HIGHLIGHTS: The Stig, Hammond, May and Clarkson Cross-London Race | Top Gear
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Honestly those kids telling the Stig "Good luck on the bus!" is pretty damn adorable.
Kezajaws control yourself woman. You must be in season
When you see stig walk to the front of the bus
Chuckles I'm in danger
It really warmed my heart
Welcome to Britain
1000th Liker lets goooo 😂
In his book "The man in the white suit" former Stig Ben Collins revealed that he was told every single bit of what the intentions of this race were, had been briefed about which routes they were going to take and what his role should be...
...And that role was "be as unpredictable as possible" don't be afraid to throw a spanner in the works. So everything you see Collins doing here:
- Jumping the gun at the start
- Not answering the phone
- Not using the escalator
- Picking up the newspaper
All of it was genuine, no briefing to the camera crew of "I'm about to do this" he just did it and the camera crew had a tough time keeping up with him but at the same time had a ball filming it.
Who was the black Stig, though?
@@tahutoa An older gentleman who was also an F1 racer. You can find the info on Wikipedia
The big red car
RastaSaiyaman that’s brilliant considering he is only a racing driver
Maybe that's why he was so averted to Lewis Hamilton
"Oh crikey it's the Rozzers" - gotta love James May!
So what you doing with yourself these days
“Bus driving bullying nazi” 😂😂
I wish they would bring Stig on every challenge.
For tracks I agree
They brought him on the 24 hour race challenge with the diesel BMW
I came from the future topgear has ended
Teddy No it hasn't
@@joogiewatkins1519 Technically no, realistically yes
After this, I realise just how entertaining it would be to have the Stig star on some sort of kids adventure show with Jeremy narrating it.
...holy shit
+Hector the Third You, good sir, are a genius.
Im not sure jeremy is someone you would expect to be in a kids show....maybe pg13 but no a kids show
shit id watch it
If it's a kid's show, James might fit better, unless he starts on a full on rant about something lol
Hammond + a bicycle = The World's Angriest Man
He was also the The World's Angriest Man when they left him for days on the top of a snowy mountain in Canada.
Automatic Oversteer
Angrier than the angriest director
Hammond said in this episode: "Bloody lights, bloody **** **** lights"
I was the 1000th like
TraustiGeir canada*
*Stig picks up newspaper/checks the sport section
“Lewis Hamilton roars to victory”
Stig angrily throws newspaper down
God I miss top gear
Current state of F1😂😂
The old one, you mean? Cause you’re right if you mean the old one
He must have a sixth sense or something, that Lewis is going to be the greatest of all and make the bitter ones eat their own heads :):)
Proof that silence is the best comedy.
The Stig apparently doesn’t like Lewis Hamilton.
When I watched this on TV I was in awe of Hammond. You have to be a pretty damn fast cyclist and have a great deal of stamina to do that. So to all you commuters, buy a boat!
Or a motorcycle.
Sam K. That works
It's television edited for entrainment
@@jacobjorgenson9285 So what? That doesn't change the fact that Hammond actually did this.
0:59 A plasma powered horse - Lol, Only Hammond would come up with that :p
@Landslide when you respond to a 5 year old comment
Technically all herbivorous animal got their energy from plants which got their energy from the Sun, and the Sun is a big ball of plasma, so technically all horses are plasma powered.
@Deonex i will give you credit for typing all of that.
I've never loved an anonymous person wearing a creepy, featureless helmet as much as I love the Stig.
You do realise it isn't actually a person in a helmet the Stig isn't human.
303rd like right here awesome!
Hammond deserved to win. The Stig took the most sensible form of transportation. Jeremy's use of the Thames as a sort of motorway was pretty clever. And James simply took the wrong mode of transportation for London. Honestly, you can crawl faster than you can drive in London when the traffic is really thick.
There should be another car driver, one who bypassed London altogether.
Damn, I love this race. I really wish they'd include Stiggy for more 4-way amusement in future races.
Pepitobenito
Haha you said 4 way 😂
Heh
yeah, about that
There was a Russian race that the 4 did. And it was the last that involve the 4 of them.
Imagine if you'd never watched Top Gear and you walked out onto a platform on the Underground and saw The Stig there.
You aren't from London. You see weirder stuff than that every day!
@@FFM0594 I don't live in London but I do live in Bournemouth. I believe you
And a camera crew filming him
FFM0594 like the guy who gets off at Victoria wearing the foil crown and a carrying a cardboard bishops crook singing as he goes up the escalator....
@@scorch1968 Hey, that's me! ;)
Correction: *London* ruined the race.
"Mind the gap." Amazing how Stig can be such a comedian without ever saying a word or showing a single expression!
The 1940s recording of that was funnier. They retired it c. 1990.
@@lisakaz35 pretty sure it can still be heard on the Northern Line at Embankment- at the request of the original announcer's widow
@@MercenaryPen Correct, the widow was sad to lose the sound of her husbands voice so they restored the origional announcements at the station nearest her home so she could come and hear him.
Beautiful move on their part if you ask me :-)
@@richardchantlerrico and with stig being one of the good silent comedians we all can remember this and return to it BECAUSE of the internet.
3:58. Priceless! First hint of Stig emotion.
Hey TG: post the whole race, not just highlights!
4:33 Captain Slow tries to negotiate with a cop and utterly fails!
koustave that wasn’t a fail... he had a valid point,
@@chaoszombie9995 I agree. The policeman was a bit of a robot.
He was trying to be a shrewd negotiator.
That cop made no sense
3:27 "He who is last shall be first" 😂😂 gotta love May for his phrases
Actually, that’s not May’s phrase, is Jesus Christ’s.
“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen”
Matthew 20:16
Just saying...
@@albertosg471 the phrase is horrifically incorrect when applied to traffic and races
@@TheCulexusGood point there.
Interestingly, the Honda 225 engine on his boat is the same sort of engine Jeremy uses on his amphibious Toyota pickup truck.
*Toybota
I like how The Stig is always treated like equipment. :D
Being at Embankment and getting to City Airport on a bike before a boat travelling at 70mph in Wandsworth is ridiculously impressive from Hammond
Ben Collins, the Stig, was recovering from a few broken ribs from a recent racing crash, and was in considerate pain during this race.
His father had also passed away. 🥺
What better excuse to stand completely still and move as little as possible?
Some say he invented humor. Others say he invented fear. All we know... is that he is the Stig.
The camera man will always be the fastest
That's something I always wonder about in these episodes - what is the camera crew doing to keep up with them, especially when they're doing something difficult or impossible. What were they filming Jeremy's boat from? Similarly, the episode where they used trucks to rescue Hammond from a snowy mountain, or crossed the salt pan in cars (the first time that had ever been done), or went to the North Pole in a truck (another first), and so on. They emphasize how difficult it is, how specialized their equipment, and so on, yet the camera crew follows along with no difficulty somehow. How in the hell are they doing it?
@@quillmaurer6563 pre-placed/pre-planned camera spots
@@quillmaurer6563 magic flying powdered flying brooms
As someone from The Netherlands, I find London cyclists a brave species.
Cycling infrastructure in London has got a hell of a lot better in the past decade.
Still far behind the Netherlands unfourtunately
I would like a Plasma powered Horse!
3:58 Will always be my favourite Stig moment. Always makes me smile :P
"OI" -- James May--3:27
Chuffing, bus-driving bullying Nazi, why don't you wait, and give your passengers a better ride
James May's expressions at the end are priceless!! He seems a very nice person with good personality!!
Public transport and bicycle riding performs better than a personal automobile within a big city?
This is actually the best episode of Top Gear.
By far my favourite challenge they did
wow that sums it up for NYC Perfectly! when I lived in NYC for 25 yrs I would always Bicycle or take Public Transport! never drove my own car till I got my drivers License when I Moved to Upstate New York from the City
@@VideoGamerExpert5 That's awesome! I live in rural nowhere so I have pretty much no choice but to drive. I wish I could make the switch to walking or biking everywhere.
@@MoonatikYT where I currently you can take Public Transit which is Fare free if you don't have a Car but in truth I Drive rather than take Public Transit or Bike since drivers don't always attend to bikers on the road but that's just me but I should mention my Bicycle is a Specialized Globe Pro which has been discontinued and Specialized doesn't make anymore! Priced when New back in 2008 the Specialized Globe Pro was $1,300 USD and it came with 27 Speeds which was really an 9 Speed Bike which had 3 chain rings on the front and 9 cogs on the back! I still have the Specialized Globe Pro but its sitting in my Parents shed!
"king lewis roars to f1 greatness", stig´s reaction was priceless
Captain Slow, living up to his name there.
I was said when captain slow didnt take the boat....
4:00 Stig throws paper away after seeing Lewis Hamilton on it..
Some say that he was trying to steer the train with the newspaper
9:16 such a sad face, poor James. They shouldn't mock him all the time :(
Hilla Ronkainen captain slow
@@bigchaloupa3657 mr slowly
It is all part of the act.....:)
Really felt sorry after seeing his face.
His role is there to create entrainment
Anyone else find it funny that Hammond had to do the bicycle portion because he's the only one of the three that wouldn't die of a heart attack before the finish?
James seemed genuinely heartbroken at the end there.
Even without a car The Stig beats Captain Slow.
Well its in the name
3:55 SO THE STIG CAN READ ENGLISH!!! damn this is a revalation
No they just taught him this name here is bad
@@davezekiwi8899i mean he also gets confused at 5:39 when he notices that there isnt a gap
For anyone wanting to know the name of the song at 7:30 onwards is called Immediate Music (Globus) - Preliator.
Thabks mate
@@faaiquealimehmood You're welcome.
Thats 4 years later and you're still there
@@faaiquealimehmood Happy to help in any way I can.
Thank you... You have bought closure to a question that has been like an unscrtachable brain itch
Definitely my favourite Top Gear episode.
Learned a few words new to me from it: "rozzers", "cranky", and especially the "Chelsea tractor" :) which made it into my collection.
Here in Germany our great humorist "Loriot" had a few cartoons about "Der Familienpanzer Susi II" ("The family tank Susi II"), making fun of oversized, bulky, heavy cars. This was in his book "Loriots großer Ratgeber" ("Loriots great advisor") that was published in 1968 - way before the first SUVs appeared on European streets at all...
"Familienpanzer" might be one of the greatest German words I've ever seen
3:50 still my favorite part of this sgement
Unfortunately, my favorite part was not included in this video. It was the bit where Jeremy requested, and was granted, clearance to pass through the barrier at speed.
The legendary Captain Slow!
The car will be given to the slowest man in the world. A man with no known sense of direction.
May.
So really it was James who ruined top gear but it was also top gear that ruined top gear 😂
How embarrassing it must be for James. Even Stig arrived before him 🤣🤣🤣
#SlowMay
Poor James; the rozzers caught him.
It sucks that this is the only way you can view the classic top gear
SHEARZ
"Classic top gear"
Well there are less legitimate ways of doing it.
I think it's on amazon prime video.....I think
You can watch full episodes all the way from series 1 on a website called dailymotion
With regards to filming Jeremy, there's a separate camera boat, but shots within the boat itself are almost certainly small, fixed remote cameras (as often used in cars to show the driver from multiple angles without the complication of hiding the film crew from various shots).
Also I'm sure they do b roll shots so before of after the actual race they do the same route (or at least a few small bits of it) with a camera man there to get different shots. For instance they show shots looking out from his boat that are not obviously shot by a person holding a camera as they show different angles and movements. That's why there are so many different shots without the crew slowing everything down.
Jared Connell I also wonder if the camera crews are sent ahead beforehand, ie given a huge head start.
The stig talked aboubt this they sent a camera car with it and then afterwards depending either him or someone else would take the car and get B roll shots, this let them get all the good shots without messing too much with the whole race(though at least the first race the did was nowhere near as close as they which is part of why Jeremy was a bit drunk since he was waiting a while but that was more them learning what actual average speed of the road was like vs looking through the route and planing it, second was actually close, sure they have an ideal of the car will win if it can manage this average speed since this is the route and timetables of team public transport are taking
So yeah Ben aka the stig got to drive the veryon back the way they came so they could get the bigger camera shots is if you can’t tell if they are in the car or boat they literally might not have been near it when the shot was taken
I love that they use the Batman 1989 soundtrack at 06:20!
3:57 as soon as he looked at Lewis he threw away the paper 😂😂😂
I still remember going to school and seeing that exact article on the paper on the bus in the morning, haha.
if you do this in Amsterdam the bike will always win
Yup, we are a country of bikes and terrible public transport.
Roman Guerin trust me london has even smaller and more congested streets than amsterdam. In amsterdam a car still has a chance, but public transport would win everything because of the tram services within amsterdam.
Omar Abdul You really think the car stands any chance whatsoever in the cramped ant's nest that is Amsterdam? Especially with this many bicycle lanes and the surprisingly decent tram system?
cycling is the future
It would all depend on your stamina
James after he found out he lose to a man on a bike, a man on boat, and a man using public transportation. James face is priceless.😂😂😂😂
8:05 According to Prime Video, Hammond is saying here "I'm only better than you!"
"I've got a BOAT."
For no reason at all, I lol'ed when he said that.
I knew Hammond would win as that speed limit at the beginning really slowed Jeremy down and I knew May and Stig would never beat Hammond because...well..May was in a car and Stig in public transportation in London. Anyone whose been to London knows just how much of a nightmare the congestion is there. I will never understand why anyone buys a car who lives in London, it takes forever to get through the constant congestion there.
And the city isn't all that large, so a bike makes a helluva lot more sense
It's television made for entrainment , not an actual race
They should've done a race in Manila. They think London traffic is terrible? Wait until they come to Manila.
The stig is such a troll in this race D:
This show was amazing with these three as the hosts
3:40 back then everyone holding the newspaper, and 11 years later everyone was on their smartphone
4:37 U.S State trooper "Hell ya! just keep up."
0:58 A plasma powered horse.
I love how one of Hammond's guesses as to what vehicle Jeremy would be driving was a Harrier Jump Jet. It's a pretty neat jet capable of hovering and doing VTOL, it would be funny seeing Clarkson trying to get clearance to land at the airport, and knowing how these guys can drive most vehicles, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them could actually fly a Harrier ;v;
Wow, Richard was amazing! It must have been really exhausting.
The way the trio shows stig as no human but a robot or alien is always funny
Back when Hammond was in good enough shape to race motor vehicles on a bike.
Hammond: I'm in a *bus* lane, which is good; I can use them. However, the other thing that uses them? Buses
The airport employee is clearly loving Jeremy's shock.
This Top Gear episode made me realize, that my way to work by boat is faster than car, bicycle or train. And more fun. In the summertime.
I'm going to miss the Stig so much.
and my god that boat looks like fun!
I love how they wheel the Stig on a Hand Truck! XD
I love the Stig just staring judgmentally at James at 9:04
Such an iconic video. Well, every top gear challenge with the trio is iconic.
I love the police officers seen. James looked very confused and the other office was struggling to hid his laughter
Missed Jeremy saying „POWERRRRR“ under the bridge
0:33 when you hear the watchmojo theme playing in the background of a Top Gear episode and you never realized it before because nobody watched watchmojo before this episode and tbh it wasn’t really popular until people made jokes about it in the 2019 CZcams Rewind:
they are living their dream!! so sweet
The Stig looks awesome.
i would take a boat because you see the london bridge and HMS Belfast
And apparently Fulham football club
You're profile pic is beautiful
"Hammond and May... LIVE WITH THIS!"
Epic.
And then the James Bond music plays.
One of my favorite top gear challenges.
If I remember this right, it's Ben Collins playing the Stig in this race... And I find that really funny. Getting him inn to travel by public transport. (He must have had a lot of fun with that character. It's great.)
To think Jeremy wanted 2 of those engines on the Toyboata
Guess The Stig doesn't like Lewis Hamilton.
I love this guy he is thinking of crazy ideas all the time
lol i love stig's reaction to the news paper lolol love u stig!!
The best top gear race 👍👍👍
+James Houghton
It's a very good one - but actually I like the 1948 London to Edinburgh race even more...
this version is so much better
czcams.com/video/0NDtClsHWy4/video.html
This was the first episode of Top Gear I saw, and I've been watching it ever since.
This is just such quality television.
Chris Evans made 89 accounts
He's made another 151, mate
Captain Slow lives up to his name..
One of my favorite, if not favorite, Top Gear races.
Epic episode! Thanks, guys!
The camera man filming Clarkson must have been running real fast
Watch the reactions of onlookers when a man, wearing a life vest and dripping water walks up to the airline desk at a riverside airport and announces "I WANT MY MONEY BACK!"
YES!!!! VICTORY FOR THE TRAIN!!!!!!!
Even though its an outboard, that boat is a piece of art.
The best scene in that programme (which is cut from this clip) is when Jeremy does a drive by at speed past the barrage. That, combined with Preliator makes it look like something out of James Bond.
BBC Top Gear, you are the best.
I'd be well impressed if I saw the Stig! Legend of a man.
#stiglogic
They say about the gap between train and platform where there is none
Depends on what train car you are on at some stops. There can be quite a gap in a few spots.
Which is why the Stig stops, and confused...:)
Not to take it away from Hammond, but the other 3 had disadvantages.
• The airport is at the royal docks, not the river itself, so Clarkson had to drive past the airport for a few miles before going back into a lock to get into the docks and the airport
• The Stig would have been quicker if he got off the District line train at Westminster to get on a Jubilee line train to Canning Town, where he could have taken the DLR to the airport
• May was slowed down by the police stop, and by driving through Central London when it would have been quicker to just use the North Circular Road
The Stig should be in more races and challenges! He's so funny.
The soundtrack to this episode is on point!!
I'm glad i'm not the only one that thought this.
Newspaper: King Lewis roars to F1 greatness,
Stig: Damn it!
HAAHHAHA x'D
Am I the only one here who prefers the bicycle?
+H34dHun734R I prefer the boat.
no
You must be Dutch😂
Hammonds life was in danger many times during that trip. Overtaking betweeen vehicles is a recipe for disaster.
One of the best races on Top Gear