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00:02In tonight's Top Gear, the Mick Jagger of supercars.
00:07Our quest goes on to find Britain's fastest faith.
00:12And the Stig sorts out TVR's new coupe.
00:20Hello and a big yuletide welcome to our festive edition of Top Gear.
00:25As you can see, we've spared every expense.
00:27We've got a Christmas twig.
00:30And, um, some oranges and some nuts.
00:33And, uh, oh.
00:35It's a bauble.
00:40No, no, I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, let's just forget about Christmas, shall we?
00:44Let's talk about big, shiny 4x4s.
00:47Now, they tend to be bought predominantly by people who live in towns.
00:52So that when they go to the countryside, they think they'll blend.
00:58Really?
01:03This is the countryside.
01:05It's a brown and gnarled place, much like the people who live in it.
01:12And these are the cars that rural people drive.
01:16Willington boots with wheels, muddy, brook and things that are held together with straw and dead pheasants.
01:26It's hard to blend here unless you live here.
01:34Cruiser Amazon.
01:36And it's built to take on Africa and Australia, so it has no problem at all taking my children to
01:42school in the morning in Oxfordshire.
01:44It has seven seats, rough and tumble fixtures and fittings, and there's a sense of invincibility about it.
01:51When you drive this down a narrow road, it's the other guy who backs up.
01:57Now, you could use the Land Cruiser for a day's shooting, but I don't recommend it.
02:02It's not that it doesn't work off-road, it does, it's brilliant, it just doesn't fit in with the scene
02:08somehow.
02:13You see, shooting is a traditional sport where the winner gets supper and the loser goes hungry.
02:19There's just you and your peace and the stillness of the trees.
02:23Smoke curls from an autumnal fire.
02:26A gentle rain softens the edges.
02:40And in this traditional scene, the Land Cruiser's just too chintzy somehow.
02:47I mean, look, that is green.
02:49And that's Toyota's idea of green.
02:53It just doesn't work.
02:57The BMW X5 is also hopeless, but for a different reason.
03:02Yes, it's big, and yes, it has four-wheel drive, but that's the end of the story.
03:06It doesn't even have off-road tyres, and that's like coming out here in a pair of Jimmy Choo pumps.
03:15This car is milly-vanilly.
03:17Looks good on paper, but actually, it's just miming.
03:24On even the gentlest of tracks, it gets stuck, and the beater will drive by in his old Land Rover,
03:30laughing at you.
03:33Even if you are the Marcus of Blandford.
03:35Was that not for birthday?
03:38And how much is that Land Rover worth?
03:4030 quid?
03:42Okay, now, I'll be fair.
03:44200 pounds worth.
03:46And that's, well, 50,000 pounds worth, and it's stuck.
03:50That's right.
03:50What is yours?
03:51Trooper.
03:52Trooper come by?
03:54Well, yeah.
04:09The really strange thing is that Land Rover is exactly the same age as me, and it's the only thing
04:14that's got up this.
04:15I couldn't get up this hill.
04:17It's lasted better than I have.
04:19It's better than the BMW, anyway.
04:21Yeah, you've beaten the BMW by 30 feet.
04:24Oh, wow.
04:25That's 30 feet less to walk.
04:27Exactly.
04:33So what about the Jeep Grand Cherokee?
04:36Surprisingly, for an American car, it's quite restrained.
04:40It does blend into the Oxfordshire backdrop.
04:43And it is good at dealing with the rough stuff.
04:57But, good though it may be out here, it does have one or two problems.
05:01It's quite agricultural feeling.
05:03I don't really mind that.
05:04I mean, it is an off-road car.
05:06What I do mind is the ruching on the leather seats and this hideous fake plastic wood.
05:13It's also nowhere near as big on the inside as you would imagine looking at it from the outside.
05:19But the worst thing about this, the worst thing, is that you've always got the sense that you've bought second
05:26best.
05:43The new Range Rover is £20,000 more than a Jeep.
05:49These days, it's more a luxury yacht than a car.
05:52But don't worry.
05:54It can still play rough.
06:00OK, look at this.
06:01I flick this switch here to engage the hill descent control, put it into neutral, engage low range, back into
06:11drive.
06:12And now, I just point it at this seemingly impossible slope here.
06:24And now I'm going to do something you might think is mad.
06:27I'm going to take my foot off the brake.
06:30OK?
06:36That's astonishing.
06:38I can feel the anti-lock brakes grabbing each of the wheels in turn, making sure that we stay straight.
06:45And that we continue to do a walking pace all the way down the hill.
06:54Now, of course, the X5 can do that as well.
06:56The X5 also has a hill descent control.
06:59It's something BMW stole while they were running Rover.
07:03But what the X5 can't do is turn round and go back up the slope.
07:10See, it doesn't have a low range gearbox.
07:13It doesn't have locking diffs.
07:15It doesn't have this thing's ground clearance or wheel articulation.
07:19It's not a proper off-road car.
07:21And this just is.
07:25There's something else, too.
07:28A Range Rover looks good outside the Savoy.
07:30But it looks even better out here.
07:42Now, there was a time when Range Rovers were king off the road.
07:46And they still have an air of invincibility about them.
07:50But believe me, you can still get these things stuck.
07:55Really stuck.
07:59See what I mean?
08:01First to try and get it going was Lord Blamford.
08:07Well, it was his garden.
08:09He, however, made things worse.
08:12So, next to try was one of the locals.
08:14But his pickup ended up in the lake.
08:19I then decided to fetch my Land Cruiser.
08:21But in my haste to get there, I skidded off the track and ended up in a wood.
08:27The thing is, if those saplings hadn't have been there, I would be very, very wet.
08:33So, how do we get it out?
08:35Anyone got any thoughts?
08:36Why are you laughing at me?
08:37What did you say to me this morning?
08:39This truck goes anywhere, you say.
08:41It does go anywhere.
08:42Look, it's come here.
08:45While we took a chainsaw to the trees that were holding the Toyota in place, a tractor turned up to
08:50get the Range Rover out.
08:51But even that was having problems.
08:55This is the trouble with filming in the countryside.
08:58There's too much mud in it.
09:00Eventually, though, all the cars were freed and we could get back to the business of explaining why the Range
09:05Rover is so good.
09:07Look at this.
09:09Great slabs of real sturdy timber here and here and down the sides and hand-stitched leather and this foundry
09:16finish.
09:17It's the best interior on any car anywhere ever.
09:22Easily.
09:23It's like being in the middle of a field in a trendy restaurant in Notting Hill.
09:29Except here, of course, the produce is fresher.
09:35So, there we are.
09:36If you really want to get about off-road, get something old and knackered with narrow, knobbly tyres.
09:43If, however, you want something for the weekend, all the cars are equal.
09:48But one is more equal than the others.
09:53So, the only car not to get stuck there, then, was the Jeep.
09:56No, no, it got stuck as well.
09:58But we didn't see it.
09:59No, because the cameraman was driving it when it got stuck.
10:01Yeah, that would have done it.
10:03Yeah.
10:03So, the Range Rover Emerge, you reckon, is the best of all of those, despite being, what, 20 grand more
10:08than the Jeep?
10:09Yes, I know, but the attention to detail on this thing is just amazing.
10:12Let me show you.
10:14The steering wheel, okay?
10:16It's heated.
10:16You push that button there, and it warms up.
10:19And, even better, there's a little paraffin heater down in one of the front wheel arches, okay?
10:24And you can program it on the computer here to come on, say, at 6 o'clock, if you're leaving
10:30for work at 7.
10:30So, when you get in, it's nice and warm in here.
10:32And, and I fear this may be the most boring sentence ever to be said on British television, but it
10:40used to have a separate chassis, now it's a monocoque.
10:43Yeah, and you know exactly what that means, I presume.
10:46Me as it's less wobbly.
10:47Okay, but all this clever stuff, that's great, assuming it works, because Range Rovers have not enjoyed the best of
10:54reputations.
10:54I did some phoning around and looked into this.
10:57They did suffer a few problems.
10:58I mean, it was with stuff like the paintwork, interior trim, a bit rattly, engines, they could be a problem.
11:05Yeah, the 4 litre.
11:06And the 4.6, actually.
11:07And the diesel.
11:08All the engines.
11:10Gearboxes could be an issue.
11:12Automatics.
11:12And the manuals.
11:13And the manuals, yeah.
11:14Transfer boxes, the suspension, actually, as well.
11:16And all of the electronics.
11:18Yeah.
11:19All of it, you know.
11:20Yeah.
11:21And I did actually have a word with Land Rover about their reliability issue on this car.
11:27And they said, no, no, no, this one's built properly.
11:29So, I said, okay, right, lend us one for six months.
11:33And they've agreed.
11:35And if anything falls off, or melts, or breaks, in any way, we can murder the managing director's dog.
11:43That's fair.
11:44In front of his children.
11:45That's fair.
11:46Well, really, if this, for instance, gets a little bit loose, a little bit wobbly, frisky buys the farm.
11:55Right, it's time now to look back on 2002 and announce our car of the year.
12:01Okay, and the nominations are the Range Rover.
12:04We've just seen it.
12:05It is the king of off-rovers.
12:08And the Mazda 6, the Japanese try to take on the Germans, and they succeed.
12:12It's a cracking car, and very good value, as well.
12:15And then there's the Mini Cooper S. It's the trendiest car in the world right now.
12:19It's like driving around in a supercharged parker.
12:23And the Audi RS6.
12:25It's fast in a straight line, fast round corners, and it's fast even when it's raining.
12:30Right, have we missed anything?
12:32Anybody got any more thoughts that we should have put on the show?
12:35The Vauxhall Vectra.
12:36The Maybeck 62.
12:37The Maybeck 62's a stupid car.
12:39We're coming to that later.
12:41Anybody else?
12:42The Vauxhall Vectra.
12:43The Vauxhall Vectra.
12:46The Vauxhall Vectra wouldn't be the best car, even if it was launched in 1984.
12:52And the real...
12:53Jaguar XJ.
12:54That was launched this year, was it?
12:57Where are you from?
12:59Which part of the country?
13:01Coventry.
13:03They make the damn things there.
13:05Have you not noticed them?
13:07I'm afraid you're all way wider than Mark.
13:11As are, in fact, the official European Car of the Year jury, who voted in recently the Renault Megane.
13:18Car of the Year.
13:19Only if you do that.
13:22So, our Car of the Year is...
13:26We've got some gold envelopes.
13:28Ready?
13:29It's the Range Rover.
13:32The judges, and that would be us, were impressed with its mono thingy chassis,
13:37its supplementary heater, and the sheer Range Rover-iness of it.
13:42And the next one is for, um, this year's most pointless car.
13:45Okay, and the shortlist here is the Mercedes Maybach.
13:48It's a private jet that can't take off.
13:52And then the Ford Fusion.
13:54Don't be fooled by the ads.
13:55It is a Ford Fiesta in a hat.
14:00And the Rover 75 long-wheel pace, suitable only for the Mayor of Preston.
14:07Right.
14:08Have we missed anything there or not?
14:10SL55 AMG.
14:11SL55 AMG, you think, is a pointless...
14:22So, let's go to the actual winner, which is...
14:27It's the Ford Fusion, everybody!
14:31Yes!
14:33Now, um...
14:36The judges were very impressed with Ford's idleness on this one.
14:41They knew that we all liked Mini-MPVs.
14:43They knew they needed to make one.
14:45And they couldn't be bothered.
14:48Next up, a very popular category here.
14:50It's the Weirdest Renault category.
14:52Okay, Weirdest Renault of the year.
14:54The nominees are as follows.
14:56The Velsatis.
14:57It's a businessman's car, but only if your business is Enron.
15:04The Megane.
15:05A family car, but only if your family is the Osborne's.
15:11And the Avantime.
15:12It's a sporty coupe, but only if you don't want a car that's sporty.
15:17Or a coupe.
15:19And the winner.
15:21The Weirdest Renault of the year is...
15:24In true mad Renault style, it's the Nissan Micra.
15:31The judges noted that the designer had plainly got too much ink in his pen.
15:36Look at it.
15:37Stop designing it, man.
15:38Step away from the CAD CAM unit.
15:41You've finished.
15:42That's enough details on one car.
15:45Now the big one.
15:47Our Surely You Don't Need the Money Award.
15:50And the winner is Eddie Irvine for promoting this host pipe here.
16:00The man earned £6 million last year.
16:04£6 million, but still thought it was a good idea to put his fizzog on this box.
16:10Which is available in Woolworths for £79.99p.
16:15Now we were going to make an award at this point for the fastest car around our track,
16:19which is the Radical, with an amazing time of 1 minute 19 seconds.
16:23But it seems that the Germans have been monitoring our broadcasts.
16:28And they got in touch, and they said that they've got a couple of cars which they think could blitzkrieg
16:35our track.
16:37This is the AS-1.
16:39It's powered by a bike engine.
16:41The same Suzuki Hayabusa unit that we saw in the Radical and in the Westfield.
16:46It's, um...
16:49Where is it?
16:51It's gone.
16:53Um...
16:54Well, wherever it is, they've boarded it out to 1.4 litres.
16:59Now that doesn't sound like much,
17:00but the AS-1 only weighs 600 kilograms.
17:05That's the same as my shoes.
17:07So, it should go like stink.
17:11However, I'm more interested in that.
17:14It looks like a normal Audi TT, with a few stickers on it.
17:18And it has a normal Audi TT engine, 1.8 litres, with a turbocharger.
17:24The thing is, though, it's been tweaked a little bit,
17:26so that it now develops 400 brake horsepower.
17:30And that's the same as a Ferrari 360.
17:33Now, in a normal TT, the engine drives all four wheels.
17:37But in this, the engine drives the front wheels.
17:41The rear wheels are driven by a little something in the boot.
17:47Another 400 horsepower engine.
17:49It's got two engines.
17:52800 horsepower.
17:53Obviously, they have to have a go.
18:00That hurts!
18:03Let's see how it handles.
18:07Corners are best taken with your eyes shut.
18:10That's my tip.
18:12Two engines.
18:14It's ridiculous.
18:16Twice the fuel bills.
18:18But, must be said, twice the fun.
18:24Great.
18:25But these cars must now face the acid test.
18:29It's a Wilkommen Z.
18:31Dash Stig.
18:33And it's the Aswan first.
18:35But it's got no stereo, so the Stig's in a bad mood.
18:38Now, it may not look fast, but it's got hardly any body roll at all.
18:43Just look how flat it stays through the hammerhead.
18:46Right.
18:47We're coming up to the tyres now.
18:49Boy, that is so fast.
18:52Bit of flame there on the overrun as it comes up to the last two corners.
18:56Bit twitchy there, but he holds it.
18:58Into the last one and across the line.
19:03Next, the mighty double-engined TT,
19:06which is fast on the straights, but not so good in the corners.
19:09And yet again, no stereo.
19:11The Stig's going to be very cross as he comes into the hammerhead.
19:15Lost the radiator grill by the looks of things.
19:16A big, big burst of flame there as he comes into the final corner.
19:21And he's really earned his Christmas bone.
19:24Well done, the Germans.
19:25That was a very good effort.
19:26So, the times.
19:27Here is our power car lap time board.
19:29And at the top, there's the British Radical with an amazing one minute 19.
19:34Very, very good car.
19:35So, let's see how the Germans did.
19:37Okay.
19:37First of all, the MTM by motor with its two engines,
19:40all very, very clever stuff from the Germans.
19:43Time was 5-1.
19:46No.
19:46No, that's not it.
19:47That's a score.
19:47What made it a score?
19:48It's 1945.
19:501966.
19:51No.
19:51That's wrong again.
19:52It's actually 1 minute 28, which is very, very good.
19:57That puts it faster than a Lamborghini in about nine seconds slower than the British Radical.
20:03There we are.
20:04So, what about the AS1?
20:05A very clever little car again from the Germans.
20:07That managed it in an impressive 1 minute 29.
20:11Oh, dear.
20:11Which is a very commendable effort.
20:13Oh, dear.
20:14Not as quick as the British Radical, which remains as the fastest car of the series at 1 minute 19.
20:20Great news.
20:22Okay.
20:22Now, a couple of weeks ago, we had a race on our track to find Britain's fastest faith.
20:28And it was won by the Church of England.
20:31Trouble is, no Muslim took part.
20:34Because when we filmed the item, it was Ramadan.
20:36And during Ramadan, Muslims are forbidden from eating or taking part in any form of motorsport.
20:43However, I'm delighted to say that Ramadan is now over.
20:47So, we have a Muslim in the Top Gear base.
20:51And not just a Muslim.
20:52We also have a Druid.
20:54And a Rastafarian.
20:55And a Seventh-day Adventist.
20:58Welcome to you all.
21:03Now, you are enormous.
21:08What's your name?
21:10Pastor Gary Gordon.
21:11Pastor Gary Gordon.
21:12Good.
21:13And you live where?
21:14Oxford.
21:15And what do you normally drive?
21:17Peugeot 1.9 diesel.
21:20Did you have any idea what you were supposed to be doing?
21:22Some idea, yeah.
21:24Well, you wouldn't be getting much practicing your Peugeot diesel, that's for sure.
21:27Okay.
21:27So, you are, well, a Rastafarian, as a guest.
21:30Absolutely, yes.
21:31Good.
21:32And what's your name?
21:33Olivier.
21:34What do you drive?
21:34Uh, work-wise, I drive a Mondeo diesel.
21:39Right.
21:40Another diesel engine.
21:41As interesting as the Peugeot.
21:42Yeah.
21:43Do you do any motorsport?
21:44I have dabbled, yes, this season.
21:46I've been in the British Rally Championships.
21:49Oh, really?
21:49Only in a showroom-class polo.
21:52But, uh...
21:52It doesn't matter.
21:53You've been doing some serious motorsports.
21:55Left-hand drive.
21:56You've had it.
21:56You've all had it.
21:58You've all had it.
21:59He's like the C of E guy.
22:00He did a bit on the side, albeit an MG, but he did a bit on the side.
22:04Right.
22:04And you, well, what's your name?
22:06My name's Arthur Penn Dragon.
22:08Arthur Penn, what?
22:09King Arthur?
22:10That's the one.
22:11I thought he was a fictional character.
22:13Um, no, I'm not fictional and knows me sort.
22:16Oh, right.
22:16Okay, finally, at the end, you are?
22:18Tariq Nassim.
22:19Tariq Nassim.
22:21And you live where?
22:22West Sussex.
22:23And you drive what?
22:24I've got a Skoda RS.
22:26A Skoda RS?
22:27Quick car.
22:28Mind you, there is a little note I've got here that you once took it to Paris, but you misread
22:33the speed signs.
22:34I did.
22:35You thought 130 kilometers an hour was miles an hour.
22:42Brilliant.
22:43Okay, well, we're going to find out how you did on the track when you did this morning.
22:46Plainly, you've kept the car in one piece, which is more than can be said for the bishop
22:50who came here a couple of weeks ago.
22:51I never trust a bishop.
22:52No, exactly.
22:53And you, keep off the grass.
22:58And we'll, uh, we'll see how you get on a little bit later.
23:04Over the past few weeks, we've been telling you about some cracking deals on new cars.
23:08Remember the Volkswagen Passat for under 11 grand?
23:10Well, the Fiat Stilo for $7,995, or best of all, a Ford car for $4,995.
23:17I'll tell you, it's never been cheaper or easier to buy a new car.
23:20And the net effect of that is it's killing the value of second-hand ones.
23:23In fact, at the bottom end of the market, something like this, they're practically giving them away.
23:33Here we are, first car of the day, a little Citroen AX.
23:37It's got less than 40,000 miles on the clock, but because it's seven years old, I can buy this
23:42car for around £1,300.
23:45Now, this is a Citroen AX Elation.
23:47It's a limited edition.
23:48It's based on the debut, so it's got the one-liter engine, which means it's cheap to insure,
23:53but you also get a sunroof and you get metallic paint.
23:55And you know when you look inside, it's going to be nice.
23:58Yeah, look at that.
23:59All the stereo, all the bits and pieces you'd expect.
24:01And it's only done 39,000 miles.
24:04This car's not even halfway through its life.
24:06A couple of years ago, an AX of that age and mileage would have cost you £2,000, so it's
24:11a steal.
24:13Next, I looked for a family car and found this Nissan Primera for under a grand.
24:17You get power steering, you get electric windows, you even get a factory sunroof.
24:23OK, it's done 98,000 miles, but it's going to be good for at least another 40,000 miles.
24:30And you won't be investing in some weather-beaten banger either.
24:33A careful check of the paintwork shows there's no tell-tale signs of accident damage repair.
24:39The electric windows work fine, as does the tilt-and-slide sunroof.
24:43And when you rev the engine from cold, there's no nasty knocks or rattles.
24:51So all this for a grand seems like a good deal to me.
24:58But just how low can you go and still get some working wheels?
25:01This man, Martin Gurdon, wouldn't even spend £200 on a car.
25:06This Nissan 300C cost him £100.
25:10It's got 135,000 miles on the clock, but so far it's given him a year's trouble-free motoring.
25:19With a car like this, you need things like a strong battery, decent plug leads, decent plugs.
25:26The electrical problems tend to be the bugbear of old, cheap cars, people skimped on maintenance.
25:31And you'll find that a simple car like this will be intrinsically reliable if you look after it.
25:35I mean, obviously, you're a convert to this kind of motoring.
25:38I just think it's hilariously funny.
25:40Why get a car with higher purchase and then watch it depreciate?
25:44I mean, all right, it's not something which is going to impress.
25:47But with a little bit of thought, it can be just as reliable as something which is 10, 12 years
25:51younger.
25:52And, you know, if somebody stuffs it or it gets nicked or it breaks in a big way,
25:56well, I throw it away and buy another one.
25:59You do need to know what you're doing if you're going in for 100 quid motoring.
26:03But a little bit more will still get you a decent car.
26:07This Vauxhall Astra CDI, it's got power steering, electric mirrors, and you even get a factory sunroof.
26:16Look at this.
26:18450 quid, and that's from a dealer.
26:20If you were brave and went to an auction, you might get it even cheaper.
26:23But it's not an old nail.
26:25It's a 90,000 miles, it's got some service history, and a new M.O.T.
26:29Plenty of life left in this.
26:31One reason why you can pick up cars like this so cheaply is that they've got time bombs in them.
26:36By time bombs, I mean something that if it goes wrong, it'll cost you more than the car's worth to
26:41repair.
26:43Modern cars have on-board computers, and if they crash, you've had it.
26:47You'd be better off scrapping the car.
26:51Some experts would say avoid these time bombs.
26:54But think about it.
26:56Go in with your eyes wide open, run a car like this for maybe a year or two.
27:00It's cheap motoring.
27:01And when it does go bang, don't cry.
27:04Chuck it away and get another one.
27:06But Jason, that Astra, it was horrible.
27:09It was 450 quid.
27:11Yeah, true.
27:11450 quid.
27:12Listen, I've got a 13-year-old Volvo.
27:14It's at 160,000 miles.
27:16I paid 900 quid for it.
27:17I've just put it through another M.O.T.
27:19When it goes pop, I'll just chuck it away.
27:21But you're not going to pull in any of these cars, are you?
27:24I don't care.
27:25450 quid for an Astra.
27:26That's what you pay for a service on a new car.
27:28True.
27:29Right.
27:30You can get through Christmas without an Astra.
27:33But you can't get through without a spot of Bond.
27:36So here goes.
27:43You ever get the feeling somebody doesn't like you?
28:08Did you see that?
28:10What?
28:10That fish.
28:12Yes.
28:12How did the fish get into the car without Barbara Beck and Roger Moore drowning?
28:18Good point, actually.
28:19You see, I notice these things in films.
28:22The hole's big enough for a fish to go in.
28:25Water.
28:25Water.
28:26Lots of it.
28:27Anyway, the point is, we showed that clip because we wanted to demonstrate just how old the Lotus Esprit is.
28:3427 years.
28:35It's a quarter as old as the motor car itself.
28:38And if you think about it, it was launched at a time when kipperties were popular.
28:43I did wonder about these.
28:45Yes, no, there's a very good reason for it.
28:46Kipperties, it went through that.
28:47It went through the this one, 70s type.
28:50Yes.
28:50It did the Reckless Eric, it did the Elvis Costello, and it's still going strong in today's Windsor Knot.
28:57Interesting analogy.
28:59I know, it's brilliant.
29:00And I can't think of anything else from 1975 which looks even half as good as this does today.
29:06Hold me close, don't let me go.
29:11Oh no.
29:13I, yes I love you and I think that you know.
29:19Do you know with your love?
29:24Just about the only thing that 70s about a Lotus Esprit today is the price.
29:29At £50,000, it's half as much as a Ferrari 360.
29:35But don't think it's half the car.
29:38It's kept up with the game by constantly reinventing itself.
29:44So today, instead of a 2.2 litre four-cylinder engine, it's got a 3.5 litre V8 with a
29:51couple of turbos.
29:53Old-timer it may be, but it can still put its fingers in its belt buckles and headbang like when
29:58it was a teenager.
30:00And it's not like watching your father dance either.
30:04It's quite good at it.
30:21The Esprit offers 266 brake horsepower per tonne and that's more than you get from a Mercedes SL55 or a
30:29Porsche 911 or even a Ferrari 456.
30:33This is like North Korea, small but with a big punch.
30:37What this means is that it'll do 0-60 in 4.8 seconds.
30:42Flat out, it'll hit 175 miles an hour.
30:46It's still a very, very fast car.
30:51And not just in a straight line either.
30:54Through the corners it feels absolutely sublime.
30:59There's a hint of understeer to let you know you're getting near the edge
31:02and then if you keep on pushing, a glorious adrenaline rush as the tail slides wide.
31:09It is beautifully balanced.
31:19The one area where they really can't hide its age is in here.
31:22You have to remember this car is from a time when man was living in trees.
31:26It hadn't really learned to walk upright so you get a very simian driving position.
31:30Over the years they've tried to improve it with a selection of different dashboards and different seats,
31:36but that's like rearranging the furniture in a small flat.
31:41It's still a small flat.
31:51A lack of space, though, is nothing compared to this car's real Achilles heel.
31:56It's gearbox.
32:00Changing gear in a car like this should be like stroking a recently washed dog.
32:06But in this it's like stroking a crocodile.
32:08It's all notchy and scaly and eurgh.
32:13It's hopeless.
32:15It almost ruins the whole car.
32:19Almost, but not quite.
32:22The fact is I'm hugely fond of the Esprit.
32:26Always have been.
32:28And I always will be.
32:35So you love the Esprit.
32:37Great.
32:37Thing is, for how long?
32:39That's the big issue because the gearbox, the thing that actually spoils it,
32:43is likely to be the thing that kills it because they got it out of a Renault 25.
32:47Renault stopped making that years and years ago.
32:50And they're basically running out.
32:52And the problem is they can't just make their own gearbox to put on the engine
32:55because, well, how many did they sell a year?
32:57Half.
32:57Exactly.
32:58It's going to cost about a million quid.
32:59It won't work.
33:00And if that kills it, that's a real shame.
33:02I know.
33:02Because if you ask anybody of our sorts of ages to draw a supercar,
33:07that is what they'll draw.
33:09I know.
33:09It is the perfect supercar shape.
33:11And do you know why?
33:12It's got pop-up headlamps.
33:14Yep.
33:14I love pop-up headlamps.
33:15When I was a kid, all I wanted was a car with pop-up headlamps.
33:18Anything as long as it is that.
33:19A car with pop-up.
33:20And do you know how many cars are made today with pop-up headlamps?
33:23This and one other.
33:25Anyone want to guess what it is?
33:28RX7.
33:29RX7's not made today.
33:30MX5 doesn't have pop-up headlamps anymore.
33:33Porsches don't do pop-up headlamps.
33:36What?
33:36The Ferrari 456.
33:38He's got it, man, from Coventry.
33:40Didn't they?
33:42Well done.
33:43The Ferrari 456 is the only other one.
33:45I think we should have more pop-up headlamps.
33:47Why don't they?
33:48Where have they gone and why?
33:49They say, this is great, they say it affects the aerodynamics.
33:52Well, you shouldn't be driving that fast at night anyway.
33:54Exactly.
33:55So lean them as they are.
33:56Bring them back.
33:57Anyway, we've still got one thing left to do with this car, of course.
34:01Unfurl the Stig.
34:03When we asked the Stig to drive the Esprit, he huffed and puffed and stomped about, saying
34:07he didn't like Lotuses very much.
34:09I asked him why, but he just stomped about a bit more.
34:12The only way we could get him inside was by buying him a Moody Blues CD.
34:24The thing about the Esprit is that it's not just fast in a straight line, it's also balanced
34:30in the corners.
34:31Look at that.
34:32The only thing that lets it down, really, is the brakes.
34:37Not that he's using them.
34:44Look at this.
34:45For the first time in six weeks, the track is dry, and he's coming around the last corner
34:50now, beautifully held together, beautifully poised, and all across the line.
34:55Right, the time is, ready?
34:57Yeah.
34:58One minute, 32.
35:01Which is...
35:0232, that's quicker than my car, look.
35:03That's a very, very good time, isn't it?
35:05Well, it's quicker than a whole load of serious stuff.
35:07There it goes.
35:07And the thing was, it was a dry track out there, but it was minus 426 degrees.
35:12At least.
35:13So it was quite slippery.
35:15Mm, chilly.
35:15Though that's...
35:16I should rejoice in that.
35:18That's amazing time, actually.
35:20Aston, Ferrari, all of that.
35:21I know.
35:22Bless it.
35:23I know, bless it.
35:24When that thing goes out of production, we are going to be properly, properly sad.
35:53Right, the news, and we thought this week we'd look at what to look forward to next year.
35:58Yes.
35:58Because although we're losing the Esprit, there's quite a lot of supercars to get excited about.
36:01Quite a lot, it's an understatement.
36:03It's about half a million of them.
36:05Best supercar coming next year has got to be this, the Porsche Carrera GT.
36:10Oh.
36:10Absolutely.
36:11V10 engine, again, £250,000, but just look at it.
36:16That's just so beautiful.
36:18That's the most beautiful car I've seen in a very, very, very, very long time.
36:25And the new Viper, which is the American equivalent of a sports car.
36:29Yeah.
36:29In the same way I guess that George Bush is the equivalent of a president.
36:32Yeah.
36:32Yeah.
36:33There it is.
36:348.3 litres, 500 horsepower, and that's not enough.
36:38Because there's a new Bugatti coming out next year, which has got 1,000 horsepower.
36:43It's called the Varian.
36:44It has a fa...
36:45I want to...
36:46How do you get 1,000 horsepower into a car?
36:50You have to open the glove box, there'll be 40 horses in it.
36:54There's 36 in the ashtray and a couple of others...
36:56Nay, dobbins under the seat.
36:59Look at it.
37:001,000 horsepower.
37:01That is an astonishing amount of power.
37:02You'll go from nought to the grave in four seconds.
37:05Immediately.
37:06I'm dead.
37:06I accelerated.
37:07Straight up a tree.
37:08Dead.
37:09And marginally closer to the real world is the McLaren Mercedes SLR.
37:13Only marginally.
37:14Now, I know it does look a bit like an SL.
37:17In fact, quite a lot like an SL from some angles, but it's an entirely different car,
37:21made largely from carbon fibre, so it will be light.
37:23Got a supercharged V8, so it will be quick as well.
37:26And it could be yours next year for 250,000 pounds.
37:31Koenigsegg, yeah?
37:32Bless you.
37:33A bit like the SLR V8 supercharged, but this one's got more power.
37:38This one's got 655 brake horsepower, and they reckon it's the fastest car in the world.
37:430-16 in 3.5 seconds, 240 miles on our top speed.
37:47240?
37:47Why are you going to do that?
37:49And it's Swedish.
37:50Yeah.
37:50You're not going to do it in Sweden.
37:53Slip.
37:53To do it, there's always, but you do it here, do it on the M1, or M14.
37:57The M50's quite empty a lot of the time.
37:59You get to it in M14.
38:00M32's good.
38:01M27.
38:01Anyone else got any more ideas?
38:04M5.
38:05You can't go, don't be stupid.
38:08You can't go 240 on the M5.
38:10That would be ridiculous.
38:12The M59, though.
38:13Where are we going there?
38:14Oh, I know.
38:16Ascari.
38:16Yet another supercar.
38:18We've actually got it in the studio.
38:19This is the first one.
38:20Okay.
38:21It's made in Banbury by a company called Ascari, which stands for Anglo-Scottish Car Industries.
38:28Didn't know Banbury was Anglo-Scottish, but there we are.
38:31It's got a 5-litre V8 engine, but they've asked me not to say where it's from.
38:37Secret.
38:37It's a secret.
38:38Okay.
38:39Fair enough.
38:40BMW X5 we had in the studio earlier.
38:43Nice engines.
38:44Yeah, nice engines.
38:45Very nice.
38:48Anyway, what can we say about it?
38:50Well, the problem is, of course, is there's a lot of British companies come along and set
38:53themselves up, you know, hoping to make these low-volume sports cars.
38:57There was Lee Francis, there was Jensen, Marcos, Strathcaran, and...
39:03They've all gone out of business.
39:05All of them.
39:06So, we wish Ascari the best of British.
39:08No, no, not the best of British.
39:10Sorry, wish them the best of luck.
39:12Fingers crossed.
39:13Yeah.
39:13But anyway, listen, if you're going to Forda, you can't get any of these supercars, and
39:16there are lots of them coming.
39:18Don't worry, there's quite a lot of sports cars coming.
39:20Crossfire.
39:20Here it is.
39:22Now, it's got...
39:24It's basically underneath.
39:25It's a Mercedes SLK.
39:27It was designed by a British person, and it's been built in Germany.
39:31So, that's a car for America to be proud of.
39:34And we've got a new Mazda RX-8 to look forward to.
39:37Yep.
39:3722,400 quid.
39:39That's seriously good value.
39:40Wankel engine, suicide back doors.
39:43The thing about those wankel engines, though, they used to have a big problem, because it
39:46was something called the rotor tips deep inside the engine.
39:48They used to wear out much too quickly, didn't they?
39:50Hmm.
39:51So, I think they're going to have replaced them and made them out.
39:53Now, they solved that.
39:54They're using the hardest substance known to man.
39:57Diamond.
39:58Oh, harder than diamonds.
39:59I'll tell you what the hardest substance known to man is, what they're lining the rotor tips
40:02with.
40:03It's Weetabix.
40:05Bear with me on this.
40:07Weetabix that's been left in a cereal bowl and then put in the dishwasher.
40:12Have you ever tried to get it off?
40:14Nothing.
40:15No, I'll buy that.
40:16That would do it.
40:16I have put 60 tons of TNT into the bowls to get it out, blow the bowl to smithereens,
40:21still stuck to the pieces.
40:23That would do it.
40:24No doubt about it.
40:25So, that's what they're using.
40:26It's the Mazda Weetabix.
40:27Are there any really, like, you know, sensible cars coming next year?
40:30Well, I've got a list, actually, of the other cars that are coming, and the answer to your
40:33question is, um, not really.
40:36Um, Porsche, uh, they've made a 50,000 pound, 150 mile an hour off-roader.
40:42Not sensible.
40:43That's not sensible.
40:43Not sensible.
40:44Volkswagen, which, as we all know, means people car, they've made a 60,000 pound feet on.
40:49People's car.
40:50People's car.
40:51People's car.
40:51The economy's obviously going better in Germany than we thought.
40:54Um, oh, there is one, actually.
40:56There is one sensible car, the Vauxhall Signum.
41:00Now, it's basically a Vectra.
41:02Oh, I'm nodding off.
41:04Oh, I'm coming back.
41:07I'm back.
41:09We mustn't be put off by its Vectra-ness, because it's not like a Zephyra, which is the sort
41:14of seven-seat Astra.
41:15It only has five seats, but, apparently, the ones in the back all move about and recline
41:20and things.
41:21They're really clever, the ones in the back.
41:23It's going to be the first car ever where people will be fighting to get in the back.
41:27No, no, you drive.
41:28Really, you.
41:29You have the front.
41:30You drive it.
41:31I'll sit back here.
41:32Thanks very much.
41:33Tinted windows.
41:34No one will know I'm in it.
41:35Anyway, here endeth the news.
41:37Ah, no, it doesn't.
41:39Because TVR, they launch a new car about every three weeks.
41:43And they're all pretty much the same.
41:44This is the T350C, their latest offering.
41:47And without even looking, I know what I'm going to get.
41:49There'll be a really sexy, curvy body.
41:52It'll have a glorious-sounding engine, and there'll be two seats.
41:56And there it is.
41:58Thing is, though, this car is going to be bought largely by track day enthusiasts.
42:03You know, the kind of people who'll thrash the bottom off it on a Saturday around the
42:06circuit and then commute in it on a Monday.
42:08So it needs to be a Jekyll and Hyde car.
42:11And that ain't easy.
42:22The new car uses TVR's proven Speed 6 engine.
42:26It's good for 350 brake horsepower and will take the T350 to 60 miles an hour in 4.4 seconds.
42:32It's a hard rather than a soft top, and that makes it stiffer.
42:36And those curves were designed with aerodynamics at the top of the priority list.
42:40All of which is good news, both on the road and the track.
42:47But where it gets a bit tricky is the setup, the suspension, the chassis, dampers, springs,
42:52all of this kind of caper.
42:55Got to get it right.
42:58This is a track covered in smooth, flat tarmac,
43:01so you can set the suspension up to be as hard as you like to get a quick lap.
43:08But this is a British road, real life, the Monday to Friday road.
43:12Shoddy repairs, lumps, bumps, mud, and all garnished with ditches.
43:19So TVR brought the car and a clutch of mechanics.
43:22We added the Stig, who chucked in his 10-peneth,
43:25and helped set it up to his liking.
43:32The car doesn't even sit down when it leaves the line.
43:39And look at that, it corners dead flat.
43:41There's absolutely no body roll at all.
43:44That is very fast.
43:45And a good lap time of 1 minute 28.
43:49But in the process, he's made the car twitchy, edgy, and Stig-like.
43:55Right on the limit.
44:15And it gets worse when you leave the track to drive home.
44:20I think the Stig should stick to driving cars,
44:23rather than messing about with them.
44:25Because this is absolutely awful on the road.
44:30It's so uncomfortable.
44:33And not just uncomfortable, I can't steer.
44:37I really have no idea which direction we're going to go in next.
44:40It's just random.
44:44So it's back to the pits,
44:46and the Stig is told to get a grip on real life,
44:49and help TVR set the 350 up so that we can all use it.
45:01And then it's back out onto the track with slightly softer settings.
45:09And straight away you can see there's more movement from the body,
45:12more body roll through the corners,
45:14and in a very good time.
45:16And it's a lot more predictable.
45:20Out on the road, it's much better, more usable and drivable.
45:23If anything, it's faster in the real world.
45:27We'll let TVR finish the job off.
45:29But at least now they know where the limit is.
45:38There's one thing I want to do with this car, okay?
45:41Think of a better name for it.
45:44T350C sounds like an iron.
45:46Yeah, whatever it is, it's got a plug on it.
45:47It's an appliance.
45:48Yeah.
45:48So it won't do.
45:50So whatever we come up with,
45:51even if they do call it a T350C,
45:54we're going to call it what we come up with.
45:56That's fair.
45:56And actually choosing a name can be quite tricky, okay?
45:59I mean, I've got a list here of some of the better ones,
46:01and these are all genuine.
46:03I promise they are genuine.
46:04There was the Mazda Bongo Frendi.
46:08Very chic.
46:09How about this one?
46:10The Mitsubishi Mini Active Urban Sandal.
46:15How big was the badge?
46:17Or this is the best of the lot.
46:19The Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard.
46:23That's a superb name.
46:25What is that?
46:25And it's not just the Japanese either.
46:27Back in the 80s,
46:28Volkswagen launched a version of their Mark 1 Golf convertible,
46:32pink, white leather, okay?
46:34And they called it the Fancy Boy.
46:37Genius.
46:38We didn't get that one in the UK, did we?
46:40No, the UK importers said,
46:42no thanks.
46:43Yeah, funny that.
46:44Exactly.
46:45Now, TVR in the past have been very good at names.
46:47They had the Cerbera,
46:48which was,
46:49it's a sort of dog.
46:50It's a dog thing.
46:51And then they had Chimera,
46:53which was a she-goat.
46:54And Tuscan,
46:55which was the supreme god of everything.
46:57And now they've come up with the microwave.
47:00So we've got to do better than that.
47:02And I've got a perfect idea.
47:05Ready?
47:06The Widowmaker.
47:07Oh, absolutely.
47:08You can't call a car Widowmaker.
47:10That's awful.
47:10You can.
47:10I just have.
47:11It's the TVR Widowmaker.
47:12They called the Starfighter Jet in the 60s.
47:15That was a Widowmaker.
47:16Pilots queued up to fly it,
47:18killed themselves,
47:18and then another one took their seat.
47:20Everyone wants to fly it.
47:21You can't.
47:21I know where you're going, though.
47:22It needs to be that sort of forceful,
47:24like,
47:26TBR Armageddon,
47:26you know,
47:27big, strong, mate.
47:28Anyone else got any ideas?
47:29Poseidon.
47:30Poseidon.
47:31Quite like that.
47:31Quite like Poseidon.
47:33What's it the god of?
47:34The sea.
47:35The sea.
47:36Pertinent.
47:37Anyone else got any?
47:38Thor.
47:39Thor.
47:39I like Thor.
47:41Yeah,
47:41TVR 4.
47:43It's got a bit of boom to it.
47:47That's very, very poor.
47:48It's a wizard.
47:49The wizard?
47:50No, it's a wizard.
47:51I quite like the TVR Harry Potter.
47:55There's something about it.
47:56It's like the TVR Famous Five.
47:59But the TVR Beatrix Potter.
48:01David Blighton.
48:02Peter the Rabbit.
48:03We could go on forever.
48:04I think you're missing the point.
48:06It's the Paddington Bear.
48:07Oh, that's perfect.
48:09But, I think, if I'm not allowed to call it Widowmaker,
48:12how about the TVR Valhalla?
48:16Yeah, wasn't that where the Vikings...
48:18What do you mean, yeah?
48:18That's, in fact, I've decided.
48:19It's the end of the discussion.
48:20It's like a cool wall all over again.
48:21It is, it's like a cool wall.
48:22I've decided.
48:23We've heard some great names.
48:24But this is, whatever TVR, call it, the Valhalla.
48:27The end.
48:28That's it.
48:28That's where the Vikings are again.
48:29When they were dead, isn't it?
48:30Yeah, dead Viking burial ground.
48:32The TVR.
48:33Perfect.
48:34Well, there's no point to argue.
48:34Fair enough.
48:35We've sorted it.
48:37That's a relief.
48:38Anyway,
48:39now's the time.
48:40The second coming of our fastest faiths.
48:42And we're going to find out
48:43whether any of our chaps here
48:44were quicker than the Church of England.
48:48As with our previous fastest faiths shootout,
48:51the race will be run in a 340 brake horsepower
48:54Subaru rally car.
48:57So, would the Church of England remain
49:00the kings of the track?
49:03First to go, Tarek, the Muslim.
49:22Tarek was doing really well,
49:24but then the Druid summoned up the ancient gods of Oversteer.
49:39It's not just one spin.
49:40You do score extra for doughnuts, don't you?
49:42I do.
49:43Yeah.
49:43But Tarek overcame the wizardry to finish the lap.
49:51On four tyres screeching.
49:55It is a difficult braking point over there, though.
49:57I've got to say,
49:58you get such a long view of it.
50:00So, there's no mark there for you to break out, no?
50:01Yeah, exactly.
50:05Next up, Arthur Pendragon,
50:07member of the ancient and modern Druid order,
50:09priest of Merlin and the Horned God,
50:11battle chieftain,
50:12high priest of the dragon coven,
50:15and a Morris Oxford driver.
50:20My Peugeot 1.9D doesn't sound like that,
50:22I can tell you.
50:23No, let's hope not.
50:24It's not the 60 in 10 minutes.
50:29With the Celtic spirits rooting for him,
50:31the Druid turned in a tidy lap.
50:33How do you get around there so quick?
50:35That's magic.
50:42Gary, the seventh-day Adventist, was next.
50:45But yet again, the Druid had struck,
50:47this time casting a spell that shrank the car.
50:50Oh!
51:00I can see it, look!
51:02It's not good.
51:05Any suggestions?
51:08Nick, why don't you sit in with me,
51:09and come round with me,
51:10and we'll do it together.
51:12Oh, like kind of a co-driver thing?
51:13I'll be fighting.
51:17I'm too, uh, well, let me just put it this way.
51:20Yeah, I'm too manly, thank you.
51:22I'm too big for the car.
51:25That left a Levi, the Rastafarian,
51:27who called on the spirit of Jah.
51:30Yes, Jah, almighty.
51:31Bless the carriage.
51:32And by now, the Druid was out of spells.
51:48And at last, a proper rival to the current champion
51:51from the Church of England.
51:52because, like him,
51:54a Levi's an amateur weekend racer.
51:57And it showed.
51:59And it showed.
52:06Superstars, one and all,
52:08and what a complete tragedy.
52:09Yeah, the car was too small.
52:12I know the feeling, mate.
52:13Yeah.
52:14All cars are too small, aren't they?
52:15I don't know that feeling.
52:18It's not one I suffer from.
52:20Why do I have to stand there?
52:21Let's do the results.
52:22Right, here we go.
52:23In reverse order, as is traditional.
52:25In fourth place, that'll be you, Gary,
52:28because you couldn't get in the car.
52:30Scored a time of, so far, about four hours.
52:33Going well.
52:33Not to worry.
52:34Third place, King Arthur.
52:37Kind of predictably, really,
52:38with a time of 1 minute 48.
52:42In second place, Tarek,
52:44with a very good time, 1 minute 41.
52:46Now, the big question is,
52:48we know at this point that
52:50the Rastafarian, a Levi Doctrove,
52:53has won.
52:54But the big question is,
52:56have you beaten the Church of England?
52:58And when they came here,
53:00they went round in 1 minute 37 seconds.
53:02Faster than all you lot.
53:03You went round in 1 minute 31 seconds.
53:12That is fantastic.
53:15That's only...
53:18That is only...
53:19Well, it's less than 2 seconds
53:21off the pace set by the Stig.
53:23That's an unbelievable performance.
53:25Jason, bring in the trophy.
53:26There you are, the Fastest Faith.
53:38Well, actually,
53:39it's the Fastest Faith for now.
53:41Unless we can find a smaller
53:42Seventh Day Adventist.
53:44Or a bigger car.
53:47Anyway, every week,
53:48we put a star in a reasonably priced car.
53:50Okay?
53:50We've done that throughout the series.
53:53And they've been a mixed bag.
53:55Ladies and gentlemen,
53:56Harry Enfield!
53:57Don't die.
53:59Ready, steady, go.
54:01It went skid.
54:03Up on the 30 miles an hour.
54:06Hey, I lost control of that.
54:09Jamiroquai front man.
54:10JK!
54:12Don't be punished.
54:14Don't be tempted to put too much power on.
54:16That's beautiful.
54:29Ross Kemp.
54:30Wait a second.
54:35Rubbish.
54:36I hate you.
54:37I hate you so much, Gloves.
54:39I'm going to get you back at some point.
54:40Jonathan Ross.
54:42Look at that magnificent turn.
54:44He wasn't.
54:45I think I have to...
54:47You look ridiculous!
54:54I look like a Star Trek fan.
55:02If you're lucky, I'm still alive.
55:04Do you think I care?
55:05No, but you're lucky.
55:07Who'd like to see some of the practices that he had?
55:12I thought he might be faster.
55:16Ladies and gentlemen.
55:17Steve Coogan!
55:21There's a gradual build-up of terror by the looks of things.
55:24Start with mild panic.
55:26That's quite neat.
55:29I drive a Lexus.
55:31This B3 Ross Kemp's got to be so angry about that.
55:35B2 Ross Kemp.
55:36Tara Farmer Tomkinson!
55:37I'm coming up to Harvey Nichols, and the shop's about to close.
55:42I mean, last thing.
55:44Well, sexy man on the street went to him.
55:46I'm going to laugh.
55:50I don't crash, but when I park, I think that the bumpers are there,
55:53so you go bump, bump, bump, bump, in.
55:56From status quo, Rick Parfist!
55:59Oh, no!
56:02Beautiful!
56:03Oh, no, there's more!
56:04Probably broke wind.
56:06Back on.
56:12Across the line, sideways, ladies and gentlemen.
56:15Sir Michael Gambon!
56:19You do look quite scared.
56:23Tyres!
56:23Oh!
56:25You were very close to the tyres there.
56:27You were supposed to be.
56:28No, well, it was beautifully...
56:30Actually, you're off...
56:40Gordon Ramsay!
56:42I've got the habit of this water.
56:43I just saw a traffic warning.
56:46That taste of petrol.
56:49And that was done on the Subaru Forester flat-floor engine.
56:52It's a very good base.
57:02Now, a mixture of poise, precision, and Harry Enfield there.
57:07But now it's time to award the prize to the fastest celebrity in the whole series, and it was, if
57:13we look on this board, JK, with the time of 1.48.
57:16And he's here, everybody!
57:18And he's here, everybody!
57:24Well done!
57:26I know it is!
57:27I know it is!
57:28What can I say?
57:30I should apologise for the end that's come off there.
57:33The BBC has really pushed the boat up.
57:35Slightly broken.
57:36Would you like to make a speech?
57:37A little Tom Hanks-style acceptance speech would be good.
57:41No, it's OK.
57:42I'd just like to say to everybody that it's one of the greatest days of my life to get this
57:46award, and, you know, I mean, no Brit Award or Grammy could come close to it, and I just want
57:52to thank Jeremy, the BBC, God, Mum, everybody, thank you.
57:56Fantastic!
58:08Hit the road again next week at the same time.
58:11Get right inside Tinseltown next on BBC Prime, with a lowdown on Hollywood.
58:30Join us.
58:30A little bit.
58:31Wrap us this one.
58:31It definitely is great.
58:31I don't worry.
58:31Have a little bit.
58:32You can see the room where we are.
58:32I will be ready.
58:32Come on, honey.
58:32Can you see?
58:32You can see that there's a long range.
58:32You can see it.
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