1. Tonight, I drive around a field,
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and Richard lays a cable.
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3. Hello and good evening.
Thank you so much.
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4. Now, as we know, James May lives in 1956.
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5. So he maintains that you can have
more fun in a small, simple car
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or a Wolseley Hornet, than you
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the track every week.
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9. Yes, so we said to him, "All right,
as a special treat this week,
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10. "why don't you do the power test?
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because we have found a car
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12. "that could have been made
specifically with you in mind."
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everything looked promising.
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17. "Dear James, hope you enjoy
taking this to the max.
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at your most favourite place
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and the camera crew were paid for,
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0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds.
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of the standard 1.6-litre turbo.
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with a new sports exhaust,
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it produces 202 horsepower.
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put through the front wheels
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appalling in the bends.
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with the aid of our senior
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this really ought not to work,
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should just make it
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and consume its own tyres.
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39. The reason for that is they've
given this car a bespoke suspension,
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they've developed a clever diff,
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is fed to the wheels.
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42. And I have to admit, that its time
on the Nurburgring has made this
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hot hatchbacks you can buy.
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And it's brilliant on a track.
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to report that my prejudices
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to the name of a car,
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58. It's not just ruined,
it's expensively ruined,
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like leather seats and sat nav,
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62. This isn't what I meant
when I said small cars can be fun.
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or a map of a track on the dash
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is more fun than the Corsa.
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how much power you have,
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71. And in this, you can use pretty
much all of it, all of the time.
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road in a 500 horsepower supercar
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and a roly-poly body, that's fun.'
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more of the time,
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edge, even at quite normal speeds
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become absolutely tremendous.
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79. And as for that engine, well,
it may be tiny but it packs a punch.
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80. And it sounds just brilliant.
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81. I love that thrumming noise.
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82. It's such a happy sound.
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83. It's a bit like a dog running round
with a frisbee in its mouth going
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84. "Come on, come on,
throw the frisbee."
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86. Around £11,000.
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87. Half the price of the Corsa.
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88. However, there is a potential
problem with a small-engined car.
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taking the Panda from 0...
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90. to 70 and back to nought again.
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according to the wheel o'distance,
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93. But the big question is, how does
a small-engined car like this cope
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95. Now, if it's just the Stig,
then it makes no odds,
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according to the newspapers,
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are now obese.
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will be absolutely enormous.
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107. Right, so with just the Stig,
it was 305 metres.
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111. So, if you buy this car,
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going easy on the pasties.
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113. But trust me, it's worth it.
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115. what was the best car he'd ever
driven and the answer was not
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118. which had virtually no power
and very, very skinny tyres.
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119. In other words, exactly the same
qualities you get with the Panda.
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120. And if that's good enough
for James Hunt, I rest my case.
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121. I'm glad you brought
James Hunt into it, James...
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123. Well, we do have quite
a lot in common. I mean, same name.
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I wish you had the same pulse rate.
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125. Because I have never heard so much drivel.
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126. Let me make it absolutely plain.
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127. A car becomes interesting at
the limit of grip of its tyres, OK?
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128. And in things like a big Lambo or a
big Aston, those things you like,
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129. that happens at really colossal speed.
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130. So you have to drive them on
the track to have fun in them. Yes.
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131. On a car like this, that stuff
happens at normal speeds,
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133. You enjoy them on a normal road
at normal speeds.
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134. That's rubbish. A normal hatchback,
you drive it round a city centre,
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all over the place. But this is.
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136. This is on those eco fuel-saving
tyres. I went straight off...
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137. So you're saying, the Fiat Panda's
good because it crashes more easily?
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138. And, it's now time to find out
how fast it goes around our track.
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139. No. The programme isn't
long enough to put a Panda round.
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141. We're going to see how fast
the Vauxhall goes and that means,
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to our tame racing driver.
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143. Some say that he has 50,000
photographs of his own camera.
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144. And that 60 years ago this week,
he, too, became a queen.
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146. And he's away.
Lots of wheel spin off the line.
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147. It's a cold day out there.
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148. The air's dense and small
turbocharged engines like that.
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149. Look at it flying into the first corner.
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his obsession with The Archers,
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152. tracking tidily around Chicago.
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153. Clever limited slip diff doing its job.
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Will it understeer?
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155. No. Getting a bit squirrelly, though.
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156. Looks like the back end wants to step out.
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157. Certainly more exciting
to watch than May's Panda.
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158. 'I'm not very hungry.
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159. I've been nibbling all morning
making stuff for the freezer for Thursday.'
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161. Right, unleashing all it's got.
Chucking snow on to the follow-through.
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162. There's no doubt, cars developed at
the Nurburgring are useless on the road.
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163. James is right about that but this
isn't a road and it's doing well.
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164. A little blob of phlegm.
Coming up now to Gambon.
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165. Round it like it terrier and across the line.
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166. And it did it in one minute...
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168. No, it didn't.
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small, simple hatchbacks
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171. in the power tests? You can, yes.
Good, thank you.
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173. Well, that's good news. And speaking
of which, it is time to do the news.
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174. I start off with something
very exciting. Because there is
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175. a new Morgan and after an absence
of ten years,
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176. they have revived
their legendary Plus 8 name.
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177. They've made a new one. I have
a picture. Here it is. Oh, yeah.
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178. Oh, God. Morgan don't have
a styling department, do they?
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180. It's not like a normal photocopier.
Normally, you select the size.
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181. On Morgans, you select the year.
Anything from 1931 to 1935.
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182. Shut up. It's an all-new car.
It's got the classic body shape, yes.
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183. But it's got a 4.8-litre BMW V8 in there.
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184. It'll be good for 60,
probably under four seconds.
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185. It's going to be the fastest-accelerating
Morgan they've made ever.
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186. It's exciting.
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187. Do you have to buy the petrol with
those ration coupons? No, shut up.
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189. It's got a bonded aluminium chassis
and the aluminium body
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190. is super formed, it's very hi tech.
What? How many guineas is it?
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192. It's very modern and hi tech and I want one
of those very much indeed. It's fantastic.
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to make Spitfires.
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because they've collaborated on a new car.
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than a VW Scirocco.
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200. And it's not the best-looking car
in the world, is it?
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is anticipating this very eagerly,
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differential and rear-wheel drive.
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So, let me put it this way.
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Yes, that's good.
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that's just what it is.
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every Sunday.
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the Countrywide chain of stores?
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warehouses for rural people.
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gravel and things for your horses
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How much?
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the vegetables you want.
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yeah.
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That's ruined.
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Sunday, we better put the sprouts on now."
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229. A big treat, children, this week, we
are going to have lunch in Halfords.
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but can I get back to the car?
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it isn't a great-looking car
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it also has a boxer engine in it.
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That's good, isn't it?
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engine is a good thing?
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is like going to Countrywide
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241. It's a nice lunch. They give you
a wooden spoon with a number on
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242. and when they call the number, you get your
meat and then all the vegetables you want.
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243. "Mr Hammond, your table for four."
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244. Good news, chaps. No, what?
There's a new Dacia.
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245. And I've got a picture of it.
That's a looker, isn't it?
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You have a car accident
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249. and you go, "Oh, I've got whiplash,"
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insurance policy
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251. and you get benefits for the rest of your life.
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the Government, all right,
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is less than 6.25 miles an hour,
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257. But they're also saying that if it is 6.5,
you could get whiplash at that speed.
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259. Look, I'm doing 6.25,
I've got whiplash.
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That would be a reasonable speed.
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261. The question should be, he is your
car absolutely and entirely wrecked?
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262. Is it crumpled like a discarded crisp bag,
in which case, you might have a point.
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a stencilled on to your own spine?
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265. No, it's can you actually
look up your own arse now?
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266. Then you've possibly
got some whiplash. Could be.
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who've got whiplash when they haven't,
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268. I don't believe in capital
punishment, but they should be shot.
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In the head.
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Yeah.
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271. On their own or in front of anyone,
Do you want to say that? Sort it out.
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272. Goes well when you do.
Maybe on a different show.
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straighten out your belief.
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where and in front of whom?
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Don't be daft. In our news section?
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It's not just rubbish.
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we're in uncharted waters here. OK.
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Land Rover is currently working
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version of the new Evoke.
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hard-top one. It's so secret, this.
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knows about it. So I thought...
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285. Look at him concentrate,
look at him now.
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286. It's the Top Gear orang-utan,
look at his happy little face.
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moving in time.
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293. Actually, it looks quite good,
doesn't it. Am I right in saying,
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convertible off-road car?
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the original Willys Jeep,
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original Land Rover. Apart from that...
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the whole foundation, if you will,
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You did and we all heard it.
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301. That's a bit like saying they should
make a song called Blue Suede Shoes.
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Here we go. And, on.
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again, that is the new Mondeo.
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Was it done by a Chinese person?
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because this is quite complicated.
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already as the Ford Fusion.
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admitting that is the new Mondeo
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315. because they think people won't
continue to buy the current one
for a year,
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and it's coming next year, so there.
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it was a cop show in essence.
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some casual sex with a lady.
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middle of his face and then drive
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some waste ground in Saaf London.
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in it so can Hammond and I
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was in the Saaf of England.
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hard at work shooting shoot-outs...
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what sort of car chase
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in Vietnam and it was just
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all shot from a helicopter.
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does like a jump and a roll,
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would be stunts, it is a car chase.
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helicopter here. Car comes out.
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so you can see the helicopter.
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crashing into helicopters. But...
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349. No, we're not. Why? Because that's
just stupid. This is the Sweeney.
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just think. Ronin, Bullitt.
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because they're real.
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"Whee." Were there in Ronin?
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What are those drawings?
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We haven't got... What's that?
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There isn't a carriage.
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And he times his jump... No, no, no.
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No, you've shot four already.
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366. Actors, hi. My name's Richard.
I'm, I'm, the director, I suppose.
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I'm Plan B, nice to meet you.
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Yeah, if you want.
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Delighted to meet you.
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370. It's an honour to work with you, really.
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371. When are you working with us?
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372. Later on today we are going to be
doing some stunt work.
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373. You'll be able to handle it,
the variety of stuff you've done.
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374. We're a bit busy in here at the minute.
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375. Can you go and rabbit somewhere else?
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376. I know you are busy,
that's great. It'll be mega.
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What are you talking about?
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there. The Long Good Friday. Anger.
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Roger Rabbit? No, that's not him.
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friends with the stars,
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the film's producers had chosen.
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386. And straight away,
there's a problem.
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500-horsepower V8 Jag."
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this isn't an ST.
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395. ST wheels and look,
fake dials on the dashboard.
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to the film's director, Nick Love.
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397. The problem you've got is a Ford
Focus cannot keep up with a Jag.
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398. It's about the skill of the driver,
not the car.
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399. It's a story being told.
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400. No. If Regan is a good driver, he
can keep up with anybody. You can't.
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401. You can in my film. You can't,
because we are directing this.
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faster cars than the Focus.
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of money and we can't...
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buy Ferraris? What's the budget?
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Three million quid. Whoa.
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Three million. That's nothing.
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You could get two for that.
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408. Could you also explain to him,
we're trying to keep it real.
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it jumps over a train.
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410. The idea is, get this...
That's bollocks.
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and when it comes through,
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and he times it...
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That's real. Brilliant.
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faster than the Focus.
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415. No, we're just going to think big
in terms of action.
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416. This is a motorway bridge.
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417. You know, where they haven't
finished building, but look,
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418. it's beginning to twist and that's
a helicopter. I'm getting a migraine.
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419. You are talking BLEEP,
the pair of you.
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420. You want to do a commercial and you
want a film that no-one will believe.
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421. If you're going to do it, do it
properly, that's all I'm saying.
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424. Sorry about this, mate.
We have the baddie.
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champion Mark Higgins,
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427. and the rear-drive Jag by
drifting world champion Mauro Calo.
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428. OK. Three, two, one,
to catch up, go.
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429. And to get round the speed difference,
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430. I'd created a scene in which
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431. And three, two, one, hit.
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433. Man alive,
are we getting some shots here.
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in the land of reality,
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435. I was at the location
for the climax of the chase,
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436. a deserted caravan park, where
I was setting up a dramatic jump.
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437. You're all right.
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438. Oh, yeah. And hold it there,
that's perfect.
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439. I come racing up that field.
Between those two posts
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440. there'll be a barrier and I smash
through it. That's some drama.
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441. Up the ramp, I get air.
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and land on the grass.
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444. I nicked one of the back-up Focuses
and was ready to go.
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446. That would be brilliant.
I'd be in the film.
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drive through the gate post.
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449. Yeah. That felt good, that felt
like we had air and everything.
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451. Play it again.
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452. This is rubbish.
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453. Meanwhile, I was now filming
the cars from the front,
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454. which meant my drivers had to be made
to look exactly like the main actors.
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455. What's going to happen
is your alongside him.
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456. You're going exactly the same speed.
When he's ready to make this turn,
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457. you're not ready to make this turn,
you think he's going on down there.
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which causes your handbrake turn
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459. but we'll get that in a minute.
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460. I then disconnected the Jag's
anti-lock brakes so it would lock up
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and then we went for a take.
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462. Ok, we're ready.
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less moving.
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464. Yes, that's good.
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465. I may have to go to the lavatory
for a little while.
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467. How the hell could you not know
who Ray Winstone is?
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Cockney actor,
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469. it's just Bob Hoskins, isn't it?
It just is.
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470. And that bit with the car
when you drove them together,
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471. that was just wanton destruction?
No, it wasn't.
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And five Ford Focuses.
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473. And remember, we had £3 million
to play with.
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475. but we were allowed to do
light damage. We really were.
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476. Anyway,
we'll pick that up later on.
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477. Now, it is time to put
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many guests on this programme.
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481. A lesbian.
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482. We've never had a Canadian, though.
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483. That, however,
is ABOOT to change.
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484. Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Ryan Reynolds.
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485. How are you?
I'm very well, how are you?
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486. I'm very well, thank you.
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487. Hi, everybody.
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488. Hello. Have a seat.
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489. I'd love to. Have a seat.
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490. It's like looking in a mirror.
It really is.
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491. It really is. Not for you.
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492. So, 2010, you were voted
the sexiest man alive.
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493. That was 2010, though.
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494. I'm on the lecture circuit now.
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495. I was just thinking,
your schooldays,
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496. were they just a blizzard of
snogging and smooth moves?
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497. No, it wasn't that. I was a bit of
a little pariah at school.
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499. all of whom were kicked out of
this very same school,
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500. so from the moment I got there,
I was a marked man.
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501. What were they kicked out for?
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502. Just random things.
Just mostly drugs and violence.
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503. And I was kicked out for something
I think you'd appreciate.
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504. I was kicked out for stealing a car.
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505. Stealing a car? But wait,
I didn't actually steal a vehicle.
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506. What we did was, a teacher that
we had was just 100% awful,
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507. he had this little car,
one of those little Volkswagens,
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508. and so my friends and I just played
an April Fools' prank on him.
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509. We picked it up, we lifted it up
and carried it down the block,
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510. about eight of us.
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511. We talked about this last week.
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512. The best fun you can have
with a little car is pick it up
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513. and turn it round so it's facing
the other way... Fun practical joke.
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514. That's a better idea,
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515. because in Canada, if you move it
more than ten feet, it's a felony.
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516. I didn't know that.
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517. So you moved a car more than ten feet
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518. and then that was grand theft auto?
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519. Yeah, one city block
was, yeah, 100% grand theft.
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520. Now, obviously,
sexiest man alive, 2010,
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also clumsiest man alive.
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522. Mmm. Oh, definitely, yeah.
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523. There's a thing...
Zurich, Switzerland...
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524. it is impossible to hurt yourself in Zurich.
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525. You go there, you eat cheese
and then you come home.
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526. So, how did you manage to hurt
yourself? I jumped off a bridge.
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527. But there was water below.
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528. And I dove in and
I broke a vertebrae by diving in.
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529. You've also been run over?
I have been run over, yeah.
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530. I was 19 years old, I was
in Vancouver and I was at a bar,
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531. I had a few drinks, I'd left my car
and I decided to walk home.
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532. Being responsible. Exactly.
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533. And I was crossing the street,
it was about two in the morning
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534. and I was hit by a drunk driver.
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535. I always wondered if he tells people
that he got hit by a drunk pedestrian.
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536. I would. So did that hurt?
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537. That was bad. I broke a lot of bones.
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538. That was all the left side
of my body I broke.
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539. But I was 19, so at that point,
you're just made of rubber and magic.
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540. You healed?
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541. Bearing in mind you can't jump off
a bridge without breaking your back,
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542. was skydiving
the perfect hobby to take up?
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543. God, you're like my mother.
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544. Old enough. Just killing me.
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545. My friends were trying to get their license,
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546. so I decided I would
get my license, skydiving,
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547. and I did 12 jumps,
which were all highly successful.
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548. And then it was 13.
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549. And the 13th one, I had a problem,
where the chute didn't open,
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550. and I had to pull the reserve.
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551. But the weird thing is, when
you're in a situation like that,
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552. you're flying down at 120 miles per hour,
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553. and when your chute doesn't open,
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554. you seriously have to think about
pulling the other one.
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555. That's the weird thing.
Time slows down and you're thinking,
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556. "If I pull the other one,
then I'll have none left."
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557. "So, I'm just going to wait to see
if something happens."
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558. And sure enough, at the last minute,
I pulled the reserve chute,
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559. which you can't steer,
and I ended up landing in a field
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560. which contained only a dead horse.
I don't know what omen that is.
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561. Usually, it's a black crow
that tells you you're going to die,
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562. but I just landed next to a dead horse.
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563. You have a new film out, Safe House.
I do, yeah.
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564. So when's the movie out? The film
is out February 24th here in the UK.
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565. We have a clip of that, which
we're going to show for you now.
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566. Let's have a look.
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567. That's a good crash.
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568. It was a good crash.
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569. That's Denzel Washington.
Yes, backseat driving right there.
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570. Elbowing you in the face. Yeah.
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571. So what is it about?
Give us the plot, give us the story.
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572. I play a guy who's what's called
a safe house operator, a housekeeper.
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573. There are CIA-owned apartments
and flats all around the world,
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574. and they're run by
usually a low-level CIA guy.
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575. And then, one day, in walks
Denzel Washington's character,
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the world's worst murdering,
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577. sociopathic Hannibal Lecter types.
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578. And I'm left to deal with this guy,
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579. who I'm deeply ill-equipped to deal with.
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580. So it's not like
The Devil Wears Prada, then? No.
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581. It's not The Proposal II.
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582. It's not a romcom. No, that's good.
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583. Can I just say that God
is normally quite fair... Yeah.
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584. with his dishing-out of talents.
For instance, David Beckham,
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585. he's said, "He's going to be
very good-looking,
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586. "talented footballer,
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587. "and to balance that up,
I'll give him a squeaky voice."
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588. You're funny and good-looking
and not fat...
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589. where's your squeaky voice?
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590. What's my...? Have you got BO?
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591. Have I got 41 nipples?
Have you got very tiny testes?
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592. It's like Braille down there, Jeremy.
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593. A very short novel.
That's what it is - Braille.
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594. Yeah, the whole system.
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595. Everybody has...
I have a lot of things wrong.
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596. I'm blind, I'm deaf,
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597. I've got no sense of smell cos I have a cold,
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599. Thank you for the tongue kiss earlier.
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600. Just went deep with it, too.
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601. No, we all have crazy faults.
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602. My fault isn't something horrendous, like,
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603. "I can't stop murdering children."
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605. I like to think I'm a horrible driver...
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607. I ride motorcycles everywhere, so
you can race up through traffic,
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608. it's bumper to bumper,
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609. and when your oncoming traffic is stopped,
you just go right up the middle.
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610. But I have this tendency
when I am in a vehicle to think
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611. I can slip that entire vehicle
right up the middle.
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612. And it's only at the last second when
I'm hitting the brakes, coming to a halt.
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613. You remember you're in a car. You
like bikes? I like bikes a lot, yeah.
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which is a nice little bike.
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617. Yeah, Ducati. I have a Deus.
Is it "Deuce" or "Day-us"?
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620. but you guys say "Niss-un",
so I have no idea what's happening.
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621. Every car's pronounced differently
in America.
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622. The Hyundai's a "Hundee".
"Nee-sun, Vee-dub-ya, Jag-war.
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625. "Jag-yoo-ar." How it's spelt. Yeah.
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626. No, I'm sorry, that was mean of me.
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628. try your hand in the Kia Cee-apostrophe-d.
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630. My goal was just to see if I could
drive a manual car.
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631. I haven't done that since high
school, so that was interesting.
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632. Really?
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633. Who'd like to see Ryan's lap?
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634. Play the tape.
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635. 'Aggressive start. Crisp day.'
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636. That smells exactly like clutch.
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637. 'Smells like clutch?
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638. 'Clutch does smell like clutch.'
'Does smell bad, yeah.'
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639. 'Annoying thing.
The wide Formula 1 line in there.'
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640. 'I'm a big guy, I make that whole
car look like a children's toy.'
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641. 'You should see me in it.' 'Looks
like a sweater, made of metal.'
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642. 'Every time I shift,
I make a dumb face.'
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643. 'That's wide,
that's really wide.' 'Terrible.'
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644. 'No, it could give you a fast...
Where are you going?'
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645. 'There. Right?'
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646. 'The beep machine has
obviously blown up...
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647. 'Now, keeping it tidy through
the lines there. Yes, pretty good.
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648. 'Very good, actually.'
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649. 'Are we going to be able to find fourth?'
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650. Turn from hell coming up.
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651. 'This turn, not fun every time.'
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652. 'That's almost beautiful.' 'Yeah.
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653. 'That's what I call the adult diaper.'
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654. 'Whoa, that's cutting that one.
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655. 'That's quite uncomfortable
at that speed.' 'Yeah.'
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656. 'Look at it gripping. That's nicely
done. Not too cheaty on the cutting.
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657. 'And around Gambon.'
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658. There we are, ladies and gentlemen,
across the line. There we go.
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659. So...
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661. I'm going to say somewhere in the middle.
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662. Didn't you... Actually, I know you
did, cos you told our researchers,
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663. you were desperate,
cos you went back out...
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664. "Do you mind if I have another go?"
"Give me another shot."
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665. Cos you wanted to beat Tom Cruise.
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666. I did want to beat Tom Cruise. I
wasn't talking about the driving, though.
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667. Yes, I'm going to guess that I have 1:45.
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668. 1:45? And that's being really generous.
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670. This is terrible... forty...
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671. There's a four.
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672. three...
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673. point seven. You beat Tom Cruise.
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674. You're a faster driver.
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675. Congratulations. Give me that cold.
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676. Take that back.
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678. That's worth getting your pneumonia for.
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679. I love that.
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680. Life just gets worse.
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681. You look like that and you're funny
and you're a film star
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682. and you can drive.
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683. But I break every bone in my body
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684. almost with the cycle of each moon,
so don't worry.
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685. I'll hurt myself on the way out.
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686. Well, it's been a pleasure to meet you,
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687. and a pleasure for those girls
to stand so close to you.
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688. Ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Reynolds.
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689. Now, tonight, Jeremy and I are
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691. and so far, well, there have been
a few disagreements.
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692. Jeremy wants the action to
be "realistic", which means "boring".
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693. I want it to be exciting, full of
stunts and massive explosions.
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695. What we've done now is
we've reconnected the ABS,
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696. the electronic differential is now working,
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697. so he should be able to do
a power slide through there.
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698. Here we go.
Three, two, one, hit it.
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699. 'Whilst Jeremy was faffing around
with his anti-lock brakes,
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700. 'I'd raided The Sweeney's budget
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701. 'and come up with a way of getting
the car to jump properly.'
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702. It's an air cannon.
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703. What it does is,
car mounted up on the cannon there,
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704. it charges with a huge compressor
there - it's actually nitrogen...
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705. and it fires the car out over
that way, so you get big air.
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706. Jeremy said about keeping it real -
well, check this out.
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707. Up there. So often when you see a car jump
in a film, you realise the engine's gone.
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708. Not this time - I've left it in.
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709. Three million quid - what's an engine?
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710. 'With the cannon primed,
we were ready for lift-off.'
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711. Three, two, one.
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713. 'Mr Picky, however,
wasn't so impressed.'
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718. No, this is where there'll be
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720. and then we're expected to believe
that somehow it's still driveable?
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721. This is the movies,
that's what happens.
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722. Did you never watch... CHiPs?
Remember that?
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723. They'd ride along, one minute
you've got a man on a Harley
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724. approaching the back of a lorry
with its tailgate down,
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725. then he's done a massive jump,
briefly he's on a dirt bike,
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726. then he lands,
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727. That's rubbish. That's the movies.
We all expect that.
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728. This car will never work.
It's not plausible.
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729. You can't edit your way out of that.
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730. Just let me get in the edit suite
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732. 'First, though, I needed
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733. 'which I would then cut into the scene
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734. 'where the car flies through the air.'
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735. Does Nick know about this? Yeah,
yeah, bang on. Are you sure? Yeah.
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736. 'Because we'd got off to a bad start,
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738. You're going to be in the air,
and at that point,
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739. if you'd both give me excitement -
you're in a chase - elation...
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740. you're in the air - but I want to see
determination as well.
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741. You're in a chase,
mixed with vengeful, righteous fury.
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742. So there's so many emotions
going on in this split second,
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743. there's so many emotions
you're going to have to feel.
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744. Let's start with nothing.
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745. That's a blank canvas.
As you hit the ramp...
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746. Richard, I don't feel like
you're giving me enough direction.
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747. You're giving it all to him. What
about me? Ben, blank again for me.
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748. Blank. You're throwing a hissy now,
ain't you?
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749. Let's blank it and let's start...
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750. Remember, elation, excitement,
vengeful fury and fear.
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751. So, vengeful fury comes before fear?
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752. At the same time.
What am I frightened of, though?
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753. It's already happened, ain't it?
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754. I wouldn't be frightened after the event.
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755. Wouldn't I be frightened when
I'm in the air? We're in the air.
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756. Them four emotions
take place in the air?
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757. You're in the air for a while.
It'll be a long while, won't it?
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758. It's a big jump.
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759. And just one last thing - we have to land.
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760. I'm going to say, "Forwards,"
and you go forwards, I'm going say,
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761. "Backwards..."
Forwards, backwards, and away.
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762. Forwards, backwards,
forwards and away,
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763. or backwards, forwards, backwards?
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764. No, it's forwards,
you land forwards, backwards,
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765. forwards, backwards, then drive away.
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766. I thought there had to be
another backwards.
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767. Oh, I'm confused. Don't forget,
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768. I want to catch just a whispering
trace of those emotions from the sky.
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769. They're dissipating as you land...
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770. Don't he go on.
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771. 'While Richard Ford Coppola
was with the stars,
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772. 'I was trying to make the angry director
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773. 'understand the problems of driving
a big Jag around a caravan park.'
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774. I have to slide this car on grass,
and the problem is,
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775. the traction control is on,
so it's not letting me slide.
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776. Foot hard down.
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777. Hard down, and it won't slide.
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778. That is the traction control on.
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779. Can I just say, that was BLEEP.
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780. Do you want to see it
with traction control off?
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781. Now watch this.
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782. Get the power on, feel the tail go.
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783. Hold that slide.
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784. That is what we need.
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785. Which do you prefer,
traction control on or off?
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786. Off. Off?
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787. Yes. That means you're going to
have to have a line of dialogue
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788. where one of them says,
"Turn the traction control off."
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789. Not in my film, no. You're going to
have to. It's ten seconds to do it.
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790. You have to hold it down for ten seconds.
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791. Anyone who's got a Jag watching the
film will go, "You can't do that."
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792. It doesn't matter. It's not
a BLEEP film for Jag watchers.
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793. It's a film for everyone to go to the cinema.
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794. Why doesn't he say,
"Why do they make it ten seconds?"
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795. He can say that.
No. Cos it kills the...
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796. It kills the tension.
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797. I want a film that connects
to a wide audience.
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798. I know, but...
Can I finish? Can I just speak?
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799. 90 minutes into the film
is the main car chase.
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800. You can't have someone pressing
a BLEEP button.
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801. What are you going to do,
a close-up of a button?
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802. You're not putting that in my film.
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803. I like the traction control off,
I don't want all bollocks
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804. about what it does and what it doesn't do.
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805. You said you wanted me
to do something real.
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806. I'm doing something real.
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807. Actually, you know
what you should do - BLEEP off.
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808. 'This altercation meant the director
was not in the best of moods
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809. 'when he went to have a look
at an edit of Richard's big jump.'
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810. Right, look.
This is still work in progress,
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811. but I have begun the polishing process,
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812. and I've worked on the sound. OK.
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813. It's all there, isn't it?
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814. What I've done here is
I've set up a practice area
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815. for the next stunt,
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816. so I don't leave tyre marks
in the grass at the actual location,
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817. which is over there.
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818. Well, I guess we were wondering
how the world's angriest man
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819. would respond to Hammond's car jump,
and now we know.
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820. Come here, you BLEEP. Little BLEEP.
I'll kill you.
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821. 'Because the director
was busy hurting Richard
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822. 'for writing off one of the Fords,
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823. 'I seized the opportunity to give
the baddies their new dialogue.'
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824. You're driving, aren't you? Yes.
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825. I need you to say,
"Turn off the ABS."
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826. You say, "How?"
And you say, "Pull the rhythm."
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827. How do you say that in Serbian? What?
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828. How do you say it in Serbian?
I'm Serbian.
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829. You're Serbian? Yeah.
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830. Have a look. I've written
this all in rhyming slang.
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831. Rhythm and blues - fuse.
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832. Or you could say "Rodney".
No, he's a Serb.
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833. But he'll have learned his English,
won't you, in London.
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834. He's only been here a day.
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835. Rhythm. Do it with a Borat accent.
Pull the Rodney.
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836. Pull the Rodney. Yes.
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837. Pull the Rodney.
Rodney Bewes, fuse.
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838. Similarly... Go on.
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839. You go, "How many horsepower
has that Ford got?" OK, right.
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840. "250." It hasn't actually, really,
but don't let that bother you.
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841. "250."God, Plod must be Robin."
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842. Robin Hood.
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843. "God, Plod must be Robin."
Cos they're keeping up with you.
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844. God, Plod must be Robin. Yeah?
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845. "We've got 503."
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846. Now, this is the critical bit.
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847. When you're in the caravan site, you...
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848. Turn off the traction control.
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849. Turn off the traction control. Love it.
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850. "Ow do I do that?
Whatever you want."
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851. Push the Len.
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852. Push the Len. It's Len Hutton.
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853. Was he a cricketer or a trade-union
leader? Trade-union leader.
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854. Was he? No, he was a cricketer.
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855. Whatever he was, it's Len.
Push the Len.
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856. And then, this is the complicated bit
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857. that we really do need to get in.
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858. You have to hold it down for ten seconds.
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859. Yeah. It ain't the most riveting dialogue.
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860. It depends how you deliver it.
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861. You're in a panic -
turn off the traction control.
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862. Where's the Len? Where's the Len?
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863. All right, let's do it.
Good. Thanks very much.
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864. 'With the dialogue sorted, I went to
see my rather bruised colleague,
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865. 'who was now setting up a stunt in
which the Jag would clip a caravan.'
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866. What are you doing?
Filling the caravan with petrol.
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867. Why? So it explodes
when the car hits it. Boom.
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868. Why would the caravan explode?
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869. Because I've filled it with petrol.
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870. But caravans are made from plywood,
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871. and plywood does not blow up
when you bang into it.
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872. It doesn't. They have gas bottles
in them. They would explode.
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873. See, that's what I'm replicating.
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874. Car, "Boom."
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875. Just a "Boof", OK? Just a "Boof".
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876. But please don't go mad.
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877. 'I then went to the other side
of the caravan park,
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878. 'because a piece of equipment
called a Russian arm,
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879. 'which costs £6,000 a day to rent,
had just arrived
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880. 'from the set of Spielberg's War Horse.'
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881. There it is. It's gyro stabilised,
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882. so it's smooth even if the car's
going over rough ground.
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883. So even when the car's moving along,
it can do that,
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884. which gives you very, very dynamic shots.
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885. This is what Hammond doesn't understand.
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886. You can use the camera to make the chase,
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887. the real chase, exciting.
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888. You don't need to have the car going
through the air with two people
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889. out of the sunroof with MAC-10s,
shooting at the car behind.
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890. 'Eventually, Hammond called to say
the caravan clip stunt was ready.
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891. 'But since my pro drivers
were busy with the Russian arm,
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892. 'I fired up a back-up Jag
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893. 'and volunteered to do the driving myself.'
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894. 275, take one.
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895. B camera.
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896. Got my own airbag here,
so if I do that, I'll be OK.
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897. Perspex in case I hit the driver's
door. Airbags are disconnected.
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898. Traction control is off.
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899. 'Action, Jeremy.'
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900. What the hell?
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901. It was supposed to be a gas bottle.
What the hell...?
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902. You blew the wrong caravan up.
You hit the wrong one.
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903. I didn't hit the wrong one,
that was the one we were supposed to...
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904. You should have labelled it.
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905. Have you any idea...?
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906. The angry man is going to see this,
he's going to see that,
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907. and then he's going to see
his £50,000 Jaguar XFR.
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908. That wasn't supposed to happen.
He said, "Light bodywork damage..."
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909. You ripped its arse off. "... because
then Jaguar could repair it
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910. "and I don't have to pay the full price."
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911. He's going to see what's happened
here, Hammond, wrong caravan...
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912. this...
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913. the explosion was late...
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914. God almighty. There's the edit.
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915. How can you edit an explosion
to happen earlier than it does?
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916. You know Ray Winstone was watching
that explosion from here, OK?
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917. He's watching,
and this is not a word of a lie,
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918. that's a piece of glass from the caravan
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919. that's penetrated this caravan.
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920. If that had hit here,
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921. would you like to know
what Sophie Raworth would have said
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922. on The Six O'Clock News tonight?
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923. 'Hammond and I decided to beat a retreat
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924. 'before the world's angriest man found out
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925. 'how much of his money
had gone up in smoke.
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926. 'To try and cheer him up,
we decided to demonstrate that,
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927. 'despite all the mishaps, we had
ended up with a good car chase.'
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928. On here?
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929. How many horsepower has Plod got?
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930. 250.
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931. God, Plod must be Robin.
This thing's got 503.
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932. Turn off the ABS.
'Ow do you do that?'
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933. Pull the rhythm.
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934. Gritty.
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935. Turn off the traction control.
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936. You have to hold it down for ten seconds.
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937. Why didn't we get a BMW?
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938. You only have to push the Len
for five seconds.
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939. Full ten? Ten seconds, and
then the viewer's left in no doubt.
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940. I think when
the world's angriest man sees that,
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941. he's going to be quite pleased.
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942. Is he? I think so.
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943. I know there are
one or two rough edges in it,
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944. but overall,
it has a gritty reality.
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945. He's very keen on hero shots -
you've seen Ray, you've seen Plan.
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946. This is Ray Winstone out of
The Departed, Ray Winstone out of...
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947. Cold Mountain.
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948. Out of bet364 adverts.
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949. There he is, rocking about
as the car lands, and I think...
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950. I think we can pat ourselves on the
back. I don't know where he is now,
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951. but he's probably regretting
his behaviour today.
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952. It was just a personality clash. Really?
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953. Not my car.
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954. This perfectly sane, rational,
very professional man
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955. was driven to an act of petty
vandalism by your incompetence?
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956. He ruined my car.
You ruined his film.
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957. Can I just say, actually,
we got a call the other day,
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958. and this is absolutely true,
from a Hollywood producer
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959. who asked if we could film
a lorry chase through Moscow
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960. for the new Die Hard film.
Seriously.
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961. But he'll change his mind
when he sees that, won't he?
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962. A-ha. You say that, but we brought
back the rushes, the raw material,
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963. from our shoot,
and we gave that to the editors, OK?
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964. It's still work in progress,
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965. but who here would like to see
what they've come up with?
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966. Let's run the tape, let's have a look.
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967. Actually, it's not bad.
It's not bad at all.
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968. And on that bombshell,
it is time to end.
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969. Thank you very much for watching.
See you next week, goodnight.
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970. Sync & corrections by Rafael UPD
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