned
out to be fat and useless.
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REALLY fat.
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With two people on board,
it weighs nearly two tonnes.
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So look what happens when you put
it in a drag race with a BMW M4.
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Three... two... one...
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go!
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The BMW just walks away.
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I have 40 more horsepower than
he does and I'm being humiliated!
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The enormous weight means it's
no good in the corners, either.
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I have got many, many
different settings in here
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and I've got G-SHIFT control,
whatever that is.
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And VDIM.
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I've got STANDARD, ECO, SPORT S,
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SPORT S+, something called SLALOM.
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Doesn't matter which one you select,
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you just get yards and yards
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of wearisome understeer
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and then a lot of
electronic interference.
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There is, however, another
setting in the RCF
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which makes it even worse.
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If you put it in SPORT+ and
then push this button here...
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Look! I'm now in EXPERT mode.
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It says it there.
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I have told the car
that I am an expert.
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I don't need the electronic
stuff, I can manage.
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Oh, God!
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Lurchy. That's the word I'm
looking for there. Lurchy.
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It's really struggling
to deal with the weight.
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Come on!
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Why are you doing that?!
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I'm an expert, look. Look how
I'm going round this corner.
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That's an expert use of the
- Oh, I'm on the grass.
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The simple truth of the matter
is you can put John Prescott
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in a pair of running shoes...
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but it won't make him an athlete.
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I really don't like this car.
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I don't like the way it looks,
I don't like the way it goes,
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I don't like the way it feels.
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But what really annoys me,
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what really gets my goat
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is that I know Lexus
can do so much better.
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A few years ago, they
gave us the LFA.
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A car which, I'll admit, has
many faults and irritations.
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The seat belt, for example, is
incredibly difficult to do up. Um...
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There are no cup holders, it's
impossible to plug your telephone
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or whatever into the stereo system,
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and the fuel tank is the size
of a disposable lighter,
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which means you have to fill
up every five minutes,
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and then you have to get out,
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and then it takes you a week
to do your seat belt up again.
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I still haven't done it!
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It's like giving myself
a prostate exam.
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But these little things
pale into insignificance
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when you unleash its
astonishing V10 engine.
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It produces 552 horsepower.
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That means 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds.
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It also means a top speed of 202,
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and even more amazingly, it
revs from idle to the red line
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in an almost unbelievable
0.6 of a second.
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But the best thing is the noise.
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It sounds baleful, it sounds
like a wild animal that's...
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sad about something.
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"Oh, nooooooooo!
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"I've got my paw stuck!
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"Ow!
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"Ow!
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"Ow!"
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This is what I was looking
for in the new Lexus,
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a sense that the engine is actually
alive, that it's a sentient being.
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And there was more I
was looking for, too.
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The LFA does not have
an EXPERT facility,
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or a G-SHIFT thing, or VDIM.
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It corners well because
it's well engineered.
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And it's light - very light.
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And I love the way that it
feels so violent and raw.
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This car is simply out of this world.
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And look at the
difference in styling.
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See how one looks like that stupid
food that's drizzled in jus
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and served on a bed of stupid beans
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to idiots in over-priced restaurants.
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And the other is as simple as
a freshly picked blackberry.
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I know that this costs five or
six times more than the new RCF,
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and I know it's full of carbon fibre
and all sorts of clever engineering
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that you can't reasonably
expect to find
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further down the fiscal food chain,
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but surely they could have captured
the spirit of this car, the essence,
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its soul, and transplanted
that into the RCF.
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Surely they could.
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Or maybe they couldn't.
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Maybe the LFA is so good,
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not even the people who made
it know how to make it again.
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~ Um, you said you were going
to give it a spanking.
~ Yeah.
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But you gave it a kicking.
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Well, it's rubbish. It is absolutely
rubbish. In fact, it's so bad
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I'm not even going to bother
getting the Stig to take it
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round the track, it would just
be a complete waste of time.
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Oh, now, we ought to bring you up to
speed with the latest in car news.
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Okie-doke.
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A new Skoda coming out,
it's called the Superb.
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There it is, mainly for mini cabbers.
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But what you really need
to know is underneath,
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if you peel away the body,
it's basically a Golf, OK?
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There's another new Skoda, the Octavia
vRS, that's a Golf as well.
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New Audi, RS3 Sportback, here it is.
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That's a Golf.
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~ New Skoda Fabia.
~ Ah, is that a Golf?
~ No, that's a Polo.
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~ Is it? Oh, it's confusing.
~ It's not confusing.
~ It is.
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No, it's not, it's
really, really simple.
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All cars are basically a
Golf underneath, or a Polo,
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or a Fiat 500,
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except for this, this
is the Citroen DS5,
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that's basically a
Peugeot, underneath.
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And the Fiat 500X, that.
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~ Well, is that not a Fiat 500?
~ No, that's an Alfa Romeo.
~ Is it?
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Anyway, that's cleared up this
week's motoring news for you.
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Moving on, do you remember
that six-wheeled
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Mercedes G Wagon that I drove?
The six-wheel drive thing.
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~ Yes, in the desert, yes, yes.
~ Yeah, a massive thing.
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Well, Mercedes have now
announced that they're making
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a four-wheel version of it.
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~ Oh, there it is.
~ There, look at that.
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So they've made a four-wheeled
version of the six-wheeled version
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~ of the four-wheel car they already had.
~ I think it looks great.
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Massive wheels made possible by
portal axles so it's raised up,
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it's got about 422 brake
horsepower, I think it is,
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from its V8 twin turbo.
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It is quite costly.
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£200,000 for that.
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I know, I know, but if you look closely
it's got side pipes! Oh, yes!
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And all of a sudden, ladies
and gentlemen, Richard Hammond
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has become uncomfortable
in his trousers.
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Well, I love... I do love side pipes.
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I can tell that from the
shape of your front pipe!
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Oh, is it showing? Sorry.
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Oh, now, there's a sort of
motor racing, it's called GT3,
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~ anyone seen it?
~ Yeah.
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There's a picture of a grid here.
Look at it, it's just amazing -
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Astons, McLarens, Porches, BMWs,
Nissan GT-Rs, fabulous series.
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Yeah, very exciting because
you can recognise the cars.
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But now Bentley has announced that
they're going to build a car
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that's inspired by that race series.
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It's called the GT3-R, here it is.
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And it's a sort of stripped-down,
pumped-up, road-going,
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two-seater version of the race
car. 580 horsepower, from its V8.
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I like the look of that.
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And, well, you'll like the sound,
because it's got a titanium exhaust
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that they say gives
it a baritone roar.
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So it's got Tom Jones underneath it.
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~ Basically, they've strapped Tom Jones...
~ Poor Tom, "Whoa!"
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~ That's how it sounds.
~ Aston Martin have got a very similar
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sort of thing, called
a Vantage V12 GT3.
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Oooh!
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~ Exactly, whoa, that is a V12, obviously.
~ Does look quite cool.
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600 horsepower, so 20
more than the Bentley
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and it's half a tonne lighter.
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That is properly blowing
my frock up, that thing.
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It really is. Philosophy news...
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Everybody - no, don't groan, because
I know it sounds dreary but...
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~ driverless cars are coming, as we know.
~ Yeah.
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And somebody pointed out this week,
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and I think it's rather a good point,
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that they will have to make, from
time to time, ethical decisions.
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What, like, should we
cancel Third World debt?
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No, James, not that. You're
driving along, OK?
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And you're heading towards an accident.
You're not driving, you're
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sitting there. You're heading
towards an accident, it's going
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to be fatal. The only solution
is to swerve onto the pavement,
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but there are two pedestrians there.
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What does the car do?
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Wow, is this the Moral
Maze or something?
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No, it's a genuine thing.
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Cos basically you will have bought
a car that must be programmed,
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in certain circumstances,
to kill you. It will go,
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"Well, there's two there, there's
only one person in me,
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"I'm going to kill him." And you'll
just have to sit there, as the lorry
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~ comes and there's nothing you can do.
~ Well, maybe driverless cars
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will have to come with,
like, an override button.
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Just a big button with "ME" on
it. So, in a crash - save me!
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~ Just hit that.
~ Or maybe it could have a sliding scale.
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So you can say, look, if there's
a load of children on the pavement
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obviously don't run them
down, but cyclists...
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We are in dark territory
here, aren't we?
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Well, the interesting thing
is, all of us are programmed,
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because we're humans, cos
we're animals, basically,
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to look after ourselves.
Self-preservation always kicks in
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~ and you will swerve away from danger.
~ Not necessarily.
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Oh, well, now you say that, but
recently scientists conducted
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an absolutely awful, genuinely
awful experiment,
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but with a very interesting result.
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They got a load of monkeys with their
babies and put them in a box.
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And then they heated the floor
up - this actually happened -
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I, you know, I'm just reporting.
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They heated the floor up till
it became really unbearable
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and all of the monkeys picked
up their babies and held them.
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But when the floor got hotter and
hotter until it was absolutely
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unbearable, every one of them put
the babies down and stood on them.
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I'm... I'm surprised...
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I'm surprised you didn't save this
for the Christmas show, mate.
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What a lovely story,
what a nice tale(!)
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I love a story!
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I'm just saying, these driverless
cars, everybody goes,
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"Aren't they clever? They
can stop at red lights."
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They are going to have to
face all sorts of things,
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like who do I kill now?
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We are programmed to look after
ourselves and these driverless cars
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are going to be programmed
to do the maths and say,
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"A lot of people over there,
I'm going to kill you."
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And whether to stand
on a baby monkey.
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Now, Brooklands, world's first
purpose-built racetrack,
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~ do you remember it?
~ Well, no. He will.
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Oh, yeah, he will, obviously.
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We've got some footage of
it here to remind everyone.
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This was just outside
London, and look at it,
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everybody walked fast and were
in black and white in those days.
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And you went unbelievable - look
at this, 120mph on the banking.
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And then there's James May,
look, in his pedal car.
235
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And then it was just fantastic.
236
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But the war started, they built an
aeroplane factory on the circuit
237
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and that was the end of that.
238
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Ever since, there's been a group
of enthusiasts who want Brooklands
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to reopen, and last week, actually,
they were given a grant
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by the lottery people
of £4.6 million.
241
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And I just think that's going to be
brilliant. Get that back - Astons,
242
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Bentleys belting around
at the weekend,
243
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Fotherington Sorbet wheel-to-wheel
with the Duke of Wyndham.
244
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It's a very good idea for an
appealing Sunday afternoon,
245
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watching the toffs kill themselves.
246
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You just pop down the A3
on a Sunday afternoon,
247
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"Let's go and watch the Earl
of Bradford's head come off."
248
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~ How much did you say they'd been given?
~ £4.6 million.
249
00:15:35,380 --> 00:15:38,330
Well, that's not enough, is it? The
shopping centre next to our office
250
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~ cost one and a half billion.
~ Yes, exactly, it isn't very much,
251
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you're quite right,
well spotted, Hammond.
252
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In fact, all they can afford
to do with that is rebuild
253
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the start/finish straight.
254
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Hang on, just the start/finish
straight of a race circuit
255
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~ is not much use in itself.
~ No.
256
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Unless they spend all 4.6
million on lottery tickets.
257
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It's lottery money, they can take the
grant, spend it on lottery tickets
258
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~ and win a lot more.
~ Good thinking from Richard Hammond there,
259
00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:08,330
he's saved motor racing
for the nation.
260
00:16:08,380 --> 00:16:12,330
Now, I know this is a car show,
but please bear with us,
261
00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:13,970
because I want to talk about this.
262
00:16:14,020 --> 00:16:17,490
It's one of those watches
that's worn by people
263
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who play golf and do business.
264
00:16:19,380 --> 00:16:24,250
And they're always banging on about
these pins that you can see here.
265
00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:28,610
Yeah, they say that if they pull
those pins out, the watch will send
266
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their precise position
to a team of professionals
267
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who will come and rescue them.
268
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,890
So, if they're out climbing a mountain
or rowing across an ocean...
269
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Which they aren't, cos they're
playing golf and doing business.
270
00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:42,450
But if they were doing those things,
and something went wrong,
271
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~ then thanks to their watch, they'd be OK.
~ Ah, but would they?
272
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To find out, the producers decided
that one of us should be dumped
273
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somewhere with minimal kit,
with virtually no food,
274
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somewhere very, very remote
to see if the system works.
275
00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,360
Well...
276
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.. that's it.
277
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I am now marooned here,
278
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wherever the hell here is.
279
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Bloody hell.
280
00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:57,370
My only hope now is my watch.
281
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So... it's time.
282
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Undo this.
283
00:18:04,820 --> 00:18:06,850
There.
284
00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:09,240
And then pull that bit out...
285
00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:12,380
And that's it done.
286
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Pulling those pins activates a
distress signal that's picked up
287
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by a LEOSAR - Low Earth
Polar Orbit Satellite -
288
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which then forwards
my exact coordinates
289
00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:27,410
to a central command centre.
290
00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:30,690
The team here then scramble
the nearest highly-trained
291
00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:35,060
search and rescue unit, who arrive
at my location within hours.
292
00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:43,490
Sadly, however, today the scramble
command has not been sent
293
00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,540
to a highly-trained search
and rescue unit.
294
00:18:57,660 --> 00:18:59,090
.. running on petrol.
295
00:18:59,140 --> 00:19:02,250
It's a brilliant idea, and I'm
not sure the Ferrari does that.
296
00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:05,050
I think it does, but I think they're
just being honest about it cos
297
00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:08,010
they're recognising that it's a
means of improving the efficiency.
298
00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:10,770
Is that your bag ringing?
299
00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:14,050
Oh, I think this is the signal
from our esteemed colleague
300
00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,290
~ Richard Hammond.
~ Is it? Where is he?
301
00:19:16,340 --> 00:19:20,210
Wait a minute. He would appear
to be in... Africa, is it?
302
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,060
Let's have a look.
303
00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:25,810
No, I think you'll find that is...
304
00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:27,450
Canada.
305
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,090
Specifically the Rockies.
306
00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:33,530
Crikey! Um... actually,
that is quite serious.
307
00:19:33,580 --> 00:19:38,010
We really do need to get on
this, James, so, excuse me...
308
00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:40,460
could we see the pudding menu?
309
00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,920
Right...
310
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:47,540
.. that bit suspends off this bit.
311
00:19:51,060 --> 00:19:54,140
That watch transmits for 24 hours.
312
00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:57,850
And then that's it.
313
00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:05,410
Right, so this is the
mountain, there's my tent.
314
00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:08,610
Mountain, trees, hills.
This is all we are.
315
00:20:08,660 --> 00:20:10,610
There's a cameraman,
a sound recordist
316
00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:13,650
and a bloke from the office
and he's just a media luvvie.
317
00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:17,490
I know you think there's
a five-star hotel
318
00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:20,370
just down there, but there's not.
319
00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:23,620
Nothing else. There's no
survival experts here.
320
00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:27,010
Fact of the matter is I'm
completely stuck until
321
00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,660
Yogi the boar and Boo-Boo get here.
322
00:20:31,780 --> 00:20:33,770
Knowing we were his only hope,
323
00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:36,530
we had some important
decisions to make.
324
00:20:36,580 --> 00:20:40,690
Raunchy apple fritters sounds quite
interesting. Or pancake with cheese.
325
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,410
James, James, James.
326
00:20:42,460 --> 00:20:45,850
You know in the colonies, Australia,
South Africa, America,
327
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:49,650
~ Canada and so on, everybody
loves pick-up trucks, yes?
~ Yes.
328
00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:53,530
Well, why don't we get a pick-up
truck to go and rescue Hammond in?
329
00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:56,010
Because pick-up trucks generally
only have two seats
330
00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:58,650
and there would be three of
us when we've rescued him.
331
00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,370
Why don't we get two pick-up
trucks, one for you, one for me?
332
00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:04,130
It would A, increase our
chances of finding him,
333
00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:07,970
~ and B, there'd be a seat to get him back in.
~ But...
334
00:21:08,020 --> 00:21:13,850
In Thunderbirds, inevitably
1 and 2 kind of went first,
335
00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,810
~ didn't they, always.
~ Yeah.
336
00:21:15,860 --> 00:21:20,250
Alan and... No, not Alan - who
drove Thunderbird 1? Scott.
337
00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:22,490
~ Virgil.
~ No, Virgil was 2.
338
00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:25,810
~ Was he 2?
~ Scott was 1,
339
00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,890
Virgil was 2, Alan was 3,
340
00:21:27,940 --> 00:21:30,100
~ Gordon was 4.
~ Gordon!
341
00:21:31,180 --> 00:21:34,810
In Canada, the temperature
was a bitter minus 10,
342
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,400
so I urgently needed some warmth.
343
00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:48,540
What would have been wrong
with giving me a lighter?
344
00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:51,210
Can't get my fire lit.
345
00:21:51,260 --> 00:21:53,450
Cold beans.
346
00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:56,100
They're a bit frozen in the middle.
347
00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:03,250
'Having finished our lunch...'
348
00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,570
I'm not sure about the red, you know.
349
00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:08,820
'.. we went to book some
flights to Vancouver.'
350
00:22:09,780 --> 00:22:13,250
~ OK, you've actually just missed
the last flight out today.
~ Have we?
351
00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:16,170
~ Yeah.
~ Oh, what a rotten bit of luck.
Shall we go and get another drink?
352
00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:19,570
There's a Delta One that leaves
at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
353
00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:22,290
Don't like Delta's seat upholstery.
354
00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:24,570
Would you go from Manchester?
355
00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:27,890
Manchester, no, you know, this
is the BBC, it think it would be
356
00:22:27,940 --> 00:22:31,170
idiotic to go to Manchester, I
mean, that would be just stupid.
357
00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:33,570
There's Lufthansa.
358
00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:35,330
Stewardesses wear trousers.
359
00:22:35,380 --> 00:22:38,490
~ There's one from Gatwick
which goes via Calgary if...
~ Gatwick?
360
00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:41,410
~ He doesn't like Gatwick.
~ I hate Gatwick.
361
00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:51,380
Out there somewhere...
362
00:22:52,340 --> 00:22:54,610
.. there are...
363
00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:55,930
bears.
364
00:22:57,180 --> 00:23:00,060
As many as 180,000 black bears.
365
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:05,000
I can't remember what it
was, about 15,000 grizzlies.
366
00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,020
Freezing.
367
00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:20,810
In the morning I was cold and
exhausted from lack of sleep,
368
00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:23,500
but most of all, I was anxious.
369
00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:29,410
Any minute now.
370
00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:32,080
Any minute.
371
00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:36,560
I mean, they've had 24 hours.
372
00:23:37,420 --> 00:23:40,700
I mean... 24 hours.
373
00:23:42,060 --> 00:23:45,780
You can get anywhere in the
world in 24 hours, surely.
374
00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,980
Where the hell are they?
375
00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:04,490
~ I can't remember...
~ James.
376
00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:08,690
~ It's stopped beeping.
~ Well, yeah, it would.
377
00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:11,730
~ Why would it?
~ Cos the watch thing only
transmits the distress signal
378
00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:16,050
for 24 hours, then
the battery runs out.
379
00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:18,170
~ Seriously?
~ Well, yeah, it's only...
380
00:24:18,220 --> 00:24:19,930
Well, did you make a
note of where he was?
381
00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:22,920
Well, no, I didn't.
You've got the thing.
382
00:24:23,740 --> 00:24:27,450
Well, I... I remember he
was on something called...
383
00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,530
I think it was Wolf Mountain,
and you go up Bear Pass.
384
00:24:31,580 --> 00:24:33,010
Sounds grizzly.
385
00:24:33,060 --> 00:24:35,850
That was a good joke.
386
00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:39,050
No, actually, do you know the
biggest problem is not bears
387
00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,690
and wolves...
388
00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:42,610
cougars. Loads of cougars.
389
00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:45,450
~ Well, that's all right, then.
~ No, not that sort of cougar.
390
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,690
Actually, a "Grrrr!"
That sort of cougar.
391
00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:50,380
Oh, you mean like a big cat thing?
392
00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:56,210
As I couldn't move from the spot
where the watch had transmitted
393
00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:57,650
the distress signal,
394
00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:01,780
I was hard at work trying to make
my life here more comfortable.
395
00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,290
I want somewhere to sit.
396
00:25:10,340 --> 00:25:13,840
I can't sit on the snow
so I'm building a shelter.
397
00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:24,650
Spark, you bastard.
398
00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,820
There we go, we have fire.
399
00:25:30,140 --> 00:25:34,820
'And with my supplies dwindling,
I also needed to think about food.'
400
00:25:36,580 --> 00:25:38,380
"Animals for food.
401
00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:42,050
"Guinea pigs.
402
00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,490
"All animals can be a
source of nourishment.
403
00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:48,740
"A few, including worms and insects,
can be collected with little skill."
404
00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:04,130
I'm bored, I'm cold, I'm unhappy,
I'm hungry, I'm scared.
405
00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:06,330
Ahh! Ahh!
406
00:26:06,380 --> 00:26:08,610
And I don't want to be wearing a hat!
407
00:26:08,660 --> 00:26:10,660
Just for a minute. Oh.
408
00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:16,210
'To alleviate the boredom,
and stave off the cold,
409
00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:19,900
'I tried to make some
SAS-style pine needle tea.'
410
00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:23,680
Ah!
411
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,250
Ow! Ow!
412
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:31,060
Ow! Where are they, just where?!
413
00:26:37,220 --> 00:26:41,930
'Unfortunately, we were a little
bit delayed at Vancouver Airport...'
414
00:26:41,980 --> 00:26:43,650
Yes, of course.
415
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,690
'But eventually we made
it to the car park,
416
00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:50,300
'where our pick-up truck rescue
vehicles were waiting.'
417
00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:10,890
~ James.
~ Yeah.
418
00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:13,730
That's not a light - that's
a collapsed sun, isn't it?
419
00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:15,530
Yeah, never mind that, look.
420
00:27:15,580 --> 00:27:18,690
Mine is actually... comes
up to my nipples.
421
00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:22,210
I didn't realise it was... And do
you know what the other thing is?
422
00:27:22,260 --> 00:27:25,210
If I actually find Richard Hammond,
I'm not going to see him, am I?
423
00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:26,690
I'll just run straight over him.
424
00:27:26,740 --> 00:27:29,050
Have you noticed something
else about mine?
425
00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:32,530
This entire vehicle is
a transportation device
426
00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:34,490
for its own spare wheel, look.
427
00:27:34,540 --> 00:27:37,450
~ That's all the back's for!
~ That's really stupid.
428
00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:39,650
~ It's preposter...
~ Look at the size of it.
~ Look at it!
429
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:42,130
Anyway, listen, we've got
everything we need here.
430
00:27:42,180 --> 00:27:44,730
I've got a big warm coat,
I've got a massive car,
431
00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:46,810
a rough idea of where
Richard Hammond is.
432
00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:48,650
Yeah, so let's go...
433
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:52,050
into Vancouver, get a hotel,
good night's rest,
434
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:54,170
get rid of this jet lag.
435
00:28:00,140 --> 00:28:02,650
It's not funny. I don't know what...
436
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:05,240
They've got to get here tomorrow.
437
00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:07,780
Morning. Early.
438
00:28:22,260 --> 00:28:24,730
Um...
439
00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:27,170
Hold on.
440
00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:28,770
Hold on a minute.
441
00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:31,290
Can I just make something clear?
442
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:35,650
That's the first time I've seen
this film and, um, I'm sorry,
443
00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:37,650
you two went into Vancouver.
444
00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:39,970
~ Well, yes.
~ To get rid of your jet lag.
~ Yes.
445
00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:41,530
No, tiredness kills, Hammond.
446
00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:44,170
~ Haven't you seen those
signs on the motorway?
~ Exactly.
447
00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:47,050
What annoys me as well here is
that you chose to do it in big
448
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,570
~ American pick-up trucks.
~ Well, that's a good idea,
449
00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:52,690
because we hardly ever do big American
pick-up trucks on Top Gear.
450
00:28:52,740 --> 00:28:54,690
I know, I'm always
campaigning to do them.
451
00:28:54,740 --> 00:28:56,130
I know, and in part two of the film,
452
00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:59,610
we do them extensively on many
different types of terrain.
453
00:28:59,660 --> 00:29:01,810
Yes! Without me!
454
00:29:01,860 --> 00:29:04,450
Oh, this is unbelievable! I've
never heard such ingratitude.
455
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:08,610
5,400 miles we travelled
to come and rescue you.
456
00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:11,890
~ In slow motion.
~ Yeah, but we thought you liked tenting!
457
00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:14,690
I do, in the Lake District
where there's a bit of drizzle
458
00:29:14,740 --> 00:29:16,210
and you can go out for some cake,
459
00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:20,450
not on top of a mountain at minus
ten, surrounded by bears!
460
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,570
Well, we'll find out later on
if Richard Hammond manages to be
461
00:29:23,620 --> 00:29:25,490
grateful about any of this but, er,
462
00:29:25,540 --> 00:29:28,570
now it's time to put a star
in our reasonably priced car.
463
00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:29,810
Now, funnily enough,
464
00:29:29,860 --> 00:29:32,650
my guest tonight spent quite
a lot of time in Canada as well.
465
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,610
Is she an ungrateful,
angry little man?
466
00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:38,250
No, no, she isn't, actually. She
is the star of both The X-Files
467
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:42,410
and The Fall - ladies and gentlemen,
it is Gillian Anderson!
468
00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:50,820
~ I'll kiss you.
~ I hope so.
469
00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:57,570
Excellent. Thank you
so much for coming!
470
00:29:59,060 --> 00:30:01,250
So you can remember my
name throughout the show?
471
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,930
No, it goes on there.
Eventually it goes on there.
472
00:30:03,980 --> 00:30:06,450
But I did have to look
whether it was a J or a G.
473
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,570
Now, one of the things that
amazes me is you today joined
474
00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:13,610
a very small band of people
who have been on this show.
475
00:30:13,660 --> 00:30:16,610
~ Including...
~ By doing the worst time ever...
476
00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:19,180
~ We'll get to that later.
~ OK!
477
00:30:21,140 --> 00:30:23,480
How did you know? No, no, no!
478
00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:27,850
~ Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon
Cowell, Michael Gambon and you.
~ What?
479
00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:31,250
All... Everyone's offered a car
and driver to come down here
480
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,410
~ but you said no, no, I'll drive myself.
~ Yeah.
481
00:30:33,460 --> 00:30:35,970
~ And you did drive yourself.
~ I did drive myself.
~ Very rare.
482
00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:38,770
Have you got a problem with drivers
or you just like driving...?
483
00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:41,130
~ I just like being in control, I think.
~ Really?
484
00:30:41,180 --> 00:30:43,410
Ultimately, no, I do like
dri... I drive everywhere,
485
00:30:43,460 --> 00:30:45,810
~ I drive everywhere.
~ You grew up in England, didn't you?
486
00:30:45,860 --> 00:30:47,970
A lot of people have been
very surprised to hear you
487
00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,970
~ talking with an English accent.
~ Yeah.
488
00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:52,850
~ But you actually did grow
up, grew up... Was it London?
~ London.
489
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:54,730
~ You grew up in...
~ Crouch End and Haringey.
490
00:30:54,780 --> 00:30:58,290
~ But then you learned to drive in America.
~ At 16.
491
00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:01,890
At 16. And it was a Volkswagen
family that you'd come from?
492
00:31:01,940 --> 00:31:05,010
Well, when we were living
in London we had a Beetle,
493
00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:09,530
an old original body Beetle, the
skinny ones with the pointy tops.
494
00:31:09,580 --> 00:31:11,850
And then when we moved
to Grand Rapids, Michigan,
495
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:14,490
we got what's called a Rabbit
which I think a Golf...
496
00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:17,090
A Volkswagen Golf is a Rabbit.
497
00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:19,850
~ An actual rabbit.
~ Yeah, yeah, but I think
they're the same thing.
498
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,650
No, a rabbit's... not a car.
499
00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:25,010
That's what I, that's what I,
that's what I... It does exist.
500
00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:28,730
Yes, it does. So anyway,
so you learn to drive at 16.
501
00:31:28,780 --> 00:31:30,610
~ Yes.
~ In the States. And it went well?
502
00:31:30,660 --> 00:31:32,570
Yeah, yes, no, no, it went very well
503
00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:35,290
and then you were kind of
on probation for a period
504
00:31:35,340 --> 00:31:37,970
of time when you get your driver's
licence, where you can drive
505
00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:40,810
but you have to have somebody who
has a driving licence in the car.
506
00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:44,130
~ OK.
~ And, um, and I didn't on
the first time I went out
507
00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:46,930
and got into two car accidents
on the same day.
508
00:31:46,980 --> 00:31:49,650
I was literally, I swear to God,
509
00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:53,730
going to my very first acting
class, and I got rear-ended,
510
00:31:53,780 --> 00:31:55,570
and I thought it was my fault.
511
00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:58,250
And so I said, "I'm so
sorry, just go, go away."
512
00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:00,010
And I didn't get any information,
513
00:32:00,060 --> 00:32:02,610
and then had to pretend later
that I got hit in a parking lot.
514
00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:05,330
They must have thought all their
Christmases had come at once,
515
00:32:05,380 --> 00:32:08,170
somebody apologised for being
stationary when they ran into them.
516
00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:09,690
So what was the second one?
517
00:32:09,740 --> 00:32:12,090
I was trying to parallel
park and swung out and
518
00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:16,530
side-swiped a woman in
a large, uh, old Cadillac
519
00:32:16,580 --> 00:32:19,570
and she, she was very large
and her son was very large
520
00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:23,090
and they had a very
large baseball bat!
521
00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:25,810
And they were determined that
they were going to get money,
522
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:27,450
so they followed me home.
523
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,810
~ With a baseball bat.
~ With a baseball bat.
524
00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:32,690
And I walked up to the front
door, my mum answered
525
00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:36,290
and there were these two people, um,
wanting money, standing behind me.
526
00:32:36,340 --> 00:32:39,490
And she had the sense of
mind to look in her wallet
527
00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:42,690
and pretend that she only had 20,
and so she gave it to them and...
528
00:32:42,740 --> 00:32:45,250
~ And they were happy?
~ And sent them on their way, yeah.
529
00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:47,850
So, anyway, you grew up in
the UK, ended up in America,
530
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:50,730
ended up acting, obviously, so
presumably you end up in Los Angeles
531
00:32:50,780 --> 00:32:55,210
~ at some point.
~ Yes.
~ What car did you have once
The X-Files had taken off?
532
00:32:55,260 --> 00:32:58,810
Well, while I was, I don't know
why, but when we were shooting
533
00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:04,290
in Vancouver, I had a Boxster,
um, and then while we were in LA,
534
00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:09,370
I did a commercial and they paid me
in a car and I got to choose a car.
535
00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,210
So I chose an old body 911.
536
00:33:12,260 --> 00:33:15,490
~ 911?
~ Yeah.
~ I'd have gone for a Veyron.
537
00:33:15,540 --> 00:33:19,930
Well, I'm sure that the budget,
uh, restricted me to a degree.
538
00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:22,970
~ Oh, I see, it wasn't like ANY car.
~ It wasn't ANY car, but, yeah.
539
00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:25,650
~ So you're a fan of the 911 Porsches?
~ Yes, very much, yeah.
540
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:27,650
What is it that you like about 911s?
541
00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:30,690
Um, I liked about
that particular car,
542
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:33,330
I liked how much you could
feel the road in it.
543
00:33:33,380 --> 00:33:35,970
It felt, you know,
it's a very basic car.
544
00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:38,970
I always think they're popular
in America cos 911's what you dial
545
00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:40,330
~ if you crash.
~ Yeah.
546
00:33:40,380 --> 00:33:42,890
So what do I... Oh, I
know, there's a number.
547
00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:45,890
~ Cos it's the same thing.
~ That's not bad. That's not a bad accent.
548
00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:48,770
I'm better in the south...
but that's about it.
549
00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:51,730
So have you got lots of speeding
tickets or are you...?
550
00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,890
~ I've had a few.
~ You have?
551
00:33:53,940 --> 00:33:56,810
The nicest, um, the nicest
thing that ever happened
552
00:33:56,860 --> 00:34:00,050
was in Canada on Christmas
Eve in Vancouver.
553
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:04,250
I was properly speeding and a
policeman pulled up beside me,
554
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,730
drove in front of me and
slowed me down and then
555
00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:10,490
he put his hand out the window
and gave me the thumbs up.
556
00:34:10,540 --> 00:34:12,370
And that was it. What's
properly speeding?
557
00:34:12,420 --> 00:34:14,890
~ Probably about 110.
~ Miles an hour?
558
00:34:14,940 --> 00:34:18,010
Yeah. How many tickets have you
got? Do you get a lot of tickets?
559
00:34:18,060 --> 00:34:21,090
~ I've just got my first in 35 years.
~ No!
~ Yeah.
560
00:34:24,180 --> 00:34:27,010
You know when you've got
an innocent face like mine,
561
00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:29,930
you don't like to cause offence,
which I don't, then you get...
562
00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:32,380
~ I smell bull
~ BLEEP.
~ It was...
563
00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:36,210
The other one you had in Los Angeles,
564
00:34:36,260 --> 00:34:40,650
~ didn't you have a Land Rover?
~ I had a Defe... Yes, I did.
565
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:46,050
I, um, I fell in love with the
idea of having an old-fashioned
566
00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:50,290
Defender, a red one with a cream top
and it was as much the look of it
567
00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:53,410
~ as anything else and they're a
~ BLEEP
~ pain in the arse to drive.
568
00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,450
They are.
569
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,570
The wheels are this big and they
turn, you have to turn the whole...
570
00:34:58,620 --> 00:35:02,930
~ And there's no shoulder room at all.
~ No, I bought it for about 12,000,
571
00:35:02,980 --> 00:35:06,370
I put about 35,000 into it,
572
00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:12,010
and I sold it on a celebrity
auction for 12,000.
573
00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,650
Cos it's only recently they've
started making cars...
574
00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:16,250
"Oh, right,
575
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:18,690
"you want them to last and work?
We never thought of that!"
576
00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:21,730
~ They are quite reliable now.
~ You and your accents, very impressive.
577
00:35:21,780 --> 00:35:24,580
~ Well, you know...
~ Was that Australian?
578
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:32,450
Anyway, it's time now to
talk about your lap. Cos...
579
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:36,850
~ My 2,765 laps.
~ Well, it was a bit like that.
580
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,650
You have set a record.
Most amount of laps done.
581
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:44,490
Cos most people come down and
do seven or eight. You...
582
00:35:44,540 --> 00:35:48,260
~ What? Really?
~ Yeah. You did 22.
~ Oh!
583
00:35:49,860 --> 00:35:53,290
~ I'm going to be brutally honest with you.
~ No. I... No, what?
584
00:35:53,340 --> 00:35:58,690
Well, your first five were
all over two minutes.
585
00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:00,850
~ Right.
~ Which is, um...
586
00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,240
~ Yeah, off the...
~ Well, crap.
587
00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,370
It sucked at the beginning.
588
00:36:06,420 --> 00:36:08,730
It was wet and I couldn't even
I couldn't see the lines
589
00:36:08,780 --> 00:36:11,290
and I got three hours of sleep
last night, that doesn't help.
590
00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:15,130
~ Um...
~ Right, wet, couldn't see the lines.
~ Three hours' sleep, yeah.
591
00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:17,930
~ Body working OK? Oh, stick shift on...
~ Oh, no, frozen shoulder.
592
00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:20,930
~ OK, so that's good one, two, three...
~ But that... They're not,
593
00:36:20,980 --> 00:36:22,650
yeah, excuses!
594
00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:25,770
~ So.
~ Yeah, yeah.
595
00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:28,170
Would you like to see your lap?
596
00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:30,410
~ Yes.
~ Would everyone else like to?
597
00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:33,850
~ Yes!
~ Here we go, let's have a look.
598
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:39,060
Whoa, that's a lot of power
on the... on the start there.
599
00:36:41,740 --> 00:36:43,740
That's a dirty look.
600
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,900
Keeping it tight, very
tight through there.
601
00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:53,690
Tyres being tortured.
602
00:36:53,740 --> 00:36:56,940
~ Here we go.
~ This is good, this is really good.
603
00:36:58,540 --> 00:37:01,170
And yeah, it is wet through there.
604
00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:02,760
Well, moist.
605
00:37:05,460 --> 00:37:08,330
~ My foot's on the floor.
~ Is it?
606
00:37:08,380 --> 00:37:10,610
Right, now the Hammerhead.
607
00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:13,450
Are we going to be too
brutal through here?
608
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:17,290
We are a bit, little
bit too much gas.
609
00:37:17,340 --> 00:37:18,690
But held it all together nicely.
610
00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:21,090
Keeping it in the middle
of the road on the way out
611
00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:22,650
and, oh, that was a gear change.
612
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:26,290
I thought I turned
on climate control.
613
00:37:26,340 --> 00:37:29,210
Don't get distracted with
the Follow Through looming.
614
00:37:29,260 --> 00:37:31,930
Yes, nicely, that's very nicely done.
615
00:37:32,540 --> 00:37:34,370
And, oh, very quiet and smooth.
616
00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:36,890
Here we go, only two corners to go.
617
00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:41,940
Oh, that was a sudden gear change
there and only Gambon left.
618
00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:46,180
Very nice through there
and across the line.
619
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:51,570
So, ha-ha!
620
00:37:54,420 --> 00:37:57,370
Bearing in mind, as
we've established,
621
00:37:57,420 --> 00:38:02,850
that your first five laps
of your 22 were about here.
622
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:08,330
~ Yeah.
~ Two minutes. Where do you
think you came in the end?
623
00:38:08,380 --> 00:38:11,410
I think I'm probably
still below Jack.
624
00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:14,730
~ What, slower than 1.54.5?
~ I don't know what that means.
625
00:38:14,780 --> 00:38:18,290
~ One minute...
~ I know what that means.
626
00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:21,210
~ It's a unit of time.
~ I know.
627
00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:24,730
Well... one.
628
00:38:24,780 --> 00:38:26,890
~ Yeah.
~ So you improved.
629
00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:28,260
Yes!
630
00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:32,330
40.
631
00:38:32,380 --> 00:38:33,690
Oh! Oh!
632
00:38:33,740 --> 00:38:35,340
Ooh!
633
00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:42,770
~ Eight.
~ No!
634
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:44,130
Point five.
635
00:38:44,180 --> 00:38:45,850
~ Oh
~ BLEEP!
636
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:49,060
And it was mildly moist.
Which is actually...
637
00:38:51,220 --> 00:38:54,610
Oh, wow, yes! I beat Charles Dance!
638
00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:57,850
You beat Charles Dance,
you beat Joss Stone,
639
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,170
you beat Kiefer Sutherland.
640
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:05,090
~ That's a reboot!
~ That is quite something.
641
00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:08,770
~ Wow.
~ Yeah, that's one of the fastest
wet times we've ever had.
642
00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:12,380
~ Or mildly moist. I think it is.
~ It was more than mildly moist.
643
00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:17,180
I'll be the judge of what's
moist and what's not.
644
00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:21,970
~ And that was mildly moist.
~ OK.
645
00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:28,330
I know what, you are easily not only
the fastest wet lap, but also...
646
00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:30,370
~ most improved.
~ Oh.
647
00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:32,890
So ladies and gentlemen,
Gillian Anderson!
648
00:39:32,940 --> 00:39:36,260
Brilliant, that's good.
649
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:45,810
Now, tonight Jeremy and I are using
two huge American pick-up trucks
650
00:39:45,860 --> 00:39:48,810
to rescue Richard Hammond,
who's been abandoned
651
00:39:48,860 --> 00:39:52,450
on a freezing cold mountain
top in the Canadian Rockies.
652
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,250
We pick up the action after
we'd had a good night's rest
653
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,940
in a downtown Vancouver hotel.
654
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:15,250
We set off before dawn, not knowing
exactly where Hammond was.
655
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:19,170
But we did know he was
at least 400 miles away.
656
00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:22,920
So, we had plenty of time
to get to know our vehicles.
657
00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:29,330
I am driving a Ford
F-150 pick-up truck,
658
00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:34,890
which is, by miles, the
bestselling vehicle in America.
659
00:40:34,940 --> 00:40:40,010
Ford sells one of these
things every 35 seconds.
660
00:40:40,060 --> 00:40:43,340
And that's only in America,
remember - 35 seconds.
661
00:40:44,940 --> 00:40:48,490
If you were to park every
F-150 that's ever been made
662
00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:53,490
since 1948, side by side -
not end to end, side by side -
663
00:40:53,540 --> 00:40:57,250
the line would stretch
round the equator...
664
00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:58,570
twice!
665
00:41:00,740 --> 00:41:05,410
The reason it sells so well
is simple - it's cheap.
666
00:41:05,460 --> 00:41:08,490
You can have an F-150 with
an automatic gearbox,
667
00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:10,570
cruise control, air conditioning
668
00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:14,450
and a 350 horsepower V8 motor,
669
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,090
for the equivalent of £20,000.
670
00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:21,140
Now that's what we pay in Europe
for a Vauxhall Astra diesel.
671
00:41:25,540 --> 00:41:30,770
By comparison, my pick-up
truck is a sales disaster.
672
00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:33,730
What I'm driving here,
viewers, the Silverado,
673
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:38,090
the Chevrolet Silverado, is the
second bestselling pick-up truck.
674
00:41:38,140 --> 00:41:41,740
They only manage to shift
one of these every minute.
675
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,100
I'm amazed Chevrolet
are still in business.
676
00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:52,900
Meanwhile, very far away, my third
day on the mountain was beginning.
677
00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:57,560
I didn't sleep last night.
I was cold all night.
678
00:41:57,900 --> 00:42:00,700
I'm going to have to
get more firewood.
679
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,770
The thought of that,
swinging that axe again.
680
00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:06,450
It's probably a good diet, this.
681
00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:08,850
You'll see it on This
Morning at some point.
682
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:10,810
Well, what you need
683
00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:12,850
is to be abandoned
by two good friends.
684
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:16,100
Well, when I say good friends,
I mean bastards.
685
00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:22,850
Look, that's what I call a breakfast,
686
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:26,140
~ thank you very, very much.
~ Ah, that's perfect.
687
00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:33,250
After our winter-warming breakfast,
we were back on the road
688
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:37,530
and delving once more
into our pick-up trucks.
689
00:42:37,580 --> 00:42:43,330
I'm going to be honest with you
- this is no ordinary F-150.
690
00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:45,890
This is the
top-of-the-range Raptor model,
691
00:42:45,940 --> 00:42:49,450
which has been beefed up,
supercharged and intercooled
692
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:52,050
and then renamed Velociraptor,
693
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:56,090
by a company called Hennessey,
makers of the Venom,
694
00:42:56,140 --> 00:43:00,420
one of the fastest road cars
the world has ever seen.
695
00:43:03,820 --> 00:43:07,890
So the 6.2-litre V8 that
I have under the bonnet
696
00:43:07,940 --> 00:43:13,450
produces - ahem - 623 horsepower.
697
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:16,730
That's 212 more than standard.
698
00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:21,050
And that makes it quick
- alarmingly quick.
699
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:26,410
Listen to that!
700
00:43:26,460 --> 00:43:28,580
It's like a jet.
701
00:43:31,460 --> 00:43:34,250
While Jeremy was in a
supercharged rocket ship,
702
00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:39,130
I was riding a wave
of low-down grunt.
703
00:43:39,180 --> 00:43:46,970
I have at my disposal a 6.6-litre
turbo-charged V8 diesel engine.
704
00:43:47,020 --> 00:43:52,050
It develops 765 pound-feet of torque.
705
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:55,810
That's more than one of those
Supersport Bentley Continentals.
706
00:43:55,860 --> 00:43:59,330
I also have the Z71 off-road pack,
707
00:43:59,380 --> 00:44:01,930
which means I get a lot of
under-body strengthening,
708
00:44:01,980 --> 00:44:04,530
beefed-up dampers and
it has as standard
709
00:44:04,580 --> 00:44:07,210
a sophisticated four-wheel
drive system.
710
00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:11,010
I think for International Rescue,
this is like Thunderbird 2.
711
00:44:11,060 --> 00:44:14,940
It's the one that does all the
really serious, proper work.
712
00:44:18,820 --> 00:44:22,290
With 52 hours gone and
International Rescue
713
00:44:22,340 --> 00:44:28,330
nowhere in sight, I was resorting
to extreme measures to find food.
714
00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:34,170
This is the snare. It just
tightens, like that.
715
00:44:34,220 --> 00:44:38,170
I lay this on the rabbit
trail, which is here.
716
00:44:38,220 --> 00:44:41,060
Foot, caught, rabbit - dinner.
717
00:44:42,420 --> 00:44:43,970
There.
718
00:44:44,020 --> 00:44:46,170
Apparently the way you bait it...
719
00:44:46,220 --> 00:44:47,760
is with pee.
720
00:44:56,620 --> 00:44:58,090
Another layer.
721
00:44:58,140 --> 00:45:00,410
Two...
722
00:45:01,860 --> 00:45:03,850
Four...
723
00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:08,520
What if a bear comes now?
724
00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:14,970
Meanwhile, James and I, keen
to be ready for any emergency,
725
00:45:15,020 --> 00:45:18,740
had decided to buy VITAL
rescue equipment.
726
00:45:19,820 --> 00:45:21,970
Why? What's... What's
that bit there for?
727
00:45:22,020 --> 00:45:23,530
It's a can opener, bottle opener.
728
00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:26,170
~ What a...
~ You need a bottle.
~ It's a bottle opener.
729
00:45:26,220 --> 00:45:29,250
It opens beer! Yes, we want them!
730
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,690
Is that...? That's worth
having, isn't it?
731
00:45:31,740 --> 00:45:33,970
~ What is it?
~ Scrapy, scrapy, brushy, brushy.
732
00:45:34,020 --> 00:45:35,330
You don't need a brush.
733
00:45:35,380 --> 00:45:39,170
Well, OK, saw the brush off.
I can't buy just one end, can I?
734
00:45:39,220 --> 00:45:40,930
There you go, see,
there's just one end.
735
00:45:40,980 --> 00:45:44,380
~ But you might as well have a brush as well.
~ No, you don't need a brush.
736
00:45:47,540 --> 00:45:49,810
I haven't made these...
737
00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:52,450
exactly like the ones in the book
738
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:56,850
cos I once saw Ray
Mears make snowshoes
739
00:45:56,900 --> 00:46:00,140
and they were more like this.
740
00:46:12,220 --> 00:46:13,770
Aaagh!
741
00:46:13,820 --> 00:46:15,570
Cold!
742
00:46:15,620 --> 00:46:17,260
REALLY COLD!
743
00:46:22,260 --> 00:46:25,210
That's it. That's where I peed.
744
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:26,940
No rabbit.
745
00:46:33,580 --> 00:46:36,050
It's all rubbish! Nothing works!
746
00:46:38,460 --> 00:46:41,210
~ Where the
~ BLEEP
~ are they?
747
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:47,610
♪ More than a feeling
748
00:46:47,660 --> 00:46:51,610
~ ♪ More than a feeling
~ When I hear that old song... ♪
749
00:46:51,660 --> 00:46:55,220
I have my seat heater
on, it's very nice.
750
00:46:56,580 --> 00:47:01,250
I really am starting to DEEPLY
like my Velociraptor.
751
00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:04,490
This reminds me, and you're going
to think I'm mad but it's true,
752
00:47:04,540 --> 00:47:10,050
it reminds me of a 1992
supercharged Aston Martin -
753
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,010
they're very similar.
754
00:47:12,060 --> 00:47:14,490
I used to LOVE that car.
755
00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:16,650
This looks like rather
an attractive small town,
756
00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:20,220
I wouldn't mind stopping for
something like a cappuccino.
757
00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:26,050
By mid-afternoon, there was still
no sign of Yogi and Boo-Boo.
758
00:47:26,100 --> 00:47:29,260
So I prepared myself for
a third night in the open.
759
00:47:31,460 --> 00:47:34,250
And if you want to write to the BBC
760
00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:37,090
and say this is some
rare type of tree
761
00:47:37,140 --> 00:47:40,820
and has to be preserved, you
can stick it up your arse!
762
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:45,330
I'm sick of the sight of this place.
763
00:47:45,380 --> 00:47:49,140
~ I'm a television presenter
from Birmingham, not Bear
~ BLEEP
~ Grylls!
764
00:47:51,780 --> 00:47:57,170
Despite our best efforts, James and
I were still more than 150 miles
765
00:47:57,220 --> 00:47:59,050
from our friend and colleague.
766
00:47:59,100 --> 00:48:02,410
Night was falling, the
roads were getting worse
767
00:48:02,460 --> 00:48:04,570
and there was another issue.
768
00:48:04,620 --> 00:48:08,650
Sit-rep - James May does
not like driving in the snow
769
00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:10,850
and has now REDUCED his speed...
770
00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:12,970
to about three.
771
00:48:13,020 --> 00:48:16,690
To annoy HIM, as much
as he was annoying ME,
772
00:48:16,740 --> 00:48:20,530
I decided to ignite my collapsed sun.
773
00:48:20,580 --> 00:48:21,850
Right.
774
00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:25,570
CLARKSON!
775
00:48:27,180 --> 00:48:31,690
I've never, ever encountered a light
like that on the front of a car.
776
00:48:31,740 --> 00:48:34,610
Seriously, very funny, but could
you turn the big light off?
777
00:48:34,660 --> 00:48:36,730
Only when you speed up.
778
00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:40,730
~ Turn the
~ BLEEP
~ light off!
779
00:48:42,060 --> 00:48:46,250
It was a long, horrible
drive but mercifully,
780
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:48,690
when we were just ten
miles from Hammond,
781
00:48:48,740 --> 00:48:52,040
we found a lodge where
we could spend the night.
782
00:48:53,980 --> 00:48:57,180
And the next morning,
I came up with a plan.
783
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:00,970
Hammond is ten miles away
784
00:49:01,020 --> 00:49:04,250
and 4,000ft above us. So...
785
00:49:04,300 --> 00:49:05,770
we have a race.
786
00:49:05,820 --> 00:49:09,780
And if you get there first,
you DON'T have to rescue him.
787
00:49:11,940 --> 00:49:15,730
~ Come on, that's an incentive.
~ No, you're right, it is, isn't it?
788
00:49:15,780 --> 00:49:18,210
So if you don't get there first,
you have to drive, what,
789
00:49:18,260 --> 00:49:19,530
15 hours back to Vancouver
790
00:49:19,580 --> 00:49:21,490
with Richard Hammond
in your pick-up truck.
791
00:49:21,540 --> 00:49:24,410
Can you imagine driving
15 hours back to Vancouver
792
00:49:24,460 --> 00:49:28,060
with him either dead or bad-tempered?
793
00:49:29,460 --> 00:49:31,970
~ Where the
~ BLEEP
~ are you?!
794
00:49:32,020 --> 00:49:36,850
I peed in a bottle in my tent
last night and it felt dirty!
795
00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:38,240
Enough!
796
00:49:40,580 --> 00:49:42,730
With a good breakfast
under our belts,
797
00:49:42,780 --> 00:49:45,890
James and I were planning our routes.
798
00:49:45,940 --> 00:49:49,650
So Hammond is around there, that's
where the signal came from -
799
00:49:49,700 --> 00:49:54,410
from his watch. So if I go
up what I think is Wolf Pass,
800
00:49:54,460 --> 00:49:57,570
the corpse of Richard Hammond
will be around here somewhere.
801
00:49:57,620 --> 00:50:00,610
It's slightly longer, but it's
only a little bit longer,
802
00:50:00,660 --> 00:50:05,290
but I'm avoiding that massive rise
there. I'm going to go that way.
803
00:50:05,340 --> 00:50:08,570
~ Are you ready, May?
~ I've never been more ready.
804
00:50:08,620 --> 00:50:12,130
Three, two, one... BEGIN!
805
00:50:18,420 --> 00:50:20,930
This is an interesting
race, it really is,
806
00:50:20,980 --> 00:50:24,130
because although our
pick-up trucks...
807
00:50:24,180 --> 00:50:26,250
appear to be the same,
808
00:50:26,300 --> 00:50:29,240
but actually they're
not the same at all.
809
00:50:30,140 --> 00:50:33,130
His is all about strength and torque
810
00:50:33,180 --> 00:50:35,980
and this is all about
speed and power.
811
00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:40,650
And then there's our driving
styles. James' is very...
812
00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:43,290
slow and methodical
and full of maths.
813
00:50:43,340 --> 00:50:45,340
Mine's more sort of...
814
00:50:47,580 --> 00:50:50,580
.. put your foot down
and hope for the best.
815
00:50:53,060 --> 00:50:55,570
Traction control is on.
816
00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:58,810
Thumbs outside the wheel -
that's the other off-road tip.
817
00:50:58,860 --> 00:51:01,210
Absolutely gorgeous scenery.
818
00:51:01,260 --> 00:51:04,450
Hammond will have been having
a lovely time looking at this.
819
00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:06,850
It's like being in a spa.
820
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:08,170
BLEEP!
821
00:51:14,140 --> 00:51:16,500
YOU... are going on there!
822
00:51:24,460 --> 00:51:28,620
In the Ford, I'd decided to
use one of God's highways.
823
00:51:36,980 --> 00:51:38,720
Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha!
824
00:51:40,020 --> 00:51:43,410
Rivers, as we know, are level,
unless they're waterfalls.
825
00:51:43,460 --> 00:51:46,620
Just hope we don't
encounter one of those.
826
00:51:48,780 --> 00:51:50,490
There's my camera. Yeah,
827
00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:52,050
I can now see...
828
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:53,770
what I'm doing.
829
00:51:57,020 --> 00:51:58,690
Two miles completed.
830
00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:01,250
No serious problems.
831
00:52:02,820 --> 00:52:04,290
Jeez!
832
00:52:05,820 --> 00:52:07,540
Yes, good work.
833
00:52:11,060 --> 00:52:14,000
I love my pick-up truck!
I really love it.
834
00:52:15,380 --> 00:52:17,770
Both of us were now
off the beaten track
835
00:52:17,820 --> 00:52:20,940
and full of steely determination.
836
00:52:27,380 --> 00:52:30,740
Come on, Jeremy, you
need to get there first.
837
00:52:32,340 --> 00:52:34,820
Thunderbird 1 is power-sliding.
838
00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:37,300
Ooh, yes!
839
00:52:39,620 --> 00:52:42,720
This is called "wrestling
with the controls".
840
00:52:44,540 --> 00:52:46,300
Whoa!
841
00:52:47,780 --> 00:52:49,140
Ohh!
842
00:52:50,460 --> 00:52:53,330
♪ Silverado
843
00:52:53,380 --> 00:52:57,410
♪ Why don't you come
to your senses? ♪
844
00:52:57,460 --> 00:53:00,460
Temperatures and pressures
all in the green.
845
00:53:01,540 --> 00:53:06,010
This is shouting and power
versus thought and torque.
846
00:53:06,060 --> 00:53:08,450
Come on!
847
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:10,970
I've got some rooster tails now.
848
00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:14,130
Oh, ho, ho, ho!
849
00:53:14,180 --> 00:53:18,260
Good news, Hammond, the Velociraptor
works well in these conditions.
850
00:53:19,460 --> 00:53:21,600
Where is he? Where is he?
851
00:53:27,020 --> 00:53:30,170
"Hello." "Hello. I'm James."
852
00:53:30,220 --> 00:53:32,730
"Oh, I'm Jeremy. Shall
we be friends, James?"
853
00:53:32,780 --> 00:53:34,730
"Yes, let's be best friends
for ever and ever."
854
00:53:34,780 --> 00:53:37,130
"Right, James, I must tell
you all about myself.
855
00:53:37,180 --> 00:53:40,290
"Actually, that's my favourite hobby,
telling people how WONDERFUL I am."
856
00:53:40,340 --> 00:53:41,810
"Oh, really, Jeremy? That's funny
857
00:53:41,860 --> 00:53:43,610
"because I AM brilliant
at everything."
858
00:53:43,660 --> 00:53:46,050
"Are you?" "Yes, I am, but
I'm very modest." "Are you?"
859
00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:48,450
"Yes, that's why I drive
a yellow Ferrari." "Do you?"
860
00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:50,690
"I drive everything better
than everybody else.
861
00:53:50,740 --> 00:53:51,890
"Let's have another friend
862
00:53:51,940 --> 00:53:54,250
"but let's leave him to die
on a mountain top, shall we?"
863
00:53:54,300 --> 00:53:56,650
"That'd be funny. Then we
could look really cool..."
864
00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:59,690
Knowing that Hammond
would be on high ground,
865
00:53:59,740 --> 00:54:01,770
I was now climbing...
866
00:54:01,820 --> 00:54:03,380
hard.
867
00:54:14,740 --> 00:54:18,420
God, I love this thing!
Really, properly do.
868
00:54:24,060 --> 00:54:28,610
All day yesterday, this was
an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
869
00:54:28,660 --> 00:54:31,130
Now it's a Group B Audi Quattro.
870
00:54:37,180 --> 00:54:40,380
On my route, I too was climbing.
871
00:54:46,060 --> 00:54:48,820
Do your stuff, Z71 pack.
872
00:54:51,540 --> 00:54:53,210
You can actually feel
the wheels going,
873
00:54:53,260 --> 00:54:54,970
"Is it this one? Is it that one?
874
00:54:55,020 --> 00:54:58,260
"I'll put a bit of power there.
I'll put a bit to that one."
875
00:55:01,540 --> 00:55:04,290
But as we climbed past 4,000 feet,
876
00:55:04,340 --> 00:55:07,380
the going started
to get REALLY tough.
877
00:55:09,580 --> 00:55:12,780
Keep going, keep going,
keep going, keep going.
878
00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:15,980
Thunderbird 2 is still go.
879
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:22,290
Keep those revs up, keep
the wheels spinning.
880
00:55:22,340 --> 00:55:25,490
Come on, Jeremy, you
need to get there first.
881
00:55:25,540 --> 00:55:28,450
I do NOT want to drive
back to Vancouver
882
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:29,690
with my Velociraptor
883
00:55:29,740 --> 00:55:34,140
being SOILED by Hammond's
cheesy, decomposing bottom.
884
00:55:36,900 --> 00:55:38,810
"Oh, my head's come off." "Has it?"
885
00:55:38,860 --> 00:55:41,250
"Well, a man threw a knife at
me but I caught it in my teeth.
886
00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:43,690
"Literally, my head came
off." "Oh, but I'm OK."
887
00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:45,250
Oh, are you(?)
888
00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:47,690
In the cock! Ha!
889
00:55:47,740 --> 00:55:49,090
Right in the nads!
890
00:55:49,140 --> 00:55:51,730
Look at that! Jahhh!
891
00:55:51,780 --> 00:55:54,330
♪ Driving along
892
00:55:54,380 --> 00:55:56,460
♪ Singing this song... ♪
893
00:55:58,100 --> 00:56:00,290
Come on.
894
00:56:00,340 --> 00:56:03,650
♪.. Something in a
winter wonderland. ♪
895
00:56:03,700 --> 00:56:06,290
BLEEP!
896
00:56:06,340 --> 00:56:11,610
Situation update, viewers. Bit
too close to the edge there. Um...
897
00:56:11,660 --> 00:56:16,130
I've got to be careful how I move
otherwise I'll fall into the valley.
898
00:56:16,180 --> 00:56:18,580
Still, could be worse.
899
00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:22,740
Whoa! Oh, no!
900
00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:26,660
BLEEP! BLEEP!
901
00:56:28,060 --> 00:56:29,300
Whoa!
902
00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:35,890
Faced with the prospect of having to
rescue the world's angriest man...
903
00:56:35,940 --> 00:56:39,690
~ Where are you, you pair of
~ BLEEP
~ middle-aged
~ BLEEP!
904
00:56:39,740 --> 00:56:44,210
..James and I had BOTH decided
to rip out our own fingernails.
905
00:56:44,260 --> 00:56:45,570
Ow!
906
00:56:45,620 --> 00:56:46,940
Ow!
907
00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:51,900
This made progress MUCH easier.
908
00:56:53,020 --> 00:56:57,850
That feels good. Temperatures and
pressures still in the green.
909
00:56:57,900 --> 00:57:01,130
With snow chains fitted, you're
supposed to be gentle,
910
00:57:01,180 --> 00:57:05,370
but luckily my colleague doesn't
know what that means.
911
00:57:08,420 --> 00:57:10,290
Dig and claw, dig and claw.
912
00:57:10,340 --> 00:57:11,770
Come on! Digging.
913
00:57:11,820 --> 00:57:13,850
Damn and blast!
914
00:57:20,900 --> 00:57:22,650
Come on!
915
00:57:22,700 --> 00:57:24,610
COME ON!
916
00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:28,940
No, you want to do this, you DON'T
want Richard Hammond in you.
917
00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:32,500
Oh, no!
918
00:57:33,900 --> 00:57:36,100
The news was grim.
919
00:57:38,140 --> 00:57:39,700
BLEEP!
920
00:57:46,700 --> 00:57:50,810
You are genuinely a bit of
a desperado here, Silverado.
921
00:57:50,860 --> 00:57:52,400
Loving that.
922
00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:54,770
And loving that as well.
923
00:57:54,820 --> 00:57:57,850
I'm still coming, Richard Hammond.
924
00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:00,500
And you know what? So was I.
925
00:58:03,820 --> 00:58:06,770
We are under way. Three
wheels on my wagon
926
00:58:06,820 --> 00:58:09,090
and I AM still rolling along.
927
00:58:09,140 --> 00:58:10,940
Come on, machine.
928
00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:15,240
Where the hell is James
May? Where is May?
929
00:58:17,260 --> 00:58:18,930
Bit of beans there.
930
00:58:18,980 --> 00:58:21,850
Slightly less beans
there for the climb.
931
00:58:27,420 --> 00:58:31,100
That's an engine. It's not
a plane, it's a car. It's...
932
00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:40,300
That's got to be them!
933
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:44,100
Where the bloody hell
have they been?!
934
00:58:44,620 --> 00:58:46,890
Come on. Do it.
935
00:58:46,940 --> 00:58:48,570
Claw.
936
00:58:48,620 --> 00:58:51,130
Stop panicking, just...
937
00:58:51,180 --> 00:58:53,410
ease it off.
938
00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:55,210
Really struggling.
939
00:58:55,260 --> 00:58:57,370
Really struggling here.
940
00:58:57,420 --> 00:58:58,760
Come on!
941
00:59:03,380 --> 00:59:06,730
It's Hammond! Hammond is THERE!
942
00:59:06,780 --> 00:59:09,530
How can it have taken that long?!
943
00:59:09,580 --> 00:59:15,330
May, bad news. You're going to have
to take Hammond BACK to Vancouver.
944
00:59:15,380 --> 00:59:18,770
That's a powerful vehicle,
that is a go-anywhere car.
945
00:59:18,820 --> 00:59:21,530
~ So where the
~ BLEEP
~ have you been?
946
00:59:21,580 --> 00:59:25,650
And he's in an appalling
temper, absolutely shocking.
947
00:59:25,700 --> 00:59:28,860
Where are you going? Well, now what?!
948
00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:32,300
Oh, that's your rescue, is it?!
949
00:59:40,940 --> 00:59:42,380
Hold on.
950
00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:46,050
THAT was shocking!
951
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:49,010
I have seen Thunderbirds
and I never saw Alan
952
00:59:49,060 --> 00:59:52,050
flying along, listening to Boston,
eating a bar of chocolate.
953
00:59:52,100 --> 00:59:53,850
~ No, you say that...
~ Neither did I see
954
00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:56,130
Virgil suggesting they
stop for a cappuccino,
955
00:59:56,180 --> 00:59:58,410
they were both focused
on the job in hand.
956
00:59:58,460 --> 01:00:03,730
Yes. But in that film, we did prove
that your watch system works
957
01:00:03,780 --> 01:00:05,970
and both James and I
958
01:00:06,020 --> 01:00:08,930
completely fell in love with
our pick-up trucks, didn't we?
959
01:00:08,980 --> 01:00:10,490
Yeah, no, this is a very good point.
960
01:00:10,540 --> 01:00:12,290
Because, let's be
honest, for 12 years
961
01:00:12,340 --> 01:00:14,890
we've looked down our noses at
big, American pick-up trucks.
962
01:00:14,940 --> 01:00:17,330
But having spent quite
a few days in them,
963
01:00:17,380 --> 01:00:19,050
we ended up completely besotted.
964
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:21,370
It's the value that staggers me.
965
01:00:21,420 --> 01:00:25,810
Because American pick-up trucks are
exempt from the gas guzzler tax,
966
01:00:25,860 --> 01:00:27,810
they are SPECTACULARLY cheap.
967
01:00:27,860 --> 01:00:29,370
Yeah. I'm surprised actually
968
01:00:29,420 --> 01:00:31,730
there aren't more people
importing them over here.
969
01:00:31,780 --> 01:00:35,010
Yeah, well, I think the problem
is a car, vehicle I should say,
970
01:00:35,060 --> 01:00:37,570
this size wouldn't really
work in Britain.
971
01:00:37,620 --> 01:00:40,130
And there's another problem.
Excuse me, Hammond.
972
01:00:40,180 --> 01:00:42,210
I think if you put
something in the back,
973
01:00:42,260 --> 01:00:44,010
every time you pull up
at a set of red lights
974
01:00:44,060 --> 01:00:45,530
someone is going to nick it.
975
01:00:45,580 --> 01:00:47,530
Yeah, you're dead right.
You're dead right.
976
01:00:47,580 --> 01:00:51,330
But even so, I maintain my
Silverado, it was brilliant.
977
01:00:51,380 --> 01:00:53,210
Well, it was, James,
but let's be honest,
978
01:00:53,260 --> 01:00:55,930
it didn't actually reach the
top of the mountain, did it?
979
01:00:55,980 --> 01:00:57,530
No, I wasn't going to mention that.
980
01:00:57,580 --> 01:00:59,970
Actually, just before the end
it did break a driveshaft.
981
01:01:00,020 --> 01:01:02,210
Yeah, I did wonder if you
were going to mention that,
982
01:01:02,260 --> 01:01:03,530
because it wasn't IN the film
983
01:01:03,580 --> 01:01:06,930
In the end, neither Thunderbird
Fat nor Thunderbird Slow
984
01:01:06,980 --> 01:01:09,930
~ actually rescued me.
~ That is true.
985
01:01:09,980 --> 01:01:12,250
No, an actual rescue person
had to come and save me.
986
01:01:12,300 --> 01:01:16,650
And can I just talk about the four
days - FOUR DAYS - of misery
987
01:01:16,700 --> 01:01:19,410
I endured whilst you two
dawdled from breakfast
988
01:01:19,460 --> 01:01:21,410
to breakfast in your heated trucks.
989
01:01:21,460 --> 01:01:22,810
No, I'm sorry, there isn't time.
990
01:01:22,860 --> 01:01:25,290
And on that bombshell
we really must end.
991
01:01:25,340 --> 01:01:27,930
Thank you so much for
watching. Good night!
81573
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