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