1 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,259 Sync and corrected by APOLLO www.addic7ed.com 2 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,179 Hello and welcome to a Top Gear special. 3 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,599 You join us in Downing Street for a very good reason. 4 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,279 You see, shortly after coming into power, Mr Cameron 5 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,879 noticed that Britain was, in essence, bankrupt, 6 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,719 and that to solve the problem 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,559 we needed to do more business with India. 8 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,159 He has a point, because it turns out we sell more to Ireland, 9 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:45,199 that has a population of 4.5 million than we do to India, 10 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,679 that has a population of 1,000 million. 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,799 It's actually even worse than that. 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,599 It turns out that we sell even less to India than the Belgians do. 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,639 So, we contacted Downing Street and offered to go over to India 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,639 and run a trade mission on the nation's behalf. 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,439 I have here a personal letter reply to us from David Cameron himself. 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,879 "Dear Top Gear, thank you for your letter. 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,039 "Whilst it's true I'm keen on us to build on our ties out there, 18 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,159 "sending you three is not quite what I had in mind. 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,120 "The Foreign Secretary did wonder instead 20 00:01:18,121 --> 00:01:20,079 about a fencemending trip to Mexico." 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,479 "Basically, my message is this..." 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,919 "you do the cars, we'll do the diplomacy." 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,320 Oh, here he comes now. 24 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,760 Stay away from India. 25 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,679 Well, that was unequivocal. 26 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,399 Well, we're going to ignore the Prime Minister. 27 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,599 What we're going to do instead is to buy three second-hand British 28 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,959 cars, and then to head over there with a very simple objective... 29 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,120 to rescue Britain. 30 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,799 'The start point for our trade mission was Bombay. 31 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,279 CAR HORNS BLARE 32 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,280 'A vibrant, teeming mass of 20 million potential customers.' 33 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,759 I am the first to arrive, and as you possibly wouldn't expect 34 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,479 I don't appear to have done this quite right. 35 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,399 This is a Series-1 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow from 1976. 36 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,599 Some of you will be saying, "You should have brought a modern Rolls-Royce." 37 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,199 There's two reasons why I couldn't... 38 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,719 firstly, I had a budget of just ã7,000. 39 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,679 Secondly, a modern Rolls-Royce is of course a German car, 40 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,599 whereas this one was hand-wrought in Crewe in a factory that used 41 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,559 to make Merlin engines for Spitfires out of the finest 44 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,599 'At this point Jeremy arrived... ' Behold. 45 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,479 '..in easily the most inappropriate car it is possible to imagine.' 46 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,999 You stupid man. What's wrong with it? 47 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,639 We're here representing Britain, and all that's great about Britain, 48 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,239 and you have brought along a Jaguar XJS, 49 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,999 almost certainly our country's most historically unreliable car. 50 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,639 This is the celebration model. 51 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:19,999 Is it a celebration of production finally coming to end? 52 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,919 60 years of Jaguar. 53 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:24,879 Special wheels, special colour-coordinated bumpers, 54 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,359 four-litre, straight six engine. 55 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,959 That thing has a reputation for stopping. 56 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,880 James, as I recall the braking system 57 00:03:32,881 --> 00:03:36,079 and steering is controlled by hydraulics. That is right. 58 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,439 Now, if this car were to break down in the Rolls-Royce factory, 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,159 next to the team that built it, they wouldn't be able to mend it. 60 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,999 You're in India. Yes. If your hydraulics go wrong, you are out. 61 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,920 You are an embarrassment to the nation. 62 00:03:48,921 --> 00:03:51,159 And can I just say, this vinyl roof, 63 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,399 he's just put the final over the guttering. 64 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,519 This is not an advertisement. 65 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,519 If you were advertising Millets' tenting... 66 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,599 This car helped cement the very special Anglo-Indian relationship. 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,519 How? The favoured car of the maharajas. 68 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,919 They sold hundreds of cars to India. Only because Jaguar wasn't around. 69 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,799 All of the maharajas would have had XJSs. They wouldn't. They would! 70 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,959 'At this point, something very small arrived... ' Ha ha! 71 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:17,760 '..in a Mini!' 72 00:04:17,761 --> 00:04:20,359 Oh, God, that's an absolute beauty. 73 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,239 That's quite a good idea, actually, but don't tell him. 74 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,599 Hammond, you idiot. You idiot. What?! Is that a good idea, is it? 75 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,359 Is it a good idea? It's genius. 76 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,879 Just to clarify what this is, it's a classic Mini Cooper Sport. 77 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,680 One of the very last ones built, in fact. 78 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,719 Year 2000. That is immaculate. 79 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,879 That is pretty tidy. It really is. 80 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,879 This is India, though. It's a big old place, 81 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,319 and this is a small old car. 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,079 Come on, lads, you both know it is the home of the small car. Was. 83 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,079 No, it still is. What matters most in India is how big it is inside, 84 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,519 how small it is outside, and how many people it carries. That's racist. 85 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,239 What?! When India was emerging, 86 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,679 they saw the car as a tool, 87 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,839 but now that India HAS emerged, 88 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,119 and is one of the economic superpowers, 89 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,839 everybody is going to want something with a great, long thrusting... 90 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,319 No, what happens next is the country grows out 91 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,639 of the great, long thrusting, and they come back to wanting, 92 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,999 yes, style, and practicality, and convenience...? Look at it! 93 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,119 Yes, but we are trying to say that Britain is a great country, 94 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,279 and has things to offer to a country which has succeeded. 95 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:28,439 Such as this... No! ..not a tired old Jaguar, and that's a Shadow? It is. 96 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,879 How far do you think he's going to get in that? 97 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,959 Well, I think he's probably finished, isn't he? That's it. 98 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,199 Let's see. 'Hammond and May then ganged up on my Jag.' 99 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,199 I should point out the bits that will go wrong. Yes. All of those. 100 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,279 Yeah, yeah, yeah. See all of those relays and those connectors? 101 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:47,639 Made in the Midlands, they will go wrong. Cooling system will go wrong. 102 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,960 It's OK, some of the relays are made in Spain. 103 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:57,199 'We'd find out soon enough if we'd made the right choices, 104 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,159 'because ahead lay a 1,300-mile journey 105 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,999 'on some of the most dangerous roads in the world. 106 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,560 'And then up into the brutal high passes of the Himalayas. 107 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,279 'But first, we had to get to know our cars 108 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:18,519 'on the streets of Bombay.' 109 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,999 HE GIGGLES This is the perfect car for this place! 110 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,439 It is a puppy, yes, but it's a Staffordshire bull terrier. 111 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,399 It is a... (MAKES BARKING NOISE) A tough little puppy. 112 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,519 I've forgotten the way these things deliver their power, 113 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,559 it's such a chunky little engine. 114 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,280 Oow! Yeah, speed humps, how I miss you(!) 115 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,320 A man taking his washing machine for a walk! 116 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,160 Morning. 117 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,119 Whenever we do these long journeys on Top Gear, 118 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,799 there's always a sense, the moment I set off, 119 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,599 that the car is already on its last legs, but in this, there isn't. 120 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,079 All the dials are reading what they should be reading, 121 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,840 the engine is smooth, the gear-change is smooth, all the electrics work. 122 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,399 This is a mobile advertisement for Great Britain. 123 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,919 Never mind that Jag today is Indian, let's gloss over that. 124 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,759 HORN BLARES 125 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,759 210 horsepower... what Rolls...Royce would have called "adequate." 126 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,959 It is adequate, more than adequate. 127 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,319 BUZZER SOUNDS 128 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,679 That's a buzzer that will sound if it overheats, say, 129 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,959 or the hydraulic brakes fail. Let's check that it works. You see? 130 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,280 BUZZER SOUNDS 131 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,399 I love India, I love the dynamism of it all. 132 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,199 People are busy. Business, business, business. Get on, get rich. 133 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,360 Jag! 134 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,999 Look at that! Hammond's Mini. 135 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,480 He is a man in love! 136 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,439 MAKES GRUNTING NOISES AT GEAR CHANGES 137 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,759 Weirdly, I have never actually owned a Mini. 138 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,519 My brother had one, my best friend had one, my girlfriend had one, 139 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,159 which I blew up while she was on holiday. 140 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,959 I changed the engine in it, 141 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,759 and I bought one for 25 quid and fitted it over a weekend 142 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,159 and never told her. 143 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,039 Until just then, when I told her, then. Sorry about your car... 144 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,080 Mel. 145 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,199 I know Hammond hasn't got it, so it's pointless asking, 146 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,919 but is your conditioning working? 147 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,199 Er, not as such. No. 148 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,319 'No, neither is mine.' 149 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,759 I thought it was, for a brief, glorious moment, 150 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,600 but then I realised, no, it isn't. 151 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,879 What I was saying then about my air conditioning 152 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,599 isn't actually true, it's working an absolute treat, 153 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,599 but I don't want to tell them that because they will just try 154 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,159 and break it in the night, because they're resentful and peevish. 155 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,919 Guys, you know the producers always provide a backup car 156 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,919 'on these shoots, in case one of our cars go wrong?' 157 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,079 Yes. 158 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,319 'Have you seen what's coming up in the middle lane 159 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,120 'on British plates right now?' 160 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:10,039 I've just seen it. I think I've seen it, is it an Allegro? 161 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,679 It is. 162 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,639 Oh, you're joking! 163 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,479 'Spurred on by this terrible development, 164 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,719 'we decided to begin our vital trade mission, 165 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,800 'starting with one of Bombay's most famous institutions.' 166 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,559 Everyday an army of about 5,000 people called dabbawalas 167 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,879 travel around the outskirts of the city 168 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,279 collecting lunches in tins, like these ones here. 169 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,279 They've been made by the wives of working men, and from here 170 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,159 they are transported on foot, 171 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,640 or by bicycle to the nearest train station. 172 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,319 Each tin is marked with a system of symbols 173 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,319 that tells the dabbawalas on the train where it's going. 174 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,200 So they know which tins have to be unloaded at which station. 175 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:03,399 The tins are then picked up at city centre stations 176 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,079 by yet more dabbawalas, 177 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,399 who bring them to the menfolk in their offices. 178 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,479 And the cost of having a piping hot, 179 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:16,200 home-cooked lunch, delivered every day, is ã2 a month. 180 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,279 'What makes the whole system really incredible 181 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,279 'is that 200,000 lunches are delivered every day. 182 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,399 'Even though there's no FedEx-style computerised tracking system, 183 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:33,319 'only one mistake is made for every six million deliveries. 184 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,280 'That works out at an accuracy level of 99.9996%.' 185 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,599 I think, however, we could do better. 186 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,559 How can we do better than that?! If you think about it, they use trains, 187 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:52,879 what if we used our cars? That's not a bad idea, actually. 188 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,199 The first dabbawalas bring it to the car park at the railway station. 189 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,839 Instead of putting it on the train, we'll take it in our cars. 190 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,559 We'll beat the train. 191 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,600 If you think, when you're at home and you 192 00:11:04,601 --> 00:11:06,639 order a takeout pizza, do they use the train? 193 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:11,039 They use a moped or a car. They are hamstrung by tradition. They are. 194 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,799 "For 120 years, we've always used to train. We always use the train." 195 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,200 This is where we can help. Then it will be 196 00:11:17,201 --> 00:11:19,599 remembered the day the dabbawala system was updated, 197 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,719 it was in a British car. Exactly! Three British cars. 198 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,399 We're about to plug that gap. 199 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,720 That 0.0004% gap. 200 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,359 'And, so, the next day our experiment began. 201 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,079 'We would load the meals into our cars at Andheri station, 202 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,719 'in the suburbs, and then race the train-bound dabbawalas 203 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:45,640 'to the finish line at Churchgate station in the city centre.' 204 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,399 'Our train rivals prepared for the challenge with quiet efficiency 205 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,360 'whereas in the car park, things were rather less calm.' 206 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,719 13, right, 13s are there. It doesn't matter if it says 13. 207 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,439 It does... it's people's lunches! 208 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,279 All we have to do is get them to the other end. 209 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,879 In the right order! No, James, please just bung them in. 210 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,260 Don't, because we'll just be having a race with the 211 00:12:11,261 --> 00:12:13,639 train, which we could do anyway. Bung, bung... 212 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,600 The point is to beat the train AND make it work. 213 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:17,559 Bung yours in. Stop interfering! 214 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,999 I'm not interested in your view on this. Go and do yours. 215 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,959 There's a train! There's a train. Just load up now. 216 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,200 I've lost count now. 217 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,080 This is hacking me off! If they're not in the right 218 00:12:34,081 --> 00:12:36,719 order we can't claim to have beaten the system. 219 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:41,640 Just stop fretting about that and load it up! Right! No time to lose. 220 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,359 11, 15, 15, 15... 221 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,959 TYRES SCREECH 222 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,960 Oh, for God's sake! 223 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,079 The 12s and the odds... What? He's gone. 224 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,519 How many has he taken? About 12. 225 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,280 You are kidding? In total? Yeah. What a moron. 226 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,959 'The train and I left the station at exactly the same moment.' 227 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,639 Coming through! 228 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,159 Over the years, I have raced a Japanese bullet train, 229 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,439 the Swiss railway network, 230 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,199 the French railway network and never lost. 231 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,720 I don't intend to lose now! 232 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,439 Coming through, coming through. 233 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,279 'I'd been forced to take the meals that Jeremy had left behind 234 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,880 'which was a real treat for my spine.' Ow! 235 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,679 I think I might have made my already lowered suspension even lower still. 236 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,159 Ow! 237 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,679 HORNS BLARE 238 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:39,239 Come on, man. 239 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,919 Here are the figures... the train has got a 14...mile journey 240 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,319 and is scheduled to take 44 minutes. 241 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,919 My journey is 17 miles. 242 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,600 17 miles, 44 minutes, that means I must average... 243 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:03,799 Green, 18. Green, green, green, then yellow. 244 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,060 HORNS BLARE Come on, lunches, in a hurry. 245 00:14:06,061 --> 00:14:08,320 People's lunches, coming through. 246 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,280 I'm fine for tea towels, thank you. No, thank you. Thank you, no. 247 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,719 17 miles, 60 miles an hour. No... 248 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,080 If it was an hour, about... 249 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,120 'By this stage, Captain OCD had finally joined the race.' 250 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,039 Correct use of the horn there to warn of your presence going past. 251 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,360 I'm going to try and go to the outskirts of 252 00:14:38,361 --> 00:14:40,679 the city slyly and do a ring-road approach. 253 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,520 I think that'll be quicker. It's a bit further, but it'll be quicker. 254 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,279 Oh, for crying out loud! 255 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,679 The one bit of open road and look what I've got behind me... 256 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,919 Bombay 5-0. 257 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,799 Hello, officer. Hello, officer, doing the speed limit. 258 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:02,120 That has got the hallmarks of a massive thunderstorm. 259 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,039 As the train sped along, my journey, thanks to Jeremy, 260 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,400 continued to be nerve wracking and unpleasant. 261 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,080 Oh! I heard the food move. 262 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,719 Ah! My tins are rattling. 263 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,800 Ow! 264 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,159 This is just too easy, I'm making cracking progress. 265 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,199 Test. It's fine. BUZZER SOUNDS 266 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,200 TYRES SCREECH 267 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:34,599 Yes, it's raining. 268 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,719 THUNDER SOUNDS 269 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,400 Bloody hell! 270 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,159 This is a big rainstorm now. 271 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:47,839 'The cloudburst only lasted for a few moments but, as in any city, 272 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,119 'it slowed the traffic right down.' 273 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:56,039 I now have 17 minutes to revolutionise dabbawaling 274 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,800 and mend Britain's balance of payments' deficit. 275 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,240 Coming through, lunch on the way. 276 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,119 Come on! 277 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:12,159 I am an ambassador representing the sovereign nation of Great Britain. 278 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,199 On a mission... 279 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:19,159 Right, this is not good, it's clear here. I'm going to go this way. 280 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:20,480 LOUD CLATTER 281 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,120 Oh! 282 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,720 14 minutes to go. Come on, come on, come on. 283 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,960 We may have bitten off more than we can chew, in this traffic. We may have done. 284 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,960 I'm pretty sure this right is right. HORNS BLARE 285 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,719 Yes, most of that will go in there. 286 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,280 You see. 287 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,599 OK, there will be shouting from those people who don't get their lunch. 288 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,920 Oh, I don't want to lose any more. 289 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,759 'The train would be at Churchgate station in just eight minutes. 290 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,119 'But I was now clear of the jams.' 291 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:23,039 Here we go, time to unleash what used to be 223 horsepower. 292 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,199 TYRES SCREECH 293 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:31,759 Oh, no, you're not having that space, mate, I am. Big lorry, or not. 294 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,479 I'm a Mini. Grrrr. HORN BLARES 295 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:35,960 Get out of my way! 296 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:41,680 That's the train. That's the train. There it is, there it is! 297 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,880 Come o-o-o-n! 298 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,839 This ring road... must be quite a big ring. 299 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:56,480 This doesn't look very teeming 20-million-inhabitant- Indian-city-ish. 300 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,839 This is a delay I did not need. 301 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,440 Oh, God! 302 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,399 Move! Move! 303 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,679 'In just over 43 minutes, I arrived at the station.' 304 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,599 I've beaten the others, but more importantly... 305 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,799 I've beaten the train. 306 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,519 'This was good news for Britain.' 307 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,200 What do you think of that, chaps? 308 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,439 Yes, now, listen... 309 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,839 THEY SPEAK IN HINDI What's the matter? 310 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,320 I know, there aren't very many, but MUCH hotter than usual. 311 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,319 'Quite a while later, the first of my colleagues arrived 312 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,559 'with his afternoon tea delivery service. 313 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,999 Hammond! 314 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,199 What were you thinking of? 315 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,759 What was the point in that whole exercise? 316 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,599 We were transporting boxes of food and you left with none! 317 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,439 I left with 17. One was a bit ruined when I got here, I admit, 318 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,199 but 16 lunches were delivered early, not in time for tea. 319 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,640 Seriously, where have you been for an hour and 20 minutes? 320 00:19:11,641 --> 00:19:14,079 I went to a different station first. 321 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,919 No, you didn't, where are they? 322 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,999 I dropped them. What? I dropped them. 323 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,479 You dropped them? They fell off the roof. Yes. 324 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,039 And where is May? Have you seen him? No! 325 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,639 'It turned out James hadn't just lost the race... 326 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,920 'he'd lost Bombay.' 327 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:35,080 Oh, cock. 328 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:41,279 Having achieved an accuracy rating in our delivery service of just 4%, 329 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:46,119 we decided to abandon dabbawaling and head north to Jaipur. 330 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:51,720 But instead of driving, the producer insisted we take an overnight train. 331 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,360 They CANNOT be serious! That is not a motor rail carriage. 332 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,079 How do you lose Bombay? I didn't lose it so much, I overshot. What? 333 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,559 You can't miss it... it's enormous! I tried to do a clever ring road. 334 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,759 It's the biggest place we've ever been. 335 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,159 Why do you think the producer is making us go on the train to Jaipur? 336 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,479 I don't know. Why wouldn't he make us drive? 337 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,359 I was quite happy in my Rolls-Royce. I was... There's nothing... 338 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:36,079 It's a slightly dangerous road, but... It's a bit unexpected. 339 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,999 I think I know why. Why? 340 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,519 A-hem... 341 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,580 Because HE doesn't want to drive. Oh, yes! 342 00:20:41,581 --> 00:20:43,639 The producer drives the Allegro. 343 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,399 He doesn't want to drive in the back-up car. 344 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,279 It overheats, so you have to have the heater on full. 345 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,600 Yeah. I wouldn't want to drive that. No. 346 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,880 Having loaded our cars, we went to get our tickets. However... 347 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,519 The queue goes all the way in there. 348 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,480 I can't do queuing. Really? I can't. 349 00:21:10,481 --> 00:21:14,639 Manual labour and queuing are the only two things in life I can't do. 350 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,879 But I really physically can't. No, I can't either. 351 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,359 I do this queue sweary thing. 352 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:24,639 I can go for so long and then (BLEEP) it just happens. Did it happen then? 353 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,239 I can't... Ha, ha haaa! It's happened again. Right, off you go, then. 354 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,999 So you don't mind... because he doesn't like... Go. 355 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,400 Are you sure you don't mind? 356 00:21:32,401 --> 00:21:35,839 He doesn't like us, that's what's going on. You may have a point. Go. 357 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,119 You absolutely... He doesn't mind queuing! 358 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,039 I do, but I'd rather queue than listen to you two bleating. 359 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,239 Arse! That was a gentle one, but it gets a lot worse. 360 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,719 I'll take him for a beer. I'll look after him. 361 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,840 Beer helps. That'll fix it. 362 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:00,400 As James inched forward... 363 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,639 I went shopping and then met up with Hammond for lunch. 364 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,320 Would you like... chicken lung soup? 365 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,639 No. No. 366 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,999 Little bit of lung? No. You won't even taste it? 367 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,999 No, I'm really not hungry. I'm fine. 368 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,799 Would you like me to give you the present I've bought you? 369 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,959 Ooh, let me guess, is it something impractical, 370 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,439 a bit ridiculous and too big for the boot of a Mini? 371 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,759 Always so ungrateful. Honestly! 372 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:34,080 TANNOY: May I have your attention... 373 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,160 Hammond! 374 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,879 That's a double bass. You like double basses. 375 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:50,719 I do like double basses very much. Is that for me, seriously? Yep. 376 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,920 Thank you very much. You're very kind. 377 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,719 I've had an idea. You know when we get to Delhi? Yeah. 378 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,959 Why don't we have... cos this is what most trade missions would do... 379 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,319 a party? 380 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,959 What, just, let's have a party? If you have a party, 381 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,540 and invite the sort of great and the good, 382 00:23:16,541 --> 00:23:19,119 Indian commerce people, ambassadors... 383 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,900 Oh, like a sort of ambassadorial, Ferrero 384 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,680 Rocher type thing? Exactly that. 385 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,920 Hello. Three adults for Jaipur, please. 386 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,639 Where would it be? Is it in a...? What's it in? In a garden. 387 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:58,239 We could have a marquee. A garden party! That's very British. 388 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,319 Come on! This is actually a good idea. 389 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,239 It needs a focus, we're going to have all British products 390 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,439 and our cars, and you walk around and look at them and stuff. 391 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,560 But it needs a... What? You need to... 392 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,359 What, you think we get the Top Gear band back together? 393 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:20,760 What, so we entertain? I'm up for that, I reckon that'll work. Cheers! 394 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:28,759 Many hours of queuing later, Eeyore joined us on the platform. 395 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,799 What's this? We're getting the Top Gear band back together! Yes, we are! 396 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,399 Come on. Yeah, we are. Can you grab your keyboard? 397 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,959 I'll explain on the train. 398 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,359 Thank you. Sorry. Sorry, everybody. 399 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:42,479 This is a bass drum. 400 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,239 Oooh! 401 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,480 Ooh, it's crowded! 402 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,680 'A hot, 18-hour journey lay ahead. 403 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:56,719 'So, to cheer everyone up, we roped in our producer on vocals 404 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,520 'and set to work, practising the song we'd be 405 00:24:59,521 --> 00:25:02,320 performing at our ambassadorial reception.' 406 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,119 ♪ Any time you feel the pain 407 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:09,319 ♪ Hey, Jude, refrain 408 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,359 ♪ Don't carry the world 409 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:16,559 ♪ Upon your shoulder 410 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,560 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na 411 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:28,039 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na... ♪ 412 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,359 'The other passengers were reluctant to join in on the chorus, 413 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,399 'but then Jeremy had a brainwave.' 414 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,759 I tell you what's better, why don't we change the words? Naan! 415 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:41,559 Hey! # Naan-naan-naan-naan-na-na-naan 416 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,840 'Which did the trick.' 417 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:45,479 ♪ Naan-naan-naan-naan 418 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,759 ♪ Naan-naan-naan-naan Hey, Jude 419 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,039 Everybody! 420 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,840 ♪ Naan-naan-naan-naan-na-na-naan 421 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,319 'The next morning, the song was perfected, 422 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,000 'but we still had six hours to go.' 423 00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:14,519 'So we had a discussion about how the time could be used productively.' 424 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:19,799 You know this train is like a big billboard? Or could be. 425 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,999 How? Think, it's going right through India 426 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,759 and there are no slogans at all on the outside. 427 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,799 And there are a billion people in India. 428 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,759 How can we benefit from that? If we got some banners, 429 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,559 we can promote Britain as the train's going along. 430 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,999 We can't use product names, because it's the BBC, but stuff like IT, 431 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,959 everybody I know works in IT. Literally everybody. Financial services. 432 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,919 Food. How could we do...? Everybody loves... 433 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,719 Is HP sauce still...? Is it American? Roast beef? 434 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,079 We're known for that. We can't promote beef. 435 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,959 No, not here. No, you're right. 436 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,599 You've got French fries, 437 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,599 Belgian waffles. 438 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,279 What about English crumpets? 439 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,520 No, that's not very good, is it? 440 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,359 'Eventually, we decided on our slogan.' 441 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,999 'So, at the next stop, Hammond went off to buy some materials.' 442 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,680 TRAIN WHISTLE Hammond, run! 443 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,559 HE LAUGHS I got it! 444 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,479 'And then we got painting.' 445 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,439 OK. Right, James, unravel. 446 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,599 Unravelling. 447 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,039 It's like ticker-taping Times Square. That's quite good. 448 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,560 We're like an enormous, weird typewriter. 449 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,239 'With the banner complete, 450 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,799 'we had to hang it on the outside of the train.' 451 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,879 I'm going to open this door. Right. 452 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,079 I'm going to feed the banner out of it, 453 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,599 where the slipstream of the train will carry it to Hammond, 454 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,760 who's waiting at the next door. Whoa! 455 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:49,880 Here we go. 456 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,399 More! 457 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,320 I need more! 458 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,759 Hammond! 459 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,759 Try to do it when there are no posts! 460 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Argh! 461 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,640 Got it. 462 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,280 Got to get it higher. Bring it back in. No, just lift it up. 463 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,840 No, because it's already dragging... THUD 464 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:24,919 When does it stop next? 465 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,600 THEY SCREAM 466 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,439 'Hammond made some more banners 467 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,399 'and we decided our best chance of success 468 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,160 'was to hang them on the side of the train when it stopped at stations.' 469 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,719 This has to be the most efficient thing we've ever done in our lives. 470 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,639 We've never done anything efficient. No, but we have to be. 471 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,399 I know. Yes. 472 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,119 Speed is everything. 473 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,319 What we've done is enlisted the entire production team 474 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,879 to help us hang the banner on the outside of the train now, 475 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,239 because it's stopped for 18 minutes. 476 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,079 Are we ready? Are we ready? Yes, yes, yes. Steady. 477 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,960 Go! Go, go, go! Hit it. 478 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,920 I think we've done well there. 479 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,199 'With one banner in place, we were like a well-oiled machine 480 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,360 'when we got to the next stop.' 481 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,599 Now THAT is marketing. 482 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,000 And the result is all of these people here are 483 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:40,399 going to go home and want an English muffin. 484 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,199 You hear about these trade missions to far-flung places in the world, 485 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,239 and you just know they're not doing this kind of thing. 486 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,359 Prince Andrew is not hanging from a side of a train in Kuwait, 487 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,319 saying, "Buy diggers. " He isn't doing that. TRAIN TOOTS 488 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,240 The signal. We've got to go, guys. 489 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:06,560 'Our mobile billboard for UK Plc was now complete.' 490 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,799 'However, at the next station, James insisted on doing some repairs.' 491 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:18,759 James, leave it. You haven't done it properly. Leave it. It on, it's on. 492 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,559 TRAIN TOOTS Whoa, my God! 493 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,160 Run! Run! 494 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,640 Quick, get on, get on. 495 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,719 James, run. Pull the cord. Run! 496 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,159 Pull the cord! Pull the cord! 497 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,040 No, there's a... 498 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,919 Hammond. Yeah? To stop the train you pull the chain. Yeah. 499 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,359 But there's a fine of 1,000 rupees. 500 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,799 That's about 13 quid. ã13. I mean... 501 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,839 I haven't got that sort of money. 502 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,440 I'm not paying 13 quid. No, no, no. 503 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,039 'Eventually, we arrived at our stop, Jaipur, 504 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,160 'a town seemingly famous for its natural springs.' 505 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,940 'We paused for a while to wish our banners 506 00:31:10,941 --> 00:31:12,840 well on their journey across India.' 507 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,559 That is a proud moment. Isn't it? It is. 508 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,799 I just wish James was here to see... Our message. 509 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,240 Our message to the subcontinent. 510 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,600 Oh, God. 511 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,440 Oh. It's going to Delhi. 512 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,080 What's it going to say on the other side? 513 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,039 'To make matters worse, 514 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,999 'it looked like Jeremy's dabbawalla delivery in Bombay 515 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,160 'hadn't gone that well after all.' 516 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,559 'Then, when we unloaded James's Rolls, 517 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,639 'we discovered we'd been betrayed.' 518 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,320 When you get in here, you're in for a nasty surprise. 519 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,799 Er, feel that. 520 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,359 But there's cool air. Yes. 521 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,639 Yes, yes. 522 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,559 Devious... 523 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,999 He told us it was broken. Is it? 524 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,879 Oh! The thing is, though, 525 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:27,159 you know Gandhi? Er, yeah, was he a Rolls man? No. 526 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,359 Absolutely not. 527 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,479 Now, Gandhi argued there was too big a gulf 528 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,119 in India between the rich and the poor and it should be narrower. 529 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:40,359 And I think if we disabled James's air conditioning, 530 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,239 it would make him more equal to us. 531 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,719 And that's good not just for us, 532 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,440 but also spiritually for him. Exactly. 533 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,840 Gandhi would approve of what I'm doing now. This is a noble act. Oh. 534 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,639 Nothing to see here. Nothing to see here. 535 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,679 Beautiful British engineering. 536 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,119 If we do it back up again, there's no evidence. 537 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:10,199 No, none. It's the perfect crime. It IS the perfect crime. 538 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,879 No tools... 539 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,960 no murder weapon. No. 540 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,759 'Eventually, Judas arrived.' 541 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,199 May! You've made it. 542 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,959 Well done. How did you miss it? 543 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,920 What you couldn't see from the train 544 00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:29,199 was the platform ended and there was a drop of 15ft. I did see that. 545 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,460 I couldn't do anything. That's why I shouted, "Pull the cord. 546 00:33:31,461 --> 00:33:33,719 " Why didn't you? There's a fine. 547 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,999 13 quid. But the good news is, 548 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,919 the cars have all arrived, amazingly, in one piece. 549 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,839 Is it nice to see them? I've also had a really good idea 550 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,720 for what we can do while we're in Jaipur. 551 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,020 'My plan was to promote the British motorsport 552 00:33:52,021 --> 00:33:54,679 industry by staging a hill-climb event.' 553 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,200 'Which, of course, meant finding a hill.' 554 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,839 Oh, yes! 555 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,680 Nice little course, one kilometre. Perfect. 556 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,780 And what we've done is invited some local 557 00:34:10,781 --> 00:34:13,599 Indians to bring whatever vehicles they have 558 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,480 to see how fast they can get up the hill. 559 00:34:15,481 --> 00:34:17,280 It should be a good day's sport. 560 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,780 'But, of course, not only would the Indians get a 561 00:34:20,781 --> 00:34:23,279 flavour of this traditional British motorsport, 562 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,279 'we'd have a chance to see what sort of vehicles are favoured 563 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,400 'by the Indian petrol head.' 564 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,719 Go! Yeah! He's off. 565 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,640 He's away! We're underway! We've done something. 566 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:40,719 What was that motorcycle? Because this is our leaderboard. 567 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:43,479 That was the Rajdoot 175. 568 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,759 'Moments later, we got out first time.' 569 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,760 One minute, 20.6. Is that fast? We don't know. 570 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,559 'Next up was the Hindustan Ambassador, 571 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,839 'which began in life as a Morris Oxford 572 00:34:54,840 --> 00:35:00,279 'and is still being produced in Calcutta 63 years later.' 573 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,959 Go! 574 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,079 Has he gone? He's still going. Whoa! Still going. 575 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,039 Whoa! 576 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,160 That's the smell of Britain in the '50s. 577 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,319 'When the Hindustan had finished, 578 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,999 'it was the turn of the Indian new boy, the Tata Nano, 579 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,559 'which, at 1900 quid, 580 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,239 'is the cheapest car in the world right now.' 581 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:23,560 Go! 582 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,000 Less smoke. 583 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:32,439 'It may only have a 600cc two-cylinder engine, 584 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,719 'but that didn't stop it from putting on a good show.' 585 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:39,479 1.14.7. Oh, that's our first blistering time of the day. 586 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,599 That is a quick car. It's blindingly quick. 587 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,920 You know what's going to happen? 588 00:35:44,921 --> 00:35:47,239 He'll think, "I'll go up that hill again next weekend." 589 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:52,359 "I wonder if I can go a bit faster? If I get that British fuel pipe hose..." 590 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,679 "I could improve..." And somebody in Britain who makes hoses... Gets a sale. 591 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,439 Gets a sale. 592 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,199 'Next, it was the turn of India's most popular taxi, 593 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,120 'the superbly engineered tuk tuk.' 594 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,360 It's going backwards. 595 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,920 It's going, it's going, it's going, it's going. 596 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,200 That's better. I've got cancer now(!) 597 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,599 You know the Reliant Robin is not a stable vehicle, 598 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,040 as I have proved many times? THAT makes the 599 00:36:28,041 --> 00:36:30,480 Reliant Robin look like a railway locomotive. 600 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,439 'As was demonstrated on the next bend.' 601 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:35,600 CRASH 602 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,600 'Despite this mishap, the locals kept on coming.' 603 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,240 Well done, thank you taking part. 604 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,200 Good luck. 'ln fact, our hill climb was so popular... ' 605 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,079 Go! Whoa. 606 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,760 '..that things soon got out of control.' 607 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,240 CAR HORN TOOTS 608 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:13,920 'Eventually, the police arrived, but only so they could have a go.' 609 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,079 It's a heck of a grid. I would watch this on TV. I would. 610 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,320 More than Formula One. 611 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,879 'With the leaderboard almost full, it was now our turn to set a time, 612 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,879 'but that gave us a bit of a diplomatic issue.' 613 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,119 We need to demonstrate that our cars are good. Yes. They're British. 614 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,639 (WHISPERING) We don't want... Well, a little bit. 615 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,559 A little bit of winning. No, no. No winning at all. 616 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,279 WHISPERING INDISTINCT We really can't. 617 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,340 A small win? We're hosting the event. 618 00:37:44,341 --> 00:37:46,399 You'd have to present the prize to yourself! 619 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:50,839 'Having made Jeremy promise he wouldn't win, I lined up the Mini.' 620 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,199 Three, two, one! 621 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:55,839 TYRES SCREECH 622 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,000 And we're off. This is what the Mini was born to do. 623 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,359 This thing won the Monte Carlo Rally 624 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,580 and watching one of these in classic touring 625 00:38:04,581 --> 00:38:06,800 car racing was utterly, utterly brilliant. 626 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,399 Every major racing driver of the period had one. 627 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,720 Enzo Ferrari had THREE of these things! 628 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,199 HE LAUGHS 629 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,520 I am upholding a legend here. 630 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,759 Finish line in sight. Oh, I can't go too... I mustn't win. 631 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:29,119 Nobody can see. I'm going to give myself a ten-second penalty, because... 632 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,759 I don't want to... You know, I... 633 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,239 Yeah, that'll do. 634 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,279 And across the line! 635 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,239 'Hammond's diplomacy worked brilliantly.' 636 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,519 'And now it was my turn.' 637 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:43,839 Begin. 638 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,079 Still going by, still going by. Still going by. Oh, it's gone. 639 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,079 A Rolls-Royce, of course, has no real motor-sport heritage, 640 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,560 apart from a rally the Shadow entered in the '60s. 641 00:38:52,561 --> 00:38:56,039 Didn't do very well and that commends it to me. 642 00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:00,599 HE MAKES CREAKING NOISES Big old lead. This is James. 643 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,040 Yeah. The grill will just... 644 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:10,039 Remember, a Rolls-Royce is designed to stop you driving like a hooligan. 645 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,080 It sort of says, "Are you sure, sir?" 646 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:16,240 Mid-race check. Everything's good. BUZZER SOUNDS 647 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,959 We're both suffering with gut sweat. Yeah. It's interesting here, 648 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,559 you don't need your penis. 649 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,599 You drink and drink and drink and it just comes out of everywhere else. 650 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,480 This is not needed. Thank you, Dr 651 00:39:29,481 --> 00:39:31,360 Clarkson, that's an interesting theory(!) 652 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,120 Here we are at the finish. 653 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,679 'James, too, posted a thoughtful and considerate time.' 654 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,199 'Now, we could only hope the orang-utan would do the same.' 655 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,519 Jeremy. What? You're starting off halfway across the line. 656 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,959 It's for fun! Why are you wearing a helmet? I don't know. My helmet? 657 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,439 Because it wedges my head in, so I don't roll about. 658 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,479 What's that on the dash? Stopwatch. 659 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,519 Why? We've got a stopwatch. No, I want to see what I'm doing. 660 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,519 In three, two, one... go. 661 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,119 TYRES SCREECH Yes, here we go! 662 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,999 The Jag, of course, has a fine motor-sport pedigree. 663 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,759 And you can feel that pedigree as I unleash it through the esses. 664 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,599 He wants to finish about 1:16. 665 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,759 Between the Mini and the Rolls, because that what you'd expect. 666 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,519 Kiss the apex! Power it out of there. 667 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,319 Up the hill. 668 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:34,839 The only problem I've got, really, is the gear box won't kick down. 669 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,640 That's because it's a ZF box, made by Germans. 670 00:40:37,641 --> 00:40:40,439 And I'm just telling you, if you're Indian, 671 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,320 "German" is a byword for shoddy quality. 672 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,160 He'll stop. He'll take a break before the top. 673 00:40:47,161 --> 00:40:49,480 I told him to pause and then... 674 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,680 And there's the finishing line. Power! 675 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,039 And so, in third place, 676 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,599 the Maruti jeep driven by Nitish. Where are you? Well done. Well done. 677 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,799 And, in second place, the Tata Nano, driven by Sorab. 678 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,159 Well done, well done. Good man, well done. 679 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,840 So, the winner of the inaugural Top Gear 680 00:41:09,841 --> 00:41:12,519 All-India British Hill-speed Climb Event... 681 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,919 is the Jaguar XJS driven by Jeremy... HE TAILS OFF 682 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,200 Yes! There you go. Thank you very much. So... 683 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,879 Oh, God...people of India. 684 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:28,640 'Thanks to Jeremy, the hill climb had not been a diplomatic success.' 685 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:35,199 'But then, Jaipur itself gave us an idea for making amends.' 686 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:39,719 'In 1876, the whole city was painted pink to celebrate a visit 687 00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:43,999 'by the then Prince of Wales.' So we thought we'd reciprocate 688 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:48,560 'by splitting up and decorating our cars to celebrate India.' 689 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:53,359 Right. I'm going to focus my efforts on here. 690 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,559 What I'm going to go for is a flag. 691 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,159 I already have a Union Jack on the roof. 692 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,439 If I put Indian flag on the bonnet, 693 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:05,039 it's kind of the two brought together on one iconic symbol of Britishness. 694 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:09,160 It's like a hands across the ocean, but it's hands across the windscreen. 695 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:16,160 That is good, that is good. Nice. Look at that. 696 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:18,680 Yee ha! 697 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,679 It's good? Good? 698 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,040 You like a flock wallpaper? BOYS: Yes, yes. 699 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:29,940 There's a design in the middle which is... 700 00:42:29,941 --> 00:42:32,160 Oh, it'll be something like an eagley thing. 701 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,159 Eventually, I was done, so I went to join Jeremy. 702 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:40,200 DRUMS PLAY 703 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,919 Loving your shirt. Loving your boob tube. 704 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,439 It's a crop top is what it is, and this is...? 705 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,319 That's for Anglo-Indian relations. 706 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:59,839 That's the British flag. Yeah, and the...? That is the Indian flag. 707 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:01,720 But the whole car is Ganesh themed. 708 00:43:01,721 --> 00:43:04,639 Ganesh being this elephant god? Yes. 709 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,079 They have an expression, "We're doing a Ganesh", 710 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,400 meaning making sure something starts auspiciously. 711 00:43:09,401 --> 00:43:11,719 I've got more elephant themes inside. 712 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:13,479 Have you gone mental? No. 713 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,800 Oh, I'll just light my joss stick. Get a smell of this. 714 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,479 Now, you see, that's weed! No, it's not! 715 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,079 THEY LAUGH 716 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,599 Well, I have to say... No, credit where credit's due. 717 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,839 YOU don't deserve any. 718 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,799 But wait until you see what I've done to the Jag. 719 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,319 First of all, the flock effect racing stripe. Like that. 720 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,759 But this is genius. 721 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:41,719 At some point on this trip, Hammond's Bombay doors are going to break. 722 00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:44,439 We'll be stuck in the middle of nowhere 723 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,840 and he is going to beg me for use of this. 724 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,919 What I've done in there... Well, I... No, it's like an ice bucket. 725 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,800 You fill it up with chemicals. 726 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,639 This is the best thing I've ever seen fitted to a car in India. 727 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,199 Everybody who comes here gets the trots. 728 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,680 Yeah. And you've got... 729 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:12,919 No, it's very good. The thinking is terrific. I've also tuned my badge 730 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,639 to match the temperatures I'm experiencing in the car. 731 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,599 It's an Aga. I've taken the "J", the "U" and the "R" out 732 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,039 and we're left with "Aga", which is what it is. 733 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,999 'At that moment, Rolf Harris arrived.' 734 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,840 What have you been doing? 735 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:31,519 Craftsmanship takes time. Indian flag, Union Jack. 736 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,060 You see? It's a symbol of British craftsmanship 737 00:44:34,061 --> 00:44:36,599 and ingenuity brought together. It's all there. 738 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:41,359 I'm pretty certain that's not an Indian flag. It is. 739 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,560 There's a green, a white and a red-orange stripe. 740 00:44:43,561 --> 00:44:45,759 I didn't do the red-orange because... 741 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:49,719 I think that's in Indian one and the stripes go HORIZONTAL. 742 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:53,399 You'd recognise a Union Jack if it was that way. HORIZONTAL. 743 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,559 You're looking at it from this side. Hold on a minute. 744 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,239 You've got one there. It's a grapefruit in the middle. 745 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:04,319 It's segmented. Would you agree that what he's done is that flag? 746 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:09,640 Yes, near enough. Would you like to know what country that is the flag of? 747 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,560 THEY LAUGH 748 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:19,119 Of all the countries YOU in particular could have selected, 749 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,759 what you've done, Richard Hammond, is paint on your Mini 750 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:26,039 the flag of Mexico. 751 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,560 God, I haven't, have I? You have. 752 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,319 Maybe you should put a piece of lemon in the fuel filler neck, 753 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,920 see if it makes it go better. THEY CONTINUE TO LAUGH 754 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,159 It was now time to head north to Delhi, 755 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,719 to host our important ambassadorial trade reception. 756 00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:52,439 However, at that moment, James had something more pressing on his mind. 757 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,799 Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. It's very hot in here and you two, 758 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:00,919 I left you two with my car yesterday when I was in the tuk tuk. 759 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,559 Oh, dear. You've interfered with my air conditioning. 760 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,479 It's coming out red hot. 'You took it off the train! 761 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:11,759 'How can we mess with something that you told us was already broken?' 762 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,639 Yes, but it WAS working and now it isn't. 763 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,999 Ha! 'You've been fiddling with it.' 764 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,119 So you're now saying it WAS working and now it isn't working? 765 00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:24,679 Yes, I was lying about it not working. It works perfectly well, 766 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,919 I was just keen for you two not to start messing around with it. 767 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,639 'Have you messed around with it?' 768 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,839 Well, in the spirit of new-found honesty, yes, 769 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,439 we ruined your air conditioning. 770 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,079 Well, what was the bloody point of that, you idiot?! 771 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,120 Gandhi made us do it. 772 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,919 What a pair of morons. That's all they can do, break something. 773 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:49,760 They can't make anything or mend anything, just break stuff. 774 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,640 It's the ruin of Britain. 775 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:58,839 The journey to Delhi would give us our first taste 776 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:00,959 of life on provincial Indian highways. 777 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,600 An experience which, we'd been told, would be terrifying. 778 00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,799 Let me give you some alarming statistics. 779 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,279 Throughout India, there are now 74 million vehicles, 780 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,359 roughly twice what we have in the UK. 781 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,079 So you'd expect the death rate to be twice as high. It isn't. 782 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:26,239 In Britain, around about 3,000 people a year are killed on the roads. 783 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:30,599 Last year in India, it was 196,000. 784 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,920 That's 22 an hour. 785 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:40,319 This country has the most dangerous roads in the world. 786 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:41,840 And they get worse at night. 787 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:44,999 This was a problem for us, 788 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,759 because as night fell, our overnight hold was still 80 miles away. 789 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:55,280 And we were on the most dangerous kind of road... a dual carriageway. 790 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,319 HORNS BLARE 791 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:05,240 Jesus Christ, that car's going on the wrong side of the road. 792 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,160 Unlit tractor up ahead, chaps. 793 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,599 That's completely unlit. 794 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,160 An unlit wide-load in the dark on an unlit road. 795 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,800 Oh, a man on the road. God! 796 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,120 Oh, this is tight. Oh. 797 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,159 Oh. 798 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:33,480 Oh, that was scary. 799 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:37,359 Bloody hell! HORN BLARE 800 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,639 You know in England, when a child is badly behaved, the mother says 801 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,559 "Your father will be very cross with you when he gets home"? 802 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,999 Here, it's different. It's, "Your father will be very cross with you" 803 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,200 "IF he gets home." 804 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,920 Oh, God. Oh, God! 805 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:57,760 Jesus, look at that. 806 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:02,840 I mean, Ganesh, look at that. 807 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:08,120 Blinded. Yep, can't see a thing. 808 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,879 That lorry's very close. 809 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,679 TYRES SCREECH 810 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,199 BLEEP 811 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,760 "Road narrows for no obvious reason." 812 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:22,920 Oh, strewth! 813 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:27,119 Two nerve-jangling hours later, 814 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,839 we arrived at the town where we'd be staying the night. 815 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,400 And as we refuelled, I took my revenge. 816 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:46,999 Funny. Very funny. 817 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:51,039 Er, what James has done is turned my heater up to full, 818 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:56,759 and then removed the heater knob so I can't turn it back down again. 819 00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:00,080 What a monumental bell-end he is. 820 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,520 The next morning, the dual carriageway madness continued. 821 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,280 Only now, we could actually see what was going to kill us. 822 00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,160 Oh, God, now look. 823 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,640 Holy moly. 824 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,919 The man here just got out of his lorry in the middle of the road. 825 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:28,680 Whoa! 826 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,440 HORNS BLARE Oh! 827 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,599 I wonder how much else we missed last night. 828 00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,440 What else was going on that we never saw? 829 00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:47,039 So the Allegro survived the night by the looks of things 830 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,919 and is still with us, with a very miserable-looking producer at the helm. 831 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,279 Serves him right for having no faith 832 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,359 in these magnificent British cars that we've chosen. 833 00:50:56,360 --> 00:51:00,919 James, is your car giving the slightest indication 834 00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,239 it might go wrong? 835 00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:06,719 No. Situation update. HE HONKS HORN 836 00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:09,519 Oil level and coolant temperature good. 837 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:11,879 Everything working. Engine is as sweet as a nut. 838 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,120 My karma is very good. 839 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,039 'And at the next fuel stop, his karma got even better, 840 00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,440 'as he turned his special revenge gun on Hammond.' 841 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,599 James... The seat is stuck forwards, James. 842 00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:39,279 Have you missed with the seat in my car? 843 00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:40,520 Might have done. 844 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:45,159 Where have you put my knob? I've forgotten. 845 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:47,119 It's so hot in there. Look. 846 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:50,920 My tablecloth has leaked dye into my shirt. 847 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,439 'Several hours later, we arrived in Delhi, 848 00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,079 'where I decided to have an accident.' 849 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,839 O... K! 850 00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,239 'Sadly, there was no time to worry about this small crash, 851 00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:09,800 'because that night, we were hosting our trade reception.' 852 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:14,359 It's very obvious that this is the right place for our party. 853 00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:19,160 Lots of rich, influential people behind these high walls and hedges. 854 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,600 We will do well here. 855 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,559 After a quick freshen up, we arrived at the location for our party... 856 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:33,439 an exclusive house in the select embassy district. 857 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:37,240 Brilliant, look at this. It's good, isn't it? This is fantastic. 858 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:41,719 Our guests would be arriving in just a few hours, 859 00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:44,039 so James started to build the catering tent, 860 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:49,279 I washed the cars and Hammond took charge of decorating the marquee. 861 00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:50,399 Gather round. 862 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,279 What we need to do is make this the colours of the Union Jack, 863 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,759 British flag, so I brought some red, white and blue cloth with me 864 00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:58,799 so we can decorate it. 865 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,639 So to your posts for now and I'll work out a plan. 866 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:05,680 If you each go and stand with one of these. Yes. 867 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,480 Anybody speak English? 868 00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,439 Good. 869 00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,840 ENGINE REVS 870 00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,719 I'm getting them in a fan shape, James. 871 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:28,559 No, that's OK, like that, yeah. Keep going. 872 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,000 OK. 873 00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:37,959 We'll have do untie it and start again. 874 00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:42,000 This setback meant James would have to start his cooking al fresco. 875 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,039 Tonight's dish is a signature British dish, 876 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,879 but celebrates our relationship with India, particularly our love of spices. 877 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:53,079 It is, obviously, coronation chicken. 878 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:55,559 And the ingredients are chicken and coronation. 879 00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:59,759 To make the coronation, you start with a bowl and some salad cream. 880 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:03,479 So you've got salad cream chicken, basically? And spices. 881 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:06,879 Why have you got digestive biscuits? It's going to be served on them. 882 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:10,039 That's the stupidest idea... Why don't you go and wash the cars? 883 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:11,879 I've washed them. You haven't. 884 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:15,479 I can see that it's still dirty and still says "penis" on the bonnet. 885 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,159 I squirted them with water. That's not good enough. 886 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,999 We're using Madras curry powder from the Midlands. 887 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,719 Sprinkle that on... 888 00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:25,439 Salad cream and curry powder is what it is? Pretty much. 889 00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:26,640 It's got sultanas... 890 00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:30,879 Go and wash the cars. Go and wash the cars. 891 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:34,000 Now they're having a water fight. Gentlemen! 892 00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,839 Once James had finished his recipe... Coronation chicken, madam? 893 00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:45,599 He went into town to buy fireworks, leaving me alone with the orang-utan. 894 00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,959 This is magnificently brilliant. 895 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,799 I think the guests are going to just adore having a go in this. 896 00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,640 A bit of tweed action going on. THUD 897 00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,680 Oh, no! 898 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,279 Oh, my God. 899 00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:08,719 'Between us, we worked out that James was going to notice.' 900 00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:10,919 Have you got any green paint? No. 901 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:14,840 Yes. Yes! You have? We've brought a load of Airfix models. Have we? 902 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:20,000 Spitfire green. Yes, here we go. We can have this fixed. 903 00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:26,440 I don't think he's got enough of his instruments painted over. 904 00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:30,999 JEREMY LAUGHS 905 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:32,760 That's much better. 906 00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:36,919 A bit later on, James returned with his fireworks, 907 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:39,640 which, frankly, were not what I'd had in mind. 908 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,159 James, I know you live in 1956, but the world has moved on, 909 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:46,199 these are pathetic. They'll be good. 910 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:49,159 These are big as well. They're rubbish. 911 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,719 There's a limit to the size of fireworks you can have 912 00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:55,479 in, let's be honest, the middle of the Government area, lots of embassies, 913 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,439 on a high state of alert because of the threat of terrorism. 914 00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,839 You can't let off a millennium fireworks... 915 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:02,599 it's a garden fireworks display. 916 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,919 That's going to be like lighting a match. No, it isn't. It is. 917 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:09,559 'I decided to take matters in hand.' 918 00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:14,199 OK, what you need to make a really big firework is, er... 919 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:18,399 a length of drainpipe, a cane, teaspoon, Sellotape, 920 00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:22,039 sharp knife, saucer and a pair of pixellated hands, 921 00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:25,479 so you at home can't see what I'm doing. 922 00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:27,999 Right, you take, well, any firework. 923 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,519 Let's start with this relatively small one. 924 00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:33,839 And you apply the sharp knife. 925 00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:36,719 Now, being very careful not to hit the... 926 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:38,640 Let's not give that a name. 927 00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,959 Our plan was to show our top business guests 928 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,199 some of Britain's finest products, 929 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,559 with each of us championing one particular thing. 930 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,400 James selected a superb lawnmower. 931 00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:54,999 Oh, that is... 932 00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:58,559 And as it winds itself up, it gets further in, that's brilliant. 933 00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:02,279 You know what, that is actually... It's all right, isn't it? 934 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:03,520 That's a good display. 935 00:57:03,521 --> 00:57:07,439 'I would be promoting something very close to my heart... ' 936 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:08,759 Hair products. 937 00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:11,799 It's a little-known fact that we in Britain 938 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:15,439 are extensive producers of a huge range of hair product. 939 00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:19,039 Nicky Clarke, she's a well-known hairdresser, I think. 940 00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:22,119 What I'm going to do is arrange a display, but more than that... 941 00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,919 in keeping with the theme, which is kind of active, actually doing stuff, 942 00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:28,879 I'm going to style myself and turn myself into a walking, 943 00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,319 moving billboard. 944 00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:33,359 You need to be able to remove, 945 00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:38,599 from in here, all of the stuff that looks a bit like it could belong 946 00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:42,880 in a fondue set, but isn't really the same. 947 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,719 By the time James had got his lawnmower under control, 948 00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,359 Jeremy had completed his cruise missile. 949 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:08,639 Here we are. 950 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,879 The finished product. 951 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:15,639 My giant firework, with stick, with prong on the end, 952 00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:17,320 ready to be launched. 953 00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:21,759 With that done, I was free to break out the product I'd be promoting, 954 00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:25,799 the Corby trouser press, which I believed could perform 955 00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:29,919 a vital extra service for the Indian customer. 956 00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,319 The Corby naan-press. There it is. 957 00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:34,000 Is it hot? Ooh, ah! 958 00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:39,600 Mmm. That is good. Mm. 959 00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:42,919 With the preparations complete, 960 00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:47,720 it was time to smarten ourselves up and greet our VIP guests. 961 00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:53,920 How'd you do? Barley water, Tizer, English wine, coronation chicken. 962 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:58,519 You do the wine, I'll go around with coronation chicken. 963 00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:02,719 'Meanwhile, Richard was in charge of valet parking.' 964 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:03,800 Hello, welcome. 965 00:59:03,801 --> 00:59:06,959 Right, thank you. I'm going to put this somewhere prominent. 966 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,400 I love the paint, by the way. 967 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:13,400 Keys. Er... Oh, hello, that'll do. 968 00:59:17,480 --> 00:59:20,959 It's powdered and you simply add water and you get mashed potato. 969 00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:25,359 I think it's better than the real thing. Lovely. 970 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:28,599 Forgive me for interrupting, I brought your vegetarian option. 971 00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,879 This is a sweet one... Angel Delight on a Digestive biscuit. 972 00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:34,560 Hello. Hello, how are you? I'm very well, thank you. 973 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:40,359 This is gentleman's relish on a water biscuit and this is Marmite. 974 00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:41,800 Right. 975 00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:55,239 'As darkness fell, the guests continued to arrive.' 976 00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,959 If you'd like to park up there, I'll do the proper park. 977 00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:01,239 Yours is a temporary park. I'm doing the big, actual park. 978 01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:03,879 It's my job. Move up, if you would, sir. 979 01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,879 'With the party in full swing, 980 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,559 'it was time to demonstrate our British products. 981 01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:13,120 'Sadly, though, the lawnmower wouldn't start.' 982 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:15,639 Bollocks. 983 01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:19,480 And Jeremy's diplomacy was as bad as it had been at the hill-climb. 984 01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:23,439 This is something I think you could sell well in India. 985 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:27,080 Most British two or three-star hotels have these. 986 01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,039 Judging by the cars that were turning up, 987 01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,639 it was clear Delhi's elite had come to the party. 988 01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:37,839 But unfortunately for Richard, they'd all arrived at once. 989 01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:42,199 I'm your valet park... Oh, just wait there, I'm going to park your car. 990 01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:43,320 Just don't move. 991 01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,679 Hold on. Nobody park. No, where are they going? Agh! 992 01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,479 I have a proper British lawnmower at home, 993 01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:54,239 an Atco twin-clutch, but I don't actually have a lawn, 994 01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:57,679 but it's still something that's very pleasant to own, as an artefact, 995 01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:00,919 as an example of fine engineering, with a great engineering... 996 01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:05,239 'So, James was boring everyone to death, 997 01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:08,439 'half the world's mosquitoes had arrived, 998 01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:10,479 'my parking system was in disarray... ' 999 01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:13,839 Just one second. I just... Don't go. 1000 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:16,999 '..and Jeremy was still being a diplomatic nightmare.' 1001 01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,359 I could arrive at your house, do my business, 1002 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:23,080 and then come and see you without doing it all over your kitchen floor. 1003 01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:28,799 'Plainly, it was time to get the Top Gear band on stage.' 1004 01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:32,279 OFF-KEY: # Don't carry the world 1005 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,720 ♪ Across your shoulder 1006 01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:38,719 ♪ Na na na la-la 1007 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,399 ♪ La la la And... 1008 01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:44,439 ♪ Na na-na 1009 01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:46,160 ♪ Na-na-na na 1010 01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:48,880 ♪ Na-na-na na 1011 01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:51,599 ♪ Hey, Jude 1012 01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:52,880 MUSIC PETERS OUT 1013 01:01:52,881 --> 01:01:56,279 For some reason, the crowd wasn't warming to us, 1014 01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:59,600 so I decided to set off my firework. 1015 01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:02,399 ♪ Hey, Jude 1016 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:03,799 ♪ Hey, Jude. ♪ 1017 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,239 WHOOSHING 1018 01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:07,319 EXPLOSION, GLASS SHATTERS 1019 01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,840 ALARM SOUNDS 1020 01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:16,079 Strangely, the guests took this massive explosion as a cue to leave, 1021 01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:18,360 but that was harder than they thought. 1022 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:25,320 This one? It's not that one. 1023 01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,959 The next morning, we had to face the fact 1024 01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,519 that our party had been a disaster. 1025 01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:38,599 But it had been even worse than that for Hammond. 1026 01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:42,479 Just tell me what happened. A very tall, willowy Indian girl 1027 01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:46,239 wanted her photograph taken with me, so she stood next to me. 1028 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:49,559 Yeah, yeah? And just as a man was about to take the picture on a phone, 1029 01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:52,159 a small creature, an insect... a fly, perhaps... 1030 01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:54,719 bit sharply into my right teste. 1031 01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,399 Through your trousers? I imagine it went up the leg. 1032 01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:00,759 Well, it's not a long journey. That's a long way, this is... 1033 01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:02,678 Crawled all the way up to bite you... 1034 01:03:02,679 --> 01:03:05,160 It chose that moment... "Yes, of course... agh!" 1035 01:03:05,161 --> 01:03:07,679 I couldn't... That's flat out. Look at it. 1036 01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:09,319 So it's... 1037 01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:12,399 So he's got an out-of-control lawnmower, 1038 01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,879 you have... A sore plum. ..a sore plum. 1039 01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,799 I think it's now time to leave the city, to leave Delhi, 1040 01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:21,880 and get on with our countryside mission. 1041 01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:26,239 We decided to head even further north, into the Himalayas, 1042 01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:30,559 where our cars would be faced with rough roads and mountainous terrain. 1043 01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:34,839 So, to prepare them for this, we found a workshop... 1044 01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:37,639 and cue the music. 1045 01:03:37,640 --> 01:03:41,080 MUSIC: Theme from "The A-Team" 1046 01:03:53,560 --> 01:03:55,400 That's what I'm talking about. 1047 01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:12,640 LOUD RASPING HUM 1048 01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:16,999 OK, what I've done to the Jag is... 1049 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:19,399 is ruin it comprehensively. 1050 01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:21,920 'I'd fitted much chunkier tyres, which had 1051 01:04:21,921 --> 01:04:24,439 meant messing around with the suspension, 1052 01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:27,199 'and this had had a dramatic effect.' 1053 01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,319 The ride is now intolerable, 1054 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:33,599 the tyres are catching on the arches, as you can hear. 1055 01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:36,079 The noise is simply unbearable, 1056 01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,759 the braking is now very poor, the rev counter has broken, 1057 01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:41,799 BUT on the upside, though, 1058 01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:44,599 because the exhaust now goes straight out of the bonnet 1059 01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:48,399 rather than under the car, I have much more ground clearance, 1060 01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:49,880 about that much more. 1061 01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:54,400 HUMMING Oh! Ho, ho, ho! 1062 01:04:55,880 --> 01:04:59,519 James had also fiddled with his suspension 1063 01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:01,519 to accommodate the chunkier rubber. 1064 01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:03,640 And he too had made a complete mess of it. 1065 01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:07,240 Oh, God! 1066 01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,519 I've ruined everything. 1067 01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:15,160 There's no point trying to say anything intelligent, it's just too noisy. 1068 01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:24,480 That is quite a noise, isn't it? HE LAUGHS 1069 01:05:26,040 --> 01:05:28,079 My car is fine, 1070 01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:32,519 because I haven't modified or messed about with it. 1071 01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:35,599 I put it on some new tyres... that's not modification, 1072 01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:39,359 that's something you do. I put it on rally tyres, just in case. 1073 01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:42,719 I have fitted a sump guard to protect the underside if it bottoms out, 1074 01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:44,439 and the winch... that's not for me, 1075 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:47,279 that's to rescue those two idiots WHEN they get stuck, 1076 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:48,800 which they will. That's it. 1077 01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:56,080 The overnight hold is 198 miles away. 1078 01:05:57,720 --> 01:05:59,600 No! 1079 01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:07,239 'James and I spent the next hour arguing about whose car was worse.' 1080 01:06:07,240 --> 01:06:09,599 Can you not feel those rear tyres? 1081 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:12,759 'So, after a typically Indian fuel stop... ' 1082 01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:14,639 Argh! SNAKE HISSES 1083 01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:15,999 No, don't be silly. 1084 01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:18,040 '..we decided to swap.' 1085 01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:23,359 What a shocking racket! 1086 01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,920 LOUD THUMPING AND HUMMING 1087 01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:33,080 Oh, my God! 1088 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:37,479 I've just tried to go above 50. 1089 01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:40,399 Jeremy, you're on fire. 1090 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,999 There is smoke, isn't there, coming from the Rolls? 1091 01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:45,199 No, it's coming off the tyre. 1092 01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:48,039 Oh, James, you can have this back now. 1093 01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:49,680 It's frightening. 1094 01:06:50,960 --> 01:06:52,679 I'm really sorry, Mr Cameron. 1095 01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:57,080 Thanks to those two, our trade mission is in tatters. 1096 01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:01,439 Back in the Jag, I decided to use my new PA system 1097 01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:05,479 to give Hammond some noises HE wouldn't enjoy. 1098 01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:09,839 MUSIC: "I Know What I Like (ln Your Wardrobe)" by Genesis 1099 01:07:09,840 --> 01:07:13,359 Oh... Genesis, Hammond, I know you like it. 1100 01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:15,440 It's that song. 1101 01:07:21,720 --> 01:07:23,440 Ah! I hate that bit. 1102 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:26,720 It's that bit! 1103 01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:31,839 With my straight through exhaust, I've more power, 1104 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:35,040 so I don't think you can outrun my Genesis concept solution. 1105 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:42,239 'In the next town I stopped annoying Hammond 1106 01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:45,879 'and used my PA system to fly the flag little bit.' 1107 01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:47,800 MUSIC PLAYS 1108 01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,879 Are you watching this, Mr Cameron? This is how you run a trade mission. 1109 01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:58,239 People of India, call me trouser presses, 1110 01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,439 curries, 1111 01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:02,959 armour jackets, these are the things you need. 1112 01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:08,479 As we ride into town in our convoy of excellent British cars... 1113 01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,839 Whoa! 1114 01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:11,799 HORNS BLARE 1115 01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:13,880 Whoops-a-daisy. 1116 01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:17,119 Oh, dear. 1117 01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:20,879 It's taken the tyre off. Oh... We'll get it over there. 1118 01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:22,800 You, come with us. 1119 01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:36,279 You can't go... 1120 01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:41,639 Where are you going? You can't just smash somebody's car up. 1121 01:08:41,640 --> 01:08:44,199 We're on a very important mission to try 1122 01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:47,920 and save our country from bankruptcy, and now look. 1123 01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:51,120 Now he's just driving off! 1124 01:08:54,080 --> 01:08:56,760 He's gone. He's just gone. 1125 01:08:59,760 --> 01:09:04,079 'We were becoming bored with Jeremy crashing into the locals, 1126 01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:07,159 'so we left him to it.' See you soon. 1127 01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,040 Buy British whenever possible. 1128 01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:17,600 Soon, though, we were reunited and in the foothills of the Himalayas. 1129 01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:25,000 Nice drive, this. If I had proper wheels and 1130 01:09:25,001 --> 01:09:27,120 tyres on the car, it would be even nicer. 1131 01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:38,320 Oh, blinding majesty, natural beauty. It's all there. 1132 01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:43,079 This is beautiful. 1133 01:09:43,080 --> 01:09:46,399 'For the first time since we arrived in India, 1134 01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:48,759 'there was a bit of peace and quiet.' 1135 01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:50,559 BLOWING EXHAUST 1136 01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:51,960 Oh! 1137 01:09:53,320 --> 01:09:54,960 Clarkson, do bugger off. 1138 01:09:57,400 --> 01:10:01,760 Monkey, monkey, monkey with MASSIVE testicles! 1139 01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:08,280 'As night fell, we came across a village fete.' 1140 01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:17,959 'Everyone was doing business, so I ramped up the PA.' 1141 01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,520 MUSIC PLAYS 1142 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:22,920 The British are back... I mean here. 1143 01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:27,079 'And we stopped to promote our themes.' 1144 01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,039 And now, if I can demonstrate, with this piece of garland. 1145 01:10:30,040 --> 01:10:33,799 Your lawn, grown too long. 1146 01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:36,079 Engage the lawnmower. 1147 01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:39,879 It is simply blown away. Like that. We'll work on that... 1148 01:10:39,880 --> 01:10:43,159 'Nobody was very interested. 1149 01:10:43,160 --> 01:10:45,719 'So, at the hotel that night, to cheer ourselves up, 1150 01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,040 'Hammond and I decided to improve May's Rolls.' 1151 01:10:50,360 --> 01:10:52,999 What are you doing? Thread that through his car. 1152 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:55,639 To the horn, in such a way... Go and find the horn. 1153 01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:58,839 Through the back seat. Don't knock my beer over. 1154 01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:00,840 I'm not going to knock your beer over! 1155 01:11:04,280 --> 01:11:07,960 'The next morning we woke up in Switzerland. 1156 01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:13,840 'Only this was taller and warmer and better in every way. 1157 01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:19,360 'It was also more peaceful as I had fitted some silencers to my Jag.' 1158 01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:27,639 On the upside, my new exhaust system is much quieter than before. 1159 01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:31,639 On the downside, it's making a really annoying, jangling sound 1160 01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:33,640 and I can't see where I'm going. 1161 01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:36,799 Still, it could be worse. 1162 01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:38,919 HORN BLARES 1163 01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:41,439 HORN BLARES AGAIN 1164 01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:43,400 Hammond? Yes! 1165 01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:48,399 Can you hear a blowing noise? 1166 01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:50,319 Oh, for God's sake! 1167 01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:53,400 THEY LAUGH 1168 01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:56,639 'What's the matter?' 1169 01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:58,820 Well, I suspect you know, but I'll explain 1170 01:11:58,821 --> 01:12:01,000 it to you anyway... braking sounds the horn. 1171 01:12:02,480 --> 01:12:05,359 HORN BLARES REPEATEDLY 1172 01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:10,679 They've given me an interesting game now... try to avoid braking. 1173 01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:12,320 HORN BLARES 1174 01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:18,159 'We continued onwards, determined to take our trade mission 1175 01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:20,360 'into the heart of the Himalayas. 1176 01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:25,000 'But the further north we went, the fewer people there were.' 1177 01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:27,520 HORN BLARES 1178 01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:32,100 'By mid-morning, the only business that had been done 1179 01:12:32,101 --> 01:12:35,239 involved Richard, buying a traditional local hat.' 1180 01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:36,840 Oh! 1181 01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:41,680 'So, we kept on climbing.' 1182 01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:45,839 This is the road to China. 1183 01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:47,959 Tibet. Can I say Tibet? 1184 01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:52,719 I'm not sure what the politically correct way of saying that is. 1185 01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:55,600 Doubtless the BBC has some ancient way of saying it. 1186 01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:02,279 We're at 12,000 feet. 1187 01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:03,960 One hell of a drop on the right. 1188 01:13:05,920 --> 01:13:10,560 It's OK because there's a big row of pebbles to stop me going over. 1189 01:13:14,680 --> 01:13:19,120 On the plus side, though, at this height, the views were staggering. 1190 01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:22,319 Oh, oh! 1191 01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,920 This is... something else. 1192 01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:31,039 That stays with you for ever. 1193 01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:33,320 Utterly beautiful. 1194 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:37,799 I know just the song that will match the moment. 1195 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:39,759 No, it won't. 1196 01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:44,439 MUSIC: "I Know What I Like (ln Your Wardrobe)" by Genesis 1197 01:13:44,440 --> 01:13:46,360 Oh, God! 1198 01:13:48,240 --> 01:13:52,439 'The magnificence of our surroundings was all well and good, 1199 01:13:52,440 --> 01:13:56,239 'but the views weren't translating into business for Britain.' 1200 01:13:56,240 --> 01:14:00,799 This has a last frontier feel to it, this does. I hope it isn't. 1201 01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:04,519 Not much call for trouser presses or lawnmowers here, 1202 01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:06,480 or hair products, if we're honest. 1203 01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:13,440 'Then, to make our lives even more difficult, the Tarmac stopped.' 1204 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:21,160 Hammond, problems for you here... it's off...road. 1205 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,800 'But Richard, besotted with his Mini, would hear none of it.' 1206 01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:31,199 I'll just keep going until Everest comes into view 1207 01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:32,760 and then deal with that. 1208 01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:36,119 Oh, that's bouncing. 1209 01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:38,520 It hops from bump to bump! HE GIGGLES 1210 01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:52,759 This is actually quite unpleasant. 1211 01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:54,679 But we must soldier on... 1212 01:14:54,680 --> 01:14:56,400 for our country. 1213 01:15:00,160 --> 01:15:02,519 The problem is that mud and rock slides 1214 01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:04,879 take this road away every few months. 1215 01:15:04,880 --> 01:15:12,039 Look, just a massive rock slide there has ruined the road. 1216 01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,839 'The locals use dynamite to clear away the debris.' 1217 01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:16,680 EXPLOSION 1218 01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:26,680 'It's a losing battle and pretty soon the road ahead was blocked.' 1219 01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:34,879 'Thanking our lucky stars, we'd had the sense to modify our cars, 1220 01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:38,239 'we decided to bypass the blockage by using a steep cut-through. 1221 01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:42,680 'Hammond elected to go first in his beloved Mini.' 1222 01:15:44,080 --> 01:15:45,559 Wind that baby up. 1223 01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:47,520 Come on, little Mini. 1224 01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:51,440 Go on! There you go. Yeah! 1225 01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:58,000 'Next, it was the turn of the Jag.' 1226 01:16:01,840 --> 01:16:04,360 Oh, come on, you can do this! 1227 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:08,279 Go, go, go! 1228 01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:11,159 You brilliant car! 1229 01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:14,399 'Finally, it was George Harrison's go.' 1230 01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:18,479 Lord Ganesh, make my climb auspicious. 1231 01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:19,800 Here we go. 1232 01:16:33,160 --> 01:16:36,120 Oh, no! So close! 1233 01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:40,320 It looked very good for a moment. It DID look very good. 1234 01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:44,159 How much does that weigh, James? 1235 01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,519 2.2 tonnes. 1236 01:16:46,520 --> 01:16:48,599 2.2 tonnes of Rolls-Royce. 1237 01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:51,119 Off-roading. 1238 01:16:51,120 --> 01:16:54,879 Now, rock it out. ENGINE REVS 1239 01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:57,559 Mind your feet. This always goes well 1240 01:16:57,560 --> 01:17:00,159 when Top Gear are filming situations like this. 1241 01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:02,879 Here we go. Go! ENGINE REVS 1242 01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:05,639 'The Rolls wasn't going anywhere. 1243 01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:08,160 'So we decided to engage Hammond's winch.' 1244 01:17:09,200 --> 01:17:10,879 You're all right. 1245 01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:14,159 'To prevent the little Mini being winched into the Rolls-Royce, 1246 01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:15,600 'we anchored it to my Jag.' 1247 01:17:15,601 --> 01:17:19,519 I don't know what this weighs, I guess 1.8 tonnes. 1248 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:23,959 Hammond's Mini takes it up to 2.4 tonnes. 1249 01:17:23,960 --> 01:17:28,240 Why do I always have to do manual labour at high altitude? 1250 01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:32,719 We really should chock it. 1251 01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:34,919 WINCH MOTOR STARTS 1252 01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:36,879 Stop. Stop. 1253 01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:39,020 You're going to run your car, presumably, be ready to move. 1254 01:17:39,021 --> 01:17:41,160 Yeah, I'll give it the beans. 1255 01:17:42,840 --> 01:17:46,479 Right! Jeremy, give it 1,500 rpm. 1256 01:17:46,480 --> 01:17:47,520 Yes! 1257 01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:52,719 They've given me a very easy job here Keep the revs up, which I have. 1258 01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:56,159 Just taking the slack. Are we ready?! 1259 01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:59,279 Let's get it moved! Here we go now! 1260 01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:03,559 Say when. I'm winching it in, taking it up now, you should feel the pull. 1261 01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:06,760 Oh, yes, it's going. Here we go. 1262 01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:12,400 JAG REVS 1263 01:18:15,320 --> 01:18:18,879 Just give it some more revs. Here we go. Give it some more revs. 1264 01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:21,199 You're not even spinning. 1265 01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:25,079 I don't understand winching, but I don't think that is part of it. 1266 01:18:25,080 --> 01:18:27,319 It's not moving at all! 1267 01:18:27,320 --> 01:18:29,959 Oh, hang on a minute. What? 1268 01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:31,920 No, just give it some more revs! No, stop! 1269 01:18:31,921 --> 01:18:33,759 James, you're not even trying! 1270 01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,040 You're not looking, Hammond. You're not... 1271 01:19:00,840 --> 01:19:02,239 James? 1272 01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:03,959 Hello. 1273 01:19:03,960 --> 01:19:06,840 Can you think of any way that we can cheer Hammond up? 1274 01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:10,599 Well, Genesis springs to mind. 1275 01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:12,959 I'm thinking the same thing. 1276 01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:17,720 MUSIC: "I Know What I Like" by Genesis 1277 01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:24,719 Hammond, you know in the circus, they have those clown cars 1278 01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:27,159 where various bits fall off as they go along? 1279 01:19:27,160 --> 01:19:29,680 JEREMY LAUGHS 1280 01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:33,240 I'm not replying. 1281 01:19:37,160 --> 01:19:41,760 In fact, it was quite a while before we heard from Hammond again. 1282 01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:47,479 Guys, how far away is the hotel? How many hours? 1283 01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:50,159 'Er... about two hours.' 1284 01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,039 It's getting dark already. 1285 01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:55,279 'It does that. 1286 01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:58,119 'Does that nearly everywhere.' Yeah, well, at the risk 1287 01:19:58,120 --> 01:20:01,999 of stirring up a lot of laughter, I haven't got any headlights. 1288 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,119 THEY LAUGH 1289 01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:07,559 'What happened to them? 1290 01:20:07,560 --> 01:20:09,560 'Has the fuse blown?' 1291 01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:15,399 I have a suggestion. A way we could stick together and stop. 1292 01:20:15,400 --> 01:20:17,359 'What suggestion?' 1293 01:20:17,360 --> 01:20:21,399 What if we just stopped and camped? 1294 01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:23,799 'Tenting?! Here? 1295 01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:26,519 'At minus 50?!' 1296 01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:29,519 Oh, for God's sake! It's going dark. 1297 01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:35,040 Very soon, I won't be able to see at all. Hammond, we're not camping! 1298 01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:41,160 Sorry. 1299 01:20:44,280 --> 01:20:46,639 It's nice to... It...! 1300 01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:47,920 Kill me. 1301 01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:50,599 All right. I wish I was dead. 1302 01:20:50,600 --> 01:20:52,359 Hammond... 1303 01:20:52,360 --> 01:20:54,239 thanks to you... 1304 01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:56,919 and mounting your winch to your front wings, 1305 01:20:56,920 --> 01:21:00,839 like an imbecile, we're forced to live like mediaeval peasants. 1306 01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:03,879 Why can't we ever do a Christmas special one year where 1307 01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:06,479 we go from Monaco to Portofino?! 1308 01:21:06,480 --> 01:21:08,279 How luxurious can this be?! 1309 01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:10,300 I was the first to check in to a five-star hotel. 1310 01:21:10,301 --> 01:21:12,319 As you can see, I've done it properly. 1311 01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:16,159 A man's carrying all my bags. Yes. But then Jeremy arrived. Yes. 1312 01:21:16,160 --> 01:21:18,799 Diddly dee, dee, diddly dee! "Oh, my word, Jeremy," 1313 01:21:18,800 --> 01:21:20,760 "look what you've got as your car?!" 1314 01:21:20,761 --> 01:21:22,679 "It's the new Ferrari FF." 1315 01:21:22,680 --> 01:21:25,759 I wonder where Hammond is? 1316 01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:30,040 Hammond had indeed checked into a Formule 1 in a Renault 4. THEY LAUGH 1317 01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:45,119 The next morning, as I was finishing off my Mini repairs, 1318 01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:49,639 it was clear that Jeremy hadn't had the best of nights. 1319 01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:54,439 My pillow was just a pillowcase soaked in glacial water 1320 01:21:54,440 --> 01:21:56,119 and then filled with stones. 1321 01:21:56,120 --> 01:21:59,679 My sleeping bag broke. My blanket was see-through. 1322 01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:03,959 My body was down to a temperature hitherto unknown to science. 1323 01:22:03,960 --> 01:22:06,360 I would have come and bludgeoned you to death last night. 1324 01:22:06,361 --> 01:22:08,760 But you're not moaning about it, so that's OK(!) 1325 01:22:16,720 --> 01:22:19,639 The misery of tenting wasn't our only problem, 1326 01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:22,799 because we were running out of India and it was clear, 1327 01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:24,280 looking back... 1328 01:22:26,160 --> 01:22:29,040 that our trade mission hadn't been a success. 1329 01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:34,560 Thank you very much. 1330 01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:39,399 CRASHING 1331 01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,040 ALARM BLARES 1332 01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:49,759 But then, in the next valley, we came across some kids playing 1333 01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:53,520 a rudimentary version of India's most revered sport... 1334 01:22:57,680 --> 01:23:00,079 which we decided could be improved. 1335 01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:01,639 Guys! 1336 01:23:01,640 --> 01:23:04,879 Excuse me? Guys! 1337 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:07,279 What's this? 1338 01:23:07,280 --> 01:23:09,599 Right, you ready, Hammo? 1339 01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:12,160 Ready?! HE REVS THE ENGINE 1340 01:23:14,240 --> 01:23:15,959 Ohhh! 1341 01:23:15,960 --> 01:23:17,159 Ready?! 1342 01:23:17,160 --> 01:23:19,520 HE REVS THE ENGINE AGAIN 1343 01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:25,199 'And so, outside the Hillview cafe, 1344 01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:28,520 'high in the Himalayas, straight six cricket was born.' 1345 01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:32,399 Whoa! There it comes! Oh, very good! 1346 01:23:32,400 --> 01:23:34,719 THEY LAUGH 1347 01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,999 We burdened them with the misery of cricket. 1348 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:41,480 Now, we're here to reinvent it. 1349 01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:46,719 'In fact, it was such a hit, we decided to have a Test match.' 1350 01:23:46,720 --> 01:23:48,519 This is England versus India now! 1351 01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:51,800 Our crew are going to do some fielding. 1352 01:23:55,440 --> 01:23:56,799 Good shot! 1353 01:23:56,800 --> 01:24:00,079 New bowler, everybody. James May. 1354 01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:02,000 HE REVS THE ENGINE 1355 01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:05,479 Stat! Catch it! 1356 01:24:05,480 --> 01:24:07,920 CHEERING 1357 01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:13,439 Yes! Somebody's out! Love your move! 1358 01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:15,560 Good answer! 1359 01:24:17,840 --> 01:24:21,679 'Half a tank of Jag fuel later, the match was over 1360 01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:23,959 'and India had won.' 1361 01:24:23,960 --> 01:24:26,279 You know the Ashes? 1362 01:24:26,280 --> 01:24:28,959 This is the bridge from his double bass. 1363 01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:32,839 We burn this and then we present it in an urn... 1364 01:24:32,840 --> 01:24:34,439 to you. 1365 01:24:34,440 --> 01:24:38,280 'For the first time on our trade mission, we'd got something right. 1366 01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:43,679 'In burning a bridge, we'd actually built a bridge 1367 01:24:43,680 --> 01:24:48,679 'that would become a business bridge of friendship and erm... trade.' 1368 01:24:48,680 --> 01:24:50,679 Well, there, that was quite good. 1369 01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:53,519 Careful. They're really hot. Hot! 1370 01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:57,039 You have the Ashes. You have the Ashes. Well done. See you in a year. 1371 01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:59,199 Well done, everybody. Back in a year! 1372 01:24:59,200 --> 01:25:02,880 We're taking them home next year! 1373 01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:08,040 There was something else that we got right on this trip... 1374 01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:12,480 our cars. 1375 01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:16,280 This Jaguar has been... 1376 01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:20,399 well, genuinely astonishing. 1377 01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:24,399 It really has. It's done things WAY beyond what was envisaged 1378 01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:26,239 when it was designed. 1379 01:25:26,240 --> 01:25:28,919 And really, it's been two cars... 1380 01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:30,799 in Bombay and Jaipur, 1381 01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:33,639 it was sleek and graceful and fast, 1382 01:25:33,640 --> 01:25:36,439 whereas here in the mountains, 1383 01:25:36,440 --> 01:25:38,399 it's just plain heroic. 1384 01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:40,920 I really, genuinely love this car. 1385 01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:44,279 I want an XJS in my life. 1386 01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:47,719 There's just something about it which is absolutely brilliant. 1387 01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:49,679 ENGINE REVS 1388 01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:52,920 I'm exhausted, but the old girl isn't. 1389 01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:58,079 While we're alone, viewers, I'll be honest with you, 1390 01:25:58,080 --> 01:26:01,399 I wasn't absolutely sure I'd make it in a Rolls-Royce. 1391 01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:05,439 I always knew it was a gamble. And I was nervous about it all along. 1392 01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:09,000 But look at this now... all still working perfectly. 1393 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:11,880 And it served me well. 1394 01:26:11,881 --> 01:26:13,759 It hasn't really done anything wrong, this car, 1395 01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:16,759 the only problems would have been ones that I created. 1396 01:26:16,760 --> 01:26:19,240 It's just remarkable. 1397 01:26:25,200 --> 01:26:26,919 One tough little puppy. 1398 01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:30,199 And it's torn its own face off and been stitched back on. 1399 01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:33,119 It's bruised, battered and scarred, but it's joyful. 1400 01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:35,519 Even now, battling itself to pieces, 1401 01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:37,800 it's a happy noise. 1402 01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:40,640 It's still willing. 1403 01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:51,759 'The truth is that these three fantastic cars have been better 1404 01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:55,879 'ambassadors for Britain than we could ever be. 1405 01:26:55,880 --> 01:26:58,320 'And that gave us an idea.' 1406 01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:03,400 This is the place. This is perfect. 1407 01:27:04,960 --> 01:27:06,840 Well, this is it. 1408 01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:09,359 Goodbye, Jag. 1409 01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:13,760 You have been an absolute star and I'm going to miss you. 1410 01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:24,359 The Mini, the Jag and the Rolls would be mounted on plinths here, 1411 01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:28,600 high in the mountains by the road connecting India and China... 1412 01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:31,959 so that forevermore, 1413 01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:36,439 people travelling between these two great economic superpowers will be 1414 01:27:36,440 --> 01:27:40,720 reminded that far away, there's a small island called Britain... 1415 01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:44,600 Great Britain. 1416 01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:54,039 ♪ Na-na-na, na-na na-na 1417 01:27:54,040 --> 01:27:56,759 ♪ Na-na na-na 1418 01:27:56,760 --> 01:27:59,160 ♪ Hey, Jude 1419 01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:07,159 ♪ Na-na-na, na-na na-na 1420 01:28:07,160 --> 01:28:10,039 ♪ Na-na na-na 1421 01:28:10,040 --> 01:28:11,160 ♪ Hey, Jude... ♪ 1422 01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:13,799 Sync and corrected by APOLLO www.addic7ed.com