Jeremy: Committing speed violations on a closed river. James: Talking about how a car is car and car is good. Richard: Screaming obscenities at everyone in his lane. Stig: Investigating escalators and minding the gap between the doors and the platform.
@@SpeedBird6780 Yes, and since this was filmed the speed limit on the Thames has been reduced substantially. So it can never be repeated. I believe this is because of the number of upstream ferries.
Credit where credit's due: Clarksons way of getting to the airport was very clever. The first time I watched this I had completely forgotten about the massive body of water flowing through the city.
TraustiGeir Yea I know of The Thames. Everybody knows of The Thames flowing through London. Isn't it what the city is known for anyways? I think my question was more on about how you could forget it.
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I like how Jeremy runs the distance from the Airport Dock to the check-in and is dying on his feet whereas Hammond cycles across London at a fair pace and is fine.
@@ronyolo8419 It's much more difficult to run when you have sit on a boat for a while - your body is then not prepared to running, it has to turn up first. Meanwhile after a while biking, you don't get exhausted much anymore, because your body is already in "action" mode and just stays at that level.
Ben Collins (The Stig) mentioned this race in his book, he basically was told by Andy Wilman (the producer) to be as unpredictable as possible. So all of what he did here: - Jumping the gun as the race started - Not answering the phone, although it would have been funny if he DID answer the phone but didn't speak. - Not using the escalator, acting as if he was confused about what it does. - Reading the paper and having Lewis Hamilton's name clearly visible Was NOT planned out in advance, the camera crew actually had a hard time catching up with him.
The sad part of the story is that Ben Collins, the Stig, had broken 4 ribs in a race accident a few days before and top it off, his father had passed away just 2 days prior to shooting this scene.
+Amin Naqvi Perry Mcarthy was the black suited stig in clarkson's first series when the stig character was introduced. the next stig was ben collins who then revealed himself a few years later and now they have a new stig who, as he wasn't involved in the 'disagreement' and he the character was owned by BBC worldwide and not clarkson had to stay on with the new Topgear with chris evans
not that I know of BBC america may be showing the last episodes of series 22 which is the last series with clarkson hammond and may. chips evans' top gear hasn't started to be edited yet as far as I know, I check quite a lot
5:13 "London VTS, London VTS, this is Red Cougar. Requesting permission to go through the barrier at speed." "Roger, copied. Proceed through the barrier. Take Charlie Span inbetween the green arrows." So awesome to be able to seriously say and hear that.
DreamPen I wonder if you have to radio for permission? It makes sense because if the barrier was rising you'd wreck your boat! Apparently they can raise it by hand if there's a power failure. I imagine that would be hard work though.
Same with Air Traffic Control when piloting an aircraft. It feels really cool for the first week or so and then it just becomes annoying lol. Especially when they ground you for things like drones, birds or traffic.
I know you made this comment a year ago but that isn't a mountain bike it's more of a gravel/road bike and no he is’nt fit since evidently he is’nt even in his highest gear Everytime they show him riding, also 19mph is easy as I do so regularly
That's impressive for sure. He clearly has some experience riding a bike. That is NOT easy to do while maneuvering through London's infamously awful traffic.
well, the bike he rode is made to be the easiest to ride at that speed. Each bike type is designed for specific speeds. Women city bikes can barely go over 12-13 mph/20 kmh, as the users don't want more speed. Also these bikes are often heavier. Racing bikes on the other side are light and their gears are made for being fast. Which means you can easily stay at 19-22 mph all the time. A trekking bike is a middle ground - it will stay between 15-20 mph (20-35 km/h). When I bike on my trekking bike without any much pressure I easily stay at 25 km/h all the time and can go up to 35 before my gears will not allow me any more acceleration (you can then only get faster by going downhill).
Man, the showdown between Clarkson and Hammond was intense. From the shots of the boat speeding through, to Hammonds frequent yells, and of course the music… damn.
KBABZ Some say he thinks pedals come from flowers. All we know he's called the Stig. Fast start in the Mercedes 12-speed, pedaling fast as he reaches the first...No, wouldn't work.
agun17 On the normal track, no it wouldn't! Especially after Hammond's performance in the pie-powered aluminum foil 911! But on an awesome mountain track with flamethrowers and Evil Kinevil Stig? Hell yeah!
The stig is so cute. He actually looked at the tiny gap when it said, "Mind the gap" and he sat so properly on the train. And his confusion with the escalator. 🤍
if clarkson hadn't had to drive 75 percent of the race at 9mph he would have won but they chose to limit him to make it interesting(just stating facts)
Some say he cannot comprehend things moving slower than thirty miles an hour and that he's confused by escalators. All we know is he's called the Stig.
Exactly. I'll still take the car. I'm comfortable in my own vehicle. I don't have to worry about public transport being late, sketchy and carry luggage all over the place. I don't have to worry about rain, as I would on the boat. And I'm certainly not gonna bike and arrive sweaty and with no luggage at all. The car still wins.
...with a BBC camera crew. It's like walking into a bank while masked up, but it's 2020 so YOU BETTER be masked. Camera is basically carte blanche to do whatever.
Honestly congrats to the production team those last few minutes with the music and all of the shots it was truly epic. Sadly we wont ever see this top gear again but wow I'm glad we had it for the time it lasted
I was lucky enough to work on this from the helicopter. We did the boat for most of the real race, then repeated it in the afternoon to get shots of James (though it wasn't him driving by then). My favourite shot was the boat crossing the London Eye. Great fun and an unusual challenge!
I like the Stig, he's badass. I also like how he reacts to the outside world, he's kinda like an alien that just came to visit and found himself getting roped into a show with three crazed British men doing unusual things to cars
I don't get why most people are questioning why the Stig is there with them. If anything, they should be glad that they have seen and been in the presence of the Stig.
@@MrJuancazzzz oh Bogotá, the city where cars aren't very efficent, Transmilenios are worthless, riding bicycles is dangerous and walking is suicidal. The only efficent transportation option in Bogotá is teleportation. But hey, least it's lot like Cartagena where you have about 23 reckless motorbikes per square feet. There are so many motorbikes in Cartagena that driving on the road feels like putting your head inside a bee hive :)
If you were a tourist on that cloudy day in one of those boats, you had a view of the bridges, the Houses of Parliament, the London eye, the tower and Jeremy Clarkson in a red speedboat. You really got to see all of England in one spot.
Globus is owned by Immediate Music. Preliator is the version of the music that has the lead female vocals in it. Lacrimosa doesn't have the female lead vocals.
The river is actually a great way to travel London. I was once in London with a group of students, and public transport went on strike. i figured out we could also take the ferry to our destination of the day, Canary Wharf. It was so good: relaxed, seeing London from the water, and quite fast. A great way to travel in London!
At 1:02 they're implying the boat has just above twice as far to go. That must be bullshit, though, because he seems to average 50+ mph (probably closer to 60) after that. I seriously doubt Hammond did 30 mph.
Moral of this story, Public transportation and bicycles are the 2 best ways of transport inside a big city (boats are too limited and not every city has rivers)
Conclusions: If you're very wealthy and live next to the river, use the speedboat. If you are a normal person who just wants to get there, use the train. If you are a normal person who wants to see London on the way there, use the bike. If you are a person who likes sitting in and causing traffic as well as pollution, use the car.
This is pure gold when Hammond Clarkson and may doing top gear all three did a stearling job and a fab job to all who worked on this show the stig made my day thanks for the great years every one 🙏
@@potato1341 The bicycle would still have won...but the Hamster could have won by a larger margin, if he had used all the gears available on that bike...! Not once did he use top gear...!
First, I never was their biggest fan. But this ending climax was edited in such an epic way I just wanna see an hour long movie including the 'coming up with the idea,' the planning part, the start, mid and this part, the finale.
This is still an amazing bit of television pitting all 4 of them to cross london in a race, taking different routes and different methods of transport. I honestly don't know of any other time a race like this has quite been done before or since. Partly because of the manpower to film 4 people at once.
Some say he's made over 1,500 origami lampshades out of speeding tickets, and can only be photographed in the infrared spectrum. All we know is, he's called *The Stig*.
"Thank you, James. The car, as an entity, lies smashed and broken in front of us, because of you." What a great line. It's the kind of thing that made old Top Gear as great as it was.
ROFLcopter Let's be realistic, driving in London is absolute hell. There's always congestion, and bikes can easily beat cars and buses by shooting through the traffic jams.
5:14 Clarkson: "London VTS, London VTS, this is Red Cougar requesting permission to go through the barrier at speed." London VTS operator: "Roger, copy. Proceed through the barrier. Take Charlie span in between the green arrows."
How cool would it be if you could actually do your daily commute along a river in a speed boat!!! But just imo, knowing a bit about London, using public transportation perhaps mixed with a bike seems like the best all rounder.
you can , there's even a uber boat with room for bike's and you can use the Oyster card (which is for Tube,Trains and Bus). if you live along the river, say to the east and need to commute into central London it's a viable strategy
I love it how The Stig reacts to the outside environment.
Pendennis Castle "What is all this!? This isn't a car!"
Pendennis Castle i have heard he is stored in a wooden box all the time besides when they record the shows
Pedro Pereira you mean some say he's stored in a wooden box ?
All Leeds Ain't We thats right dude u got it
When I first saw you name I thought it said penis castle
Jeremy: Committing speed violations on a closed river.
James: Talking about how a car is car and car is good.
Richard: Screaming obscenities at everyone in his lane.
Stig: Investigating escalators and minding the gap between the doors and the platform.
James: every single motorist
Hammond: average cyclist
The Stig: average tourist
Jeremy: Jeremy
Didn't they say there wasn't a speed limit on the Thames?
Best comment.
@@SpeedBird6780 Yes, and since this was filmed the speed limit on the Thames has been reduced substantially. So it can never be repeated. I believe this is because of the number of upstream ferries.
@@JoseLopez-ox6en No.
Credit where credit's due: Clarksons way of getting to the airport was very clever. The first time I watched this I had completely forgotten about the massive body of water flowing through the city.
Adam Commenting The Thames.
TraustiGeir Yea I know of The Thames. Everybody knows of The Thames flowing through London. Isn't it what the city is known for anyways?
I think my question was more on about how you could forget it.
Adam Commenting I guess I just never considered it a mode of inner city transportation. Caught me a bit off guard.
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I like how Jeremy runs the distance from the Airport Dock to the check-in and is dying on his feet whereas Hammond cycles across London at a fair pace and is fine.
Cigarettes.
@@jamespoole3531 and no exercise most likely
@@jamespoole3531didn’t they all smoke lol? I do feel like Hammond was a bit more fit than Clarkson and not just cause of cigarettes
@@ronyolo8419 It's much more difficult to run when you have sit on a boat for a while - your body is then not prepared to running, it has to turn up first. Meanwhile after a while biking, you don't get exhausted much anymore, because your body is already in "action" mode and just stays at that level.
@@ronyolo8419 Clarkson smoked a hell of a lot more than the rest of them
Ben Collins (The Stig) mentioned this race in his book, he basically was told by Andy Wilman (the producer) to be as unpredictable as possible.
So all of what he did here:
- Jumping the gun as the race started
- Not answering the phone, although it would have been funny if he DID answer the phone but didn't speak.
- Not using the escalator, acting as if he was confused about what it does.
- Reading the paper and having Lewis Hamilton's name clearly visible
Was NOT planned out in advance, the camera crew actually had a hard time catching up with him.
I just wonder what London PD would have done with a masked/ helmeted man doing this in London if there Hadn't been a BBC camera crew.
Richard Reavis *London Met
RastaSaiyaman I was actually thinking of Jeremy calling him. Would have been funny.
You can tell at the top of the escalator the cameraman stops abruptly because he's expecting Stig to walk down
Ben collins isnt the stig tho... its Perry McCarthy
The sad part of the story is that Ben Collins, the Stig, had broken 4 ribs in a race accident a few days before and top it off, his father had passed away just 2 days prior to shooting this scene.
+srinitaaigaura isn't the Stig Perry McCarthy
+Rush Fan oh that's what Google said
+Amin Naqvi Perry Mcarthy was the black suited stig in clarkson's first series when the stig character was introduced. the next stig was ben collins who then revealed himself a few years later and now they have a new stig who, as he wasn't involved in the 'disagreement' and he the character was owned by BBC worldwide and not clarkson had to stay on with the new Topgear with chris evans
TomSee has the new Top Gear aired in the UK yet because it will air in May on BBC America
not that I know of BBC america may be showing the last episodes of series 22 which is the last series with clarkson hammond and may. chips evans' top gear hasn't started to be edited yet as far as I know, I check quite a lot
5:13
"London VTS, London VTS, this is Red Cougar. Requesting permission to go through the barrier at speed."
"Roger, copied. Proceed through the barrier. Take Charlie Span inbetween the green arrows."
So awesome to be able to seriously say and hear that.
DreamPen I wonder if you have to radio for permission? It makes sense because if the barrier was rising you'd wreck your boat! Apparently they can raise it by hand if there's a power failure. I imagine that would be hard work though.
Yea it makes u feel badass!
John Airey ...unless you don’t have a radio (and you’re under 13.7m, which his speedboat certainly is).
DreamPen I’m sorry to crush you thoughts but I can tell you the novelty does wear off slightly after time...
Same with Air Traffic Control when piloting an aircraft. It feels really cool for the first week or so and then it just becomes annoying lol. Especially when they ground you for things like drones, birds or traffic.
Hammond is seriously fit. Riding 19 mph on a mountain bike is flying. A lot of serious, amateur cyclists struggle to ride over 18mph on a racing bike
Cj M gamerguy348 not racers for sure. You have to hold 22-23 on the flat to keep up with the peloton in cat 5. 28-29 for cat 1.
I mean still pretty good for a forty something who doesn't train
I know you made this comment a year ago but that isn't a mountain bike it's more of a gravel/road bike and no he is’nt fit since evidently he is’nt even in his highest gear Everytime they show him riding, also 19mph is easy as I do so regularly
~he's the fittest amongst them for sure..and see their artic episode..hammond skiing to north pole
@Matthew Baholo ok, out of them he's aged the best.
I'm genuinely impressed that Hammond managed to bike the whole way going as hard as he could the entire time. Kudos.
That's impressive for sure. He clearly has some experience riding a bike. That is NOT easy to do while maneuvering through London's infamously awful traffic.
well, the bike he rode is made to be the easiest to ride at that speed. Each bike type is designed for specific speeds. Women city bikes can barely go over 12-13 mph/20 kmh, as the users don't want more speed. Also these bikes are often heavier. Racing bikes on the other side are light and their gears are made for being fast. Which means you can easily stay at 19-22 mph all the time. A trekking bike is a middle ground - it will stay between 15-20 mph (20-35 km/h). When I bike on my trekking bike without any much pressure I easily stay at 25 km/h all the time and can go up to 35 before my gears will not allow me any more acceleration (you can then only get faster by going downhill).
Some say he doesn't use Escalators because it's a waste of time
lol
I like the picture you have sir
It did say in one of these episodes that he gets confused by stairs
True
actually he wanted to go slowly
Richard Hammond deserved that win for the effort and hard sweating work, cycling he was doing.
but cyclists are knobs
@@SteveOnlin yes but that was a hell of a ride, he did.
@@SerandibBroadcast no
@@SteveOnlin for a car person, to use a bike, is something man
@@SerandibBroadcast gang gang
And that, my friends, is why Clarkson invented the P45.
The end.
Captain ATG the p45 seriously needs to be a mass produced car
I miss read it to ps5
To be fair, both a bike and the P45 have the same "A LOT OF POO SHOT OUT JUST THEN!" coefficient when being passed by giant vehicles.
Man, the showdown between Clarkson and Hammond was intense. From the shots of the boat speeding through, to Hammonds frequent yells, and of course the music… damn.
The stig is like the playable character in a video game but in real life
I know its been 2 years but nice comment
@@rowengarcia3852 Agreed. It indeed is a nice comment from 2 years ago.
Ryan Cooper.
@@philithegamer8265 Need for speed
Is he an NPC then then?
6:52 Hasn't ruined Top Gear! Bikes have gears, don't they?
KBABZ Some say he thinks pedals come from flowers. All we know he's called the Stig. Fast start in the Mercedes 12-speed, pedaling fast as he reaches the first...No, wouldn't work.
agun17 On the normal track, no it wouldn't! Especially after Hammond's performance in the pie-powered aluminum foil 911! But on an awesome mountain track with flamethrowers and Evil Kinevil Stig? Hell yeah!
KBABZ Some bikes don't not have gears at all
KBABZ Does anyone know what the music was between 5:00-6:30
KBABZ
Boats also have an engine
The stig is so cute. He actually looked at the tiny gap when it said, "Mind the gap" and he sat so properly on the train. And his confusion with the escalator. 🤍
Honestly, Hammond earned that victory. Maintaining that kind of speed on a bike in the middle of a city for such a distance is a hell of a job.
if clarkson hadn't had to drive 75 percent of the race at 9mph he would have won but they chose to limit him to make it interesting(just stating facts)
Stig is confused by Escalators
TheBANANAMAL doesn't like automatic
@@adilshafi3067 lmao didn't think of that
TheBANANAMAL and
He is confused by everything that isn’t a car
Some say he cannot comprehend things moving slower than thirty miles an hour and that he's confused by escalators. All we know is he's called the Stig.
I wonder how sore Hammond was the next day
RIP
Let's just say he probably did all his work standing. . .
Drog2099 19 mile an hour is my normal riding speed... then again i do race. But ye , pretty sore
Exactly. I'll still take the car. I'm comfortable in my own vehicle. I don't have to worry about public transport being late, sketchy and carry luggage all over the place. I don't have to worry about rain, as I would on the boat. And I'm certainly not gonna bike and arrive sweaty and with no luggage at all.
The car still wins.
Drog2099 lol
I love how the Stig never talks. He's like a movie character with a hidden backstory but in real life
Love how u copy and pasted the comment above
This music and the location in London makes it like a James Bond movie
Because it is. The opening of the World is Not Enough literally has Bond chase an assassin in a speed boat down the Thames.
In fact, the music came from Bond film Casino Royale.
@@souvikrc4499 Not at 1:18 (That's from the Hot Fuzz Suite...)
announcer: please mind the gap between the train and the platform
stig: what gap?
Thats the gap between him and anyone racing him
"And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver." - Ayrton Senna
“Please report any suspicious behaviour to a member of station staff”- as a guy in all white and a helmet walks through 😂
...with a BBC camera crew. It's like walking into a bank while masked up, but it's 2020 so YOU BETTER be masked.
Camera is basically carte blanche to do whatever.
Jeremy after running from his boat to the airport: *Out of breath*
Hammond after biking across London: *Laughs in victory*
Honestly congrats to the production team those last few minutes with the music and all of the shots it was truly epic. Sadly we wont ever see this top gear again but wow I'm glad we had it for the time it lasted
Do you know what the name of the music is
@@Askial_Osial preliator by globus
I was lucky enough to work on this from the helicopter. We did the boat for most of the real race, then repeated it in the afternoon to get shots of James (though it wasn't him driving by then). My favourite shot was the boat crossing the London Eye. Great fun and an unusual challenge!
I like the Stig, he's badass. I also like how he reacts to the outside world, he's kinda like an alien that just came to visit and found himself getting roped into a show with three crazed British men doing unusual things to cars
Some say he left after Clarkson was sacked
A motorbike would have absolutely destroyed everyone
+SquidCat YT What about a helicopter?
A maglev would have dwarfed even these.
won't beat my teleportation device
Louis Goodland or a jet pack
Walking is better
I don't get why most people are questioning why the Stig is there with them. If anything, they should be glad that they have seen and been in the presence of the Stig.
_"I just remembered I couldn't have beat James because my boat blew up and I was killed!"_ -Jeremy
Matthew Ward _"And moreover, London doesn't even have a river!"
@Ayden Holton nice whoosh
"James has cleared the traffic" Cuts to a shot of James in traffic.
The definition of traffic in london is different
As long it is moving a bit, it is technically clear of traffic. Better than standstill.
I love that moment 6:42 when finds out that Hammond arrived already and someone behind the camera giggles😂
In the big city every transportation is better than the car.
Daniel T. A snail is faster than the car XD
Ostrich riding!
Let me introduce you to Bogotá. The only place in the world were it isn't.
Not in Most in the US.
@@MrJuancazzzz oh Bogotá, the city where cars aren't very efficent, Transmilenios are worthless, riding bicycles is dangerous and walking is suicidal. The only efficent transportation option in Bogotá is teleportation.
But hey, least it's lot like Cartagena where you have about 23 reckless motorbikes per square feet. There are so many motorbikes in Cartagena that driving on the road feels like putting your head inside a bee hive :)
If you were a tourist on that cloudy day in one of those boats, you had a view of the bridges, the Houses of Parliament, the London eye, the tower and Jeremy Clarkson in a red speedboat. You really got to see all of England in one spot.
"Permission to cross the Barrier at speed" How cool is that.
You gave James the Car and the Stig the subway? Really?
I question myself the same
Good question
They were being unbiased in this challenge.
The Stig (Ben Carson) had a back injury at that time. It would have hurt him a lot if he drove.
Akmal Ibrahim he was sitting on the last train
Hahaha I love at 2:31 where the guy walks to the escalator behind stig and he's just like 'oh shite'
2:26 ?
I wish the Stig was in grand tour :(
same
Same
-Ben Collins (former stig) is in GT- oh shit I was wrong
Coffee Dust well Abbie is there lol
AlexShrimpGame ! yeah but that’s not the stig
To everyone complaining about reuploads, these are of higher quality and have the outro with the Stig.
link?
@@respectablebogan3276 really asking for a link 5 years later...
@@visibletonone.superiortoal2033 and what's wrong with that?
link?
This is really old but a great episode.
@Monster Tooth true
It is an even older now and it's still a great episode
Funny thing is, I was just talking about this one at work the other day, and now it showed up on my recommended.
schumi246 Funny that you were telling me about it at work the other day, now I’m seeing your comment.
@Monster ToothThis is really old reply but a great reply
The epic music playing in the background is called Immediate Music: Lacrimosa
FYI
thank you friend :)
Thanks
I thought it was Globus - Preliator
Globus is owned by Immediate Music. Preliator is the version of the music that has the lead female vocals in it. Lacrimosa doesn't have the female lead vocals.
Ohhh right. Thanks for clarifying that
7:07 "We sat down to see if Top Gear could be salvaged"
These clips might be old, but I'm happy they're up.
7:45 The Stig is like: „What do you have to say for yourself, James?“
when Jeremy is in mental pain is the best episodes. He's great but it's so satisfying to see him not happy at the end of a challenge.
The river is actually a great way to travel London. I was once in London with a group of students, and public transport went on strike. i figured out we could also take the ferry to our destination of the day, Canary Wharf. It was so good: relaxed, seeing London from the water, and quite fast. A great way to travel in London!
Honestly, some of these races were brilliant and I do miss them making more of them.
London Underground: Installs Escalators
Stig: *C O N F U S I O N*
I love how the check in guy is SO SMUG about Richard winning :D
1:16 "James had cleared the traffic....." and could now slow down to his usual speed.
Interesting they didn't say how much gap there was between the boat and bike.
Hammond seemed quite well rested.
@@petertaylor4980 He had certainly had time to freshen up and I didn't see any helmet marks. They can last quite a while.
At 1:02 they're implying the boat has just above twice as far to go. That must be bullshit, though, because he seems to average 50+ mph (probably closer to 60) after that. I seriously doubt Hammond did 30 mph.
@@ericforsyth He stayed around 19mph wheras Clarkson was limited to 8mph until he reached that bridge where the river became unrestricted
Wow, clips from 5 years ago.
Thanks I guess.
Adam Williams Still cool though
***** Still better than Top Gear USA
Yep
***** agreed!
***** There better damn be more clips! :-)
Moral of this story, Public transportation and bicycles are the 2 best ways of transport inside a big city (boats are too limited and not every city has rivers)
7:25
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That moment the Stig realises he lost to a bicycle and a boat😂😂
The look on Clarkson's face when he heard Hammond beat him, you could see all the stages of grief in that brief moment.
I love how a car show helped to prove that cars are not good for cities. I love these guys
Conclusions: If you're very wealthy and live next to the river, use the speedboat.
If you are a normal person who just wants to get there, use the train.
If you are a normal person who wants to see London on the way there, use the bike.
If you are a person who likes sitting in and causing traffic as well as pollution, use the car.
One of my favourites, the stig was hilarious in this xD
7:50 Thank you James! You ruined Top Gear, but he made up for it in North Race when he beat Tornado the locomotive and motorbike
Top Gear won an award (NTA) for this challenge.
NTA?
@@wowdogememe1541 National Television Award (British)
5:08 me driving to work/ an appointment
As a cycles this is very likely me every time
0:26 Stig looks down at gap. *oh ok*
One of my favourite races on the show.
This is pure gold when Hammond Clarkson and may doing top gear all three did a stearling job and a fab job to all who worked on this show the stig made my day thanks for the great years every one 🙏
One of the all-time best episodes of Top Gear. True entertainment and no fake stuff like some of the later episodes with these three. Brilliant race.
They are tormenting poor Stig by making him use public transportation! Such cruelty
Mustafa Ercan let's be real, if it was Stig driving and James taking the public transportation, they'd both have a much higher chance of winning.
@@potato1341 The bicycle would still have won...but the Hamster could have won by a larger margin, if he had used all the gears available on that bike...! Not once did he use top gear...!
@@tangomoggy true
But Stig might terrorize London by driving ludicrously fast due to his ignorance to the concept of speed limit.
First, I never was their biggest fan. But this ending climax was edited in such an epic way
I just wanna see an hour long movie including the 'coming up with the idea,' the planning part, the start, mid and this part, the finale.
2:05 - 2:31 The music 😂😂😂😂😂
The Stig is the best.... man this show was the GOAT 😂
The clip ending with the Stig staring down the viewer just makes it perfect.
Stig went the slow way, use the Jubilee Line to Canning Town and change there, going via Bank is tediously slow.
This guys are just great! Best show on earth.
I love how the Stig taking public transportation looks like a lost child. 😂
How to get needless likes:
BRING BACK CLARKSON
BBC = Bring back Clarkson
@@desertrat1357 Clarkson prefers the ITV: interesting track virtues.
This was surprisingly epic
This is still an amazing bit of television pitting all 4 of them to cross london in a race, taking different routes and different methods of transport. I honestly don't know of any other time a race like this has quite been done before or since.
Partly because of the manpower to film 4 people at once.
0:32 - Heat Soundtrack
if the stig got the car then it would have won
And have a speeding ticket
Some say he's made over 1,500 origami lampshades out of speeding tickets, and can only be photographed in the infrared spectrum.
All we know is, he's called *The Stig*.
+panda gaming44 lol
uh........noo...
yea he'd just drive it on the water
Imagine just casually enjoying a day on the London Eye when Jeremy Clarkson passes you at 70mph in a red boat
"Thank you, James. The car, as an entity, lies smashed and broken in front of us, because of you."
What a great line. It's the kind of thing that made old Top Gear as great as it was.
4:18
Stig: this the first i am enjoyed the challenge, without throttle and brake
'The show is over' - Clarkson
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3:26 That's the score from Tim Burton's Batman (1989)
Hahah i wondered if anyone noticed, its also from the lego batman games
@@Tobias-yn5td I'm well aware of that too! That game was my childhood!
What the hell is up with the check-in guy's head at 6:32? He's like a collectible in Fallout.
6:47 According to Prime Video, Hammond is saying here "I'm only better than you!"
I love this type of camera quality in these old shows.
2:05 “Some say he walks like a robot and he’s afraid of escalators....”
What I love about this is the location maps with Clarkson talking over the top of it. It is like a weird pre level brief on COD.
huge respectto cameraman for having to walk at 70mph on water just to record clarkson's boat
My favourite episode of Top Gear
Can I say, so much background music in the first 4 minutes from Hot Fuzz
This is one of the best bits of TV produced in British history, ever.
This was a great race. I wanna see the Stig participate more often in these races!
This was arguably the most fun race in all of Top Gear.
the stig has proved that public transport is better than car
The use of Tipsy "Space Golf" during the Stig parts caught me off guard...Top Gear has such good music choice...
If Jeremy drove the car this would've gone down a whole lot differently... THANKS A LOT JAMES.
If Jeremy would have driven, the car would be a wrack
ROFLcopter You meant The Stig?
ROFLcopter Let's be realistic, driving in London is absolute hell. There's always congestion, and bikes can easily beat cars and buses by shooting through the traffic jams.
If Jeremy had been driving...there's a good chance there would have been a major road rage incident...!
5:14
Clarkson: "London VTS, London VTS, this is Red Cougar requesting permission to go through the barrier at speed."
London VTS operator: "Roger, copy. Proceed through the barrier. Take Charlie span in between the green arrows."
How cool would it be if you could actually do your daily commute along a river in a speed boat!!!
But just imo, knowing a bit about London, using public transportation perhaps mixed with a bike seems like the best all rounder.
you can , there's even a uber boat with room for bike's and you can use the Oyster card (which is for Tube,Trains and Bus). if you live along the river, say to the east and need to commute into central London it's a viable strategy
"Please mind the gap between the train and the platform"
*STIG looks down at gap*
Stig's thought: “SHIT"
Just love these across races :) I hope they will make like these in Grand Tour !
STibi they have
Amazing camera work :P Hillarious and great acting. Nice sceneries. Great video :)