1 00:01:03,488 --> 00:01:05,125 Hello, everybody! 2 00:01:05,191 --> 00:01:06,893 Hello. Greetings. Thank you. 3 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:09,829 Hi, there. 4 00:01:09,896 --> 00:01:12,164 Hello! Hello! 5 00:01:13,566 --> 00:01:16,236 Thank you so much. Thank you. 6 00:01:16,301 --> 00:01:18,905 Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 7 00:01:18,972 --> 00:01:21,174 And welcome to The Grand Tour, 8 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,676 which, once again, is in Whitby. 9 00:01:28,647 --> 00:01:30,615 There is actually a very good reason for that. 10 00:01:30,682 --> 00:01:34,287 It is because these two last week blew up my house, 11 00:01:34,353 --> 00:01:36,923 and I literally have nowhere else to go. 12 00:01:36,990 --> 00:01:38,123 Yeah. 13 00:01:38,191 --> 00:01:40,692 Plus... Plus, James May lost the tent bag. 14 00:01:40,759 --> 00:01:42,162 - Soz. - Yeah, he did. 15 00:01:42,228 --> 00:01:44,965 He did do that. Anyway, erm... 16 00:01:45,031 --> 00:01:48,367 we were reminiscing, as we've been here all week, 17 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:52,037 and we worked out that Yorkshire is the only place on earth 18 00:01:52,104 --> 00:01:55,775 where all three of us have had a car crash. 19 00:01:55,876 --> 00:01:57,978 So what was yours? 20 00:01:58,043 --> 00:02:00,280 A Triumph 2500 rolled over. 21 00:02:00,346 --> 00:02:02,614 - Yeah. Hammond? - My first car. 22 00:02:02,682 --> 00:02:04,183 And my second car. 23 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:07,186 My mum's car, my dad's car, 24 00:02:07,253 --> 00:02:08,888 my third and fourth cars, 25 00:02:08,889 --> 00:02:10,956 my first four motorcycles, 26 00:02:11,024 --> 00:02:12,758 the Radio York radio van, 27 00:02:12,893 --> 00:02:15,161 the Radio Leeds radio car, 28 00:02:15,228 --> 00:02:17,062 and a jet-powered dragster. 29 00:02:17,129 --> 00:02:19,465 Oh, yes. 30 00:02:19,532 --> 00:02:22,034 All of those. Busy. 31 00:02:22,102 --> 00:02:24,937 And, erm... And what about you in Yorkshire? 32 00:02:25,004 --> 00:02:28,008 Well, me, I'll tell you. No, 1977, 33 00:02:28,074 --> 00:02:30,075 when the driving examiner said to me, 34 00:02:30,143 --> 00:02:32,444 "Congratulations, Mr Clarkson, you've passed," 35 00:02:32,512 --> 00:02:35,414 what I heard was, "Congratulations, Mr Clarkson, 36 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,682 you are the best driver I've ever seen." 37 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:40,120 - Oh, no. - 36 hours later - 38 00:02:40,186 --> 00:02:42,722 That's all it was, 36 hours I'd been on the roads - 39 00:02:42,788 --> 00:02:44,123 stuffed my mother's Audi. 40 00:02:44,189 --> 00:02:45,959 Wheels came off, killed a sheep. 41 00:02:47,927 --> 00:02:49,929 So, if you're the farmer, sorry about that. 42 00:02:49,930 --> 00:02:52,098 Er... Anyway, I'm glad we're still in Yorkshire, 43 00:02:52,164 --> 00:02:57,069 because last week we said there was no real motoring connection with the county, 44 00:02:57,137 --> 00:02:59,938 and it turns out that's not true. 45 00:02:59,939 --> 00:03:02,074 I was reading Trip Advisor last night. 46 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:05,578 Now, Trip Advisor is a website for the mealy-mouthed and the bitter. 47 00:03:05,645 --> 00:03:07,272 Well, hang on. I mean, it's not entirely... 48 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,814 No, seriously, it's useless apart from anything else, 49 00:03:09,949 --> 00:03:14,955 because you have to know someone before their opinion is relevant. 50 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:16,788 I mean, I know Hammond, OK? 51 00:03:16,855 --> 00:03:19,224 So if he tells me a restaurant's great, 52 00:03:19,292 --> 00:03:22,027 I know I don't want to go there, because it'll be rubbish. 53 00:03:22,094 --> 00:03:25,730 You're absolutely right, actually, because that bloke in the hat over there, 54 00:03:25,798 --> 00:03:29,602 I don't care how many stars he gives Oxfam Whitby, I'm not going there. 55 00:03:31,972 --> 00:03:33,206 Exactly. Anyway... 56 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,978 I went on Trip Advisor, OK, and there was a review of Whitby. 57 00:03:39,812 --> 00:03:41,381 And it said, and I'm quoting here, 58 00:03:41,447 --> 00:03:45,450 "One aspect of Whitby is the large number of local chavs..." 59 00:03:46,986 --> 00:03:49,288 "...who drive around the town in a circuit 60 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:52,391 in their noise-enhanced cars." 61 00:03:52,457 --> 00:03:55,027 Already, I don't like this person. 62 00:03:55,094 --> 00:03:56,861 "They accelerated down the narrow streets" 63 00:03:56,997 --> 00:04:01,100 and then slowed their engines down quickly as they approached a junction, 64 00:04:01,167 --> 00:04:04,336 "causing explosive-sounding backfiring." 65 00:04:05,737 --> 00:04:07,139 He sounds like a right knob. 66 00:04:07,206 --> 00:04:08,407 Of course he's a right knob, 67 00:04:08,473 --> 00:04:10,810 he's leaving a message on Trip Advisor. 68 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:14,614 Anyway, the police - the police, the local police here - 69 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,182 they've decided they've had enough of people, how they put it, 70 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:22,221 "...driving away in a manner that causes their wheels to spin and screech." 71 00:04:22,288 --> 00:04:24,223 OK? So they decided to have a clampdown. 72 00:04:24,290 --> 00:04:26,492 But, and this is the quote I love, 73 00:04:26,559 --> 00:04:29,762 "The operation was curtailed due to poor weather." 74 00:04:32,165 --> 00:04:33,499 What, are they saying... 75 00:04:33,566 --> 00:04:35,634 They didn't go out because it was raining? 76 00:04:35,701 --> 00:04:38,637 No, law enforcement in Whitby is like cricket. 77 00:04:38,704 --> 00:04:41,040 Everybody just goes inside if it starts to drizzle. 78 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,543 So this is... This is the Whitby Town Police we are talking about here? 79 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:46,545 - Yeah, the WTPD. - Yeah. 80 00:04:48,048 --> 00:04:50,716 No, hang on a minute, this is North Yorkshire. It's NYPD. 81 00:04:52,252 --> 00:04:54,286 Wow! It actually is! It's the NYPD! 82 00:04:54,353 --> 00:04:57,055 That would be a brilliant police drama. 83 00:04:57,057 --> 00:04:58,490 "Right, Constable," 84 00:04:58,557 --> 00:05:02,427 I've had the Chief Constable, he's chewed my arse, 85 00:05:02,495 --> 00:05:05,430 "the Mayor's chewed his arse, now we'll chew your arse." 86 00:05:06,466 --> 00:05:08,300 "We've got these lads - well, chavs - 87 00:05:08,367 --> 00:05:10,370 "that are doing, like, wheel screeches, 88 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:14,673 and you've got 48 hours to solve it, or I'll have your badge and your truncheon." 89 00:05:16,108 --> 00:05:19,512 Anyway, on our car show tonight... 90 00:05:20,413 --> 00:05:22,481 a tree falls over... 91 00:05:24,149 --> 00:05:26,252 ...a hedgehog makes a noise... 92 00:05:27,987 --> 00:05:29,721 ...and a dog eats some meat. 93 00:05:31,824 --> 00:05:33,593 But we begin with Porsche. 94 00:05:33,658 --> 00:05:37,829 They offer an immense and immensely complicated range of cars 95 00:05:37,896 --> 00:05:40,100 all under the 911 banner. 96 00:05:40,165 --> 00:05:44,237 Now, Porsche enthusiasts, by which I mean these two imbeciles, 97 00:05:44,303 --> 00:05:46,805 say that they're all slightly different. 98 00:05:46,872 --> 00:05:48,240 Completely different. 99 00:05:48,307 --> 00:05:49,875 No, slightly different, 100 00:05:49,942 --> 00:05:53,778 and that the best of the bunch is something called the GT3 RS. 101 00:05:53,846 --> 00:05:58,317 So I thought I'd take it to our track to see what it was like. 102 00:05:58,384 --> 00:06:01,120 And let's just hope that, for once in your life, 103 00:06:01,187 --> 00:06:02,822 you haven't behaved like a child. 104 00:06:02,887 --> 00:06:06,992 What do you mean? - Well, just said it's no good because I've got one. 105 00:06:07,127 --> 00:06:12,497 Hammond, I am a professional motoring journalist, and coming up... 106 00:06:15,201 --> 00:06:16,369 Amongst other things. 107 00:06:16,435 --> 00:06:19,872 Coming up now is my professional review. 108 00:06:24,310 --> 00:06:26,512 This is the car in question. 109 00:06:28,247 --> 00:06:31,149 No, wait. Sorry. Hang on. 110 00:06:31,151 --> 00:06:33,052 It's easy to be confused. 111 00:06:33,153 --> 00:06:34,286 This is it. 112 00:06:38,358 --> 00:06:40,526 The hottest, hardest, 113 00:06:40,593 --> 00:06:43,329 tightest 911 of them all... 114 00:06:45,029 --> 00:06:46,566 ...and the most exotic. 115 00:06:58,177 --> 00:07:02,581 It has the fattest back tyres I've ever seen on a road car. 116 00:07:02,648 --> 00:07:05,317 It has scaffolding in the back for stiffness, 117 00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:07,952 carbon-fibre body panels for lightness. 118 00:07:08,019 --> 00:07:10,490 The roof is made from magnesium, 119 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:13,192 so if you turn it over and there are sparks, 120 00:07:13,192 --> 00:07:15,528 there will be a blinding flash of light, 121 00:07:15,595 --> 00:07:17,497 and then you will have a convertible. 122 00:07:27,005 --> 00:07:31,511 Like many people, I don't really like the idea of the Porsche 911, 123 00:07:31,576 --> 00:07:34,646 and I certainly don't like the people who drive them. 124 00:07:34,713 --> 00:07:39,384 I find them flawed, in some dark and rather disgusting way. 125 00:07:39,451 --> 00:07:41,221 But I will grudgingly admit 126 00:07:41,286 --> 00:07:44,290 that even the basic cooking models are... 127 00:07:44,356 --> 00:07:46,658 extremely lovely to drive. 128 00:07:46,725 --> 00:07:47,726 They're... 129 00:07:47,793 --> 00:07:50,230 They're just very good sports cars. 130 00:07:52,898 --> 00:07:55,100 But what about this one? 131 00:07:55,235 --> 00:07:56,269 Well... 132 00:07:57,302 --> 00:07:58,903 Let's find out. 133 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:08,112 Straight away, I can tell you the engine... 134 00:08:08,247 --> 00:08:10,048 is incredible. 135 00:08:12,552 --> 00:08:13,853 There's no turbocharging. 136 00:08:13,918 --> 00:08:18,790 It's just a four litre flat-six, but... 137 00:08:18,858 --> 00:08:21,261 you get 500 horsepower. 138 00:08:22,327 --> 00:08:26,031 And its red line at 9,000rpm. 139 00:08:32,272 --> 00:08:34,072 9,000! 140 00:08:34,139 --> 00:08:35,774 That's bike territory. 141 00:08:37,809 --> 00:08:42,548 But the best thing is the way it goes round corners. 142 00:08:42,615 --> 00:08:45,317 Because it's got four-wheel steering, 143 00:08:45,384 --> 00:08:49,955 and because the engine is sitting right over the rear axle, 144 00:08:50,022 --> 00:08:53,359 the grip is just astonishing. 145 00:08:58,563 --> 00:09:00,799 I've engaged all the hero buttons down here, 146 00:09:00,865 --> 00:09:05,104 turned all the electronic driver aids off, 147 00:09:05,169 --> 00:09:08,673 and let see if I can unstick it. 148 00:09:08,740 --> 00:09:13,144 In here far too fast into Swindon Swings. 149 00:09:16,148 --> 00:09:18,551 Not "Swings," that's something completely different. 150 00:09:18,618 --> 00:09:21,886 But, anyway, no loss of traction at all. 151 00:09:24,889 --> 00:09:27,960 I thought, when I read the spec sheet on the RS, 152 00:09:28,027 --> 00:09:31,331 that Porsche had tried to make a supercar, 153 00:09:31,397 --> 00:09:35,967 a rival for Ferrari and McLaren and Lamborghini, but they haven't. 154 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:37,870 It's still a sports car. 155 00:09:37,937 --> 00:09:40,340 It's still chuckable and deft. 156 00:09:45,644 --> 00:09:48,980 Whoa! It's very, very good. 157 00:09:49,048 --> 00:09:50,350 Annoyingly. 158 00:09:56,489 --> 00:09:59,759 But... is it as good as this, 159 00:09:59,825 --> 00:10:02,727 the BMW M4 GTS? 160 00:10:02,794 --> 00:10:08,333 Like the Porsche, it's made from exotic lightweight materials... 161 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,171 and fitted with scaffolding instead of back seats, 162 00:10:12,236 --> 00:10:13,873 and enormous tyres. 163 00:10:16,174 --> 00:10:17,743 It looks good. 164 00:10:17,809 --> 00:10:19,678 But there are some problems. 165 00:10:21,212 --> 00:10:24,283 When you arrive at a small speed hump in the Porsche, 166 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:27,753 you raise its nose electrically and all is well. 167 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:32,658 But when you arrive at the same hump in the BMW... 168 00:10:34,394 --> 00:10:37,496 you will need a team of men to fold away the spoiler 169 00:10:37,562 --> 00:10:40,264 and adjust the ride height. 170 00:10:40,331 --> 00:10:42,000 This takes several hours. 171 00:10:44,803 --> 00:10:46,938 There are some other issues as well. 172 00:10:48,707 --> 00:10:52,544 To give owners the sense they're driving a racing car, 173 00:10:52,611 --> 00:10:55,548 all of the storage bins have been removed. 174 00:10:55,615 --> 00:10:58,518 There's no cubbyhole here, no door pockets. 175 00:10:58,584 --> 00:11:00,753 That means there's nowhere to put anything. 176 00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:04,990 And I think that, on a day-to-day basis, that would drive you a bit mad. 177 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:11,931 Then there's the ride, which is extremely bumpy, 178 00:11:11,996 --> 00:11:15,600 and the drone from the tyres, which is horrendous. 179 00:11:18,638 --> 00:11:20,440 After ten minutes on a motorway, 180 00:11:20,472 --> 00:11:21,907 you will have a headache, 181 00:11:21,974 --> 00:11:24,443 and you won't have any headache pills with you, 182 00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:25,956 because there was nowhere to put them. 183 00:11:27,746 --> 00:11:31,115 Now, at this point, I would normally use the word "however" 184 00:11:31,182 --> 00:11:34,453 and start talking about the car's good points. 185 00:11:35,455 --> 00:11:37,255 However... 186 00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:39,491 I can't, because... 187 00:11:41,259 --> 00:11:42,662 I'm struggling to find any. 188 00:11:43,928 --> 00:11:46,731 The engine, for example, has water injection, 189 00:11:46,798 --> 00:11:49,168 which sounds cool. 190 00:11:49,234 --> 00:11:52,904 But it means that every third time you fill the car with fuel, 191 00:11:52,971 --> 00:11:56,642 you have to fill a water tank in the boot. 192 00:11:56,709 --> 00:12:02,648 I don't know, but I'm not sure this is very hi-tech. 193 00:12:05,717 --> 00:12:08,821 And then there's the steering, which in comfort mode is horrid, 194 00:12:08,888 --> 00:12:11,990 and in sport setting is even more horrid. 195 00:12:13,057 --> 00:12:15,860 That said, the steering wheel is nice. 196 00:12:15,927 --> 00:12:17,962 It's good and thick. It's... 197 00:12:18,029 --> 00:12:21,667 It's like holding onto something from the Ron Jeremy range. 198 00:12:21,734 --> 00:12:23,602 And the seats aren't bad. 199 00:12:23,668 --> 00:12:24,803 But other than that... 200 00:12:26,404 --> 00:12:27,639 No. 201 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:30,509 A point that becomes even more obvious 202 00:12:30,576 --> 00:12:33,044 when you go into battle against the Porsche. 203 00:12:38,417 --> 00:12:41,854 We both have around 500 horsepower, 204 00:12:41,921 --> 00:12:44,789 both have a top speed of around 190, 205 00:12:44,856 --> 00:12:48,226 but the Porsche is a lot lighter. 206 00:12:50,529 --> 00:12:53,832 Probably because it doesn't have a tank full of water in the boot. 207 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:04,143 Struggling to keep up now. 208 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:08,581 Here we go, into Swindon. 209 00:13:08,648 --> 00:13:10,582 Oh, "Springs"! 210 00:13:10,649 --> 00:13:12,652 A pampas grass shop. 211 00:13:12,717 --> 00:13:15,187 Oh! We're having... God, that's nasty. 212 00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:19,991 This is not a car that responds well 213 00:13:20,058 --> 00:13:23,261 to my rather brutal driving style. 214 00:13:25,129 --> 00:13:26,698 The problem is... 215 00:13:26,765 --> 00:13:30,635 it doesn't really respond very well to delicacy, either. 216 00:13:34,807 --> 00:13:38,576 This competition here now between these two cars 217 00:13:38,577 --> 00:13:42,615 is like a boxing match between an actual boxer 218 00:13:42,682 --> 00:13:44,950 and someone who thinks they're a boxer 219 00:13:45,017 --> 00:13:47,186 because they're wearing satin shorts. 220 00:14:11,677 --> 00:14:16,615 How did BMW get this thing so wrong? 221 00:14:16,649 --> 00:14:17,850 Oh, God! 222 00:14:19,985 --> 00:14:23,722 It's twitchy, it's unpredictable. 223 00:14:23,788 --> 00:14:25,024 And in the rain, 224 00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:28,661 it's somewhere between spiteful and undrive... 225 00:14:28,727 --> 00:14:30,663 Oh, God! ...undriveable. 226 00:14:37,302 --> 00:14:41,240 But, that said, this has to be the winner of this test 227 00:14:41,306 --> 00:14:43,274 because Richard Hammond... 228 00:14:44,677 --> 00:14:46,144 ...has got one of those. 229 00:14:52,551 --> 00:14:53,852 I called it. 230 00:14:54,854 --> 00:14:56,421 That was annoying. 231 00:14:56,488 --> 00:14:58,356 That was a professional review. 232 00:14:58,423 --> 00:14:59,692 At points. 233 00:14:59,759 --> 00:15:01,159 But you were doing so well, 234 00:15:01,225 --> 00:15:02,961 and then you ruined it at the end. 235 00:15:03,028 --> 00:15:04,089 What do you mean, ruined it? 236 00:15:04,096 --> 00:15:05,664 By saying you'd have a worse car 237 00:15:05,697 --> 00:15:07,365 because I haven't got one. 238 00:15:07,432 --> 00:15:09,969 - That Porsche wounded me. - Wounded you? 239 00:15:10,034 --> 00:15:13,504 It did wound me, because, you know, it's got so much grip 240 00:15:13,572 --> 00:15:15,000 that you're sort of forced into the seat? 241 00:15:15,006 --> 00:15:16,775 And the seat's got stitching on it 242 00:15:16,841 --> 00:15:18,210 which digs a hole in your back. 243 00:15:18,277 --> 00:15:20,245 I've got a picture of what it did. Look at this! 244 00:15:20,312 --> 00:15:22,280 That's my back! 245 00:15:22,346 --> 00:15:25,784 Oh, I'm amazed you weren't hospitalised with that! That's horrific! 246 00:15:25,850 --> 00:15:28,687 - That is a savage wound! - Mine's never done that to me. 247 00:15:28,754 --> 00:15:32,024 That's cos you're a midget! You don't reach that high up the seat. 248 00:15:32,091 --> 00:15:34,558 Or maybe you're a freak and sit in the wrong place. 249 00:15:34,693 --> 00:15:37,028 It's not just the fact it wounds you. 250 00:15:37,096 --> 00:15:40,231 Also, the Porsche's more expensive than the BMW. 251 00:15:40,298 --> 00:15:43,701 Yes, but I'd rather spend ?131,000 on the Porsche 252 00:15:43,702 --> 00:15:47,505 than?120,000 on a BMW that's not very good on the road, 253 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:48,941 not very good on a track, 254 00:15:49,008 --> 00:15:50,875 and no good at all in the rain. 255 00:15:50,942 --> 00:15:52,376 Yeah, no, that's fair enough. 256 00:15:52,443 --> 00:15:53,812 - Hold on. - What? 257 00:15:53,879 --> 00:15:55,874 I've got to the bottom of the problem with the BMW. 258 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,581 It's right here in the blurb. 259 00:15:57,716 --> 00:15:59,183 "Developed on the Nurburgring." 260 00:16:01,052 --> 00:16:02,955 Yeah, and, actually, speaking of tracks, 261 00:16:03,022 --> 00:16:06,158 it's now time to hand the M4 over 262 00:16:06,225 --> 00:16:10,495 to a man who thinks that sparkling water is basically communist. 263 00:16:10,562 --> 00:16:13,097 Yeah, time to give it to the American. 264 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,369 There he is. 265 00:16:17,436 --> 00:16:19,638 And he's off! No messing. 266 00:16:19,739 --> 00:16:21,340 Parps from the exhaust on the upshifts 267 00:16:21,405 --> 00:16:23,942 as he attacks the Isn't Straight. 268 00:16:24,009 --> 00:16:26,245 I wonder if he actually knows what he's in. 269 00:16:26,311 --> 00:16:27,746 Driving a BMW. 270 00:16:28,980 --> 00:16:30,982 British Motor Works. 271 00:16:31,049 --> 00:16:33,118 So, that's a no, then. 272 00:16:33,184 --> 00:16:35,287 OK, continuing up the Isn't. 273 00:16:37,121 --> 00:16:38,823 They say it's got more power. 274 00:16:40,259 --> 00:16:43,227 Than what, my damn toothbrush? 275 00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:44,929 OK. 276 00:16:44,996 --> 00:16:47,899 Right to the end of the Isn't now, 277 00:16:47,966 --> 00:16:49,533 and into Your Name Here. 278 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,803 Hard on the brakes, keeping it all in check, 279 00:16:51,870 --> 00:16:56,040 and surely he'll appreciate the turbos punching him out of the corner. 280 00:16:56,107 --> 00:17:01,113 Turbos on an engine is God's way of telling you it ain't got enough cylinders. 281 00:17:01,179 --> 00:17:03,849 My mistake. Right, back up the Isn't. 282 00:17:03,916 --> 00:17:06,018 Really winding up that straight-six. 283 00:17:06,085 --> 00:17:09,253 I must admit, from the outside, it sounds good. 284 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,490 And already he's turning in hard, 285 00:17:11,556 --> 00:17:12,857 round the Unexploded Bomb, 286 00:17:12,924 --> 00:17:16,295 into the narrowness of Old Lady's House. 287 00:17:16,361 --> 00:17:19,964 Yeah, back on the power for the bumpy bit towards Sub Station. 288 00:17:20,031 --> 00:17:22,902 Idiotic splitter in peril over the ruts. 289 00:17:22,968 --> 00:17:25,369 Now working the ceramic brakes hard 290 00:17:25,436 --> 00:17:26,538 for the tight left. 291 00:17:26,605 --> 00:17:29,407 Tickle of power. There it is. 292 00:17:29,473 --> 00:17:32,111 And left again into Field Of Sheep. 293 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:35,346 A whiff of oversteer, and across the line! 294 00:17:37,582 --> 00:17:39,084 It looked tidy. 295 00:17:39,151 --> 00:17:40,519 Yeah, it looked all right. 296 00:17:40,585 --> 00:17:41,886 It looked tidy. Right... 297 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:44,288 Let's bring up the er... 298 00:17:44,355 --> 00:17:46,258 Let's bring up the leader board, if we can. 299 00:17:46,325 --> 00:17:50,028 Now, there we are. We've already had the 911 GT3 RS round. 300 00:17:50,095 --> 00:17:52,030 Wha... And you're not gonna show the lap? 301 00:17:52,096 --> 00:17:53,357 Nobody's interested in watching an American 302 00:17:53,365 --> 00:17:56,201 being sawn in half by a glorified Beetle. 303 00:17:56,268 --> 00:17:58,302 It did 1:20.4. 304 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:00,838 Right, so, now let's see what the M4 did. 305 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:04,076 Let's put the time up. There it is. 306 00:18:05,344 --> 00:18:07,846 Two seconds slower, and that's a short track. 307 00:18:07,913 --> 00:18:09,914 That's unbelievable. That's not good, is it? 308 00:18:09,981 --> 00:18:13,885 No. It's only a second faster than a Porsche 718. 309 00:18:13,952 --> 00:18:16,055 I know. I mean, I admire BMW 310 00:18:16,121 --> 00:18:18,690 for trying with that car. I really do. 311 00:18:18,757 --> 00:18:20,759 But, my God, they've made a hash of it. 312 00:18:20,859 --> 00:18:23,028 In fact, I'm trying to think of a metaphor 313 00:18:23,095 --> 00:18:26,530 for someone who's really tried their hardest with something 314 00:18:26,597 --> 00:18:28,232 and it hasn't worked. 315 00:18:34,105 --> 00:18:35,406 No, nothing's coming to mind. 316 00:18:35,473 --> 00:18:37,009 I've got nothing. I've got nothing. 317 00:18:37,076 --> 00:18:38,176 I've got nothing at all. 318 00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,878 So, let's... Let's move it on. 319 00:18:39,912 --> 00:18:44,548 It's time for us to make a gentle left into Conversation Street. 320 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:54,492 OK. Right, I want to begin with the new Ford GT. 321 00:18:54,558 --> 00:18:57,229 You've got a picture of it here. Now, this is... 322 00:18:57,296 --> 00:18:59,530 Well, you remember the last GT they did. 323 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:03,102 That was just an homage, really, to the old GT40. 324 00:19:03,167 --> 00:19:05,904 This one, they say, is actually a racing car on the road. 325 00:19:05,971 --> 00:19:08,707 It's got a twin-turbo, 3.5 litre V6, 326 00:19:08,772 --> 00:19:10,575 seven-speed flappy-paddle box, 327 00:19:10,642 --> 00:19:12,076 more than 600 horsepower. 328 00:19:12,144 --> 00:19:16,381 The problem is, though, I can't think of any racing car 329 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:18,750 that works on the road, really, ever. 330 00:19:18,817 --> 00:19:20,085 No, they don't. 331 00:19:20,152 --> 00:19:23,087 I mean, the Nissan GTR: fabulous, fabulous car. 332 00:19:23,154 --> 00:19:26,357 Rubbish. It's undriveable. 333 00:19:26,424 --> 00:19:27,826 You know, it's a very good point, 334 00:19:27,926 --> 00:19:29,394 because a racing car on the road 335 00:19:29,461 --> 00:19:32,030 is a bit like trying to play tennis with a cricket bat. 336 00:19:32,096 --> 00:19:33,365 It's technically possible... 337 00:19:33,432 --> 00:19:35,267 Two totally different disciplines. 338 00:19:35,334 --> 00:19:38,336 The only trouble is, that looks so good, I do find myself going... 339 00:19:39,570 --> 00:19:42,840 Mm. You erm... You bought the last GT, didn't you? 340 00:19:42,942 --> 00:19:44,442 Yes. 341 00:19:44,509 --> 00:19:46,677 Thank you for reminding me, Hammond. Yes, I did. 342 00:19:46,744 --> 00:19:48,272 - Did that go well for you? - No, it didn't. 343 00:19:48,279 --> 00:19:50,115 - Oh, did it not? - No, it didn't. 344 00:19:50,182 --> 00:19:52,777 The problem was the insurance company said it had to have a burglar alarm, 345 00:19:52,784 --> 00:19:57,221 which blew usually when my daughter was doing the school play and ruined it, 346 00:19:57,288 --> 00:19:58,957 and it had to have a tracker. 347 00:19:58,958 --> 00:20:02,594 And there is nothing on God's earth more annoying than a tracker. 348 00:20:02,661 --> 00:20:04,689 But I've got a tracker. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. 349 00:20:04,695 --> 00:20:06,776 No, that's because you'll have a little special place 350 00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:08,833 on your hall table with a pencil outline. 351 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,037 "I've got my keys and must remember to take my tracker." 352 00:20:12,104 --> 00:20:13,771 Because you're organised and I'm not. 353 00:20:13,837 --> 00:20:16,438 One for your tracker, for your keys, one for your little penknife. 354 00:20:16,474 --> 00:20:18,477 One for some change in case you need it. 355 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:21,472 Yeah, with 10ps and 2ps. - And a tiny screwdriver for mending your glasses. 356 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,382 - He will. Oh, he will. - No, I won't. 357 00:20:23,448 --> 00:20:25,309 No, it lives in a... It just has a little pouch. 358 00:20:25,317 --> 00:20:26,477 You just hang it on the hook. 359 00:20:26,484 --> 00:20:28,252 - Oh, does it? - You've got a pouch? 360 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,422 He's got a pouch for his tracker. 361 00:20:30,489 --> 00:20:32,156 Especially for the tracker? 362 00:20:32,223 --> 00:20:34,192 - Well, yeah, because... - What's it made of? 363 00:20:34,259 --> 00:20:36,728 - Well, leather, I suppose. - A little leather pouch. 364 00:20:36,795 --> 00:20:38,163 Did you make it yourself? 365 00:20:38,230 --> 00:20:39,964 - No, it came... - A little leather pouch. 366 00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:42,067 It came with the car, believe it or not. 367 00:20:42,134 --> 00:20:44,103 Oh, so Ferrari sold it to you. 368 00:20:44,169 --> 00:20:46,204 Was it?600? I bet it was. 369 00:20:46,270 --> 00:20:48,039 No, it just came with the car! 370 00:20:48,106 --> 00:20:49,673 I don't think Ferrari give it away! 371 00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:51,210 The stripes on your Ferrari, OK? 372 00:20:51,276 --> 00:20:52,876 Two stripes, a bit like on that Ford. 373 00:20:52,943 --> 00:20:55,384 There are two stripes. How much did you pay for those stripes? 374 00:20:55,447 --> 00:20:57,882 Well, they were an option. They were?6,000. 375 00:20:59,451 --> 00:21:03,020 Look. Listen, this is why I drive a Golf GTI, OK? 376 00:21:03,021 --> 00:21:05,150 Because you don't need an alarm, you don't need a tracker, 377 00:21:05,156 --> 00:21:09,094 and it's five insurance groups lower down than the previous Golf GTI level. 378 00:21:09,161 --> 00:21:10,628 - Wow! - It is! 379 00:21:10,694 --> 00:21:13,265 It's because you can't crash it. 380 00:21:13,332 --> 00:21:16,867 I bet I could. 381 00:21:16,934 --> 00:21:22,574 Anyway, have you two seen those new pedestrian traffic lights in Trafalgar Square? 382 00:21:22,641 --> 00:21:25,777 Which, if you're watching America, is in London, which is in Britain. 383 00:21:25,844 --> 00:21:27,479 Are these... Yes. 384 00:21:27,546 --> 00:21:30,848 These are the ones that have got the two blokes on them, isn't it? 385 00:21:30,914 --> 00:21:32,717 James, don't be sexist! 386 00:21:32,784 --> 00:21:35,054 - Why is that...? - No, because what if you're a lesbian? 387 00:21:35,086 --> 00:21:37,955 Well, you would put two women on it. 388 00:21:38,057 --> 00:21:39,790 Well, then what if you're straight? 389 00:21:39,857 --> 00:21:42,394 - A man and a woman? - But traffic lights are only this big. 390 00:21:42,461 --> 00:21:44,596 You can't have a man and a man, a man and a woman, 391 00:21:44,663 --> 00:21:47,298 a man who isn't sure, and a woman and a woman... 392 00:21:47,365 --> 00:21:51,502 What if... What if you just want to cross the road? 393 00:21:51,569 --> 00:21:54,838 What... It's like being in the '70s with you two! 394 00:21:54,905 --> 00:21:59,211 Crossing the road is now an opportunity for you to express your sexuality. 395 00:21:59,278 --> 00:22:03,248 It is. That's why they've come up with these traffic lights in London. 396 00:22:03,315 --> 00:22:04,715 What are they for? 397 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:06,585 No, they really have. They really have. 398 00:22:06,651 --> 00:22:08,619 - They're real? - They are for real. 399 00:22:08,686 --> 00:22:10,788 What's that one on the right, then? 400 00:22:10,855 --> 00:22:12,957 Hello! Transgender. 401 00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:16,161 What? So, hang on, only tran... 402 00:22:16,228 --> 00:22:18,096 - Yeah. - What? 403 00:22:18,096 --> 00:22:20,231 Transgender traffic lights. 404 00:22:20,298 --> 00:22:22,800 - I didn't know that. - So only... 405 00:22:22,866 --> 00:22:25,703 Only transgender people can cross when that's green? 406 00:22:25,769 --> 00:22:27,005 No! 407 00:22:27,105 --> 00:22:28,740 When it goes red, does that mean 408 00:22:28,807 --> 00:22:30,209 it's not OK to be transgender? 409 00:22:30,275 --> 00:22:32,243 That's a good point. 410 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:33,904 I don't know what happens when it goes red. 411 00:22:33,912 --> 00:22:36,480 No way they're gonna say, "It's not a..." I don't know. 412 00:22:36,548 --> 00:22:39,116 And what has any of this got to do with crossing the road? 413 00:22:39,117 --> 00:22:42,386 That's all you want to do. It's nothing to do with expressing your sexuality. 414 00:22:42,453 --> 00:22:44,388 It's the wrong time. I want to cross the road. 415 00:22:44,455 --> 00:22:46,023 All I want to do at that point 416 00:22:46,125 --> 00:22:47,959 is work out how to go to the other side. 417 00:22:48,026 --> 00:22:49,594 And by that I don't mean... 418 00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:52,564 No. I don't... 419 00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:55,134 I mean... 420 00:22:56,567 --> 00:22:58,302 ...of the road. 421 00:22:58,369 --> 00:23:00,138 Maybe you're right, it is. 422 00:23:00,172 --> 00:23:02,473 Right, now, can I talk about Alfa Romeo? 423 00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:04,008 - No. - Why? 424 00:23:04,143 --> 00:23:05,876 Because we have to introduce our next film. 425 00:23:05,943 --> 00:23:08,646 Now, as we know, in recent years the world's carmakers 426 00:23:08,712 --> 00:23:11,415 have made great strides to make more fuel-efficient 427 00:23:11,482 --> 00:23:14,152 and environmentally-friendly car engines, 428 00:23:14,153 --> 00:23:15,854 but very little has been done to make more 429 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,157 environmentally-friendly car bodies and interiors. 430 00:23:19,191 --> 00:23:22,527 Yeah, by and large, they are still made of steel and plastic, 431 00:23:22,594 --> 00:23:24,729 and that consumes a huge amount of energy. 432 00:23:24,796 --> 00:23:29,401 So we had an idea. Are there more sustainable materials that could be used instead? 433 00:23:29,468 --> 00:23:33,337 Well, to find out, each of us bought a Land Rover Discovery. 434 00:23:33,404 --> 00:23:35,574 We then removed its metal body 435 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,943 and replaced it with whatever we thought was the best solution 436 00:23:40,010 --> 00:23:42,213 for the future of the planet. 437 00:23:46,351 --> 00:23:48,452 The meeting point was in Wales, 438 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:50,888 and I was the first to arrive, 439 00:23:50,954 --> 00:23:53,192 in a car made from mud. 440 00:23:56,961 --> 00:24:00,999 But, sadly, before I had the chance to tell you anything about it, 441 00:24:01,065 --> 00:24:02,366 Hammond arrived. 442 00:24:09,773 --> 00:24:12,676 Oh, yeah. Let me talk you through this. 443 00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:16,515 What I've done, I've built a frame out of hazel, 444 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:19,250 through which I have weaved English flowers and shrubs. 445 00:24:19,317 --> 00:24:20,984 It's basically a hedgerow. 446 00:24:21,051 --> 00:24:23,221 Better still, it is growing, because I've planted them 447 00:24:23,221 --> 00:24:26,557 so it's got compost and soil to provide the nutrients required 448 00:24:26,625 --> 00:24:28,727 to let my car flourish and bloom. 449 00:24:28,792 --> 00:24:31,563 You don't... You don't wash this car, you water it. 450 00:24:31,630 --> 00:24:34,266 It's alive. It's brilliant, isn't it? 451 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:36,867 - Clematis? - No, it's cleared up. 452 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:40,704 - Have you become a hippie? - No, but I can feel it starting inside me. 453 00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:42,240 - What have you done? - Well... 454 00:24:42,307 --> 00:24:44,308 Sadly, before I could tell him, 455 00:24:44,375 --> 00:24:46,911 Jeremy arrived... in a snuff movie. 456 00:24:54,853 --> 00:24:58,623 Gentlemen, I can see what's happened. Wha... 457 00:24:58,690 --> 00:25:03,461 You're speechless, because all the words in your head 458 00:25:03,528 --> 00:25:07,266 have been sucked out by the magnetism of my genius. 459 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:10,734 A car made from bone and skin. 460 00:25:10,801 --> 00:25:13,104 - What bones? - Animal bones. 461 00:25:13,171 --> 00:25:16,074 Bones are no good for this. You can't use bones to make cars. 462 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:19,678 Why not? When your dog dies, what do you do now? You bury it. 463 00:25:19,743 --> 00:25:21,880 - I don't turn her into a boot lid! - Why not? 464 00:25:21,945 --> 00:25:24,348 Because I don't want to see a little face stretched across... 465 00:25:24,415 --> 00:25:27,285 You don't have the face! I haven't got a face on it. 466 00:25:27,286 --> 00:25:28,619 It's just the bones. 467 00:25:28,686 --> 00:25:31,021 So as Granny gets older, does the family sit around 468 00:25:31,088 --> 00:25:33,392 planning a new little hatchback? 469 00:25:33,458 --> 00:25:34,858 Now, I hadn't thought of people. 470 00:25:34,925 --> 00:25:37,161 There's not a lot of dignity in it, is there? 471 00:25:37,296 --> 00:25:38,930 Have you used ears for wing mirrors? 472 00:25:38,997 --> 00:25:40,365 - Yes. - You're sick! 473 00:25:40,432 --> 00:25:42,634 Why would you not do that? They're designed for that. 474 00:25:42,701 --> 00:25:45,135 - No, they're not. - Well, they are. 475 00:25:45,202 --> 00:25:49,673 They're not reflective. - They absorb information and pass it on to the creature. 476 00:25:49,740 --> 00:25:51,442 - Look at my windscreen. - What is that? 477 00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:53,577 It's... the digestive system - 478 00:25:53,644 --> 00:25:56,314 well, part of the digestive system - of an cow. 479 00:25:56,315 --> 00:25:57,682 What part of the digestive system? 480 00:25:57,749 --> 00:25:59,817 - Its stomach lining. - Not its stomach lining. 481 00:25:59,884 --> 00:26:01,685 - Well, where? Further back? - Yes. 482 00:26:01,752 --> 00:26:04,489 Are you staring at the world through a cow's ring? 483 00:26:06,924 --> 00:26:08,759 It is its anal passage. 484 00:26:08,826 --> 00:26:13,230 But it's stretched so thin that it's completely transparent. 485 00:26:13,332 --> 00:26:15,066 Cow's arse, horse's arse. It's perfect! 486 00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:19,903 Come on! It's a lot better than what you two have done, which is nothing. 487 00:26:19,971 --> 00:26:22,641 - What's this made out of? - Have a guess. -Is it mud? 488 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:24,343 It's mud. It's a mud car. 489 00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:26,103 - You've got flat tyres. - No, they're not flat. 490 00:26:26,109 --> 00:26:28,680 They're pumped up as high as they will go without exploding. 491 00:26:28,747 --> 00:26:30,648 - How much does it weigh? - Quite a lot. 492 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,083 - How much? - Yeah, loads. 493 00:26:32,150 --> 00:26:33,817 How much does it weigh, James? 494 00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:35,453 - What units would you like? - Tonnes. 495 00:26:35,519 --> 00:26:37,154 Five. 496 00:26:37,221 --> 00:26:41,058 - Five tonnes? Well, that's just idiotic. - Well, mud is quite heavy. 497 00:26:41,125 --> 00:26:44,363 This looks safe. - It's sustainable, is that. That is growing. 498 00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:47,932 While we've been having that conversation, this has extended a little bit. 499 00:26:47,999 --> 00:26:50,159 - It just grows quietly. - Is it actually a living car? 500 00:26:50,167 --> 00:26:53,605 Everything's planted. I've put bulbs along here, ready for spring. Daffodils. 501 00:26:53,672 --> 00:26:56,375 - Not safe, though, is it? - Yes. Hazel, very strong. 502 00:26:56,407 --> 00:27:00,479 It's not as strong as bone. Bone is three times stronger than steel. 503 00:27:00,545 --> 00:27:01,913 Is it? 504 00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:04,915 Oh. Sorry, text. 505 00:27:04,982 --> 00:27:06,484 Mr Wilman. 506 00:27:06,550 --> 00:27:10,454 "Having built your cars from nature, you will now drive through it," 507 00:27:10,521 --> 00:27:11,955 to the Myarth Hill, 508 00:27:12,022 --> 00:27:15,559 "where you will take part in a green motorsport event." 509 00:27:15,626 --> 00:27:18,396 - What green motorsport event? - He doesn't say. 510 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:22,601 A motorsport event that is presumably ecological in some way. 511 00:27:22,666 --> 00:27:23,667 OK. 512 00:27:23,734 --> 00:27:25,604 Before setting off, 513 00:27:25,670 --> 00:27:28,306 we consulted a map to see where we were going. 514 00:27:28,406 --> 00:27:30,808 Right, so that's the UK. 515 00:27:30,875 --> 00:27:33,677 We're here, and we've got to get to here. 516 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:38,982 Well... that doesn't look like too much of a challenge. 517 00:27:40,484 --> 00:27:42,185 With that sorted, we saddled up 518 00:27:42,252 --> 00:27:46,023 and began our epic 11-mile journey. 519 00:27:47,325 --> 00:27:48,527 Look at the smoke! 520 00:27:48,593 --> 00:27:50,193 That's ecological. 521 00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:54,031 Greenpeace are gonna be ringing him up at any moment. 522 00:27:54,097 --> 00:27:55,799 Tremendous. 523 00:27:55,866 --> 00:27:58,470 Smells of nature, I'm in nature, 524 00:27:58,537 --> 00:28:00,939 I'm made of nature. 525 00:28:01,005 --> 00:28:05,876 It's not quick, but it gives me more time to enjoy God's creation, 526 00:28:05,943 --> 00:28:08,680 of which I am very much a part. 527 00:28:08,747 --> 00:28:10,714 Oh! 528 00:28:12,182 --> 00:28:14,051 James! 529 00:28:18,021 --> 00:28:22,493 We've done ten seconds, and James... 530 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,597 I may be losing one of my - I think the correct technical term is the A-pillar. 531 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:28,500 Now it's gone completely. 532 00:28:30,602 --> 00:28:33,637 Oh, dear! 533 00:28:35,606 --> 00:28:39,076 Surely he has to admit defeat? 534 00:28:39,143 --> 00:28:41,278 There's not much car left now. 535 00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:44,214 Oh, dear, James. 536 00:28:44,281 --> 00:28:45,784 I think we can count you out. 537 00:28:45,849 --> 00:28:47,278 - But it doesn't matter. - What doesn't matter? 538 00:28:47,285 --> 00:28:49,554 Look. You think, "Oh, James's car's falling apart." 539 00:28:49,621 --> 00:28:53,657 I'm standing in my spare-parts department. All of it. 540 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:55,326 Can be used to rebuild your car? 541 00:28:55,393 --> 00:28:58,962 - It's right under there, mud. - So it's as good as new? -Sort of. 542 00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:02,666 Well, I'm sorry, but we're gonna set off and leave you behind. 543 00:29:02,733 --> 00:29:04,260 Well, hang on. You can't leave me behind 544 00:29:04,268 --> 00:29:06,347 because we haven't started. We're still in the field. 545 00:29:06,403 --> 00:29:07,699 - Oh, yes. - Good point. OK, well, 546 00:29:07,705 --> 00:29:10,141 we're gonna set off and go to the pub. 547 00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:12,076 - That's a very good idea. - While you... 548 00:29:12,143 --> 00:29:14,979 - While you... - ...find some mud. 549 00:29:15,046 --> 00:29:17,516 I've lost my car! Oh, it's there. It's there. 550 00:29:19,182 --> 00:29:21,051 With Bob The Builder out of the way, 551 00:29:21,118 --> 00:29:23,253 Richard and I settled down to appreciate 552 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,959 the planet-saving nature of our revolutionary eco-cars. 553 00:29:29,426 --> 00:29:31,229 You may be... 554 00:29:31,295 --> 00:29:32,730 amused by my bodywork, 555 00:29:32,797 --> 00:29:34,965 or perhaps horrified, 556 00:29:35,032 --> 00:29:39,770 but the fact is that making steel bodies for cars 557 00:29:39,837 --> 00:29:46,076 produces 120 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. 558 00:29:46,144 --> 00:29:48,547 120 million tonnes! 559 00:29:50,582 --> 00:29:52,584 Carmakers will sort out clean, 560 00:29:52,651 --> 00:29:55,318 environmentally-friendly engines. They will. 561 00:29:55,385 --> 00:29:59,923 But in the meantime, I can tell you that the CO2 produced by this car's engine 562 00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:03,728 is being absorbed and used by the bodywork. 563 00:30:05,163 --> 00:30:08,266 Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. 564 00:30:08,332 --> 00:30:11,603 That's what my car's body is doing right now. 565 00:30:13,104 --> 00:30:17,608 Jumpers, Sunday lunch... spare parts. 566 00:30:17,675 --> 00:30:20,478 You don't need a foundry or a furnace 567 00:30:20,545 --> 00:30:22,145 to build the body for this car. 568 00:30:22,212 --> 00:30:25,784 You just need animals to make love to one another. 569 00:30:25,849 --> 00:30:29,587 That's what this car is really. It's a sex machine. 570 00:30:31,122 --> 00:30:35,626 Meanwhile, back at base, James was having a rethink. 571 00:30:35,693 --> 00:30:37,796 I've decided to abandon my original idea 572 00:30:37,862 --> 00:30:40,298 because it was just too weak and too floppy, 573 00:30:40,364 --> 00:30:43,667 and instead I'm going to build a car out of bricks. 574 00:30:43,734 --> 00:30:45,604 The basic materials for making the bricks 575 00:30:45,670 --> 00:30:48,640 are fresh mud with a bit of water in it, 576 00:30:48,707 --> 00:30:52,210 er... some straw to give it strength, 577 00:30:52,276 --> 00:30:54,077 and some sheep poo. 578 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:56,647 You then use that to make the brick shape, 579 00:30:56,714 --> 00:30:58,415 and then you fire those in a kiln. 580 00:30:58,481 --> 00:31:00,951 Then you use the bricks to build the thing like a house. 581 00:31:01,019 --> 00:31:04,055 Except, of course, it will be roughly the shape of a car. 582 00:31:05,890 --> 00:31:10,929 Back on the road, Hammond had called our eco convoy to a halt. 583 00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:13,396 - What's the matter? - Shh. 584 00:31:13,463 --> 00:31:14,665 Shush what? 585 00:31:14,732 --> 00:31:16,334 There's a bustle in my hedgerow. 586 00:31:17,836 --> 00:31:20,238 Well, don't be alarmed now. 587 00:31:20,304 --> 00:31:25,143 - It's probably just a... spring clean. - What, for the May Queen? 588 00:31:25,209 --> 00:31:28,646 As it turned out, I'd picked up a passenger. 589 00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:31,715 Hold on. There! Look! 590 00:31:31,782 --> 00:31:33,284 Oh! It's a hedgehog! 591 00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:35,019 Yeah! He's moved in. 592 00:31:36,988 --> 00:31:39,390 Do hedgehogs have bones? He could be a door mirror. 593 00:31:39,457 --> 00:31:42,226 He's now a member of my little community in here. 594 00:31:42,292 --> 00:31:44,095 You're not using him to make a door mirror. 595 00:31:44,162 --> 00:31:46,297 - No, but when he dies... - He lives here! 596 00:31:46,364 --> 00:31:47,865 Hedgehogs die. 597 00:32:09,287 --> 00:32:12,022 Oh, he's got a mouse in his little bird box. 598 00:32:12,089 --> 00:32:15,693 And it's got the biggest testes I've ever seen! 599 00:32:18,261 --> 00:32:20,964 Eventually, Richard and I arrived at the pub. 600 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:27,204 Oh, hello! Oh, mate! You fool! 601 00:32:29,140 --> 00:32:30,340 Oh! Oh, look. 602 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,777 Clean break. That'll never... You're gonna need pins. 603 00:32:32,844 --> 00:32:35,947 Shut up! Your car's given me hay fever. 604 00:32:36,013 --> 00:32:37,480 I can't see through my eyes. 605 00:32:37,548 --> 00:32:39,951 Oh, so you crashed your car because mine's got flowers on 606 00:32:40,018 --> 00:32:43,755 and not because you built your windscreen out of a cow's balloon knot? 607 00:32:43,822 --> 00:32:46,958 Let's not get bogged down with who caused the accident, cos it was you. 608 00:32:47,025 --> 00:32:49,027 I am now gonna go and get some spare parts. 609 00:32:49,093 --> 00:32:50,452 Of course you are. That'll be easy. 610 00:32:50,461 --> 00:32:52,421 Maybe there'll be a nice zoo in this tiny village. 611 00:32:52,430 --> 00:32:54,097 No, hospital. Old folks' home. 612 00:32:54,164 --> 00:32:56,734 You could wait... Just find one of those old ladies with... 613 00:32:58,501 --> 00:33:00,038 Back at the start point, 614 00:33:00,104 --> 00:33:03,106 the eco-warrior was ramping up the pace. 615 00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:24,127 Watch that go. 616 00:33:26,329 --> 00:33:28,031 Meanwhile, back at the pub, 617 00:33:28,098 --> 00:33:31,301 I was repairing my damaged front end. 618 00:33:31,368 --> 00:33:34,771 Well, annoyingly, the pork that I bought 619 00:33:34,772 --> 00:33:36,467 is sort of triangular and doesn't look right. 620 00:33:36,473 --> 00:33:38,977 It doesn't really fit, so I've got a side of beef, 621 00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:40,845 which I think will be great. 622 00:33:40,912 --> 00:33:43,181 Now, I'm just erm... clearing away the old bone. 623 00:33:51,088 --> 00:33:53,825 No, shoo! Shoo in Welsh. 624 00:33:55,226 --> 00:33:56,994 I'm warning you. 625 00:33:57,060 --> 00:33:59,798 How would you like to be a petrol filler cap? 626 00:34:04,035 --> 00:34:05,202 What do you think? 627 00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:06,971 I actually think it looks rather stylish, 628 00:34:07,038 --> 00:34:10,909 because it immediately looks ecological, recyclable, 629 00:34:10,974 --> 00:34:13,010 sustainable - all those things. 630 00:34:13,077 --> 00:34:15,813 You get a single-skin brick wall. 631 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,248 It builds up very neatly, as you can see. 632 00:34:18,315 --> 00:34:20,985 It is exactly the same as making something out of Lego. 633 00:34:21,052 --> 00:34:22,820 If you have lots of Lego... 634 00:34:30,293 --> 00:34:32,362 Right. 635 00:34:32,429 --> 00:34:36,567 Clearly, James was not going to get his car built that day, 636 00:34:36,634 --> 00:34:41,472 so Richard and I decided to spend the night at the pub. 637 00:34:41,539 --> 00:34:43,440 How far have we come today? Just remind me. 638 00:34:43,507 --> 00:34:45,135 We're still in the same field where we started. 639 00:34:45,143 --> 00:34:46,710 - Well, he is. - Yes. 640 00:34:46,844 --> 00:34:50,313 We're in a pub. - But we have to go back to the start to start. 641 00:34:52,083 --> 00:34:53,952 - It's not the best start. - No. 642 00:34:54,018 --> 00:34:55,947 - Erm... - How do we know? We haven't started yet. 643 00:34:55,954 --> 00:35:00,257 Precisely, so, actually, it might yet be a brilliant start when the start starts. 644 00:35:05,329 --> 00:35:06,364 Ow! 645 00:35:11,902 --> 00:35:15,672 His one was useless. It's his slap-happy attitude to making things. 646 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,675 Attention to detail. 647 00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:19,043 Thank you very much. 648 00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:22,880 Anyway, now it is time for Celebrity Brain Crash! 649 00:35:29,487 --> 00:35:31,755 Now, last week... 650 00:35:31,889 --> 00:35:33,590 Last week, as I'm sure you'll remember, 651 00:35:33,657 --> 00:35:38,329 our guest Simon Pegg sadly fell into the harbour and drowned. 652 00:35:38,396 --> 00:35:41,331 Er... But there's no danger of that happening this week, 653 00:35:41,398 --> 00:35:45,068 because our guest is actually starting in the harbour. 654 00:35:45,135 --> 00:35:47,972 He is one of Britain's top comedians 655 00:35:48,039 --> 00:35:50,340 and a jet-ski enthusiast. 656 00:35:50,407 --> 00:35:54,445 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jimmy Carr! 657 00:35:55,914 --> 00:35:57,914 Here he comes now, look, on the screen... 658 00:35:57,916 --> 00:36:00,018 and he's looking good! 659 00:36:00,083 --> 00:36:03,021 He is. What are we going to ask him when he gets here? 660 00:36:03,086 --> 00:36:05,923 I'm gonna ask him, actually, about erm... 661 00:36:05,989 --> 00:36:08,025 that story he told me once when we were on holiday. 662 00:36:08,092 --> 00:36:09,927 No, you can't ask him about that on air. 663 00:36:09,927 --> 00:36:11,362 Ofcom, they won't like it. 664 00:36:11,429 --> 00:36:13,264 Why does Ofcom... We're on the internet. 665 00:36:13,331 --> 00:36:16,000 Yeah, but we're still broadcast. You can't tell that story. 666 00:36:17,969 --> 00:36:19,637 Whoa! Hang on! Hang on! 667 00:36:19,702 --> 00:36:22,072 I don't want to interrupt. He's come in very hot. 668 00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:25,675 No, what's this boat doing? Shush, everyone! Shush! 669 00:36:25,742 --> 00:36:26,943 The boat! Stop the... 670 00:36:26,945 --> 00:36:28,445 Oh, for God's sake! The boat! 671 00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:32,951 Oh, my God. 672 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:53,436 As you may have noticed, the audience there applauding the tragic death... 673 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:58,976 ...of one of Britain's best-loved comedians, Jimmy Carr. 674 00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:02,746 Does that mean he's not coming on, then? 675 00:37:02,813 --> 00:37:04,983 Well, James, he's burst 676 00:37:05,016 --> 00:37:08,251 and is now basically chum on the waters of the harbour, 677 00:37:08,318 --> 00:37:10,221 so that's a no, he's not coming on. 678 00:37:10,288 --> 00:37:12,222 This is a dis... It's awkward. 679 00:37:12,289 --> 00:37:14,992 It's every single week. - We're getting a reputation. People are gonna notice. 680 00:37:14,992 --> 00:37:20,898 It's OK, though. I've just thought of something else we can do to fill the time. 681 00:37:20,998 --> 00:37:22,233 You... You know what it is. 682 00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:24,467 - You go outside, and you. - Do I have to do this? 683 00:37:24,534 --> 00:37:26,369 Yes, I'm afraid you do. Could you go that way? 684 00:37:26,436 --> 00:37:28,371 Go get it. Quickly, quickly. Run, run, run. 685 00:37:28,438 --> 00:37:30,440 Ladies and gentlemen, 686 00:37:30,507 --> 00:37:34,545 please try not to look at the hideous bloodstained water out of the window. 687 00:37:36,213 --> 00:37:38,014 You see, the thing is... The thing is 688 00:37:38,016 --> 00:37:41,085 that when immigrants try to get into the country, 689 00:37:41,152 --> 00:37:43,420 they always come in the back of a container lorry, 690 00:37:43,487 --> 00:37:47,090 and I always think that is the world's worst game of hide-and-seek. 691 00:37:47,157 --> 00:37:50,094 Cos if you work for Homeland Security... No, what's it called here? 692 00:37:50,161 --> 00:37:54,164 Border Force? ...Border Force, you open the doors and, "Well, there you are." 693 00:37:54,231 --> 00:38:00,036 So I was thinking, surely there must be a better way of getting into Britain? 694 00:38:00,038 --> 00:38:02,840 And I think I've worked it out. 695 00:38:03,041 --> 00:38:05,809 So, James, could you bring the car in? Yes. 696 00:38:05,876 --> 00:38:07,210 Yes, good man. 697 00:38:07,277 --> 00:38:08,411 Right, here he comes now, 698 00:38:08,478 --> 00:38:11,181 at his usual top speed of eight, 699 00:38:11,248 --> 00:38:14,717 in what is an Audi TT Quattro. 700 00:38:14,784 --> 00:38:18,121 That's perfect. Thank you so much, James. If you'd like to step out. 701 00:38:18,188 --> 00:38:22,126 Now, Richard Hammond is in this car. 702 00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:27,797 And I'm going to give you, the studio audience, one hour to find him. 703 00:38:27,864 --> 00:38:29,800 Oh, not an hour! 704 00:38:29,867 --> 00:38:33,471 All right, not an hour. A minute. I'll give you 60 seconds to find him. 705 00:38:33,536 --> 00:38:35,806 Help yourselves, everybody. See if you can find him. 706 00:38:35,873 --> 00:38:38,141 - Open the bonnet. - Look in the ashtray! 707 00:38:38,208 --> 00:38:41,344 Look in the ashtray? He's small, but he's not that small. 708 00:38:41,411 --> 00:38:44,114 - Open the boot. - Inside the seat. 709 00:38:44,181 --> 00:38:45,416 "Inside the seat." 710 00:38:45,483 --> 00:38:47,351 He's strapped underneath. He's underneath. 711 00:38:47,418 --> 00:38:49,619 - Have a look. - I'll get down. 712 00:38:49,686 --> 00:38:51,481 If you just go down there, you can have a look underneath. 713 00:38:51,489 --> 00:38:53,556 Has anyone lifted this? 714 00:38:53,623 --> 00:38:55,893 Three, two, one... 715 00:38:55,958 --> 00:38:57,195 No, you've all failed. 716 00:38:57,260 --> 00:38:59,097 You'd be no good in Immigration. 717 00:39:00,797 --> 00:39:04,434 Right, go back to where you were, because, ladies and gentlemen, 718 00:39:04,501 --> 00:39:07,338 what we are going to do now is reveal to you 719 00:39:07,405 --> 00:39:11,007 where Richard Hammond was concealed in this car. 720 00:39:11,108 --> 00:39:12,943 James, could you give me a hand? 721 00:39:13,010 --> 00:39:15,545 - Certainly. - Okey-doke. 722 00:39:15,612 --> 00:39:17,114 - Hello! - There he is. 723 00:39:17,114 --> 00:39:20,751 Hello! I'm in the car. Yeah. 724 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:25,588 Are you all right? 725 00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:27,490 Yeah. Can I get out now? 726 00:39:27,557 --> 00:39:30,927 The amazing thing is, it's not just Audi TTs. 727 00:39:30,994 --> 00:39:33,764 Almost any car has that much space 728 00:39:33,831 --> 00:39:36,134 if you want to do a spot of people smuggling. 729 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:38,601 Yeah, it's not that much space, just to be clear. 730 00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,237 Can I get out now? 731 00:39:40,304 --> 00:39:43,340 No, because I've just thought of something. 732 00:39:43,407 --> 00:39:45,202 No, seriously. James, could you pop the bumper back on? 733 00:39:45,208 --> 00:39:46,744 - What? - No, move your feet. 734 00:39:46,809 --> 00:39:49,380 - No, because... - It's not very nice! 735 00:39:49,447 --> 00:39:52,449 Is it not? Right, so, pop that back on there. 736 00:39:52,516 --> 00:39:55,052 Now, what we've got here, I think, 737 00:39:55,152 --> 00:39:58,456 is a really rather effective parking sensor. 738 00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:02,326 What? I don't like this! I like it. I like it. 739 00:40:02,393 --> 00:40:05,329 You get back in. We'll bring a car in so that... 740 00:40:05,396 --> 00:40:07,465 Yeah, so you've got something to reverse up to. 741 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:09,567 I need to drill some holes for your eyes. 742 00:40:09,632 --> 00:40:13,103 You bloody don't! 743 00:40:13,170 --> 00:40:16,239 Seriously, Hammond, you won't be able to see anything unless I do. 744 00:40:16,306 --> 00:40:19,342 - Where are your eyes? About here? - At the front of my head! 745 00:40:19,409 --> 00:40:21,478 Right, close them, Hammond. This... 746 00:40:30,119 --> 00:40:32,655 - Hammond? - I'm not talking to you! 747 00:40:34,625 --> 00:40:36,594 Right, I'll do one for your other eye. 748 00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:41,632 There. Can you see out now? 749 00:40:42,699 --> 00:40:44,501 Yes, there. Look. Can you see? 750 00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:47,804 We can see his little eyes. That's lovely. If someone holds this. 751 00:40:47,871 --> 00:40:50,507 Right, James, if you'd like to start reversing, 752 00:40:50,574 --> 00:40:53,976 keeping your ears open for Hammond's pitiable screams. 753 00:40:54,043 --> 00:40:55,445 Roger. 754 00:40:55,512 --> 00:40:57,981 No... No! No! Just stop! 755 00:40:58,047 --> 00:40:59,750 No! Stop! 756 00:40:59,817 --> 00:41:02,585 - How far away is that? - About 15 feet. 757 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,088 - What? - Hammond? 758 00:41:05,222 --> 00:41:06,757 - What? - We live in London. 759 00:41:06,824 --> 00:41:09,893 You could build a?4 million house in that gap. 760 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,929 I need to know when you're half an inch away. 761 00:41:11,994 --> 00:41:14,864 You're not the one in the bloody bumper! 762 00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:16,833 - Right, come on, then, James. - Here we go. 763 00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,237 Hammond, you're on silence till it's dangerous. 764 00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:26,943 Stop! 765 00:41:28,612 --> 00:41:31,248 That is absolutely brilliant. 766 00:41:32,282 --> 00:41:34,318 That's like a quarter of an inch. 767 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,887 Look at that. 768 00:41:37,954 --> 00:41:38,956 Cor! 769 00:41:40,423 --> 00:41:43,460 The thing is, parking sensors are very expensive. 770 00:41:43,527 --> 00:41:45,663 You can rent a man for almost nothing. 771 00:41:45,728 --> 00:41:48,998 Yeah, look, I don't know how much you pay to rent a man normally, 772 00:41:49,065 --> 00:41:50,934 but I cost more. 773 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:52,902 Now, get me out of here, please. 774 00:41:52,969 --> 00:41:55,672 Well, no, because we've got to link into the next film. 775 00:41:55,739 --> 00:41:58,141 We can't get you out anyway 776 00:41:58,275 --> 00:41:59,969 because you're too close; we'll never get the bumper off. 777 00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:02,913 You're too good at your job, Hammond. Oh, God! 778 00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:05,081 That's what's happened. So we're going back... 779 00:42:05,148 --> 00:42:08,585 Actually, it's part two, isn't it? What was the film? 780 00:42:08,652 --> 00:42:10,788 It was Italy. No, that was last week. 781 00:42:12,289 --> 00:42:14,291 - Oh, the cars! - Oh, really? 782 00:42:14,358 --> 00:42:18,396 - Oh, the sustainable thing. - Sustainable cars. So... -Yes. 783 00:42:18,461 --> 00:42:23,534 Get on with it! 784 00:42:26,769 --> 00:42:29,306 The following morning we were up bright and early 785 00:42:29,306 --> 00:42:31,708 so we could get back to the start line. 786 00:42:35,012 --> 00:42:37,681 - Not a bad night, actually. - It was all right. 787 00:42:37,748 --> 00:42:38,849 Oh, hello. 788 00:42:40,351 --> 00:42:42,552 May? 789 00:42:44,922 --> 00:42:47,891 Oh! That's dogs and foxes and things, isn't it? 790 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:50,393 Dogs have come and eaten your car. 791 00:42:50,460 --> 00:42:52,496 They haven't eaten it, they've destroyed it, 792 00:42:52,563 --> 00:42:55,398 which means I've got to put it back together again. 793 00:42:56,934 --> 00:42:59,869 There are some spare parts up there. 794 00:42:59,936 --> 00:43:02,039 Yeah, I think that horse is looking very ill. 795 00:43:02,105 --> 00:43:03,574 It's got a very grey face. 796 00:43:03,641 --> 00:43:05,342 That's always a sign of looking ill. 797 00:43:05,409 --> 00:43:07,510 Is your horse ill? 798 00:43:07,577 --> 00:43:08,746 - No. - No? 799 00:43:08,811 --> 00:43:10,914 - No - He'll last the day, then? 800 00:43:10,981 --> 00:43:12,014 Yeah. 801 00:43:13,983 --> 00:43:14,985 Damn it. 802 00:43:17,788 --> 00:43:20,557 It took all morning to repair my car 803 00:43:20,623 --> 00:43:22,460 with stuff from the butcher's shop, 804 00:43:22,525 --> 00:43:24,126 which meant it was lunchtime 805 00:43:24,193 --> 00:43:25,695 before we were on our way back 806 00:43:25,762 --> 00:43:27,797 to see how James was getting on. 807 00:43:30,601 --> 00:43:32,670 Jeremy, what's all that smoke up ahead there? 808 00:43:34,036 --> 00:43:35,405 What smoke? 809 00:43:35,472 --> 00:43:38,442 That massive ball of smoke in front of us, up front. 810 00:43:38,509 --> 00:43:40,510 I can't see it. My hay fever's really bad. 811 00:43:40,577 --> 00:43:42,898 No, you can't see it because you're trying to looking at it 812 00:43:42,945 --> 00:43:45,548 through a cow's butt hole. 813 00:43:45,615 --> 00:43:48,452 As it turned out, the smoke was on account 814 00:43:48,518 --> 00:43:54,056 of James having single-handedly restarted the Industrial Revolution. 815 00:44:01,297 --> 00:44:02,400 What? 816 00:44:02,432 --> 00:44:04,101 - What are you doing? - I'm making... 817 00:44:06,969 --> 00:44:13,175 The theory is... we are reducing our impact on the environment, 818 00:44:13,242 --> 00:44:14,277 but you've dug it up! 819 00:44:14,411 --> 00:44:15,646 It's not where anybody lives. 820 00:44:15,713 --> 00:44:17,440 It's just the countryside. It's not doing anything. 821 00:44:17,447 --> 00:44:18,916 Is that a coal lorry? 822 00:44:18,981 --> 00:44:22,719 Yes. - The least environmental thing on the entire earth. 823 00:44:22,786 --> 00:44:25,422 It's a lorry delivering coal. 824 00:44:25,489 --> 00:44:27,724 - So? - Why do you need coal? 825 00:44:27,791 --> 00:44:29,693 - To fire up the kiln. - What? 826 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,061 The bricks have to be baked. You can't just... 827 00:44:32,128 --> 00:44:36,132 Hold on. So you're making a car out of mud bricks? - Yes. 828 00:44:36,199 --> 00:44:39,637 Are you gonna dig a canal network to get in and out, perhaps, with your coal? 829 00:44:39,702 --> 00:44:42,072 - That's quite a good idea. - It isn't a good idea! 830 00:44:43,641 --> 00:44:45,976 Much ruined countryside later, 831 00:44:46,043 --> 00:44:49,679 James's new car was finally ready. 832 00:44:49,746 --> 00:44:52,516 Why are you dressed up like an American footballer? 833 00:44:52,583 --> 00:44:54,617 Well, it's a prototype, 834 00:44:54,684 --> 00:44:56,686 and I'm a test pilot, in effect. 835 00:44:56,753 --> 00:44:59,021 Test pilots wear specialist equipment. 836 00:44:59,088 --> 00:45:01,458 But that looks perfectly solid to me. 837 00:45:02,460 --> 00:45:04,461 That roof is... 838 00:45:04,494 --> 00:45:07,565 James, even given the limitations of the material you've used, 839 00:45:07,630 --> 00:45:08,898 your car looks crap. 840 00:45:08,965 --> 00:45:10,833 But look how it blends in with the environment. 841 00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:12,128 Prince Charles would love this. 842 00:45:12,135 --> 00:45:13,670 It doesn't blend in with anything. 843 00:45:13,737 --> 00:45:16,474 There's no environment left - you've dug it all up. 844 00:45:16,507 --> 00:45:19,342 - Right, can we finally go? - Yes, you can. 845 00:45:19,476 --> 00:45:20,911 11 miles lie ahead. 846 00:45:20,978 --> 00:45:23,012 See you there. 847 00:45:25,648 --> 00:45:27,985 Ow! 848 00:45:33,724 --> 00:45:36,994 That is a complete mystery, to be honest. 849 00:45:37,059 --> 00:45:38,596 It's not. 850 00:45:38,661 --> 00:45:41,164 It had an arched roof, it had a keystone. 851 00:45:41,231 --> 00:45:43,333 There must be something wrong with that mortar. 852 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,170 Waiting for James to mend his bodywork, again, 853 00:45:47,237 --> 00:45:50,840 meant my bodywork started to go off. 854 00:45:53,010 --> 00:45:55,177 But, eventually, he was ready. 855 00:46:00,583 --> 00:46:02,786 It's really rather pleasant. 856 00:46:02,853 --> 00:46:05,822 This is like being at home with the windows open. 857 00:46:05,889 --> 00:46:09,793 Richard, meanwhile, had added some floral go-faster stripes, 858 00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:14,063 and I'd opened up my cow's rectum to improve the ventilation. 859 00:46:16,967 --> 00:46:18,869 We have had a few problems. 860 00:46:18,936 --> 00:46:22,606 We've only covered, yes, two miles in two days, 861 00:46:22,672 --> 00:46:24,708 but here we are, 862 00:46:24,775 --> 00:46:27,545 as a threesome, going along. 863 00:46:33,583 --> 00:46:34,818 But then... 864 00:46:34,885 --> 00:46:36,920 It's a river, and not a small one. 865 00:46:41,791 --> 00:46:43,927 Oh, dear. Oh, dear. 866 00:46:47,565 --> 00:46:50,199 Oh, God. 867 00:46:50,266 --> 00:46:53,269 - Oh, your bricks have fallen off, mate. - Your bonnet's fallen off. 868 00:46:53,335 --> 00:46:56,239 Perfectly all right. Redundancy's built into it. 869 00:46:56,306 --> 00:46:58,307 - Is it? - Yeah. 870 00:46:58,375 --> 00:47:00,744 Since Richard is the team bumpkin, 871 00:47:00,811 --> 00:47:03,280 we decided he should go first. 872 00:47:05,181 --> 00:47:08,351 OK, well, my community of people, make for higher ground. 873 00:47:08,418 --> 00:47:10,253 Just climb. 874 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,023 Hammond's ark made it to the other side safely. 875 00:47:14,090 --> 00:47:15,826 Yeah! 876 00:47:15,893 --> 00:47:17,760 And then it was my go. 877 00:47:18,929 --> 00:47:21,130 I'm really deep here. 878 00:47:21,197 --> 00:47:22,632 Really, really deep. 879 00:47:22,699 --> 00:47:24,902 Oh, no! Cows leak! 880 00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:27,269 That's a terrible thing to learn! 881 00:47:28,739 --> 00:47:31,842 However, I, too, made it with relative ease. 882 00:47:31,909 --> 00:47:33,844 Eat my meat, Hammond! 883 00:47:34,844 --> 00:47:36,614 But then... 884 00:47:36,646 --> 00:47:38,347 Look at this. 885 00:47:38,414 --> 00:47:39,717 Tragic. 886 00:47:39,782 --> 00:47:43,519 An old man driving a low garden wall into a river. 887 00:47:43,621 --> 00:47:46,690 Let's look on the bright side. If this doesn't work as a car, 888 00:47:46,757 --> 00:47:48,791 it will be very effective as a dam. 889 00:47:52,762 --> 00:47:55,164 He's not doing it quite as quickly as you or I did it. 890 00:47:55,231 --> 00:47:57,266 Nor as aggressively, nor as purposefully. 891 00:47:59,101 --> 00:48:02,105 His car is also riding a lot lower than ours because it weighs so much. 892 00:48:02,172 --> 00:48:04,875 I was getting very deep. It may be leaking slightly. 893 00:48:07,811 --> 00:48:09,112 It's leaking a lot. 894 00:48:10,713 --> 00:48:14,083 Cack. Chaps, I think I'm beached. 895 00:48:14,150 --> 00:48:16,786 I'm being honest, there's not a great deal we can do about it. 896 00:48:16,853 --> 00:48:18,722 You're in the river, we're here. 897 00:48:18,789 --> 00:48:21,657 Right, if I go right a bit, 898 00:48:21,659 --> 00:48:24,260 I should... clear that... 899 00:48:24,327 --> 00:48:26,295 Oh, yes! 900 00:48:26,362 --> 00:48:29,199 Oh, the... - The side's just come off. -Yeah, that's... 901 00:48:29,266 --> 00:48:32,268 So the mortar's dissolving and the bricks are just falling off. 902 00:48:32,335 --> 00:48:33,737 Yes. 903 00:48:35,739 --> 00:48:37,039 That's more gone. 904 00:48:37,106 --> 00:48:39,742 Oh, God! The mortar's dissolving! 905 00:48:39,809 --> 00:48:42,378 He's just transporting his own cameras along. 906 00:48:42,445 --> 00:48:43,914 That's all he's doing. 907 00:48:43,981 --> 00:48:45,114 Get off! 908 00:48:46,349 --> 00:48:48,851 Get off! 909 00:48:48,918 --> 00:48:51,253 Little spindly arms throwing a brick. 910 00:48:53,690 --> 00:48:54,891 Help! 911 00:48:57,059 --> 00:48:59,228 We're gonna have to put him out of his misery. 912 00:48:59,295 --> 00:49:02,865 We'll just abandon him. Do you think? 913 00:49:02,932 --> 00:49:04,400 What is the point of him? 914 00:49:04,467 --> 00:49:06,068 James, can you hear me? 915 00:49:06,135 --> 00:49:09,172 We've analysed the situation and there is literally 916 00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,307 nothing we can do to help. Nothing. 917 00:49:13,010 --> 00:49:15,378 Leaving James in his dissolving car, 918 00:49:15,445 --> 00:49:19,315 we headed off to make camp and get supper underway. 919 00:49:20,784 --> 00:49:23,052 Well, apart from your rather tragic tents, 920 00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:26,856 - this isn't so bad. - It's all right. 921 00:49:26,923 --> 00:49:28,458 It is amazing, isn't it? 922 00:49:28,525 --> 00:49:31,894 My car, the way it disappears into that hedge, 923 00:49:31,961 --> 00:49:34,998 it's not just camouflage, it is hedge. 924 00:49:35,065 --> 00:49:36,833 - It's gone. - No, it is genuinely... 925 00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:40,402 Actually, I will agree, yours is remarkable. 926 00:49:42,172 --> 00:49:45,275 Meanwhile, James's car had shed so much weight 927 00:49:45,342 --> 00:49:47,844 that he was able to get free... 928 00:49:47,911 --> 00:49:53,115 and start raping the countryside again to rebuild it. 929 00:49:53,182 --> 00:49:54,117 Bastards. 930 00:49:55,318 --> 00:49:56,253 Bastards. 931 00:49:58,288 --> 00:50:01,057 You know, what's incredible about this - 932 00:50:01,123 --> 00:50:03,726 this sustainable living we're doing - 933 00:50:03,726 --> 00:50:03,760 this sustainable living we're doing - is our barbecue is made from bricks from James's car, 934 00:50:03,762 --> 00:50:07,965 is our barbecue is made from bricks from James's car, 935 00:50:08,030 --> 00:50:11,268 the kindling and the vegetables are from your car. 936 00:50:11,333 --> 00:50:14,436 Are you about to tell me I'm eating... 937 00:50:14,503 --> 00:50:16,039 Back wing. 938 00:50:19,476 --> 00:50:22,780 What? - When you buy a steak, it says "keep refrigerated". 939 00:50:22,846 --> 00:50:25,014 It doesn't say, "Stick to the side of your car", 940 00:50:25,081 --> 00:50:27,016 leave in the sun, then drive through a river." 941 00:50:32,454 --> 00:50:33,322 Whoa! 942 00:50:46,103 --> 00:50:49,005 James is making such a racket, isn't he? 943 00:50:49,072 --> 00:50:51,673 It's worse than last time. 944 00:50:51,740 --> 00:50:55,711 The difference on this trip, while he's been tearing nature apart, 945 00:50:55,778 --> 00:50:58,181 I've never felt closer to it. 946 00:50:58,248 --> 00:51:01,418 Well, he's just messing everything up. He always... 947 00:51:07,224 --> 00:51:08,925 Holy cow. 948 00:51:08,992 --> 00:51:10,827 - Hammond. - What? 949 00:51:12,394 --> 00:51:13,429 That. 950 00:51:15,065 --> 00:51:17,000 What are you doing? 951 00:51:17,067 --> 00:51:18,902 He couldn't see it. It's a hedge trimmer. 952 00:51:18,969 --> 00:51:22,204 That's my community, you rural bastard! 953 00:51:23,639 --> 00:51:25,474 - Oh, my... - Oh, God! 954 00:51:27,577 --> 00:51:29,579 The next morning, to cheer up Hammond 955 00:51:29,646 --> 00:51:31,914 following the decimation of his car 956 00:51:31,981 --> 00:51:34,885 and his woodland animal community, 957 00:51:34,952 --> 00:51:36,318 I made breakfast. 958 00:51:37,855 --> 00:51:39,489 - Eat it. - No! 959 00:51:39,556 --> 00:51:41,690 - Why not? - Because it's going green! 960 00:51:41,757 --> 00:51:42,960 It's just a bit of door. 961 00:51:43,025 --> 00:51:45,228 You can see where the flies have been on it. 962 00:51:45,295 --> 00:51:46,262 It's disgusting. 963 00:51:46,329 --> 00:51:48,297 Hello. Hello! 964 00:51:48,364 --> 00:51:49,231 What...? 965 00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:52,434 - It's a dung heap. - It is a dung heap. 966 00:51:56,072 --> 00:51:57,673 - Morning. - Morning. 967 00:51:57,739 --> 00:51:59,442 Is this a car? What is it? 968 00:51:59,509 --> 00:52:03,713 It is a totally sustainable car made of, effectively, wattle and daub, 969 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:05,715 only the wattle has been replaced by straw 970 00:52:05,782 --> 00:52:07,650 and the daub has been replaced by cow poo, 971 00:52:07,717 --> 00:52:09,418 but the principle is the same. 972 00:52:09,485 --> 00:52:12,021 How the hell do you fit in it? Only just. 973 00:52:12,088 --> 00:52:14,523 - Where's your windscreen? - There. 974 00:52:14,590 --> 00:52:15,458 Hang on. 975 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,295 Can we just test your blind spots, James? 976 00:52:19,362 --> 00:52:21,498 Can you see either of us now? 977 00:52:22,731 --> 00:52:24,201 No. 978 00:52:24,266 --> 00:52:27,003 Heavily pedestrianised areas should be avoided. 979 00:52:29,739 --> 00:52:32,909 Right, come on. We've just got two miles to go. - Yes. 980 00:52:33,976 --> 00:52:35,144 Jesus Christ! 981 00:52:35,211 --> 00:52:36,813 The smell! 982 00:52:36,914 --> 00:52:40,583 What's that? - It breaks my heart, but it's a small gift for you. 983 00:52:40,650 --> 00:52:44,820 - Is it? Mate! - Yes, from me and my woodland community. 984 00:52:44,922 --> 00:52:46,155 Oh! 985 00:52:46,222 --> 00:52:48,824 - It's a dead bat! - Yeah, it is. 986 00:52:48,925 --> 00:52:51,594 - Bats have sonar, don't they? - Yeah. 987 00:52:51,661 --> 00:52:54,731 So I could use it as a reversing parking sensor. 988 00:52:54,797 --> 00:52:57,367 Yeah, I don't think it works once the bat is dead. 989 00:53:00,137 --> 00:53:02,239 And so, with all of us running... 990 00:53:06,275 --> 00:53:08,744 My reversing bat is working well. 991 00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:13,182 ...we began the final two-mile leg of our epic journey. 992 00:53:14,684 --> 00:53:16,253 Oh, balls! 993 00:53:16,318 --> 00:53:19,956 There are some issues associated with environmentalism, 994 00:53:19,956 --> 00:53:22,525 and we're seeing one of them right now. 995 00:53:28,364 --> 00:53:31,969 - Am I anywhere near the gate? - Oh, God! 996 00:53:34,972 --> 00:53:40,010 James attempted to tie his car back together using a ball of string... 997 00:53:40,077 --> 00:53:41,443 which went well. 998 00:53:43,213 --> 00:53:45,282 It's going... 999 00:53:47,050 --> 00:53:49,985 Oh, that's gonna confuse him now! 1000 00:53:49,987 --> 00:53:53,322 Why'd they make it in a ball shape? What a stupid idea! 1001 00:53:54,992 --> 00:53:58,295 But eventually it was done and we were on our way. 1002 00:54:00,396 --> 00:54:03,199 James, how much does it weigh now? 1003 00:54:03,266 --> 00:54:07,570 I'm gonna say the weight has gone down a bit. I think I'm down to three tonnes. 1004 00:54:07,637 --> 00:54:09,706 So you still need an HGV licence? 1005 00:54:09,771 --> 00:54:13,010 But it's not a type of car known to the DVLA. 1006 00:54:15,478 --> 00:54:18,248 Mind you, I had even bigger problems. 1007 00:54:18,315 --> 00:54:21,418 My car was starting to smell really bad. 1008 00:54:23,019 --> 00:54:24,320 One of the sound recordists 1009 00:54:24,387 --> 00:54:26,188 just came to fiddle with my microphone, 1010 00:54:26,255 --> 00:54:27,724 and actually was sick. 1011 00:54:29,326 --> 00:54:33,163 Eventually, though, our destination hoved into view. 1012 00:54:35,498 --> 00:54:38,235 After three days gruelling travel 1013 00:54:38,300 --> 00:54:41,038 over 11 miles, we're here. 1014 00:54:42,639 --> 00:54:44,507 This must be it. 1015 00:54:44,574 --> 00:54:48,710 It was the Inaugural Sustainable Living Motorsport Challenge 1016 00:54:48,777 --> 00:54:52,481 on a track carved out of nature itself. 1017 00:54:53,650 --> 00:54:55,452 Oh, hang on. 1018 00:54:57,054 --> 00:54:58,920 - A text message. - What? 1019 00:54:59,056 --> 00:55:00,382 I've got a text here from Mr Wilman, 1020 00:55:00,389 --> 00:55:02,291 with the instructions of what we're doing. 1021 00:55:02,358 --> 00:55:06,429 "Whoever does the most laps in one hour wins." 1022 00:55:06,496 --> 00:55:08,364 Oh, well, James, that's not gonna be you. 1023 00:55:08,431 --> 00:55:11,201 - Well, you don't know. - No, I do know it's not gonna be you. 1024 00:55:11,268 --> 00:55:13,603 Oh, no, wait. Hang on. "You will be racing against 1025 00:55:13,670 --> 00:55:16,438 three old-fashioned steel cars." 1026 00:55:17,539 --> 00:55:19,641 - Hang on. Yes, those. - Hello. 1027 00:55:21,077 --> 00:55:23,313 - Oh, there they are. - How quaint. 1028 00:55:23,380 --> 00:55:25,414 No, they don't look quaint. They look ridiculous. 1029 00:55:25,481 --> 00:55:27,384 It's funny, that's the nature of progress. 1030 00:55:27,449 --> 00:55:29,751 - Suddenly, they look stupid. - They do. 1031 00:55:31,653 --> 00:55:36,126 The museum pieces were being driven by three local yobbos. 1032 00:55:37,693 --> 00:55:39,096 Right, this is it. 1033 00:55:39,128 --> 00:55:43,166 The MeaTI, the TreeTI and the PeaTI are ready. 1034 00:55:48,771 --> 00:55:51,873 Oh, what a start! It's a good start. 1035 00:55:51,940 --> 00:55:53,976 Yes, we're blocking! 1036 00:55:54,110 --> 00:55:57,746 Oh, they've gone! They've gone! I couldn't see the flag. 1037 00:55:59,715 --> 00:56:03,119 Yes, there are some hay bales. I'll follow those. 1038 00:56:03,119 --> 00:56:05,722 Where the hell does it go next? 1039 00:56:05,788 --> 00:56:08,625 Despite the excellent start from Richard and I, 1040 00:56:08,690 --> 00:56:12,362 we were quickly overwhelmed by the steel cars. 1041 00:56:12,429 --> 00:56:15,197 And now the Golf's got past! 1042 00:56:16,998 --> 00:56:18,601 Oh, no! Oh, no! 1043 00:56:18,668 --> 00:56:21,137 I've let the Mondeo through. That's a disaster! 1044 00:56:22,304 --> 00:56:25,407 Oh, I've lost one of my nose tampons! 1045 00:56:25,474 --> 00:56:29,679 What Richard and I really needed was help from our colleague. 1046 00:56:29,746 --> 00:56:32,148 Sadly, though... 1047 00:56:32,148 --> 00:56:35,351 I'm gonna take a racing line. Oh, I'm completely lost. 1048 00:56:35,418 --> 00:56:39,521 The trouble is, the race track looks the same as the front of the car. 1049 00:56:39,588 --> 00:56:41,523 What a stupid idea for an event. 1050 00:56:43,793 --> 00:56:46,795 I've lost the other nose tampon! Help! 1051 00:56:48,164 --> 00:56:50,300 I may have to pit for another tampon. 1052 00:56:51,833 --> 00:56:53,170 Where am I going? 1053 00:56:54,836 --> 00:56:56,739 All right, James? 1054 00:56:56,806 --> 00:56:58,039 No. 1055 00:56:58,175 --> 00:56:59,708 No time to lose. 1056 00:57:02,811 --> 00:57:04,614 I've gone for the super absorbent, 1057 00:57:04,681 --> 00:57:07,250 slightly larger nose tampons, 1058 00:57:07,317 --> 00:57:09,286 which I hope will last a little longer. 1059 00:57:13,722 --> 00:57:16,393 Given that we were in an endurance race, 1060 00:57:16,458 --> 00:57:19,695 our tactics so far had been to protect our cars. 1061 00:57:21,630 --> 00:57:24,501 Reliability, that's what we need here. That is everything. 1062 00:57:24,567 --> 00:57:26,068 That's what matters most. 1063 00:57:26,202 --> 00:57:29,771 But with the cars of the past racking up so many laps, 1064 00:57:29,838 --> 00:57:31,840 we had to get the hammer down. 1065 00:57:34,110 --> 00:57:36,213 The MeaTI against the... 1066 00:57:36,246 --> 00:57:40,583 whatever that is - 1.6 litre Golf. 1067 00:57:40,650 --> 00:57:41,918 Yes! 1068 00:57:41,983 --> 00:57:43,753 Yes! I've got him! 1069 00:57:45,288 --> 00:57:47,923 Power sliding a hedge. 1070 00:57:47,989 --> 00:57:49,692 Come on! 1071 00:57:54,096 --> 00:57:56,233 Yes. Oh, yes. 1072 00:57:59,436 --> 00:58:01,503 I think I've done a lap. 1073 00:58:03,005 --> 00:58:07,244 With us three - well, two - making good progress, 1074 00:58:07,309 --> 00:58:10,947 the cars from the past started to play dirty. 1075 00:58:13,416 --> 00:58:15,585 That is out of order! They are getting violent! 1076 00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:20,523 Oh! Oh, no! 1077 00:58:20,590 --> 00:58:22,291 I've lost a tampon again! 1078 00:58:24,893 --> 00:58:26,396 Who was that? 1079 00:58:26,463 --> 00:58:27,630 Think you can mess with us 1080 00:58:27,697 --> 00:58:29,398 just because we like trees, do you? 1081 00:58:29,465 --> 00:58:32,469 That's out of order, mate. You can't. Have that! 1082 00:58:39,275 --> 00:58:41,411 The bone is taking on the steel! 1083 00:58:43,945 --> 00:58:45,947 Although we were holding our own, 1084 00:58:46,014 --> 00:58:49,885 the relentless pressure started to take its toll on our vehicles. 1085 00:58:54,391 --> 00:58:55,925 I've lost part of the hat. 1086 00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:00,996 I can smell... 1087 00:59:01,063 --> 00:59:02,632 What can I smell? 1088 00:59:04,099 --> 00:59:06,335 Is that from the exhaust? 1089 00:59:06,402 --> 00:59:10,706 With Hammond distracted by the hot exhaust burning his bodywork, 1090 00:59:10,773 --> 00:59:12,974 it was all down to my cow car. 1091 00:59:16,478 --> 00:59:21,483 Good dicing here between the past and the future. 1092 00:59:21,550 --> 00:59:23,920 It's neck and neck! 1093 00:59:25,186 --> 00:59:26,822 But then... 1094 00:59:26,889 --> 00:59:28,324 Oh, no! No! 1095 00:59:29,425 --> 00:59:30,592 Disaster! 1096 00:59:30,659 --> 00:59:32,394 Oh, hell. I think it looks like 1097 00:59:32,461 --> 00:59:33,663 Jeremy's got trouble. 1098 00:59:35,632 --> 00:59:37,333 How do you peel a cow? 1099 00:59:38,934 --> 00:59:41,737 Having eventually got to the overheating engine 1100 00:59:41,804 --> 00:59:45,942 and seen it had become a production line for maggots... 1101 00:59:46,007 --> 00:59:48,510 ...I decided to go off and be sick. 1102 00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:56,853 Er... News from the Inaugural Sustainable Motorsport Event 1103 00:59:56,918 --> 00:59:59,255 On A Sustainable Track, or whatever it's called, 1104 00:59:59,356 --> 01:00:02,724 Jeremy Clarkson has retired with a maggot infestation. 1105 01:00:04,494 --> 01:00:07,963 This meant all our hopes rested with Richard Hammond 1106 01:00:08,030 --> 01:00:09,632 and his smouldering ark. 1107 01:00:12,601 --> 01:00:14,371 Yeah, you ran wide! 1108 01:00:14,436 --> 01:00:16,204 But then... 1109 01:00:16,271 --> 01:00:17,574 Oh, my God! 1110 01:00:19,307 --> 01:00:20,376 Oh, no! 1111 01:00:22,512 --> 01:00:26,815 Oh, no! More news from the Sustainable Motorsport Challenge is that... Ow! 1112 01:00:26,882 --> 01:00:30,018 ...Richard Hammond, I believe, is on fire. 1113 01:00:30,085 --> 01:00:31,721 The garden centre is ablaze. 1114 01:00:33,322 --> 01:00:35,824 Oh, God! Oh, no! Oh, no! 1115 01:00:38,094 --> 01:00:39,496 That's gonna make it worse! 1116 01:00:41,797 --> 01:00:43,699 With Hammond's car on fire... 1117 01:00:45,134 --> 01:00:49,137 mine alive, and James's disintegrating again... 1118 01:00:49,204 --> 01:00:50,840 Ow! Ow! 1119 01:00:50,907 --> 01:00:54,943 ...we decided that environmentalism simply doesn't work. 1120 01:00:56,177 --> 01:00:58,748 And with that, back to... 1121 01:00:58,815 --> 01:01:00,983 And with that, back to the tent. 1122 01:01:03,686 --> 01:01:04,887 Holy crap! 1123 01:01:11,193 --> 01:01:13,896 - No, it didn't work. - No. So, there we are. 1124 01:01:16,432 --> 01:01:17,800 There we are, we've looked into it. 1125 01:01:17,867 --> 01:01:19,268 We've looked into it thoroughly, 1126 01:01:19,335 --> 01:01:22,771 and I'm afraid we're all doomed, we're all gonna die. 1127 01:01:22,838 --> 01:01:26,342 And on that terrible disappointment, I'm afraid it's time to end. 1128 01:01:26,443 --> 01:01:27,943 See you next week. Goodbye!