1 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:15,650 Tonight, Chris Harris serves up smoked Aston... 2 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:17,430 I can smell chicken! 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,180 .. Tom Kerridge and I smoke ourselves... 4 00:00:20,230 --> 00:00:22,050 We are having a CAR-becue. 5 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,610 .. and Matt goes al fresco. 6 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:28,460 I'm going to freeze my cubes off if it gets any colder. 7 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:42,410 Hello. Welcome to Top Gear. 8 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:44,810 Oh, yes, now, very busy show this evening, 9 00:00:44,860 --> 00:00:46,370 so let's get right on with it. 10 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:51,130 This is officially the maddest car any of us have ever clapped eyes on. 11 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:55,250 So insane, in fact, that you cannot actually drive this 12 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:58,170 anywhere in the UK at all. 13 00:00:58,220 --> 00:00:59,490 Yep, that's right. 14 00:00:59,540 --> 00:01:03,690 So to cut it loose, Chris Harris had to take it all the way to Abu Dhabi. 15 00:01:03,740 --> 00:01:06,540 - Over there. - Yeah. - There. 16 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:14,890 This is the Aston Martin Vulcan, named in honour of Britain's 17 00:01:14,940 --> 00:01:17,140 legendary Cold War bomber. 18 00:01:17,780 --> 00:01:20,930 Which is quite a bold name to give a car. 19 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:22,330 The Vulcan, after all, 20 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:25,860 was one of our finest engineering feats of the 20th century. 21 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:34,250 Calling your car Vulcan is like naming your child Ace or Elvis. 22 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:36,640 It's got a lot to live up to. 23 00:01:49,260 --> 00:01:52,850 The Vulcan is the fastest, most powerful, 24 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,500 most extreme Aston Martin ever built. 25 00:01:57,940 --> 00:02:00,280 0-60, less than three seconds. 26 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:03,130 Top speed, more than 200mph 27 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:06,210 and that's with a huge wing on the back slowing it down. 28 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,250 Brake horsepower? 29 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:11,400 Well, that depends what you do with your knob. 30 00:02:12,220 --> 00:02:18,130 This knob here cranks the power from 550 horsepower to 820 horsepower. 31 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:21,370 Now, Aston Martin has asked me to leave it in position one 32 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:25,180 while I get to grips with the Vulcan because she can be a bit lively. 33 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:27,640 Whoops! 34 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:34,120 Phenomenal! 35 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:38,730 It's like having your internal organs put into one of those 36 00:02:38,780 --> 00:02:40,780 old-fashioned mangles. 37 00:02:43,740 --> 00:02:47,490 Because the Vulcan looks like it's time-travelled from the future, 38 00:02:47,540 --> 00:02:50,370 you might think all this speed comes from some cutting edge 39 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:51,650 hybrid wizardry. 40 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:52,770 But it doesn't. 41 00:02:52,820 --> 00:02:54,130 In fact, to tell you the truth, 42 00:02:54,180 --> 00:02:57,900 the Vulcan is a bit of a knuckle-dragging caveman. 43 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:07,010 Unlike, say, Ferrari, Aston Martin doesn't have an F1 team from which 44 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:12,970 to borrow tech, but it does have a proper British can-do attitude. 45 00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:14,770 So the Vulcan hails very much from 46 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:18,250 the make-the-most-of-what-you've-got school of engineering 47 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:21,820 and its engine started life in an old Ford Mondeo. 48 00:03:22,940 --> 00:03:26,010 Well, actually two old Mondeos. 49 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:28,610 Back in the '90s, Aston got a couple of V6s 50 00:03:28,660 --> 00:03:30,890 from the first-generation Mondeo 51 00:03:30,940 --> 00:03:34,290 and kind of gaffer-taped them together to make a V12. 52 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:36,810 OK, as time's gone on, they've upgraded it to the point that 53 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:40,610 they've redesigned it and it's now got double the power output. 54 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:44,050 But the fact is the most powerful Aston Martin ever made 55 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:48,300 is powered by the leftovers of a couple of family saloons. 56 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:51,890 But does that matter? 57 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:53,650 Well, not really. 58 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:56,490 Humans share 60% of their DNA with chickens, 59 00:03:56,540 --> 00:04:00,530 but you don't see many roosters on University Challenge, do you? 60 00:04:00,580 --> 00:04:03,650 And when your Mondeo engines sound like this... 61 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:11,770 .. who cares? 62 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:13,730 Just listen. 63 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:15,260 Yes! 64 00:04:23,860 --> 00:04:28,690 It is like the fastest racing car I've driven in a straight line. 65 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:31,050 It's like a big GT car, a big Le Mans car. 66 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:33,730 It's just fantastic. 67 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:37,810 And because Aston hasn't bothered with heavy hybrid stuff, 68 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:43,300 the Vulcan's light and agile which means it's very good at doing this. 69 00:04:45,580 --> 00:04:49,330 This is fast here. 115 miles an hour through a left, 70 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:52,410 same again through a right on the exit. 71 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:56,260 Lean on the wing and then just smash the throttle open. 72 00:04:56,660 --> 00:04:58,450 I'd never tire of that. 73 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:01,810 Just hanging in your belts, so physical! 74 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:06,890 I have to admit that I'm kind of at the limits of the speed 75 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:09,090 I can carry and talk at the same time. 76 00:05:09,140 --> 00:05:11,140 I have to concentrate. 77 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:18,610 So instead of telling you how quick this thing goes, 78 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:21,650 since we've got the Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit to play on, 79 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,290 let's have a little demonstration instead. 80 00:05:24,340 --> 00:05:28,100 One lap of the track, me and the Vulcan against this. 81 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:37,690 The V12 Vantage S, 573 horsepower, capable of 205mph, 82 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:40,610 the fastest road-going Aston you can buy. 83 00:05:41,860 --> 00:05:46,450 And in it is Darren Turner. He is also seriously quick. 84 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,930 Darren is a two-time class winner at Le Mans. 85 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:52,320 Not what you call slow, then. 86 00:05:55,060 --> 00:05:56,850 Oh, and just to make things interesting, 87 00:05:56,900 --> 00:05:59,740 Darren gets a 20-second head start. 88 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:04,570 Probably ought to warm the tyres up. 89 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:12,770 I think they're warm enough, aren't they? 90 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:16,810 So with Darren now a good half mile up the road, 91 00:06:16,860 --> 00:06:20,260 let me show you what the Vulcan's really made of. 92 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:30,100 At 200mph, this car creates its own body weight in downforce, 93 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:35,530 so in theory, you could drive it upside down. 94 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:37,730 However, in practice... 95 00:06:37,780 --> 00:06:39,650 My face is bending! 96 00:06:40,580 --> 00:06:42,970 Such a positive thing to drive. 97 00:06:43,020 --> 00:06:47,530 And cos you've got downforce, you can fling it at these fast turns. 98 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:51,410 And once you've got through the twisty stuff, more than 800 horses 99 00:06:51,460 --> 00:06:54,130 are ready to close the gap some more. 100 00:06:57,660 --> 00:07:00,340 The power advantage is enormous. 101 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:05,520 Oh, I can see him, I can see him. 102 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:09,250 He's got well over 500 horsepower in that thing 103 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:13,300 and we are catching him like he is standing still. 104 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:17,930 I get to catch a Le Mans winner. 105 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:22,100 Look at the way we just come climbing past him. 106 00:07:24,020 --> 00:07:25,360 Oh, yes! 107 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:27,580 Bye! 108 00:07:34,180 --> 00:07:38,450 The Vulcan really is the very best of Aston Martin, 109 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,640 the very best of British. 110 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:44,220 It's bruising, it's brilliant. 111 00:07:47,730 --> 00:07:48,730 Chris, in now. 112 00:07:48,780 --> 00:07:52,290 It doesn't challenge the limits of technology, but who cares? 113 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:55,010 It does make you feel utterly alive. 114 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:56,930 Chris, do you copy? 115 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:02,290 This is a car you just want to drive and drive 116 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:03,490 and drive. 117 00:08:03,540 --> 00:08:06,540 Chris... Oh, come on, Chris. 118 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:19,020 Brilliant. 119 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:22,890 - Wow! - Yeah. - Chris Harris. 120 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:27,930 Now Chris, I honestly think that was the best track film 121 00:08:27,980 --> 00:08:32,130 I've ever seen on Top Gear and I think we all agree, 122 00:08:32,180 --> 00:08:33,770 don't we, ladies and gentlemen? 123 00:08:33,820 --> 00:08:34,850 Yeah! 124 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:37,330 And please tell us that your life flashed before you as 125 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:39,570 often as it looked like it did. 126 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:42,610 Look, it was the most exciting, visceral, 127 00:08:42,660 --> 00:08:45,010 sweaty driving experience of my life. It was amazing. 128 00:08:45,060 --> 00:08:47,130 I love it. I love the speed, I love the name, 129 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:50,250 I love the fact that it's loud enough to wake the dead. 130 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:51,410 But what's the catch? 131 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:54,650 The catch is the price. It's £1.8 million. 132 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,290 Oh! 133 00:08:56,340 --> 00:08:58,530 Oh, that's like twice the price of a McLaren P1. 134 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:01,570 - Er, you're correct. - And you can't drive it anywhere in Britain? 135 00:09:01,620 --> 00:09:04,730 No, you're right, it's not road legal and it's so loud 136 00:09:04,780 --> 00:09:08,330 it busts the noise limits for every single circuit in the UK. 137 00:09:08,380 --> 00:09:11,410 Which means we can't put it around our track. 138 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:13,210 Aw! 139 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:16,130 But we thought we would anyway. 140 00:09:18,180 --> 00:09:21,570 It's time to hand it over to our tame racing driver. 141 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:25,730 Some say he thinks Brexit is a laxative... 142 00:09:34,780 --> 00:09:39,690 .. and that for tax purposes, he's classified as a biscuit. 143 00:09:39,740 --> 00:09:44,130 All we know is he's called the Stig! 144 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:48,170 Can Stig tame the ultimate Aston Martin thus far? 145 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:51,650 Damp conditions today, just to keep him on his toes, 146 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:53,330 if indeed he has toes. 147 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:56,090 Stig with the Vulcan's power knob cranked to the max, of course. 148 00:09:56,140 --> 00:10:01,210 More than 800 horsepower of V12 insanity. Look at that go. 149 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:05,290 There's the Stig -- stealthy focus, focus stealthy. Through Chicago. 150 00:10:05,340 --> 00:10:08,770 There's heat in those huge tyres by now. 151 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:10,370 Into Hammerhead. 152 00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:14,540 You can see the heat pumping from those side exit exhausts. 153 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:19,250 Super-stable again. That wing doing its job. 154 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,780 Ooh, little twitch on the exit. 155 00:10:25,260 --> 00:10:28,090 And the follow-through. Look at that! 156 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:30,140 It's almost taken off. 157 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,690 Hard on the carbon brakes, so hard! 158 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:40,530 Just 24 Vulcans will ever be built of carbon fibre and pure insanity. 159 00:10:40,580 --> 00:10:43,050 Last corner and across the line! 160 00:10:50,020 --> 00:10:54,450 Now, the Aston Martin Vulcan, here, can't go on the board. 161 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:56,490 - It can't go on the board... - Aw! 162 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:59,010 .. because it's not a road car. 163 00:10:59,060 --> 00:11:01,090 And those are the rules, which is a shame. 164 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:03,370 And which is why we've accessorised 165 00:11:03,420 --> 00:11:06,290 our famous Power Lap board with this. 166 00:11:06,340 --> 00:11:08,650 The Power Flap. 167 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:12,810 I know, I know. 168 00:11:12,860 --> 00:11:14,220 Crazy. 169 00:11:15,940 --> 00:11:20,850 Now this Power Flap is for naughty cars and naughty laps only 170 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:23,930 and the first-ever car on the naughty lap board is indeed 171 00:11:23,980 --> 00:11:27,090 the Vulcan with a time of, and it was damp, remember, 172 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:31,130 but it's still brilliant, 1.15.2, there you go. 173 00:11:35,140 --> 00:11:38,240 Which is very naughty. Shh. Don't tell anyone. 174 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,890 So, trains. 175 00:11:41,940 --> 00:11:43,170 Now bear with me. 176 00:11:43,220 --> 00:11:45,770 £3,660. 177 00:11:45,820 --> 00:11:48,690 That's the price of a one-way ticket from London to Venice 178 00:11:48,740 --> 00:11:51,730 on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. 179 00:11:51,780 --> 00:11:54,250 They say it's the most luxurious way to cross Europe. 180 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:56,530 We say... Well, tell them, Sabine. 181 00:11:56,580 --> 00:12:00,010 Anything trains can do, cars can do better. 182 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:02,650 That's right. That's right. 183 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:06,010 So to prove you can have a better time driving than interrailing... 184 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:10,130 Still with me?.. the producers gave Sabine, Chris and myself the price 185 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:13,770 of the ticket to buy a luxury car for a luxury road trip to Venice. 186 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:15,450 Tarmac versus train. 187 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,490 A challenge was born. 188 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:18,850 Love a challenge. 189 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:21,570 OK, yeah, of course, we needed a guinea pig on the train. 190 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:28,170 But who would selflessly volunteer for two days of butler service 191 00:12:28,220 --> 00:12:30,420 and five-star cuisine? 192 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:35,530 Me. 193 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:41,570 London Victoria Station. 194 00:12:41,620 --> 00:12:44,780 Starting point for my luxury rail journey. 195 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:49,050 For a leisurely trip across Europe, frankly, 196 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,170 this is the only way to travel. 197 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:53,690 Morning, Mr Jordan. Can I take your luggage? 198 00:12:53,740 --> 00:12:56,490 - That's very kind. - Welcome on board. If you'd like to follow me now. 199 00:12:56,540 --> 00:12:58,010 Thank you. 200 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:07,810 Blinis in hand. Bye-bye Victoria Station, hello Venice. 201 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:09,860 Let the journey begin. 202 00:13:10,780 --> 00:13:14,690 Yes, I would spend the next two days travelling across France, 203 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:20,090 Switzerland and Italy to Venice, cosseted in timeless elegance. 204 00:13:20,140 --> 00:13:21,970 Not so fast, Jordan. 205 00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:25,370 One of the luxuries of driving is no timetables. 206 00:13:25,420 --> 00:13:28,690 So by the time Eddie had boarded his train in London, 207 00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:31,340 we were already across the Channel. 208 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:35,920 And if it's timeless elegance that really counts... 209 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,300 I bagged a beauty. 210 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:45,650 So here we are on the open road in France in the gorgeous 211 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:48,940 2002 Jag XJ Exec. 212 00:13:50,820 --> 00:13:55,570 This car cost £2,100 and everything works. 213 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:59,290 There was the heated electric seats, climate control, 214 00:13:59,340 --> 00:14:03,170 all that leather, not to mention a 3.2 litre V8. 215 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:08,170 For the money, you really can't buy better. What a dream machine. 216 00:14:08,220 --> 00:14:10,970 Honestly, I have got love for this car already. 217 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:15,020 It's so settled, so stable. I could drive this for ever. 218 00:14:19,020 --> 00:14:23,290 Well, I like my cars understated, yet imposing, 219 00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:25,880 and that means I like my Audi A8. 220 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:35,020 I paid £2,750 for this car, but it's high-end, German quality. 221 00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:40,370 As you English say, you get what you pay for. 222 00:14:40,420 --> 00:14:43,250 And I have just as much leather stuff as the Jag, 223 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:47,490 but I also have four-wheel drive, satellite navigation 224 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:52,610 and a slightly more economical 2.8 litre V6. 225 00:14:52,660 --> 00:14:57,610 But the real reason why I bought this one -- I love the wheels. 226 00:14:57,660 --> 00:15:02,980 The 20-inch rims, they are amazing. Real bad boys' wheels. 227 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:08,410 Sabine and I were more than happy with our choices. 228 00:15:08,460 --> 00:15:10,410 Now what about Matt? 229 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:20,010 So you're probably wondering why I chose a bike for this trip. 230 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:21,570 Well, that's simple. 231 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:24,170 This is not just any bike, this is the Gold Wing, 232 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:26,560 the ultimate touring machine. 233 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:37,090 Yes, just £2,500 bought me this 1989 vintage Grand Tourer. 234 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:40,530 Not only would it out-drag the other two with its 1.5 litre 235 00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:46,050 flat-6 engine, it also has air suspension, so it's easy on the ass. 236 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:48,530 And that's straight out of the brochure. 237 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:50,610 It really is nice, very comfortable. 238 00:15:50,660 --> 00:15:56,650 Very smooth motor, very quiet, very nice, like... just hums along. 239 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:58,130 In these plains of... I don't know 240 00:15:58,180 --> 00:16:02,380 what the hell they're growing here, but it smells like [Shit]. 241 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:13,130 - Hello, Eddie. - Yeah, Chris, how is it going, boy? 242 00:16:15,220 --> 00:16:17,810 It's going fine, how's it going with you, Eddie? 243 00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:23,210 Chris, I can't tell you. This is absolutely amazing. 244 00:16:23,260 --> 00:16:26,970 But I've got something for you. I've just received a challenge. 245 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:28,690 Come on. 246 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:33,130 "Head to Paris, where you will each collect a Michelin-star chef 247 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:36,530 "who will join you for the next leg of your trip. 248 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:39,810 "You will drive them to a glitzy chateau in Lyon. 249 00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:44,850 "En route, each chef will prepare a dish which, on arrival, 250 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:47,330 "you will present to one of the world's 251 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:49,490 "toughest restaurant critics." 252 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:52,220 OK, all right. Um... 253 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:56,010 I'll pass that on to my two friends. 254 00:16:56,980 --> 00:17:00,610 Immediately, there was an obvious problem for one of us. 255 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:04,010 I have to cook a meal on the bike? 256 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:07,290 Well, at least another human being to keep you warm, Matt. 257 00:17:13,860 --> 00:17:18,410 OK, now I'm always up for a good challenge, but how do you...? 258 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:20,290 I mean, am I supposed to...? How will we...? 259 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:22,970 Is it even possible to...? I... What? 260 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:25,780 Well, we just have to find the chefs. 261 00:17:29,860 --> 00:17:32,490 And then right in the middle of town... 262 00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:35,450 Chefs, I can see chefs. We got chefs. 263 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,090 Proper chefs, at that. 264 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:41,970 None other than Tom Kerridge, Tom Kitchen and Ollie Dabbous, 265 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:46,210 all world-renowned Michelin-starred maestros at the top of their game. 266 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:50,370 This was becoming serious... ish. 267 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:53,130 - Hey, Tommy. - Nice motor. Brought the ironing board. 268 00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:55,730 - What's this? Hi, mate, how are you? - Thank you, you all right? 269 00:17:55,780 --> 00:17:57,850 - What a laugh! - I'm looking for a chef. 270 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:02,010 Ha-ha, I'm here, I'm here. Woohoo! How are you? 271 00:18:02,060 --> 00:18:03,290 - Ahh, great to see you. - Ah. 272 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:06,010 - How are you? - Hey Matt, are you good? 273 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:09,330 - Good, yeah. OK. This, er... - This thing got a trunk? 274 00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:12,010 - There's quite a bit of gear here. - We'll figure something out. 275 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:14,690 - How much stuff you got? Wowwee, OK. - A bit, a bit of stuff. 276 00:18:14,740 --> 00:18:15,930 What is all this? 277 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:19,090 So with a bit of careful packing, and huge relief that at least 278 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:21,850 I wasn't Matt LeBlanc, the inaugural episode of 279 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:25,090 Top Great British Master Menu Chef Gear got under way. 280 00:18:25,140 --> 00:18:26,620 Woohoo! 281 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:39,250 With the advantage of four wheels and well, not being outside, 282 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:41,570 the two Toms got straight to work. 283 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,810 Now you gotta go careful, I've got a knife, right. 284 00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:46,890 - So, so just... - Tell me when you want me to be especially careful. 285 00:18:46,940 --> 00:18:49,370 Well, just at this point it might be quite good cos I'm 286 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:50,690 spatchcocking the chicken, 287 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:53,740 so I'm going to be cutting his backbone out. 288 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:58,850 Meanwhile, over in the Audi, Sabine was receiving a few pointers. 289 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,130 So, what we're going to do is we're going to put 290 00:19:01,180 --> 00:19:03,250 the pulp into the pillowcase. 291 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:06,490 Oh, my grandma would die. You'll never get the colour out. 292 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:11,490 Sabine, however, had a few pointers of her own. 293 00:19:11,540 --> 00:19:14,540 Right, now we've got to trim this fish up. 294 00:19:16,260 --> 00:19:21,140 So, my grandma would say there was a lot of fish still on the bones. 295 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:25,330 - Would she now? Has your grandmother...? - What a waste! 296 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:28,490 Has she filleted many fish in the back of an Audi? Eh? 297 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:34,810 Sabine laughing, Tom, not so much, but he carried on. 298 00:19:34,860 --> 00:19:36,410 Pop a little lemon in there. 299 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:37,530 Mmm! 300 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:41,580 Oh, my grandma would put some lemon on top as well. 301 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:46,140 Your grandma needs a slap in the chops. 302 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,170 Over on the Gold Wing, Matt and Ollie had realised that to 303 00:19:53,220 --> 00:19:56,650 even start cooking, first they'd have to stop. 304 00:19:56,700 --> 00:20:00,050 Hey. Nice. 305 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:01,900 OK, I'm freezing. 306 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:06,330 And Ollie had brought a friend. 307 00:20:06,380 --> 00:20:09,210 Hey. Oh, no, that's a different movie. 308 00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:11,010 What are you going to do with that? 309 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:15,290 Um, I didn't really think it through but, er, we're going to take 310 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,210 the jowl off, which is this bit of meat here, 311 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:22,170 and we're going to slow cook it between now and Lyon. 312 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:26,610 So hopefully maybe on top of the exhaust if we wrap it in tinfoil. 313 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:30,060 - OK. - Or, er, or maybe by the front engine. 314 00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:35,890 This was a breakthrough, 315 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:40,490 and soon, with Tom and Sabine having put Granny Schmitz to one side... 316 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:45,810 - I was made for this Audi. - Made for this, yeah. Yeah. 317 00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:48,600 .. we all came to the same conclusion. 318 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:54,250 So approximately how long do you think we need to leave it in there? 319 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:56,410 - How long before we get to Lyon? - Five hours. 320 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:58,860 Five hours is perfect, perfect. 321 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:05,170 On the move again, we were proving beyond question 322 00:21:05,220 --> 00:21:09,090 that our luxury vehicles were easily a match for Eddie's train. 323 00:21:09,140 --> 00:21:11,330 And as we clocked up the miles... 324 00:21:11,380 --> 00:21:15,370 I can... I can smell chicken! I can smell chicken! 325 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:20,300 We are having a CAR-becue. 326 00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:25,250 But as cold day became really freezing cold night, 327 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:29,930 Ollie still faced some issues with Matt's alfresco kitchen. 328 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:31,650 How's it going? 329 00:21:32,380 --> 00:21:35,090 I got one out of three so far. 330 00:21:35,140 --> 00:21:38,340 I don't really like asparagus that much anyway. 331 00:21:41,380 --> 00:21:45,130 To make matters worse, over on the Smug Express... 332 00:21:45,180 --> 00:21:47,210 - Your beef, sir. - Oh, grazie mille, thank you. 333 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:49,200 You're welcome, sir. 334 00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:51,850 This looks delicious. 335 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:54,040 I hate that Eddie Jordan. 336 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,810 Back on the Polar Express we were falling behind, 337 00:21:57,860 --> 00:22:01,530 and as we made yet another stop so that Ollie could actually get 338 00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:05,610 something done, I finally addressed the elephant in the room. 339 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,370 - Let me ask you a question. - Shoot. 340 00:22:07,420 --> 00:22:10,890 Do you think all this would have been easier in a car? 341 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:14,370 Absolutely. Easier but probably less fun. 342 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,610 Also I think if you're doing a challenge, 343 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:18,130 you want it to be a challenge. 344 00:22:18,180 --> 00:22:21,050 I'd rather do that than have it too easy. 345 00:22:23,020 --> 00:22:24,960 I don't believe you. 346 00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:32,610 In the Jag, we were discovering our carbecue might not be 347 00:22:32,660 --> 00:22:35,210 the flawless invention we'd hoped. 348 00:22:35,260 --> 00:22:38,090 - The butter's not even melted. - Well, it's trying to melt. 349 00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:40,730 Mate, the chicken's still alive. 350 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:42,570 This is never going to get cooked in time. 351 00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:45,050 Let's stick it in a hot, hot, hot, hot place. 352 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,770 - That's underneath the car. - Yeah. 353 00:22:48,980 --> 00:22:51,300 - OK, you ready? - Yep. 354 00:22:52,540 --> 00:22:54,130 It's going to be a tight squeeze. 355 00:22:54,180 --> 00:22:56,740 Ow! For [fuck's] sake! 356 00:22:57,980 --> 00:23:01,570 Still, at least we weren't stuck on the train. 357 00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:10,440 ♪ My, my da-da-da-da... ♪ 358 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:17,650 And with that feeling of utter relief driving us 359 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,370 towards the finish line, Sabine was the first to reach the chateau. 360 00:23:21,420 --> 00:23:26,050 - I am so hungry. - Check the fish, let's check the fish. - Yeah. 361 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:29,930 Annoyingly, the Audi carbecue looked like it had worked. 362 00:23:29,980 --> 00:23:31,890 - Hot, hot, hot. - Hot hot. 363 00:23:31,940 --> 00:23:34,970 But we were hot on their tail in the Jag. 364 00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:38,650 - Wake up the judge. - Kerridge is here. - Judge, wake up, we are here. 365 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,850 Meanwhile Matt was... 366 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:42,640 OK, ready? Push. 367 00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:44,980 .. a bit further back. 368 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,860 - Made it. - Right, this is it. 369 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:04,330 Do you know who they've got judging this? 370 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:06,530 Er, I wouldn't worry about it. 371 00:24:06,580 --> 00:24:08,690 Probably the Stig in a chef's outfit. 372 00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:11,220 Unfortunately, Matt was wrong. 373 00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:15,570 Yes, judging the dishes in the inaugural episode of 374 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:18,530 Top Great Master British Chef Menu Gear would be 375 00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:22,770 respected restaurant guru, Oliver Peyton. 376 00:24:22,820 --> 00:24:24,560 (Come on, Matt.) 377 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:26,540 Oh, sorry. 378 00:24:27,740 --> 00:24:28,970 Sorry we're late. 379 00:24:29,020 --> 00:24:32,290 Well, welcome, everyone. OK, shall we start? 380 00:24:32,340 --> 00:24:35,650 'Sabine and Tom have prepared sea bass en papillote 381 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:39,730 'served with asparagus and truffle.' 382 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:41,650 The lemon's a bit punchy on that, Tom. 383 00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:43,530 That's cos you took the lemon slice. 384 00:24:43,580 --> 00:24:47,410 You shouldn't have put it on there if you didn't want me to have it. 385 00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:50,610 'Chris and Tom are serving exhaust-smoked spatchcock chicken, 386 00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:54,090 'seasoned with rosemary, lemon and black pepper.' 387 00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:56,210 That used to taste of chicken. 388 00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:59,370 - And it now tastes of? - Engine. 389 00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:02,290 And that's the flavour we were going for. 390 00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:07,250 'Finally, Matt and Ollie have prepared a roasted pork jowl 391 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,810 'with juniper and caraway.' 392 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:12,290 I'm surprised, the jowl is good. 393 00:25:12,340 --> 00:25:14,330 I'll take that as a compliment of sorts. 394 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:17,250 No, it's a compliment. It's a compliment. 395 00:25:19,620 --> 00:25:22,570 OK, time to get serious. 396 00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:24,360 The winner is... 397 00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:34,810 - Tom Kitchen. - Yeah! 398 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:36,780 Well done, girl. 399 00:25:38,980 --> 00:25:40,730 Well done to you. 400 00:25:40,780 --> 00:25:45,010 'Bad luck, boys. Still, could be worse.' 401 00:25:45,060 --> 00:25:48,090 ♪ Mamma Mia, here I go again 402 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:50,740 ♪ Bam bam, here I... ♪ 403 00:26:01,820 --> 00:26:05,090 OK, coming up -- part two of the train film. But Eddie, really? 404 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:08,330 Spoons? I mean you don't get a lot of spoons these days. 405 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:11,890 Matt, you can't believe it. They loved me. 406 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:14,850 Well, of course they did, what's not to love, huh? 407 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,410 OK, ladies and gentlemen, the king of cutlery, 408 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:20,330 the Clapton of the kitchen, Eddie Jordan. 409 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:30,450 OK, now it's time to welcome tonight's stars 410 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,050 in a rally cross car. 411 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:35,290 How about Brian Cox and Bear Grylls? 412 00:26:43,940 --> 00:26:46,610 Guys, double handshake, right there. 413 00:26:50,860 --> 00:26:55,850 - How are you, gentlemen? - Very, very good. - On this fine day. 414 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:58,770 Perfect conditions for quick laps around the rally cross course. 415 00:26:58,820 --> 00:27:00,650 No excuses, thank you very much. 416 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:03,530 I was hoping it'd be raining because I wanted an excuse. 417 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,330 I was hoping it would be a wet lap. 418 00:27:05,380 --> 00:27:08,890 All right, so first of all, Brian, you tell us what Bear's up to. 419 00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:11,730 Well, Bear Grylls is here to talk about his new novel, 420 00:27:11,780 --> 00:27:13,170 Burning Angels, which is out now. 421 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:15,690 And as we don't have any video footage, 422 00:27:15,740 --> 00:27:17,810 because it is a book... 423 00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:23,250 .. here's Bear feeding Barack Obama some salmon. 424 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:24,970 Why not? 425 00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:28,860 - OK, shall we try a little bit of this? - Yeah, let's... let's try that. 426 00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:32,970 Mmm, that's tasty. 427 00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:35,810 Well, that's proper Alaskan salmon for you. 428 00:27:35,860 --> 00:27:36,930 Bear's a mediocre cook, 429 00:27:36,980 --> 00:27:42,300 but the fact that we ate something recognisable was encouraging. 430 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:45,540 Ah, encouraging. 431 00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:52,890 Here's my question to you about that. 432 00:27:52,940 --> 00:27:57,090 How did you get the leader of the free world to come on your TV show? 433 00:27:57,140 --> 00:28:01,010 Well, the White House contacted us and they said he's a big fan 434 00:28:01,060 --> 00:28:02,490 of Running Wild, would, um... 435 00:28:02,540 --> 00:28:04,650 Would you take him on an adventure to Alaska. 436 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:07,410 But I thought it was like... I thought it was a friend of mine's 437 00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:09,890 spoof, you know, I thought, "Oh, this isn't real." 438 00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:12,490 But, er, you know, it was definitely a daunting thing to do. 439 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,930 And I remember ringing my mum beforehand and saying, 440 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,690 "I'm so nervous about doing this." 441 00:28:16,740 --> 00:28:19,770 And she goes, "Just remember, whoever they are, 442 00:28:19,820 --> 00:28:22,770 "they put their trousers on one leg at a time." 443 00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:24,380 And. er... 444 00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:32,490 - Anyway. - Bear, your book, Bear -- Bear Grylls, Burning Angels. 445 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:35,690 Here we go, the second outing for Will Jaeger. 446 00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:39,410 Now, Will Jaeger is a fictional character, OK, 447 00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:41,290 not based on anyone we know at all? 448 00:28:41,340 --> 00:28:44,010 Does he not drive the same car as Bear Grylls? 449 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:45,690 He does, he drives a Land Rover. 450 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:47,410 The thing is, there are similarities. 451 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:50,450 - Does he not use the same knives as Bear Grylls? - He does. 452 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,890 Has he not been in a parachute accident, like Bear Grylls? 453 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:55,090 He was. 454 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:57,850 But this is kind of where it ends, cos actually he's a much cooler, 455 00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:00,130 much smarter, much better, better-looking version. 456 00:29:00,180 --> 00:29:03,090 You can't be any cooler and smarter than you. You're being so modest. 457 00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:05,530 No, he is. Although he's got definitely a dark side to him 458 00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:07,810 and he gets taken on a pretty sort of ugly journey. 459 00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:10,730 I mean... Somebody said, "Oh, can I get my young scouts to read this?" 460 00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:12,930 And we do do these kid's fiction books as well, 461 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:17,090 and I said, "No, this is an adult book and they went, "Adult?" 462 00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:20,050 And I went, "No, no, not like... Not like ADULT book." 463 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:23,090 - Yeah, I haven't drifted into, you know. - Bear's in the bushes. 464 00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:25,810 Exactly, so this is... This is a grown-up book 465 00:29:25,860 --> 00:29:27,290 so it does go quite dark. 466 00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:30,250 Can you tell us, please, if you don't mind, Mr G, 467 00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:31,890 what Mr C is up to. 468 00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:33,250 I'd be delighted. 469 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:36,250 The very brilliant Professor Brian Cox has been filming a new 470 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,170 BBC One show called Forces of Nature. 471 00:29:39,220 --> 00:29:42,730 It's out in July and here we have an exclusive clip of Brian 472 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:45,970 taking off in a Euro Fighter Typhoon... Lucky you! 473 00:29:46,020 --> 00:29:49,520 - I know, yeah. - .. chasing the sunset. - Come on! 474 00:29:57,980 --> 00:30:02,050 Turning 69, with you on the right turn, heading... 475 00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:08,490 - I have to say, that's the way to depart an airfield. - Isn't it! 476 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:13,370 Oh, right! How cool was that? 477 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:17,890 Now, Brian, me and G-forces, we don't really get on, 478 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,850 so that was, er, that was some G-forces you were pulling there. 479 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:23,530 Tell us about your pre-flight briefing. 480 00:30:23,580 --> 00:30:27,810 They... they tell you things like, "Well we're going to... 481 00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:31,250 "We're going to fly at Mach 1.4 towards Ireland, which is 482 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:32,490 "what we're going to do." 483 00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:35,450 We were chasing the Sun. So the idea was to show how fast 484 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:39,130 the Earth is rotating. Now, we're travelling at 600 miles an hour to 485 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:40,690 get around the axis of the Earth. 486 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:43,610 And yet we don't feel it, so it's an interesting question in physics. 487 00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:47,210 So the idea was to outrun the Sun, so we gunned this thing at Mach 1.4, 488 00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:50,290 20,000 feet towards Ireland and the sun came back up again 489 00:30:50,340 --> 00:30:52,010 cos we outran the Earth. 490 00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:55,090 And then so I said to them, "What happens if we just, for television, 491 00:30:55,140 --> 00:30:57,730 "we don't quite get the sun up, can we carry on over Ireland?" 492 00:30:57,780 --> 00:30:59,970 And you know, you break the windows and everything, 493 00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:02,490 international incident, and I said, "What will happen?" 494 00:31:02,540 --> 00:31:05,210 And he said, "They'll see it coming on the early warning radar, 495 00:31:05,260 --> 00:31:08,860 "they'll [fuck] themselves and launch their Cessna." 496 00:31:08,940 --> 00:31:11,730 - Right, shall we get onto cars? - Yeah, we probably should. 497 00:31:11,780 --> 00:31:16,130 OK, here we go. Your car-off. So -- first car, please, Bear Grylls. 498 00:31:16,180 --> 00:31:20,210 My first car was a bright green Fiat Panda convertible. 499 00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:21,930 Like this one? 500 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,410 Oh, God. 501 00:31:24,460 --> 00:31:27,730 Yeah, so I've got an older sister, so I inherited it off her 502 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:29,730 but it was cheap and knackered when she had it. 503 00:31:29,780 --> 00:31:31,690 By the time it got to me it was on its last legs. 504 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:34,650 Cos it was convertible, as well, once you went over 30 505 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:38,290 the roof would like, zoom, go back, so I had a climbing rope tied 506 00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:41,090 around it and I'd tie it round my leg, but, yeah, 507 00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:44,010 - it was fond memories. - So you're up against the Fiat Panda. 508 00:31:44,060 --> 00:31:46,850 Brian Cox, tell us about your first car, please. 509 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:49,290 It was a Ford Fiesta Mark 1. 510 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:52,130 OK, Ford Fiesta Mark 1. Brian Cox. 511 00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:55,010 Tell us about that photo, please. 512 00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:57,890 That's what I used to look like in the '80s. 513 00:31:57,940 --> 00:32:00,770 - It was a great car. - But didn't you over-mod your car? 514 00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:05,090 Yeah, because it was a 1.1 Fiesta so I think it was about 50bhp or 515 00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:07,490 something, and I had this thing called a... I think it was 516 00:32:07,540 --> 00:32:10,210 called the KNN super filter charger, or something. You'd take 517 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:13,250 the air filter off the carburettor and stick this thing on and you'd 518 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:16,290 get it up to about, I don't know what it was, 80, 90bhp or something. 519 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:20,010 But I couldn't afford to put bigger wheels on it, or the suspension, 520 00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:22,770 or the brakes or anything so it ended up wrapped round a lamppost. 521 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:24,530 But, you know. 522 00:32:24,580 --> 00:32:28,010 And I was... It couldn't handle the slight extra power. 523 00:32:28,060 --> 00:32:30,930 Well, you say, hang on a minute. Bear, he says, OK, he says it ended 524 00:32:30,980 --> 00:32:32,370 up wrapped around a lamppost. 525 00:32:32,420 --> 00:32:34,530 - Weren't you racing a Mini at the time? - No, no, no, 526 00:32:34,580 --> 00:32:37,050 because that would be a naughty thing to do. 527 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,930 You were, you were. 528 00:32:38,980 --> 00:32:41,730 He was racing a Mini at the time, he crashed into a lamppost 529 00:32:41,780 --> 00:32:47,290 and then he came up with the greatest excuse of all time. 530 00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:52,610 - Brian. - Motion is relative, and so it is perfectly possible to define 531 00:32:52,660 --> 00:32:55,650 myself as being in what's called an inertial frame of reference, 532 00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:57,610 as long as I wasn't accelerating in the car. 533 00:32:57,660 --> 00:33:00,530 And therefore the lamppost was moving towards me 534 00:33:00,580 --> 00:33:02,210 and that's... that's what happened. 535 00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:04,890 So you're right, relativity could have stepped in. 536 00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:07,650 So, er, car against car. First car against first car. 537 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:11,530 Brian's Ford Fiesta against Bear's Fiat Panda. 538 00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:13,050 OK, er which do you think? 539 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:16,500 First of all, let's hear it for Bear's Fiat Panda. 540 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:24,610 Let's hear it for Brian's orbiting Ford Fiesta 1.1. 541 00:33:29,860 --> 00:33:34,090 First blood to you. First blood to you, OK. 542 00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:36,050 Best car ever, Bear Grylls, here we go. 543 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:40,610 Well, I've got... I've got an Ex-SAS Gulf War One desert vehicle 544 00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:44,410 Oh, like this, you mean? That one. 545 00:33:44,460 --> 00:33:47,400 That one. It's perfect for the school run. 546 00:33:48,380 --> 00:33:50,690 I can pick the boys up at school. 547 00:33:50,740 --> 00:33:53,170 That is obviously a machinegun on the top. 548 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:55,210 I mean if someone puts a parking ticket on, 549 00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:56,890 can you just swing around like that? 550 00:33:56,940 --> 00:33:59,890 You have to have it decommissioned, that's part of the deal, isn't it? 551 00:33:59,940 --> 00:34:01,890 They're really boring about things like that. 552 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:04,770 They did make us decommission it, but it's actually not that hard 553 00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:05,930 to re-commission. 554 00:34:05,980 --> 00:34:08,090 What are we going to go up against with that? 555 00:34:08,140 --> 00:34:10,690 A tough one to call this, Brian. Best car ever, please. 556 00:34:10,740 --> 00:34:14,410 Best car for me? I've got... I've now... The best car I've ever had 557 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:18,050 is my one I've got at the moment, which is a Jaguar XF, which I love. 558 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:21,170 Jaguar XF, OK. There you go. Are you sure? 559 00:34:21,220 --> 00:34:22,930 That's the best one you can come up with? 560 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:25,010 Well I've never had great cars. 561 00:34:25,060 --> 00:34:27,970 I had the Fiesta, I had an Escort, that blew up on the motorway. 562 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:31,730 Er, I had a Rover 213 SE... 563 00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:35,370 - Yeah. - .. that I drove into the side of a transit van. 564 00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:37,490 That wasn't my fault. 565 00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:39,530 That was... He went through a stop sign 566 00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:44,570 and I ended up sat inside a transit van in my written-off Rover 213 SE. 567 00:34:44,620 --> 00:34:46,610 I was like, "It can't get any worse than this." 568 00:34:46,660 --> 00:34:49,370 But this is a very safe car. That's probably why you've chosen it. 569 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,210 I mean it does look like it's ready to crash, 570 00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:52,690 it looks like it's frowning. 571 00:34:52,740 --> 00:34:55,290 It's like, "Oh Brian's going to crash me now, any minute now. 572 00:34:55,340 --> 00:34:57,810 "Oh, God." It looks so tense, doesn't it? Don't you think? 573 00:34:57,860 --> 00:34:59,970 - I'm very careful these days. - OK, so... 574 00:35:00,020 --> 00:35:04,850 Er, best car ever, we have Brian's Jaguar XF against Bear's... 575 00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:07,610 - What would you like to call it again? - Desert military vehicle. 576 00:35:07,660 --> 00:35:08,690 Does it have a name? 577 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:11,210 - Well, let's call it a DMV. - OK. - There's no competition here. 578 00:35:11,260 --> 00:35:13,210 There's no... There's zero competition. 579 00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:15,130 Well, it's all right, you're 1-0 up, it's OK. 580 00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:17,720 Let's hear it for Brian's Jag XF. 581 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:23,570 Let's hear it for Bear's school run DMV. 582 00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:32,730 - He's a mountain. - It's 1-1. It's perfect, it's poetry. 583 00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:35,250 It is, it's beautiful car that. 584 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,410 It's down to the laps, everybody. Here we go. 585 00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:42,290 So we'll go first of all... Shall we look at Bear's lap first? 586 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:44,010 OK. Here we go. 587 00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:48,170 Bear Grylls, conqueror of Earth's most hostile climates, 588 00:35:48,220 --> 00:35:50,530 but can he conquer our fearsome new track? 589 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:54,930 Oh, I love a gentle drive in the countryside. 590 00:35:54,980 --> 00:35:56,930 I'm sure you do, but this is a competition. 591 00:35:56,980 --> 00:35:59,320 Focus, Grylls -- first corner. 592 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,770 And off road we go. 593 00:36:04,820 --> 00:36:07,330 OK, come on BG, hold it together, into the water. 594 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:09,720 The natural habitat of a bear. 595 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:15,090 Tricky corner coming up. Did he keep it under control? 596 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:18,850 Yes, he did. Secret there to slow down and not brake. 597 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:22,620 Hammerhead and he's got a slide on! Very good. 598 00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:27,970 Back into the wilds, his natural habitat for our second dirt 599 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:31,930 section, and the hairpin, bit of handbrake, yes or no? 600 00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:34,730 No. But that's OK. 601 00:36:34,780 --> 00:36:37,290 Big jump. Woooooaaaaa! 602 00:36:37,340 --> 00:36:39,650 How much air will Bear get? 603 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,570 Good air from Bear. 604 00:36:42,580 --> 00:36:44,570 Might have lost it a little bit back there, 605 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:46,250 but we're still going to win this. 606 00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:49,170 Fighting talk from Grylls. 607 00:36:49,220 --> 00:36:52,050 OK, just got to nail these last two corners. 608 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:56,460 Easier said than done. Wide line into second to last. 609 00:36:57,620 --> 00:37:00,370 Final corner. 610 00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:04,690 A bonus extra bit of off-road, and over the line. 611 00:37:04,740 --> 00:37:07,220 Not bad. 612 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,370 - What do you think? - Well, it wasn't... 613 00:37:11,420 --> 00:37:14,970 - It wasn't pretty but it was very fun. - It was exciting, though. 614 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:18,410 - Thank you. - All right, would you like to see Professor Brian? 615 00:37:18,460 --> 00:37:19,850 Yeah! 616 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:22,770 Brian, looking at that lap, does it worry you at all? 617 00:37:22,820 --> 00:37:26,050 Yes, it looked smooth and professional, that did. 618 00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:27,370 So I'm very worried now. 619 00:37:27,420 --> 00:37:30,050 Can I say, the thing is when you watch it, it looks quite sedate. 620 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,170 Cut to us inside, it is like... It's chaos in there. It's like, whoa! 621 00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:35,810 The jump, it feels like you're in the air for a long time. 622 00:37:35,860 --> 00:37:38,330 And then when you see it, it looks like you just plonk. 623 00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:39,530 No, it's very impressive. 624 00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:42,320 OK, here we go, Brian Cox on the line. 625 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:47,570 Brian Cox, a space man in our rally cross Mini. 626 00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:49,650 That's flat out all the way. 627 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,090 They look like good conditions out here. 628 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:54,450 Now they were, warm and dry, no excuses for a slow time, 629 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,840 to be honest. None whatsoever. 630 00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:04,330 Too fast. 631 00:38:04,380 --> 00:38:08,860 Through the water! Yes! Nothing like a cold splash on a hot day. 632 00:38:10,540 --> 00:38:12,050 Toughest corner coming up. 633 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:14,420 This is going to be [BLEEP]. 634 00:38:15,620 --> 00:38:17,690 Very nicely dealt with. 635 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:19,970 OK, Hammerhead, looking good. 636 00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:23,570 That looks tight, it looks slow so therefore it's tight. 637 00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:26,970 Off road again, dust, huge clouds, like a Mexican rally stage, 638 00:38:27,020 --> 00:38:31,420 and taking it wide, slow in, tight round, quick out, not bad. 639 00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:37,210 Oh, he was there for like a millisecond. 640 00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:40,210 This is one of the scariest things I've ever done, actually. 641 00:38:40,260 --> 00:38:43,250 Past the tyre wall. Now that is really quick, that is very, 642 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:44,840 very quick. 643 00:38:45,740 --> 00:38:48,450 He's a musician, he's beautiful, he's in motion. 644 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,570 He's poetry personified. 645 00:38:51,780 --> 00:38:54,810 Round the last corner, much tighter than Bear 646 00:38:54,860 --> 00:38:57,410 and across the line. 647 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:01,410 Like the look of that, what did you think? 648 00:39:01,460 --> 00:39:03,490 Yeah. 649 00:39:03,540 --> 00:39:06,890 That was definitely the least spectacular of my efforts. 650 00:39:06,940 --> 00:39:08,170 What would you prefer? 651 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:12,530 Drama to show your kids or a quick time for your ego? 652 00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:14,450 Mmm, yeah, all right, quick time. 653 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:15,810 OK, all right, so here we go. 654 00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:18,610 Let's go first of all Bear Grylls. Great lap. 655 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:21,090 - Good-looking lap. - Got to beat Gordon, come on. 656 00:39:21,140 --> 00:39:23,810 OK, so you want to beat Gordon Ramsay, do you? OK. Well, Bear... 657 00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:25,570 It's ambitious, ambitious. 658 00:39:25,620 --> 00:39:30,730 You completed our lap in 1.54. 659 00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:35,500 You've beaten Gordon, my friend. 1.54.4. There you go. 660 00:39:37,860 --> 00:39:41,980 - Third position. Good. OK. - That's fast. 661 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:48,010 - Right. - That's fast. - Can I just say, Brian, forget everybody 662 00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:50,330 that's either side of Bear, OK? 663 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:54,570 - Because you two are so close it's only really about you two. - Ah. 664 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:57,290 - OK. - Really? - Yes. Honestly. - Wow, wow, nice. 665 00:39:57,340 --> 00:40:00,690 You're either going to be third or fourth, but that doesn't matter. 666 00:40:00,740 --> 00:40:04,730 OK, cos you're so close, you're the two closest celebs on the same 667 00:40:04,780 --> 00:40:08,050 show, all right? So it's just about this, OK? 668 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:11,970 Professor Brian Cox, less dramatic but was it quicker? 669 00:40:12,020 --> 00:40:14,850 What if it was less dramatic and less quick? 670 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:18,170 - That would be terrible. - You can't go home if that's the case. 671 00:40:18,220 --> 00:40:20,530 All right, Brian you did it in... 672 00:40:20,580 --> 00:40:24,850 1... 673 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,420 53.9! 674 00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:34,050 That is joint second. Let's put it there, let's put him there 675 00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:37,610 with Damian. Well done! Congratulations, well done. 676 00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:41,090 - Thank you. - Bear Grylls, Brian Cox! 677 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:52,890 Now, there's been a lot of talk about this next car. 678 00:40:52,940 --> 00:40:56,530 Too much talk? I don't think so, because this car might just be on 679 00:40:56,580 --> 00:40:58,530 the cusp of changing everything. 680 00:40:58,580 --> 00:41:01,570 Not with a bang, not with a roar, not with a billowing 681 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:06,060 cloud of smoke, but with stealth, sophistication and silence. 682 00:41:23,660 --> 00:41:26,220 Welcome to the future. 683 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:30,820 This is the Tesla Model X. 684 00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:36,410 Yes, it's an electric car, but the Model X is an electric car 685 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:39,450 that might just do to petrol and diesel 686 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:42,500 what the Ford Model T did to the horse. 687 00:41:45,980 --> 00:41:49,210 Not so long ago, most electric cars were little more 688 00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:52,570 than spruced-up golf buggies, and about as refined. 689 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:58,010 But here I am in a spacious, luxurious, six-seat SUV 690 00:41:58,060 --> 00:42:01,860 that's aced every single crash test it's ever been in. 691 00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:10,650 Out there, in New York, it might all be kicking off big-style. 692 00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:13,840 ♪ Out in New York City! ♪ 693 00:42:15,580 --> 00:42:18,900 But in here, I'm cocooned in this bubble of serenity. 694 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:23,650 I don't have to worry about changing gears cos there aren't any, 695 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:26,900 there's no engine noise, cos there's no engine. 696 00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:32,810 What's there instead isn't all that ground-breaking. 697 00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:36,370 A big lithium ion battery pack sends power to an electric 698 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,380 motor on each axle, the usual drill. 699 00:42:43,300 --> 00:42:46,370 The challenge has always been about making this system 700 00:42:46,420 --> 00:42:49,970 work on a practical level, getting you where you need to go, 701 00:42:50,020 --> 00:42:54,650 when you need to go, without worrying how far you need to go. 702 00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:58,730 Tesla reckon this thing can do 250 miles, and it can be 703 00:42:58,780 --> 00:43:03,380 recharged in as little as 30 minutes from one of Tesla's superchargers... 704 00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:09,900 .. which are free to use, IF you can find one. 705 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:16,450 Extra range means extra weight, though. 706 00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:19,980 This mid-size SUV weighs more than a Range Rover. 707 00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:25,650 But that extra bulk sits below the floor, 708 00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:28,700 which gives the Model X a very low centre of gravity. 709 00:43:34,460 --> 00:43:36,810 As a result, it doesn't roll around. 710 00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:38,090 I mean it's no sports car, 711 00:43:38,140 --> 00:43:41,240 but in the bends, it stays surprisingly flat. 712 00:43:43,580 --> 00:43:46,970 There's really not an awful lot of feedback from the steering wheel, 713 00:43:47,020 --> 00:43:50,370 but because it has no engine, and it's silent, 714 00:43:50,420 --> 00:43:54,090 you can hear the tyres as they approach the limits of grip 715 00:43:54,140 --> 00:43:56,680 and you're driving with your ears. 716 00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:03,660 It's a very strange sensation but I like it. 717 00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:09,050 Electric motors give you all of their torque from zero rpm, 718 00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:10,730 standstill. 719 00:44:10,780 --> 00:44:14,020 You get all of the power available instantly. 720 00:44:15,620 --> 00:44:18,050 Whooooooo! 721 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:21,450 It's not acceleration as we know it, 722 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:23,640 but damn, it's addictive. 723 00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:27,690 And that's not the only game-changer. 724 00:44:28,980 --> 00:44:33,010 The Model X has been equipped with rear falcon wing doors. 725 00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:36,560 Not only do they look cool, they're practical, too. 726 00:44:37,420 --> 00:44:41,290 Perfect if you find yourself blocked in at a car park. 727 00:44:41,340 --> 00:44:43,140 How cool is that? 728 00:44:44,060 --> 00:44:47,460 But I need to be in the front to drive the... Oh. 729 00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:54,610 Then there's the bio weapon defence mode, 730 00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:58,250 which provides medical grade air filtration. 731 00:44:58,300 --> 00:45:01,370 - Hey doc, how you getting on back there? - Just finishing up. 732 00:45:01,420 --> 00:45:03,650 Everything clean? 733 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,500 Nice and sterile. 734 00:45:06,820 --> 00:45:11,290 And the futuristic options list continues with autopilot. 735 00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:14,370 Not only will it accelerate, brake and steer for you, 736 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:18,970 but flick the indicator and it will even change lane for you. 737 00:45:19,020 --> 00:45:23,260 My God, that is very weird. I'm totally freaked out right now. 738 00:45:24,380 --> 00:45:27,610 Tesla reckon their autopilot system is actually 739 00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:30,600 twice as safe as the average human driver. 740 00:45:32,580 --> 00:45:36,490 So this is an EV that has the range for the open road, will keep 741 00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:40,380 you alive during a chemical weapons attack and will drive itself. 742 00:45:41,540 --> 00:45:45,130 Is this the car, then, that will cure us of our petrol obsession? 743 00:45:45,180 --> 00:45:47,810 Don't need you, don't need you. 744 00:45:47,860 --> 00:45:52,770 I don't need you, I don't need you. I don't need you. 745 00:45:52,820 --> 00:45:57,370 It's all very novel, but to really succeed, electric cars will 746 00:45:57,420 --> 00:46:00,160 have to convince die-hard petrolheads. 747 00:46:01,780 --> 00:46:04,610 And they like stuff like this. 748 00:46:10,740 --> 00:46:13,080 The Dodge Challenger Hellcat. 749 00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:16,650 It doesn't have a clever air freshener. 750 00:46:16,700 --> 00:46:21,330 It has a 6.2 litre supercharged V8. 751 00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:24,250 Perfect for a drag race. 752 00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:26,530 So guys, what's going to win? 753 00:46:26,580 --> 00:46:31,210 The most powerful production muscle car in the world or the family van? 754 00:46:31,260 --> 00:46:32,600 Hellcat. 755 00:46:33,780 --> 00:46:36,450 707 horsepower, bro. You ain't going to get it. 756 00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:38,130 All right, we'll see, we'll see. 757 00:46:38,180 --> 00:46:40,050 Get them groceries. 758 00:46:41,620 --> 00:46:44,570 What they don't know is I've got a little thing called 759 00:46:44,620 --> 00:46:46,370 Ludicrous mode. 760 00:46:46,420 --> 00:46:49,290 And in Ludicrous mode the Model X recalibrates 761 00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:53,410 itself for maximum power and the result is... 762 00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:55,650 .. quite dramatic. 763 00:46:55,700 --> 00:47:00,740 Three, two, one, go! 764 00:47:04,980 --> 00:47:06,460 Oh, yeah! 765 00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:13,140 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. 766 00:47:18,500 --> 00:47:20,780 Electrons for the win! 767 00:47:22,860 --> 00:47:24,570 I've destroyed him! 768 00:47:24,620 --> 00:47:26,370 I've destroyed him! 769 00:47:26,420 --> 00:47:29,010 - Oh, he's got it. - No way. He got it. 770 00:47:29,060 --> 00:47:32,140 What does that make me? Am I still a petrolhead? 771 00:47:37,460 --> 00:47:39,690 What were you saying? Hellcat who? 772 00:47:39,740 --> 00:47:41,280 Hellcat who? 773 00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:45,530 ♪ Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten 774 00:47:45,580 --> 00:47:47,970 ♪ From the Battery to the top of Manhattan 775 00:47:48,020 --> 00:47:50,610 ♪ Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin 776 00:47:50,660 --> 00:47:53,960 ♪ Black, white New York, you make it happen... ♪ 777 00:47:54,900 --> 00:47:59,330 I've nearly done 200 miles driving all around New York State. 778 00:47:59,380 --> 00:48:03,090 I've done a drag race, which I won, and I've still got, 779 00:48:03,140 --> 00:48:07,250 let's see, 21 miles of range left to go. 780 00:48:07,300 --> 00:48:08,970 That's unreal. 781 00:48:13,820 --> 00:48:15,650 Could the Model X be it, then? 782 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:18,330 The actual car of the future? 783 00:48:18,380 --> 00:48:21,210 Well, the oil's running out, so something has to give, 784 00:48:21,260 --> 00:48:24,890 but the Model X doesn't quite have all the answers. 785 00:48:24,940 --> 00:48:28,290 Of course, there are no emissions from the Model X itself, 786 00:48:28,340 --> 00:48:31,540 but it's only as green as the energy you put into it. 787 00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:36,850 If your power company's making its juice by burning rainforests 788 00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:40,740 and puppies, then you can't exactly claim the moral high ground. 789 00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:46,690 And when it comes to the UK, 790 00:48:46,740 --> 00:48:51,940 this family car is likely to cost about £90,000. 791 00:48:53,620 --> 00:48:56,410 So the Model X won't be mobilising the masses 792 00:48:56,460 --> 00:48:59,050 quite like the Model T did. 793 00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:01,610 But it is the start of something. 794 00:49:01,660 --> 00:49:04,450 Everything changes right now. 795 00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:07,770 The Model X pushes the reset button. 796 00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:11,810 Forget cylinders and super unleaded cos the future is cells 797 00:49:11,860 --> 00:49:13,800 and super-capacitors. 798 00:49:14,540 --> 00:49:18,050 There's no point trying to fight it cos you can't stop it. 799 00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:22,060 The future is here and it's electric. 800 00:49:33,300 --> 00:49:34,850 Rory, talk to me. 801 00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:38,250 I mean this is THE congregation of petrolheads! 802 00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:43,010 Yeah, this is the holy temple of hydrocarbons. 803 00:49:43,060 --> 00:49:45,210 Are you telling us that the future is electric? 804 00:49:45,260 --> 00:49:48,610 I knew that wouldn't go down well, but you've got to face up to it. 805 00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:50,850 Electric is part of the future. 806 00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:55,290 Yeah, but the future for me is like the Aston Martin DB11, 807 00:49:55,340 --> 00:49:56,730 the Bugatti Chiron, 808 00:49:56,780 --> 00:49:58,170 the new Ford GT... 809 00:49:58,220 --> 00:50:02,090 I like all of those cars, but they still use old technology. 810 00:50:02,140 --> 00:50:05,570 They're compromised. Electric power gives you no compromises. 811 00:50:05,620 --> 00:50:08,250 You don't have to choose between performance, 812 00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:10,810 or practicality, or eco friendliness. 813 00:50:10,860 --> 00:50:13,330 You have all three things in one package. 814 00:50:13,380 --> 00:50:15,730 Yeah, yeah. OK. Well, just out of curiosity, 815 00:50:15,780 --> 00:50:18,410 next week you're driving the new Jaguar F Type SVR, right? 816 00:50:18,460 --> 00:50:22,970 - Yeah, yeah. - The one with that big, massive V8 gasoline engine, right? 817 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:25,250 - Sure am. - And how was it? - Awesome! I want one. - You do? 818 00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:28,290 - You need to drive it, man. It's incredible. - You loved it? - Yeah. 819 00:50:28,340 --> 00:50:29,810 - Loved it? - Loved it! 820 00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:33,660 Ladies and gentlemen, a slightly hypocritical Rory Reid. 821 00:50:38,420 --> 00:50:42,690 All right, now back to our train film. 822 00:50:42,740 --> 00:50:44,490 Two cars and a motorcycle on the road, 823 00:50:44,540 --> 00:50:46,610 versus Eddie Jordan on the rails, 824 00:50:46,660 --> 00:50:48,930 and sometimes off the rails. 825 00:51:03,820 --> 00:51:08,740 We set off early, eager to cover the best miles of the drive to Venice. 826 00:51:10,980 --> 00:51:12,460 Mountains! 827 00:51:14,580 --> 00:51:16,770 Nice road. 828 00:51:16,820 --> 00:51:18,250 This is where the bike is nice. 829 00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:21,370 I can enjoy the view a little better. I have no roof. 830 00:51:21,420 --> 00:51:23,620 Good view, but a cold ass. 831 00:51:24,220 --> 00:51:27,420 I'm going to freeze my cubes off if it gets any colder. 832 00:51:31,180 --> 00:51:35,650 Yes, as we swept across the Alps, spirits were high. 833 00:51:35,700 --> 00:51:37,810 Wooo! Beautiful! 834 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:43,170 Oh, this is so pretty. Look at this! 835 00:51:44,220 --> 00:51:47,320 Yeah, you don't get this on the train, no way. 836 00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:52,140 Beat this experience, Jordan. Come on, this is gorgeous! 837 00:51:54,140 --> 00:51:56,570 Well, speaking of gorgeous... 838 00:51:56,620 --> 00:52:00,570 There's only one thing better than a trip through the Alps, 839 00:52:00,620 --> 00:52:04,730 and that's a trip through the Alps eating lobster. 840 00:52:04,780 --> 00:52:06,580 Whatever, Jordan. 841 00:52:07,860 --> 00:52:09,610 Look at this. 842 00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:12,410 Clear blue skies, the mountain air, 843 00:52:12,460 --> 00:52:15,130 in the Alps, on the way to Venice, 844 00:52:15,180 --> 00:52:17,060 what's not to like? 845 00:52:19,740 --> 00:52:22,140 Well, there's always something. 846 00:52:24,540 --> 00:52:26,050 Hello, Eddie. 847 00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:29,010 Chris! I've got another challenge for you. 848 00:52:29,060 --> 00:52:30,330 OK... 849 00:52:30,380 --> 00:52:34,530 It says, "Today you must travel 500 miles to Venice." 850 00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:36,490 We're already doing that. 851 00:52:36,540 --> 00:52:41,090 Good. "Your rendezvous point is the prestigious Gritti Palace 852 00:52:41,140 --> 00:52:42,890 "in the heart of Venice. 853 00:52:42,940 --> 00:52:47,490 "If you arrive after Eddie..." That's me. ".. the train has won. 854 00:52:47,540 --> 00:52:50,250 Oh, that seems fair. How come? 855 00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:52,780 Don't be late. Bye-bye! 856 00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:57,090 With luxury taking a back seat, 857 00:52:57,140 --> 00:53:00,940 this was now a straight race between road and rail. 858 00:53:02,860 --> 00:53:06,170 Luckily, our early start meant we'd already reached Italy, 859 00:53:06,220 --> 00:53:08,330 and were well on our way to Venice. 860 00:53:08,380 --> 00:53:12,610 But, with Eddie looking steady, if not slightly in the lead, 861 00:53:12,660 --> 00:53:14,730 we had to get a move on. 862 00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:18,810 Not to mention work out how to actually reach the finish line. 863 00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:20,290 Can you drive to the hotel? 864 00:53:20,340 --> 00:53:22,930 What are we... How are we supposed to get there? 865 00:53:22,980 --> 00:53:24,410 We don't have a boat. 866 00:53:24,460 --> 00:53:26,210 That clearly remains to be seen. 867 00:53:26,260 --> 00:53:29,490 Thankfully though, Matt, you and I have some of our budget left. 868 00:53:29,540 --> 00:53:33,300 The German, on the other hand, she may be swimming. 869 00:53:35,940 --> 00:53:40,090 Yes, the race for luxury grand tour bragging rights was on. 870 00:53:40,140 --> 00:53:41,850 Even Eddie had found another gear. 871 00:53:41,900 --> 00:53:43,570 I need a word with the driver. 872 00:53:43,620 --> 00:53:45,170 Although clearly... 873 00:53:45,220 --> 00:53:47,570 Venice, mucho rapido, si? 874 00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:49,970 .. he had no idea how trains work. 875 00:53:50,020 --> 00:53:51,980 - Rapido! - OK, OK! 876 00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:59,420 The race is on now, boys. And girl. 877 00:54:00,820 --> 00:54:02,620 Push, baby, push. 878 00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:07,620 Chris, get out of my way! I want to win the race! 879 00:54:16,420 --> 00:54:17,730 As expected though, 880 00:54:17,780 --> 00:54:21,210 the cost of Sabine's Audi soon began to take its toll. 881 00:54:21,260 --> 00:54:23,490 They want my money again! 882 00:54:23,540 --> 00:54:25,010 Oh-oh. 883 00:54:25,060 --> 00:54:26,380 20... 884 00:54:29,620 --> 00:54:35,770 My calculation says that I have enough money to fill it up to 885 00:54:35,820 --> 00:54:39,580 get to Venice, and maybe I have some money left for the toll as well. 886 00:54:40,740 --> 00:54:42,610 It's really tricky. 887 00:54:43,740 --> 00:54:47,130 And she wasn't the only one with problems. 888 00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:50,650 The Gold Wing's small tank meant Matt was wasting 889 00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:52,970 valuable time on fuel stops. 890 00:54:54,380 --> 00:54:57,730 You know, the quicker the pace, obviously the more fuel I use. 891 00:54:57,780 --> 00:55:00,860 Probably have to stop for fuel at least two more times. 892 00:55:01,860 --> 00:55:03,930 It'S going to be tight. 893 00:55:05,420 --> 00:55:07,450 Matt may have been falling behind, 894 00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:11,730 but I was being distracted by the world's most irritating man. 895 00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:14,170 You'd better make sure you're there on time! 896 00:55:14,220 --> 00:55:16,050 Well, you'd better get there. 897 00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:17,090 Chris! 898 00:55:17,140 --> 00:55:19,130 - You'd better get there. - Chris! 899 00:55:19,180 --> 00:55:21,660 Enough. It was time to floor it. 900 00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:29,290 Go, go, go, go! 901 00:55:29,340 --> 00:55:32,770 Whoa! I just saw the first sign for Venice. 902 00:55:32,820 --> 00:55:35,690 While I started to reel Sabine back in... 903 00:55:35,740 --> 00:55:38,810 Get out of my way! Mrs Schmitz is on the road. 904 00:55:38,860 --> 00:55:40,400 Meep, meep! 905 00:55:41,500 --> 00:55:46,330 .. Matt's pace was getting more and more... economical. 906 00:55:46,380 --> 00:55:48,320 I love these tunnels. 907 00:55:56,220 --> 00:55:58,090 I hate this tunnel. 908 00:56:06,940 --> 00:56:10,090 With night falling, we'd closed in on Venice, 909 00:56:10,140 --> 00:56:13,250 and, with Eddie's train stuck at Saga speed, 910 00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:16,820 by the time he arrived, we'd be breathing down his neck. 911 00:56:17,820 --> 00:56:21,020 Well, when I say "we", I mean two of us. 912 00:56:26,060 --> 00:56:28,050 My gosh, it's far to Venice. 913 00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:30,210 But I think I'm in the lead. 914 00:56:30,260 --> 00:56:32,130 We'll see. 915 00:56:32,180 --> 00:56:34,120 Good luck with that. 916 00:56:36,980 --> 00:56:38,530 Venezia, 10km, yes. 917 00:56:38,580 --> 00:56:40,260 Come on! 918 00:56:44,620 --> 00:56:46,010 I made it! 919 00:56:46,060 --> 00:56:48,330 With Sabine's cash flow now critical... 920 00:56:48,380 --> 00:56:50,490 I have three pence left. 921 00:56:50,540 --> 00:56:54,490 .. as we hit Venice, this was just the advantage I needed. 922 00:56:54,540 --> 00:56:58,170 I've got loads of money left from my initial budget, 923 00:56:58,220 --> 00:57:02,210 so I can afford the quickest water taxi transfer 924 00:57:02,260 --> 00:57:06,210 to the Gritti Palace, wherever that is, so I've got a chance. 925 00:57:06,260 --> 00:57:08,200 I have got a chance. 926 00:57:09,340 --> 00:57:11,530 No, he doesn't. 927 00:57:11,580 --> 00:57:13,530 Hello, Venice. 928 00:57:13,580 --> 00:57:15,100 Ah, taxi. 929 00:57:17,620 --> 00:57:19,410 Here we are! 930 00:57:19,460 --> 00:57:21,850 With no money left for a water taxi, 931 00:57:21,900 --> 00:57:25,700 I would have to find my way to the finish on foot. 932 00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:29,570 This is it, this is the car park. 933 00:57:29,620 --> 00:57:30,890 Gritti Palace? 934 00:57:30,940 --> 00:57:33,280 - Yeah. - Thank you, grazie. 935 00:57:35,100 --> 00:57:37,050 Water, check. 936 00:57:37,100 --> 00:57:39,130 Water everywhere! 937 00:57:39,180 --> 00:57:41,490 Excuse me, are you a water taxi? 938 00:57:41,540 --> 00:57:43,410 Ah, we go this way. 939 00:57:45,580 --> 00:57:47,380 Cutting it close. 940 00:57:47,740 --> 00:57:49,540 Very, very close. 941 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:54,100 Back in the actual race, I'd found a speed boat. 942 00:57:55,100 --> 00:57:56,290 We've got to go! 943 00:57:56,340 --> 00:57:58,970 However, immediately there was a problem. 944 00:57:59,020 --> 00:58:03,050 Venice, it seems, has a water speed limit. 945 00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:06,290 Well, here we are, hurtling towards the Gritti Palace 946 00:58:06,340 --> 00:58:08,530 at 7km an hour. 947 00:58:08,580 --> 00:58:11,810 To make matters worse, Sabine was covering the ground 948 00:58:11,860 --> 00:58:14,410 like some sort of Terminator. 949 00:58:14,460 --> 00:58:16,460 Excuse me! Sorry! 950 00:58:17,940 --> 00:58:20,740 Come on, come on, we need to get there. 951 00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:24,610 I haven't seen Chris or Sabine for about four hours. 952 00:58:24,660 --> 00:58:27,260 So I think I'm still ahead of them. 953 00:58:27,820 --> 00:58:29,210 Must be this way. 954 00:58:29,260 --> 00:58:30,890 Come on! 955 00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:33,420 Yeah, come on, Gianluca! 956 00:58:34,620 --> 00:58:36,410 This is the hotel! I can see it. 957 00:58:36,460 --> 00:58:38,730 Oh, sorry! Sorry, sorry! 958 00:58:38,780 --> 00:58:40,980 Gritti Palace, we're here! 959 00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:48,770 - Oh, nein! - Sabine! 960 00:58:48,820 --> 00:58:50,090 Eddie! 961 00:58:50,940 --> 00:58:53,210 Sabine, brilliant! 962 00:58:53,260 --> 00:58:54,530 Oh, made it! 963 00:58:54,580 --> 00:58:57,650 So, you are... You are first here from the other two. 964 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,490 Not Matt, not here? Nobody? 965 00:58:59,540 --> 00:59:02,530 Just you and me, and I've just beaten you. 966 00:59:02,580 --> 00:59:03,850 Oh, no! 967 00:59:03,900 --> 00:59:05,250 Grab a seat. 968 00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:07,250 Oh. 969 00:59:07,300 --> 00:59:11,210 - Oh, my God! - Oh, my goodness! Heyyy! - She beat you! - Hi! - Hi. 970 00:59:11,260 --> 00:59:14,570 We are here since a couple of minutes. 971 00:59:14,620 --> 00:59:16,090 - Well done. - Are you dead? 972 00:59:16,140 --> 00:59:17,770 You're not dead, are you? 973 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:19,290 No, I had a great time! 974 00:59:19,340 --> 00:59:21,050 You've never looked more relaxed. 975 00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:24,380 - I've had the couple of days from heaven, man. - Look at you! 976 00:59:26,380 --> 00:59:28,330 OK. 977 00:59:28,380 --> 00:59:29,980 Home stretch. 978 00:59:37,100 --> 00:59:38,610 What a blast. 979 00:59:38,660 --> 00:59:41,530 And well done to Eddie, victory for the train, 980 00:59:41,580 --> 00:59:43,890 completely undermining the reason for Top Gear, 981 00:59:43,940 --> 00:59:45,570 but you know, what the heck? 982 00:59:45,620 --> 00:59:49,690 Excuse me! For once, I was only doing what I was told to. 983 00:59:52,220 --> 00:59:54,570 Oh, OK, Eddie, Eddie, Eddie. 984 00:59:54,620 --> 00:59:57,090 Just one more thing, now you had a great time? 985 00:59:57,140 --> 00:59:58,130 Absolutely. 986 00:59:58,180 --> 01:00:00,650 - We had a great time. You won. - Yes, of course. 987 01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:03,730 We lost. However, we got to keep these. 988 01:00:03,780 --> 01:00:05,050 Sabine... 989 01:00:05,100 --> 01:00:08,090 Yeah! My Audi A8, un-destructible. 990 01:00:08,140 --> 01:00:11,850 Yeah, I will never sell my gorgeous Jag, never going to sell it. 991 01:00:11,900 --> 01:00:13,450 Yeah, my Gold Wing, loved it. 992 01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:16,040 For sale, anybody want to buy it? 993 01:00:17,020 --> 01:00:19,010 So, Eddie, what were you left with? 994 01:00:19,060 --> 01:00:20,490 Ha-ha! 995 01:00:20,540 --> 01:00:23,130 - I got... - Oh, no! No! 996 01:00:23,180 --> 01:00:25,260 No, no, no, no! 997 01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:31,170 Right, next week the Zenos and the BMW M2. 998 01:00:31,220 --> 01:00:35,050 The Jaguar F Type, and the new Rolls-Royce Dawn. 999 01:00:35,100 --> 01:00:36,780 Goodnight, everyone! Goodnight!