1 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,590 Hello and welcome to the second part of the Top Gear Christmas Special, 2 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,030 the part where... 3 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,470 it all goes wrong. 4 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,630 As you probably saw in the first programme, we were doing 5 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,550 an homage to the V8, driving all the way across Patagonia, 6 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,590 from the town of Bariloche here, 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,870 on our way to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego. 8 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,990 Now Ushuaia is the city from which the battleship Belgrano sailed 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,470 on its final voyage at the beginning of the Falklands War, 10 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,550 and as a result of that, the British are not... 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,230 overly popular down there. 12 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,990 In a bid to build bridges, we were planning to build a stadium 13 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,590 when we got there, and play an Argentinian team at car football. 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,790 However, there was a problem. 15 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,870 Someone on an Argentinian website 16 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:12,550 noticed that the car I was driving sported the number plate H982 FKL 17 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,030 and they wondered if perhaps this was a reference 18 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,350 to the 1982 Falklands War. 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,470 Now we'd been made aware of the issue shortly after we arrived 20 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,030 in Argentina but there was nothing really we could do. 21 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,110 I mean, you can't just change a car's number plates. 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,590 We did, however, develop a plan that would solve the issue 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,390 when we arrived in Ushuaia. 24 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,950 Unfortunately, as you will see at the end of what follows, 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,960 we were never given the chance. 26 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,350 1,600 miles... 27 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,400 in a Lotus? 28 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,550 Petrified forests, mysterious lakes. This is all very odd. 29 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,710 Not looking, not looking, not looking, not looking. 30 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,070 Ow! 31 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,470 Oh. 32 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,400 I think Hammond really loves that Mustang. 33 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,670 Ow! 34 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,350 I've lost another gear. 35 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,990 It's your route, it's your route. This road, it's killing the car! 36 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,950 The dashboard is a Christmas tree and the car has stopped. 37 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,790 It's dead. The Porsche is dead. 38 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,310 It's all very well being rude about the people of Norfolk 39 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,230 but so far they seem to have built the best car. 40 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,470 If you'll say, "Jeremy, your car is not boring," I will give you a tow. 41 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,510 I know who it is. 42 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,550 That's their idea of a comedy back-up car. 43 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,150 I couldn't do that. Could you do that? How can they do that? 44 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,910 Stop doing Butch Cassidy things, please. Not now. 45 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,310 Why have you fitted my car with a brake light on the dashboard? 46 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,670 Every bone in their crotches. 47 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,800 That's what I'm going to break. 48 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,750 We began day six in Argentina on yet another 49 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,200 one of Patagonia's endless gravel roads. 50 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,070 70 miles now and I haven't seen a corner or another car. 51 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,310 70 miles. 52 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,280 Mustang country. 53 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,870 As this was quite monotonous, I decided we should do some cornering. 54 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,400 So I hatched a plan. 55 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,320 You know what this is, don't you? 56 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,870 ~ Dried-up lakebed. ~ Yeah, it is. 57 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,670 It WAS a dried-up lakebed. 58 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,920 I see it now as a racetrack. 59 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:07,630 Yeah. 60 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,310 We could replicate any track in the world here, and we shall. 61 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,230 'I therefore decided to make a carbon copy 62 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,670 'of our favourite circuit, 63 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,440 'Imola.' 64 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,230 So here we go - this is the Tamburello I'm making, here. 65 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,040 It's a long, sweeping left-hander. 66 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,910 Through the "S"s, like so. Lovely job. 67 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,520 That's a lovely corner, there. I've just made a lovely corner. 68 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,790 Right, good. 69 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:41,790 The track is made. 70 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:45,070 'I must confess, the finished product looked more like a placenta 71 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,550 'than Imola, but we were all looking forward to staging 72 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,160 'the inaugural V8 desert marathon.' 73 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,990 I'm going to turn petrol into dust and noise. 74 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,430 In three... How many laps? 75 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,950 ~ Oh. ~ 50? ~ Many. 76 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,510 Let's do 100. 77 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,190 In three, two, one. 78 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,280 Hit it. 79 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,680 Short shifting into second. 80 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:15,920 And into third, and already my lead is commanding and excellent. 81 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,870 You 82 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,470 They think you're all boring. 83 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,960 Whoa, you're not boring now! 84 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,630 Oh, ho, ho, ho! 85 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,870 Oh, I'm on the inside of James, here. 86 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,760 Sod it. Ah! 87 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,910 Hammond is going like a crazy man. 88 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,320 Go on, Stang, go on, fella. 89 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,550 Whoo-hoo, that was a... Ah! 90 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,880 That way's... Oh, no - I've gone wrong! 91 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,400 Heroic manoeuvre from the mighty Mustang. 92 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,550 That is James May coming through. 93 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,310 Argh! Damn and blast! 94 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,390 Got him. 95 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,030 Oh, no! 96 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,910 'In the next half hour, there were more overtaking moves 97 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,990 'than you get in a whole season of Formula 1. 98 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,320 'It was brilliant.' 99 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,590 Hammond and I are... 100 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,550 Yes, we are side by side. 101 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,910 The most almighty battle. Like gladiators, but a bit fatter. 102 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,830 Oh, really wide. 103 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,150 Yep, that is a Lotus Esprit - famed throughout the world 104 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,270 for being one of the most unreliable cars ever made. 105 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,880 And look at it. 106 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,120 Oh, nicely done. 107 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,080 I can't see anything. Wah! 108 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,760 This is an endurance race. 109 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,470 That's what you need to remember. because the Mustang will break. 110 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,390 'And sure enough...' 111 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:01,510 Ooh, that was a...! 112 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,320 Argh! Argh! 113 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,790 'I called a halt before anything else went wrong. 114 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,870 'But it already had.' 115 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,230 Oh, my God. 116 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:21,110 Things you want in your carburettor - fuel, air and that's it. 117 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,560 You don't want rocks. 118 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,350 Well, it was definitely time to stop. 119 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,120 ~ Yeah. ~ Draw, shall we call it a draw? ~ Yes. ~ We can call it a draw. ~ Yes. 120 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,270 Do you remember where the road was? 121 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,190 ~ Which side did we come onto the lake? ~ That side, I think. 122 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,270 ~ No, we didn't. ~ We came from that side. ~ No, we didn't. 123 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,910 We had the hills to our right, so I still think it's over there. 124 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,710 Well, we didn't drive over this stuff to get to the lake, did we? 125 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Yeah, but we could have been round it. I think we came in from there. 126 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,270 'Unable to agree, I put myself in charge 127 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,480 'and told the others to follow.' 128 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,190 I'm telling you, it's back that way. 129 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,160 I know he's got the most brilliant sense of direction in the world... 130 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,520 This was a mistake. 131 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,840 Very soft there, very soft there, keep going, keep going, very soft. 132 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,390 Oooh! 133 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,750 Ooh. 134 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:28,840 Here goes nothing. 135 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,960 Wouldn't ordinarily do this with a 928, but... 136 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,080 I've never felt more hopelessly lost. 137 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,390 'After many hours, we did find the road, 138 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,000 'but our path to it was blocked by a locked gate.' 139 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,630 That fence goes on forever. 140 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,470 Well, just knock it over. 141 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,070 What do you mean, knock it over? 142 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,870 I'll use my Mustang, I'll just drive at the fence and flatten it... 143 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,830 ~ What, and then leave the owner a note? ~ Yes. 144 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,750 And a few dollar... I mean it's a bit of fence, 145 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,310 ~ he could put that back up. ~ Hammond, what will the note say? 146 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,110 "Sorry we broke your fence and let all your animals escape, 147 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,470 "and, by the way, the Falklands are British." 148 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,470 We're supposed to be mending fences, not knocking them down. 149 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,710 ~ Oh, he's got his map. ~ Oh, good. We're saved(!) 150 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,550 Right, look. 151 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:31,630 We were coming... We are... We went into this desert to do the racing. 152 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:34,790 ~ So we've come off the road somewhere here. ~ Mm. 153 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:40,470 ~ It can't be more than 20k to Tres Lagos. ~ Mm-hm. 154 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,110 And get some bolt cutters. 155 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,630 ~ 20k? ~ Mm-hm. ~ 12 miles. 156 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,030 ~ We could walk it. ~ We could walk that. 157 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,440 ~ I can't walk 12 miles. ~ What else do you suggest? 158 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:00,750 ~ No. ~ No. ~ No. ~ No. ~ No. ~ No. ~ No. 159 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,030 It's minus-one. I am allergic to walking. 160 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,190 Just... no. 161 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,150 I know those horses we rode in Burma, they were like Caterhams. 162 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,830 ~ These are like Ford Granadas. ~ How do you know? 163 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,310 Cos they look like Ford Granadas. 164 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,560 ~ They don't. ~ They do. Just get on. 165 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,150 ~ Hello, horse. ~ Hola. 166 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,720 Hello, horse. I shall call you Burger. 167 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,350 Oh, that's not gone well. Oh, 168 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,950 That's not gone well. 169 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,310 You all right, mate? You all right? 170 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,230 Stay still, stay still. You all right? You all right? 171 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Just stay still, stay still, stay still. You're just winded. 172 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,880 I guess we're walking, then. 173 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,350 'Leaving James in the hands of our doctor, 174 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,710 'Hammond and I set off on the long walk into town, 175 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,950 'which gave us time to chat about many things.' 176 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,070 And it did the weirdest thing. 177 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,990 It looked up and I thought, "Oh, it's going to go mental and run away." 178 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,470 It walks towards the peacock, so it was interested. 179 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,950 See, I hate both... 180 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,350 ~ They live on a diet of meat and nothing else. ~ Yeah. Yeah. 181 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,270 Which must ruin their colons. 182 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,030 And if you then spend 12 hours in the saddle, hammering it flat, 183 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,710 it'll be like trying to pass a dustbin lid. 184 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:26,000 No, cos I think that's really weird, that snails give trout piles. 185 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,150 In town we found a shop and bought the bolt cutters. 186 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,350 And when we returned, we discovered that James had cracked three ribs 187 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,800 and completely lost his sense of humour. 188 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,870 What the hell was Clarkson thinking of, even suggesting...? 189 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,470 What was I thinking of, listening to him? 190 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,990 Horses are a part of the countryside. 191 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,470 The countryside is for driving through and looking at. That is... 192 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,000 Ah! God! 193 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,030 'Happily, Clarkson soon got a bit of payback.' 194 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,680 ~ Oh, for ~ sake. 195 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,190 I am out of fuel. 196 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,640 What a rotten bit of luck. 197 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,150 Oh. 198 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,560 No, it isn't fuel. 199 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,030 It's not turning over. 200 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,910 Oil pressure light, anything? 201 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,360 I think it could be alternator-related. 202 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,320 It's been a long day today. 203 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,880 Sorry for being boring, viewers, and having a car that works perfectly. 204 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,440 Lovely evening. 205 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,320 There's the problem. That WAS the alternator belt. 206 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:08,470 'With night falling, I was back on the road, 207 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,150 'but not out of trouble.' 208 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,870 Sit rep. 209 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,110 I didn't have a spare alternator belt, 210 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,070 so I put a new battery in the boot, which now isn't being charged, 211 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,390 which means I can't run with any electrical equipment on - 212 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,800 no lights, no heater, nothing. 213 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,630 '50 miles from the overnight holt, 214 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:34,110 'I caught up with one of my colleagues, 215 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,230 'but he wasn't much help.' 216 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,150 Hammond, is that the full range of your lights? 217 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,430 Yeah, that's it, that's all I got. Just one. 218 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,240 I have literally nothing at all, nothing. 219 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,430 Oh, bollocks, THAT'S still working. 220 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,790 Yeah, the one thing I don't want is your joke brake light. 221 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,680 Sorry, is that less than funny now? 222 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,350 'Hammond offered to ride shotgun so we could share his headlight.' 223 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,400 If you can get your nose slightly in front of my nose... 224 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,560 Absolutely no difference at all. 225 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,360 'And then night fell completely.' 226 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,430 It's bloody dangerous, this. 227 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,160 Bloody dangerous. 228 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:26,120 It's about 30k to where we've got to end up tonight. 229 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,590 I don't know if there's 30k in that battery in Jeremy's car. 230 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,680 Almost certainly not. 231 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,680 That is concentration now. 232 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,630 I'm tired now, I'm really tired. 233 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,520 And scared. 234 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,670 Oh, 235 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,920 Oh, I never saw that coming. 236 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,880 Ten miles to the hotel. 237 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,950 'By using "the Force", I made it in one piece, 238 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,710 'and the next morning, after James had leapt into his Lotus...' 239 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,630 Ah! 240 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,080 '..we hit the road.' 241 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,150 Couldn't mend my car last night because, well, 242 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,470 we couldn't get an alternator belt in this town, amazingly. 243 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,230 And the dashboard is unmendable. 244 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,510 So I just fiddled with Hammond's car instead. 245 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,350 It was more fun, I thought. 246 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,990 Oh! 247 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,950 Have you wired my brake pedal to my air horn? 248 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,070 Yes, I have. 249 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,520 Have you also taken the time to put the air horn inside the car? 250 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,590 Yes, I did. 251 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,270 Ow! Oh, God! 252 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,350 'Meanwhile, in Frankie Dettori's car...' 253 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,320 ~ Oh, ~ BLEEP, ~ ah! 254 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,470 hell! Sorry, viewers. 255 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,270 ~ Hammond? ~ Yes? 256 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,550 We're staying tonight at a town called... 257 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,750 I think it's called Calafate, something like that. 258 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,950 Apparently there's a freestyle trampoline competition going on, 259 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,990 £100 first prize. 260 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:33,710 Oh, well, I think we're signed up. 261 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,320 ~ We're also signed up for the piggyback race. ~ Excellent. 262 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,600 'Soon we started to get a bit distracted by the backdrop.' 263 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,320 Bloody Nora, look at that! What's that all about? 264 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,440 'We had to stop and take a moment.' 265 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,600 Look at that. I mean, look at it. 266 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,110 ~ That really is actually a spectacular view. ~ It is. 267 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,350 ~ That's one of the best, actually. ~ That is a film set. 268 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,510 Those mountains, they must be... I've never heard of them, but they're... 269 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,800 Well, it's the Andes. 270 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,990 ~ What? ~ Could you just take a quick picture and then show it to me? 271 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,590 ~ It's easier. ~ Oh, no, my phone's flat. Hop out. 272 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,750 ~ We'll help you. ~ Even at the best of times, that's an idiotic expression. 273 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,270 Nobody hops out of a car. 274 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,430 ~ Jump out. ~ Nobody jumps out of a car, nobody hovers, nobody leaps out. 275 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,110 ~ He's quite grumpy. ~ Nobody pops. 276 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,630 ~ Back pain does that to people. ~ It does. 277 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,080 ~ It puts them in a bad mood. ~ It does. 278 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,390 'Back on the road, I started to think about the football stadium 279 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,840 'we'd have to build at journey's end.' 280 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,470 Um, I've had a thought. 281 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:06,830 What? 282 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,440 Builders don't turn up in Porsches or Lotuses or Ford Mustangs. 283 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,830 At some point, we're going to have to make our cars 284 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,550 a bit more workman-like. 285 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,960 I get you. OK. 286 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,270 'And so, that afternoon, 287 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:32,400 'after a wonderful drive on glorious roads, we reached El Calafate.' 288 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,640 Oh, sorry. They've wired it up. 289 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,200 'And there we found what we needed.' 290 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,070 Looks like a workshop. We can use that. 291 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,110 We can do work. 292 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,080 It doesn't work. 293 00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:17,590 Er... 294 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,070 "Largos." 295 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:20,760 "Gruesos." 296 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,550 24 hours later, our modifications were complete. 297 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,390 At the front, I have mended the alternator belt 298 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,430 and fitted these stripes so May and Hammond 299 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,270 stop calling me a businessman. 300 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,230 At the back, I've been a little more radical. 301 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,080 I have converted my 928 into..."an" pick-up truck. 302 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,520 Ooh! 303 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,590 What on earth is this all for? 304 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,830 Lights. Well, I had a problem with my lights - I have addressed that. 305 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,150 Why, in such an enormous car, have you fitted 306 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,990 the roll cage on the outside? 307 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,750 Yeah, the exoskeleton. 308 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,270 Because, well, it leaves more room inside, doesn't it? 309 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,950 What you've done is you've made your already very big car 310 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,030 ~ even bigger, and you've fitted the spoiler... ~ Yep. ~ .. from the back... 311 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,950 ~ Yeah. Still got the spoiler on it. ~ Have you had this in a wind tunnel? 312 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:41,990 Not yet, no. 313 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,670 And then... 314 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,670 ~ Oh, my word! ~ I know! 315 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,910 It's the most logical thing in the world, really, 316 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,520 if you think about it. Mustang. Pick-up. 317 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,110 'Hammond and I had also raised our cars' ride height, 318 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,920 'which is more than James had done.' 319 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,960 Oh, look, here he comes. 320 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,750 Er... 321 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,120 Um... What... What HAS he done? 322 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,590 It's, um... 323 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,080 (He hasn't done anything.) 324 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,110 We can speed this up in the edit, can't we? 325 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,110 We'll walk slowly and then we can speed this up. 326 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,870 Hi, James. 327 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,910 Right, and back to normal speed now. What have you been doing? 328 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,470 Well, I've largely been having hot and cold baths 329 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,310 to ease my aching bones. 330 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,710 ~ James. ~ Yeah? ~ We've made pick-up trucks. 331 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,550 You've done absolutely nothing. 332 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,830 How are you going to carry any of the supplies and the tools we need? 333 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,160 Aha. 334 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,800 Aha what? 335 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,150 This is brilliant. 336 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,030 Oh, I see! 337 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,630 What, behind this? Seriously? 338 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,590 ~ Behold. ~ Towbar, yeah, I see, so this is your trailer. 339 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,670 That's my trailer. 340 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,270 Right, so we're all ready, and I'm going to be in front 341 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:11,120 ~ because I have fitted my car with sat nav. ~ Have you? 342 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,430 None of the dials will work ever again - 343 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,910 it's a complete electronic mishmash in there. 344 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,680 Oh, I see! 345 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,710 'As we headed out of town, 346 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,560 'there were a few accidents with James' trailer.' 347 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,190 This is brilliant. 348 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,190 Now James has a trailer, we can run into him... 349 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,710 ~ Oi. Not funny. ~ Sorry! 350 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,070 ..without damaging his Lotus. 351 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:51,440 We annoy him, we don't damage the Lotus. Win-win. 352 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,680 And Hammond's go. 353 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,560 Oh, this is like tennis! 354 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,070 'Out on the highway, 355 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,800 'I discovered that not all of my mods had worked very well.' 356 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,950 I haven't improved the forwards visibility so much, 357 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,470 because there's a bar across my windscreen. 358 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,110 Yeah, that's better. 359 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,270 'My sat nav mod, however, had worked very well, 360 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:29,390 'and as a result, I was able to come up with a time-saving plan.' 361 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,070 OK, we are here. 362 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,670 We've got to go here, Ushuaia - southernmost city in the world, 363 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,070 and so on, yeah? 364 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:41,870 Now, this is the road. Look - it's tarmac, gravel, tarmac, 365 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,990 gravel, ferry, onto Tierra del Fuego, back into Argentina 366 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,750 and then all the way to there, yeah? 367 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,990 Now, I think we've already proved the Porsche can handle anything 368 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,310 ~ that Patagonia throws at it. ~ Wait a minute. We haven't, have we? 369 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,870 ~ I mean, we've proven the opposite. ~ It's here. ~ It fell apart. 370 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,550 One suspension component failure, that's it, 371 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,030 which broke the electrics. 372 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,230 So the suspension and all the electrics failed. 373 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,350 ~ One leg broke. ~ And then the alternator belt went. 374 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,790 Listen, let's not get bogged down 375 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,470 ~ with whose car's broken down the most. Now... ~ Cos it's yours. 376 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,550 ~ .. since we need to get on with this... ~ OK, yeah. 377 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,790 ~ .. all three of us have got here. Yes? ~ Yeah. ~ Yes. 378 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,270 All three of us. And I have a suggestion. 379 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,630 Punta Arenas. 380 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,230 No look, honestly it's brilliant. 381 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,030 You have to use a ferry to get to Tierra del Fuego, OK? 382 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,350 ~ Cos it's an island. ~ Yes. ~ So I'm saying we go here. Punta Arenas. 383 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,830 ~ Oh, I see. ~ Yeah? 384 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,310 Get on a ferry there - it's further on the boat - 385 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,510 and then get to Ushuaia that way. 386 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,440 ~ Ferry. ~ Ferry. ~ Right. Good. 387 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,480 'With the plan agreed, we soldiered on.' 388 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,910 Go to Punta Arenas, catch boat, 389 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,720 arrive Ushuaia, build a stadium, play football, do diplomacy. 390 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,120 What can possibly go wrong with that? 391 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,430 'As it turned out, absolutely everything. 392 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:09,880 'But for now, we were heading once more for Chile and Punta Arenas. 393 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,710 'And, after many miles of being bounced around, 394 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,070 'the Porsche developed another fault.' 395 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:23,190 As you can probably hear, my sunroof has partially opened 396 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,470 and won't close again! 397 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,160 And because I'm driving into the wind, it's quite loud in here! 398 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,990 Oh, God. Please! 399 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,640 'Eventually, though, I came up with an ingenious solution.' 400 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,960 Yes, this has solved the problem. 401 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,790 If you've just joined us... 402 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,950 Oh, I can't explain. 403 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,270 It has slightly impeded our progress, 404 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,150 if you don't mind me saying. 405 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,070 He is going to be a little bit surprised, 406 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,350 this chap overtaking our convoy. 407 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,600 But, um... sorry. 408 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,030 'Soon we reached the border post, where I mended my sunroof 409 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,590 'and Hammond did his thang with the back of his Mustang.' 410 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,280 'Then, we were back in Chile.' 411 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,270 I've just passed the most fantastic road sign. 412 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,630 It said Fin del Mundo. 413 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,270 The End of the World. 414 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,030 We're heading for the end of the world. 415 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,990 'Eventually, our brilliant, wonderful, magical cars 416 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,190 'reached the port of Punta Arenas, 417 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,350 'and before boarding the ferry to Tierra del Fuego, 418 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,640 'we decided to buy some things for our football stadium.' 419 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,510 Pies, beer, goalposts, corner posts, a trophy. 420 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,030 And we need three or four former footballers 421 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,840 in a studio to talk about the football. 422 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,030 'In the town centre, we split up to do shopping.' 423 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,470 I don't really want to get out of the car if I can avoid it, 424 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,390 because I've got a bad back. 425 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,360 This looks like the sales assistant. 426 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,000 The man says this isn't real grass, it's synthetic. You'd never know. 427 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,040 Sorry. 428 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,160 Goal! 429 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,560 Right, what else do I need? 430 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,240 'Soon our shopping trip was complete.' 431 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Corner flags, got the box, cement, hammer, good. 432 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,830 Astroturf, beer, beer, beer. 433 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,550 What is this? 434 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:35,550 Oh, this? This, gentlemen, is magnificent. That's what it is. 435 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,590 This is the trophy that will be presented to the winning team 436 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,350 after our game of football. 437 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,750 It is striking, and I'm very glad it's the trophy, 438 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,510 because for one second I thought it was your present to me. 439 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,430 Actually, I have actually bought you a present. 440 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,590 It's... I know where we're going is very cold 441 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,030 so you'll need to stay warm, so I've got you that. Um... 442 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,150 Oh, I say. Oh, thank you very much. 443 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,510 'Richard and I had also bought James something.' 444 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:08,070 To remind you of this extraordinary trip that we have been on. 445 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,600 What? 446 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,830 ~ Oh, seriously, that's... ~ Cos we know you love horses. 447 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,950 ~ Look at the face on it. ~ Oh, thanks, lads. ~ I've got a warm glow. 448 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,910 'With the trophy loaded up...' 449 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,230 ~ Oh, yeah. ~ Careful, careful. 450 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,160 '.. we headed for the port.' 451 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,950 Right, the ferry. 452 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,680 And what a fine-looking craft she is. 453 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,550 'As the captain was keen to catch the tide, 454 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,510 'Clarkson and I boarded quickly. 455 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,670 'However...' 456 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:46,790 No, he's got... 457 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,430 No, you've blown that before you've even started, James. 458 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,230 This trailer is really badly behaved. Why won't it...? 459 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,150 No. Oh, it's a bit... It's S-ing a bit. 460 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,510 Now, if you caught it now... No. 461 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:00,600 No. 462 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,670 All these people, lorry drivers... 463 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,160 wondering why there's a delayed departure. 464 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,110 ~ Yes, yes. ~ Yes. ~ This is it. ~ Yes. 465 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,150 James, take it... No, slowly, slowly. 466 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,750 James, slowly left hand down, left hand down. 467 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,120 ~ He's crashed into the boat. ~ Yeah. 468 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:30,510 'With darkness falling and the tide all wrong, James finally made it.' 469 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,430 Yeah, you see... 470 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,150 Well done, mate. That was tremendous. 471 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,750 Really, really the best hour and a half entertainment 472 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,280 I've had in a long time. 473 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,870 You seen that? 474 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,240 That is the southernmost tip of the American continent. 475 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:01,550 Right there. 476 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,960 ~ It's a significant spot on the globe, isn't it, this? ~ It is. 477 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,990 It was not the most comfortable voyage in history 478 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,310 but we forgot all about that the next morning, when the sunrise 479 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:30,720 revealed the spectacular islands of Tierra del Fuego. 480 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,840 However, there was a problem. 481 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:05,030 For political reasons, we can't go to Ushuaia on this boat. 482 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,150 What sort of political reasons? 483 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,510 Well, all these islands here belong to Chile, OK, 484 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,310 ~ but Argentina think they're theirs. ~ No! ~ I know! 485 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,910 But anyway, let's not get bogged down with that. 486 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,790 The captain's very kindly said he'll drop us here, 487 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,310 ~ and then there's a track - can you see? ~ Oh, yeah, there it is, look. 488 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,160 That goes down there, to Ushuaia. 489 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,600 'Sadly, for geological reasons, the ferry couldn't dock at the track. 490 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,360 'So the captain dropped us off a mile down the beach.' 491 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,590 Here we go. 492 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,680 James May is on Tierra del Fuego. 493 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,400 I claim this land for Norfolk, and name it Lotus Beach. 494 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,320 Oh, yes! 495 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,920 Yea-eah! We are going to Ushuaia. 496 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,080 Cock. 497 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,480 Er, chaps, the Lotus is beached on Lotus Beach. 498 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,830 Oh, good, that's a massive hole(!) 499 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,190 If we take this off and smash it to pieces, we can use the slats... 500 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,750 ~ Yeah. ~ To make a sort of sand ladder in front of him to get him up 501 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,310 ~ and out of this. ~ I bought a pickaxe - 502 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,270 it's in there somewhere - which is excellent. There it is, in fact. 503 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,070 ~ Right, if you do the ropes, ready? ~ Hang on, hang on. 504 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,310 Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. 505 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,390 Take it out of the trailer before you... 506 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,950 No, no - why would I do that? This is the right height. 507 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,110 ~ Yeah, but you can... ~ Hold on, hold on. ~ .. lever it. 508 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,790 ~ That's the wrong tool for the... ~ Stop. ~ You can lever it. 509 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,790 ~ Still got the plastic protector on the end of the pickaxe. ~ Oh, yeah. 510 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,830 ~ I'm not... ~ Aha! 511 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,750 ~ You're just breaking the slats up. ~ Now you can't use it. 512 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,550 If you jam... If you put it on the ground and jam the prong in there, 513 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,750 ~ you can lever them up and lever them off. ~ Exactly. 514 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,150 Well, that's it, then - I'm not helping. I've done all I can do. 515 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,040 THAT isn't going to really help. 516 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,840 'I decided to leave them to it and go on ahead.' 517 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,160 What an absolute... 518 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,110 Ahh! 519 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,150 Ooh. 520 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:28,240 Ah! 521 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:32,960 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 522 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,120 In three, two, one and go. 523 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,880 And we're through. 524 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,070 'Up ahead, after we'd rounded an apparently pointless 525 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,120 'wooden fence obstacle, there was a problem.' 526 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,880 Oh, God, look at it. 527 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,550 Massive boulders. 528 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,630 Won't go over that, won't go over that. 529 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,750 ~ Cos, Hammond, look down there. ~ Won't go over that. ~ Look at the next bit. 530 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,320 Won't go over any of that. 531 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,350 'Luckily, the backs of our cars were full of stuff 532 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,720 'we could use to make progress.' 533 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,440 Ow! 534 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,190 Bit of right. 535 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:25,630 Quite a lot of right! 536 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,480 ~ No, no, no, no, no, no, no. ~ What? 537 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,590 Oh, bloody hell! 538 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,760 Three, two, one, and go. 539 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,070 No, it's not helping at all. 540 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,630 ~ Now left, full left, full left. ~ Do you mean right? 541 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,520 Full right, sorry. 542 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,230 Lever. 543 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,960 Oh, yes! 544 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,190 'In five hours, we had moved just 200 yards 545 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,550 'and our cars were taking such heavy punishment... 546 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:03,990 That is clutch. 547 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,720 '.. that we completely failed to notice the rising tide.' 548 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,670 Oh, God. 549 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,880 Hammond, go now. James, get out of the way. 550 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:19,830 Ooh. 551 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,550 Go round me. 552 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,230 'Up ahead, the beach narrowed so much 553 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,990 'that soon the tide would cut us off completely. 554 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,400 'What we needed now, more than ever, was teamwork.' 555 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,790 I'm sorry, it's every man for himself now. 556 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:39,080 The situation is actually quite perilous. 557 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,040 Come on, Porsche, please, please, please, please. 558 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,240 Ow, 559 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,870 Oh, for God's sake. 560 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,390 That's punched a hole in the door. 561 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,640 The tide is moving four inches every ten minutes. 562 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,150 'Meanwhile, back where Jeremy had left us...' 563 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:16,320 This is going wear the clutch out if I'm not careful. 564 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,280 ~ BLEEP! ~ Come on! 565 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,000 Please move, Porsche, please move. 566 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,920 Come on, yes, you brilliant car. 567 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,000 Come on. 568 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:36,710 Come on, Porsche, come on. 569 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,590 Eh-ya! 570 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:39,680 Go on. 571 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,000 Oh, God. 572 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,920 Sorry, this is really brutal. 573 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,070 I'm not stopping. Get bogged down if I stop. 574 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,720 Got a puncture, I've got a knackered clutch. 575 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,920 'Just in time, I made it to the pinch point.' 576 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,750 Come on, come on, through the sea. 577 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,320 'And moments later, I was joined by Hank B Hammond.' 578 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,400 Right, only the Lotus now. 579 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,080 I'll be staggered if I get through this bit. 580 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:29,990 Oh, yes! 581 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,030 'Of course, it's traditional on TV these days 582 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,030 'that everyone always makes it, 583 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,080 'but this is Top Gear, so we didn't. 584 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,710 'James, therefore, parked his car above the high water mark, 585 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,670 'locked it, weirdly, 586 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:52,440 'and we made camp, which for once wasn't so bad.' 587 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:09,710 What a view that is. 588 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,150 It's mind-blowing. 589 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,630 It is mind-blowing. 590 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,070 I think we have to all agree that 591 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:19,990 Tierra del Fuego is THE most beautiful place in the world. 592 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,630 ~ I'll go with that. Yeah. ~ I'm happy to accept that. 593 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,430 ~ What are we eating, by the way? ~ Beaver. 594 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,550 What? 595 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,870 Beaver. There's a plague of them here, honestly. 596 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:36,760 Back in '46, Peron introduced 25 pairs of beaver down here. 597 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,030 There are now hundreds of thousands of them. 598 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,910 Half the riparian forest around here, half of it, 599 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,270 has gone as a result of beavers. 600 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,430 Cos the beaver here likes hardwood. 601 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,030 And you can eat it? 602 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,030 ~ I'll let you know in a minute. ~ Mate of mine said he did once. 603 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,110 What, a mate of yours said he'd eaten beaver? 604 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,160 ~ Yeah, I didn't believe him. ~ I shall try it. 605 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,590 I'm fairly sure I don't like beaver, actually. 606 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,030 I mean, I'll eat anything, as you know. 607 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,110 I'll just warm you a piece up, Hammond. 608 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,190 'It was a wonderful evening, 609 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:18,080 'and after the sun went down, it got even better.' 610 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,350 'The next morning at low tide, we rescued the Lotus 611 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,680 'and set off on the final leg of our journey to Ushuaia. 612 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,630 'However, our cars had been badly bruised by the beach assault 613 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,560 'and there was another issue...' 614 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,390 We've used a lot of the stuff we bought in Punta Arenas 615 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,480 to build the stadium to get us off that beach. 616 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,950 That's James May's trailer. That's all he's got left. 617 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,190 Plank of wood, wheelbarrow and toy horse. 618 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,830 'Spirits, though, were high as we reached 619 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,430 'what would be the final mountain range. 620 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,280 'We could almost smell the victory.' 621 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:35,800 Well, this is lovely, isn't it? This is the most scenic bit yet. 622 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:38,910 'Jeremy and I, however, 623 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,830 'were too busy enjoying ourselves to notice the view.' 624 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,790 Whoa! There you go. Yeah! 625 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,630 Rally stage. 626 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,070 And stick it into the corner. Power it round. 627 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,110 Little bit of boot, full of opposite lock. 628 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,470 Yes, I'm going well. 629 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,230 Oh, hang on. 630 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,000 Whoa! 631 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,800 Whoa! No, no, no, no. 632 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,110 Turns out I'm not good at rallying. 633 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,480 There's evidence to suggest neither am I. 634 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,550 'Both of us were stuck. 635 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,150 'But luckily we had the right equipment 636 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,430 'for such a cold-weather emergency.' 637 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:27,040 The beaver we ate last night, we made some clothes out of it's... 638 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,240 Out of its fur, and that's going to be handy now. 639 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,360 Beaver mittens. 640 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:40,310 ~ You know that carpet you're carrying? ~ Yeah. 641 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,590 We could use that, couldn't we, to get going? 642 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,910 ~ It is INCREDIBLY heavy. ~ I've got a bad back. 643 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,070 Right, let's get this out. 644 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,030 Then we can get the carpet out, get it underneath the tyres 645 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,710 and then we can be a-way. 646 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,030 There we go, okey-dokey. 647 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,230 Right, Hammond, I've got it, right, go, just walk away. 648 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,910 ~ Out the door? ~ Just walk away. ~ Do you want me to turn around now? 649 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,070 ~ Cos you're not welcome anymore. ~ OK. 650 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,830 I should have changed that stupid lock, should have thrown away 651 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,230 the key, if I'd have known for one second you'd be back... 652 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,190 Yes, the lyrics go on, we know that. 653 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:13,310 Put it on the floor. 654 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:17,150 I can't put it on the floor! It's not going down! 655 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:18,200 Oh...! 656 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,960 'Sadly, the carpet wasn't a solution. 657 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,960 'And then we saw why.' 658 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,670 So that wheel is straight, that one is hard left. 659 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,800 Oh, Holy Moley! 660 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,720 Something massive has snapped underneath. 661 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,440 When was the last time somebody saw the 2CV? 662 00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:49,390 'Having assessed the situation, I dug myself out, 663 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,110 'fired up my stereo 664 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:52,830 'and left.' 665 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,950 ♪ It's sad, so sad 666 00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,110 ♪ It's a sad, sad situation 667 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,480 ♪ And it's getting more and more absurd... ♪ 668 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,040 Sorry. 669 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,600 In three, two, one. Here I go. 670 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,070 'Having towed my colleague 671 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,280 'out of the way, I then left as well. 672 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,200 'And soon I caught up with Clarkson.' 673 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:31,190 So his wheel fell off in... Bolivia, off his Landcruiser, 674 00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:33,310 wheel fell off his Subaru in Tanzania, 675 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,030 the wheel's come off his Mustang here. 676 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,030 Well, the constant factor in all of those 677 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,760 wheel-falling-off incidents is the driver. 678 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:54,120 I really genuinely believe Hammond has had it. Absolutely had it. 679 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,910 That car is mendable... 680 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,720 if it were in Stevenage, but it isn't. 681 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:05,840 'And, having removed the wheel, I felt the same way.' 682 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,390 That is the culprit. 683 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,750 Track rod end, this fixes here, decides where the wheel is pointing, 684 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,830 and clearly all the rest of it's gone - it's just sheared. 685 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,550 And there's nothing to suggest it was going to 686 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,080 if I hadn't hit the big wall of ice. 687 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,910 'James and I pushed on towards the final border crossing 688 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,080 'back into Argentina. 689 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:44,510 'But when we reached it, we couldn't help noticing it was a river, 690 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,480 'and something important was missing.' 691 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,870 Well, why isn't there a bridge? 692 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,590 I know we've hit a few problems in the last 24 hours, 693 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,280 but that's our biggest yet. 694 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,630 Is it...? How deep is it? 695 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,310 It's not so much the depth - it's... 696 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,110 Look, it's muddy and we'll get stuck getting... 697 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,910 Oh, look. 698 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,550 Something's been driving through it. You can see the tracks. 699 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,350 Well, what about that? 700 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,870 That lorry must have driven through it to be there. 701 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:20,600 Buenas tardes! 702 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,150 What's the Spanish for, "Does your lorry back over here, 703 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,870 "and could you lift our cars onto it?" 704 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,360 ~ Hola... Oh, he's driving off. ~ Oh, God. 705 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,910 I thought that was a bit too good to be true. 706 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,520 ~ No, wait. ~ Oh, wait a minute. ~ Wait a minute. 707 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:41,150 Well, perhaps this is his business. Perhaps it's a ferry. 708 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:42,910 It's a lorry ferry. Is that...? 709 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,440 I suppose it's possible. 710 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:49,750 'If it was a ferry, it didn't seem very at home in the water. 711 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,270 'And it didn't have the most sophisticated system 712 00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,640 'for loading the car.' 713 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,880 I'm not sure I want to put my Porsche on that. 714 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,350 Go. 715 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,320 Oh, God. I'm stuck. 716 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,920 ~ Oh, God. ~ Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! 717 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,710 What if there's nowhere to turn it on the other side? 718 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,470 What if I can't get off? Oh, my God! 719 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,190 That's SO shonky. 720 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:35,080 His stupid car on the back of a lorry. 721 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,910 We're in the river now! 722 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,310 We're in the river. 723 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,160 It's deep! Deep, deep, deep river. 724 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:50,910 Right, I'm across the river... Hold on, how do I get off? 725 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,190 How do I get off? 726 00:47:53,240 --> 00:47:58,310 'Eduardo Stobart had thought of that, and having deposited me... 727 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,280 '.. he went back to get James.' 728 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,190 I'm on. 729 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:11,280 'But sadly there was no room for his trailer.' 730 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,430 I'm taking Brokeback in the car with me. 731 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,440 Oh, ow! 732 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,280 Here we go! 733 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,790 I didn't tell him I had a bad back. Aya! 734 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,640 'James was deposited gently on the bank...' 735 00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:35,990 Ow. 736 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,310 Okey-doke, right, good, we're both in... 737 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,630 definitely Argentina now. 738 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:45,510 'And then we were interrupted by a familiar sound.' 739 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,030 Is that...? 740 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:54,680 It can't be. 741 00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,720 Not going to lose me that easily, boys. 742 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:05,920 That is the Mustang. 743 00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:09,400 How the hell's he mended that? 744 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:15,160 'Unfortunately, Hammond then rather spoiled the majesty of his arrival.' 745 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:22,710 He's stuck. 746 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:24,710 I'm stuck. 747 00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:31,150 Jeremy and James, is that you over there? 748 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:32,670 It certainly is. 749 00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:35,310 Well, you come over the river and then you're in Argentina. 750 00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:36,670 Oo-ee! 751 00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:40,350 Well, yeah, hello, yeah, but how do I come over the river? 752 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,190 You drive over it. It's a ford. 753 00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:46,600 ~ It's not a ford, it's a river. ~ We drove over. Easy. 754 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,830 'Sadly, because Hammond was bogged down, 755 00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:54,670 'we had to ask a local digger driver to go and get him.' 756 00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:59,630 OK, could you "chuga-chuga" over and then tow? 757 00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:01,670 Eh? 758 00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:04,400 Yes. 759 00:50:05,720 --> 00:50:09,920 'Thanks to my brilliant miming, the kindly chap was soon on his way.' 760 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:13,950 I mean, Hammond thinks we drove across it. 761 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,640 He's in for quite a surprise in a minute. 762 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:23,640 Yeah, this is suddenly seeming like not such a good idea. Oh. 763 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,790 Oh, it's deep. 764 00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,960 Is that the bottom of the doors? Yeah, it's the bottom of the doors. 765 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,160 Oh, there is water coming in. 766 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:39,960 Lot of water now in my car. 767 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:42,870 If he sees this lorry... 768 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,920 He might be really angry, actually. We might have to hide. 769 00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:52,710 There is water coming out, quite a lot of it. 770 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,710 Where are they? 771 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:56,910 Should've seen James coming across the river. 772 00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,630 It was almost up to the top of the windows. Phenomenal. 773 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:03,320 ~ Yeah. ~ You got them quite muddy again in the drive from the river to here. 774 00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:13,310 'The next day, we were on the road early, with Hammond worrying about 775 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,840 'the quality of his alpine track rod end fix. 776 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,400 I hope that weld holds. 777 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,830 If it doesn't, this shot is going to get very tumbly. 778 00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:28,160 Sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, screaming. 779 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,310 'But there were only a few miles to go to Ushuaia, and there, 780 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:38,790 'a team of locals had already begun the groundwork for our stadium. 781 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,710 'They were using shipping containers, 782 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:44,190 'which would form the framework, and we had even lined up 783 00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:47,280 'some football cars for the Argentinians to use.' 784 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,630 But then we received word that up ahead 785 00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,870 there was some kind of protest about our visit, 786 00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:59,440 and the producers decided it'd be best if we went to a nearby hotel. 787 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,710 Who's that lot in the car park, James? Do you know? 788 00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:16,510 No. I've seen them before, but I'm not sure who they are. 789 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:21,510 Well, this lot are taking a lot of interest in the camera vehicles. 790 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,150 What is it? 791 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:26,760 I don't know what these blokes came out of but they're heading this way. 792 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:30,750 They're coming down the front. 793 00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,710 Who is? Are they coming up here? 794 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:35,550 James, please keep your face back. 795 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,550 You've seen the vehicle there with the flag and all that kind of stuff. 796 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,510 We were getting... There must be about 10 or 15 797 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:42,270 in the foyer just now. 798 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,710 I've spoke to the manager. He's a little bit... 799 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:47,950 Nothing... Not a lot that he can do, 800 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,550 so I think at the moment, if we all stay in our rooms... 801 00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,240 All right. Here's the situation. 802 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,230 We're holed up in this room. I don't know whose it is 803 00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:00,350 but it isn't ours... 804 00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,320 There's a gang... 805 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:08,990 .. nationalists, whatever, believe that the Falklands are Argentinian, 806 00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:13,470 they don't like the British, and they're in the hotel. 807 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:17,030 And we're stuck in here and we don't know what's going on. 808 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:20,590 'The protestors consisted of some Falkland War veterans 809 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,350 'and their associates, 810 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,150 'who said that if we didn't stop filming, there would be trouble. 811 00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:31,590 'The arrival of the police made us realise this was no idle threat.' 812 00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:36,990 The head veteran accused us of putting a fake number plate 813 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:38,070 on the Porsche, 814 00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:41,870 that was a deliberate reference to the Falklands War. 815 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:45,390 Our producers tried to explain it wasn't fake and that it would be 816 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:49,640 replaced for the game of football, but they got nowhere. 817 00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,350 We're in a meeting with the police now. 818 00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,750 Are you saying we've got to get the hell out of Tierra del Fuego? 819 00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,070 Absolutely. 820 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,790 We're being ordered to leave Tierra del Fuego, yes? 821 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,160 We are. They want us, as people, out. 822 00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:14,710 We have just been ordered out of Tierra del Fuego, 823 00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:17,520 ordered out of - effectively - Argentina. 824 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,990 But we haven't... We haven't had any animosity whatsoever 825 00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:29,070 in the whole trip. Everybody's been perfectly decent, very charming. 826 00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,550 All we wanted to do was come here and play football, 827 00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,040 and what's happened is... 828 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,030 'The producers said it would take 24 hours 829 00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:46,510 'to organise the departure of such a large crew, 830 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:48,510 'but even though the police were present, 831 00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,310 'the veterans said a mob was on its way 832 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:54,840 'and that there would be violence if we weren't gone in three.' 833 00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:00,190 Right, guys, everyone grab a bit of equipment, please. 834 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,480 Everyone grab something, OK? 835 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:08,880 Do we get an escort? 836 00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,350 'Meanwhile, the three of us, who were the main target 837 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:18,910 'for the protesters' anger, were still holed up in our room.' 838 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,830 Now, we've been doing a whole load of Butch Cassidy stuff on the way 839 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:23,240 over here, and... 840 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:28,430 ~ Come on. ~ This is Butch Cassidy for real. 841 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,150 Guys, everyone in the cars. 842 00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,430 With four tonnes of equipment loaded into the cars, 843 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:38,480 the 31-strong film crew headed out of town. 844 00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,320 And soon darkness fell. 845 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,990 A police escort would take them 184 miles 846 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:03,110 to the border town of San Sebastian, where they'd cross over into Chile, 847 00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,590 and since the protestors' demands had been met, 848 00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:08,590 the crew hoped they were out of danger. 849 00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:12,480 But a short while later, they realised they were not alone. 850 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:17,920 Bikes behind the star cars. Bikes behind the star cars. 851 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,440 They're stopping and looking in. 852 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:27,840 They're looking for the Porsche. 853 00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:42,150 On the only road, in the middle of nowhere, with no phone signal, 854 00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:43,910 the crew were being hounded. 855 00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:48,470 They're going to be aggressive. 856 00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:51,150 Then, just outside the town of Tolowin, 857 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:55,680 the police told the convoy to pull over and prepare for an attack. 858 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,910 As they drove into town, a large mob was waiting. 859 00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,710 The people on the left, a lot of people on the left. 860 00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,470 hell, look at this. 861 00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:21,190 Yeah, there's a lot of people here. 862 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:22,830 ~ BLEEP, ~ they're everywhere. 863 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,030 And they were organised. 864 00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,270 And there's a truck slowing us down too. 865 00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,870 The truck blocking the right-hand lane. 866 00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:33,470 ~ It's too slow. That's a deliberate ~ truck, just put there. 867 00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,670 They're coming out. 868 00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:39,800 The first couple of hits were from eggs. 869 00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:44,110 But then the rocks started. 870 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,070 Throwing stones, throwing stones. 871 00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:49,190 Stuff lobbed at us. 872 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,270 ~ drive, ~ drive! 873 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,230 You all right? Look at this lot. 874 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,830 Keep it going, keep it going. 875 00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:28,390 Look out, look out on your right, look out on your right. 876 00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,390 Go left, go left. Keep going, keep going. 877 00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:34,110 Now floor it to the right, floor it to the right. 878 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,560 Keep going. 879 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,190 Keep calm. Keep calm. Left. 880 00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:44,600 Keep the convoy rolling. Keep it going. 881 00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:49,400 Keep Karl... Karl, pull in in front of us. 882 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,350 Out of the town, the crew, two of whom had been hurt, 883 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:13,950 pulled over to repair the multitude of smashed windows. 884 00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:16,830 Right, let's help Dan on this one now. 885 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,270 And because they were a magnet for trouble, 886 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,920 they had to abandon the Porsche, Ford and Lotus. 887 00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:30,430 Back on the move, 888 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,470 they were now heading for the much larger town of Rio Grande, 889 00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:38,240 where they were told a mob in some 300 cars was waiting. 890 00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:00,550 Fearing for their lives, the crew abandoned the road 891 01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:04,880 and headed cross-country towards the river border we'd used earlier. 892 01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,790 With the police escort hanging back 893 01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:25,910 to make sure the attackers hadn't spotted the ruse, 894 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:29,710 the convoy made it to the river, where a few hours later 895 01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:33,280 daylight revealed the viciousness of the attack. 896 01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:58,750 This time, there were no diggers or trucks to help ford the river. 897 01:00:58,800 --> 01:00:59,910 Come on! 898 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:04,750 But after many hours of struggle, our team made it across... 899 01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:15,710 .. and into the welcoming arms of Chile. 900 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,040 We are happy to see you. 901 01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:32,390 'Us three, meanwhile, had decided to conclude this whole sorry saga in 902 01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:37,160 'the same way that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had ended theirs.' 903 01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:40,430 I've had a great idea. 904 01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:43,190 ~ What? ~ Australia. ~ Australia? 905 01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:47,630 ~ Yeah, they've got horses, you could learn to ride. ~ No horses! 906 01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:49,190 Well, listen. 907 01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:53,440 The important thing to remember when we get out of here is... 908 01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:00,990 ~ Hang on, did you see the 2CV out there? ~ 2CV? No. 909 01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,280 Oh, good. For a moment then I thought we were in trouble. Right. 910 01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:08,190 Fuego! 911 01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:12,430 Fuego!