Episode 6 The Getaway Car

Welcome to Cape Town, South Africa,

and the ultimate relationship road test where five

couples are about to find out who's really in the driving seat.

Belt up, this is The Getaway Car.

Come on, lads, put your back into it.

Go!

-SHE SCREAMS

-Oh, my God!

This is so annoying.

SHE SCREAMS

That were hard, that.

Mix love and friendship with driving and facing big,

scary obstacles and you've got a recipe for quite a lot of this...

-..a fair amount of this...

-Go forward, forward!

-Forward?

-We're stuck in the cement.

-Oh!

..and loads and loads of that...

Left! Left! Left!

..until eventually one couple will be driving this...

This is the Getaway Car.

And if driving it wasn't prize enough,

they could also win themselves £10,000.

Come on! Get in there!

Although, that rather depends on my dear friend here,

Top Gear's The Stig.

Actually, we're not that dear friends.

He never returns my phone calls. So, strap yourself into your sofas,

although I'm sure you're quite safe in them.

Let's get this show on the road.

And walking down that road are the five daring duos ready to

battle it out today. Our heroes include...

MUSIC: The Magnificent Seven Theme by Elmer Bernstein

Mother and son team, Lee and Shirley.

He's used to driving her up the wall, so they could do well.

Nick and his girlfriend, Melina.

She's a beautician and he's, well, orange.

And Sam and Jim,

two firefighters ready to run a ladder up

the tree of competition and rescue the frightened kitten of success.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

Facing the challenges on Hazard Highway would be difficult

enough on your own, but in theory,

if you have your loved one next to you, you should be OK.

In practice, however, it hasn't always worked out like that.

It's baffling, I know, but there you have it. Let the games begin.

The Hazard Highway tests relationships to breaking point.

It takes courage...

-SHE SQUEALS

-What are you doing?

It takes skill...

Oh!

-And it definitely takes patience.

-Get up that wee ramp.

-Where, where?

You're on the roundabout. Get up the wee ramp.

Only the fastest three teams go straight through to the next round.

So, who is going to be first to take on the Hazard Highway?

First up, and tickled pink, it's Dan and Emily.

I take it with the arm round the shoulder,

you either work very fast, or you guys are together together.

We're together together, yeah.

# Because you know I love you Because you know I love you... #

How long have you known each other?

-We've known each other since we were 12.

-Oh!

-Have you been together for that long?

-No, no.

We went out initially when we were 12, yeah. And then I dumped him.

What did you do at the back of that?

I know what he did at the back of that cos his friends told me.

He then went back to his bedroom with a picture of me

on a dart board and would throw darts at me, while crying.

Yeah, but my bull's-eye shot is bang on now.

THEY LAUGH

Fortunately, Dan put the darts down and reunited with Emily.

Now sitting atop the Multi-Scary car park,

can their love survive the Hazard Highway?

Concentrate.

-Concentrate.

-Yeah.

-KLAXON BEEPS

-And go.

-MOTOR STALLS

-Oh, no.

He hasn't started yet.

MOTOR REVS

-Handbrake.

-Handbrake. Handbrake! Love it!

SHE SQUEALS

Perfect. That is exactly it. That is exactly it. That is not bad timing.

Not bad timing.

Ah, Emily adopting the "repeat everything you say" strategy.

And after a shaky start, the Pinks are already quickly onto the SeeSaw.

-And more, and more. And it's back, it's back.

-What is he doing?

-He's stalling that car.

-More. That's it, that's it. More.

That's it, we're up it, we're up it still.

Oh, we've gone back.

-We're back down. We're back down.

-Oh, my God!

-Again and again.

If at first you don't succeed, just say it again. That's it.

Now, can she talk him up the next obstacle?

Sketched onto an envelope, and built in an afternoon...

SCREAMING

..it's the poorly-engineered Bridge of Doom.

Now take it easy, take it easy.

-Dan, Dan, careful, careful.

-That's it. Easy, easy.

-We are just about to level out.

-Argh!

-That's good!

-Wherever you like it.

-This one.

-Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, my God!

Barrel. Barrel!

SHE LAUGHS

-Barrel.

-Right, that's it, now back round.

Just take them out, take them out.

Up next, up next, it's the Human, Human, Sat Nav, Sat Nav.

Hit the blindfold. Hit the fold.

Dan will be blindfolded and Emily will talk him through it.

This should play to her strengths.

Slightly to the left, slightly to the right, right, right,

right, right, right, right, the other right.

-What do you mean the other right?

-Right, to the left,

sharp left, sharp left, sharp left, sharp left, sharp left.

Forward. You're in it.

You're on the roundabout. Now, go left, left, left.

-Left, left, left, left.

-HE LAUGHS

-Left!

-I am!

-Left! OK, now, right, now, right.

That's it, no, you're coming off, left, left, left, left, left...

It's all right, Emily, it's just a bit of telly.

It's not a matter of life and death. Oh, my!

No, no, no! Stop!

We do like our cameramen.

Dan, we'd quite like to keep some of them.

Right, whilst Richard the cameraman goes for a quick

lie down, there's another team

ready to take to the Hazard Highway.

It's 19-year-old Lee and his mum, Shirley.

Right, Lee, just remember, you love your mother

and you're not going to... Don't throw me off the edge.

Sorry, Shirley. That's exactly what he's going to do.

KLAXON SOUNDS

# Cos I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby... #

Oh. Kids, eh?

Was there ever a moment here where

you contemplated, Shirley, you driving?

-Absolutely no.

-How come?

-Because he's the boss.

-What do you mean, he's the boss? You're the mother here!

-I know.

-How is Lee the boss?

-That's normal

that, yeah, the parent is the boss, but he's just, he just takes over.

I'm going to be driving because

I can't stand Mum's driving, basically.

What will she be like as a passenger, do you think?

She's all right. She stays quiet.

She'll kind of like sit there in silence,

but I think she could be quite encouraging on this.

Well, let's see, as we join them at the Human Sat Nav,

and this is looking like a great time.

Let's go, Shirley.

Right, right, right, left now, left, left, left, left, left, left,

left, left. Keep left. Left, left, left.

I think she's giving him 50,000 instructions but not one full word.

Right, right, left, left, left, left. No, straight!

Left, left, right, left, stop!

Mum! You are not giving me directions!

Shirl, you have to give him

more than half a second to do what you tell him to do.

Right, left, first, stop, go, ahead, back.

Left, left, left. No, go straight.

Straight, straight, left! Left, left, left!

I don't know where I'm climbing, Mum!

Le, le, la, lo, he, wa, yo.

-Left, left, left.

-Still, more by luck than judgment,

they've nearly made it through.

They've just got to sneak past that digger now.

-Where am I?

-Forward. Forward. It's coming out. Forward.

Oh, The Stig tanked them.

-Coming out. Go forward, forward.

-Forward?

-We're stuck in the cement.

-Oh!

-You want to... Stop.

-Poor Shirley, nasty mouthful of carpoochino there.

Got to make up time. Over to you.

Love the fact she's passed over control now.

-We've got to make up time.

-Perhaps she's had enough.

Can't say I blame her.

Still, nearly there now, through the foamy Car Wash

and onto the final obstacle.

This is Car Football, where everything is massive

and the rules are simple - stick it in the back of the net.

-Gently, gently, gently.

-Is it in, is it in, is it in?

-Yes.

Yeah, just like that. Go on, Team Green. Steady on.

We need to make up some time.

Onto the final straight, and it's a race to the finish.

-And that is it.

-Lee and Shirley set the pace with a time to be proud of.

Four minutes 52 seconds, great try.

-You won't hold it against me, will you?

-No way.

I thought I was going to do better than that.

Who else gets the chance to do something like this?

-Now then, where did those Pinks get to?

-Wind screeners! Wind screeners!

Just the football to go and, despite a couple of early stalls,

Dan and Emily could snatch first place.

Dan's a really good driver. I'm confident with this.

One thing I'm confident is Dan behind the wheel.

-Well, this should be easy then.

-Take it to the net. Take it to the net.

Yeah, that's it. That's it, from there.

CROWD CHEERS

Dan!

HE LAUGHS

What was he thinking?

Oh, my God, you just took out the goal. You took out...

-You've cracked your windscreen.

-Did it go in?

-Did it go in?

-No.

MUSIC: Grandstand Theme by Robert Farnon

-He's totally trashed our pitch.

-Oh, what a nightmare I've had.

SHE LAUGHS

-I've had a mare.

-You have had a mare!

And the ball has now left the pitch,

-so the game needs restarting.

-Did the goalie save it?

-I think you killed the goalie.

-HE LAUGHS

I think you might be right, Emily.

Still, the ball boys have retrieved the ball

and they are now rightfully running for their lives.

Can you at least score with an open goal?

Yes! CROWD CHEERS

-Now, put your foot down.

-You can say that again.

-Now put your foot down.

I thought you might.

And unfortunately, Dan's two-footed tackle did cost them some time.

Now foot down!

HE SIGHS

And team Pink crossed the line at 6.04, currently second place.

-Sorry, babes.

-Wow, we made that harder than it should have been.

HE SIGHS

-I don't even know how you did this.

-Yeah, me neither.

-He's inflatable.

-Yeah, I know.

-How can you smash a windscreen

-by crashing into something that's inflatable?

-You hit the whole thing.

Overall, I sort of know the answer to this question,

do you think you've done...

-HE LAUGHS

-No.

MUSIC: Friends Theme Tune by the Rembrandts

Next to take a hopefully less destructive path through

Hazard Highway are best mates Dom and Tess.

Oh, left her hanging there. What are we going to be like today?

Have we got red-hot competitive spirit or are we here to have fun?

Not here, not here. Dom is just sort of out for a Sunday drive.

Yes, but with Tess,

she's really chilled out and cool and calm and collected until

you put her in a competition and then that's it, all of a sudden,

"My God, I'll win!"

Can I just suggest we might have the dynamic slightly wrong?

-They wouldn't let us swap.

-You should be driving.

-Yes, I know.

-I definitely think this is for comedic effect.

-Yes.

THEY LAUGH

SHE SNORTS

KLAXON BEEPS

Right, top of the Multi-Scary. Here we go.

MUSIC: Zorba's Dance by Mikis Theodorakis

Tess, she's slightly more

competitive, we might see the red mist.

I think we're going to see it quite

soon because they haven't moved yet.

Oh, my God! No!

Oh, my God, do you... Clutch down.

-That's it.

-OK, clutch down. We'll make up time.

-Just don't look.

-SHE SCREAMS

-Oh, my goodness!

-Now they're off. At last.

It's fine, it's fine. Are we fine? I think we're fine.

And they've stopped. Everyone, we're just out for a nice drive.

There's no need to get competitive here. Get round in our own time.

-I keep on catching.

-Oh, no! Oh, no!

-I keep on catching something.

-Neutral. Neutral.

Just reset it. Just start the engine again, just start the engine again!

Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate,

you've got to get on the flat.

On the flat, on the flat, on the flat. OK.

-I think that might be third gear.

-Oh, sorry.

Right, Sat Nav now and Tess is in charge. This should speed things up.

Right, right, right, turn to the right.

No, we're going to hit the gravel.

Turn to the right, Oh, my God, reverse up, reverse up.

Sorry, reverse.

Slow driver plus fast talker equals bad combo.

Turn to the right, turn to the right.

We need to reverse. We're going to hit the sign.

We've destroyed the sign.

Anyone know where, anyone know how

to get to Chipping Norton around here?

-It's down that way.

-Oh, is it that way, is it? Oh, right.

I swear it was... No?

Unfortunately, that scenic detour through the Cotswolds

cost the Blues dearly. THEY SQUEAL

They finished in a time of six minutes 43 seconds

and are at the back of the field.

There are many aims to this round. Finish in one piece.

Still be talking to each other by the end of it.

But the main aim is to finish in the fastest three

and go into the next round automatically.

The slowest two couples will go into a race-off.

Go!

There to meet them are The Stig's ne'er-do-well nephews,

Red Stig and Blue Stig.

They'll be driving the bottom two co-drivers at terrifying

speeds around this track.

All the co-drivers have to do is answer a general knowledge question.

And keep their lunch down.

So, my considered advice would have to be do not

finish in the bottom two.

# Macho, macho man... #

Hoping not to are our last two teams. Prepare to take cover.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is one hell of a macho show.

In yellow, Nick and his girlfriend, Melina.

OK, so what do you both do for a living? What do you do?

-I work on the oil rigs.

-Yes.

So, basically, do abseiling down the structure.

Yeah, it's great.

-Great fun.

-Superman?

And in red, best friends, Sam and Jim.

What do you do for a living?

We're both firefighters for a living.

-Wow, wow, wow, wow. We've got Fireman Sam in the house!

-Real life.

-What do you do?

-I'm a beauty therapist, so waxing, facials.

-Do you ever visit?

-Yeah, I go in all the time, me.

Hang on a second. You're selling me this Alpha,

he's out there kind of Chuck Norrisey climbing up,

abseiling down,

doing all that, and in your time off, you go in for a spray tan.

-You've got to pamper yourself, haven't you?

-Yeah, a spray tan.

We heard some of the contestants

and they sound a bit worried.

But I don't think there's anything on there that will faze us.

-Not seeing danger.

-There's nothing. We're all about the danger.

All right, enough talk. Let's get this show on the road.

-Don't accelerate. Just let go of the handbrake.

-Please just let me drive.

-I'm getting ready.

-That's one tough guy.

Here we go. KLAXON BEEPS

# Where have all the good men gone? #

SHE SCREAMS

We're all right, we're all right, we're all right.

-We're going for it here.

-Great start, Nick. Be the hero.

Here come the Reds.

It's what you want out of the fire service, isn't it?

Just pure bravery.

HE YELLS

Just keep going. Keep going.

Must have done stuff more dangerous than this.

# I need a hero... #

Back with the Yellows, and they're already on the Bridge of Doom.

-How are you feeling, Mel?

-I can't speak.

I'm scared of heights.

It's not the going up, it's coming down off the heights.

Oh, you'll love this bit, then.

SHE SCREAMS, HE SCREAMS

-It's all right.

-Whoa.

-On the water ramp, everyone can hear you scream.

Any phobias you've got?

Well, being a firefighter, I can go up the ladder,

I'm trained to get up the ladder, but it's not ideal.

-I'll be honest with you.

-Yours is heights.

I'm not best pleased about confined spaces but...

Can we just back up a second here? You're firefighters.

One of you is scared of heights and the other one is claustrophobic.

Really?

Go slow, slow, slow, slow.

-BANG!

-No, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Something definitely just broke then. I hope it wasn't important.

-Why haven't we moved?

-Yeah, might have been.

Slow, slow, slow.

-Yellows are at the Sat Nav in great time.

-Go to the left.

And Nick's not stopping for that spray tan either.

-Straighten up, straighten up, go forward.

-Go Melina.

Forward, forward, forward.

Back to the Reds. Yep, that is one poorly car.

We've got some exhaust problems coming on.

Left, left, left, left!

Shh. Jim is right next to you.

Seems to work, though. They are flying. This is great.

They should be blindfolded all the way round.

Into the football with the Yellows now, and it's a clinical finish.

What a performance!

CAR SCREECHES

The firefighting Reds are hot on their heels.

# I need a hero... #

It's a save! Have another shot.

# Hero till the end of the night... #

HE LAUGHS

Faster, faster.

The Yellows have ripped up the Hazard Highway with a superb

time of 4.06, and straight to the top of the leaderboard.

And whilst the Red's football skills let them down,

did they get round fast enough to avoid that race-off?

HE LAUGHS

Time to let the teams know because to misquote MC Hammer,

-"It's leaderboard time."

-I do really want to win.

I want to come up against The Stig.

That's something I'd really like to do.

I'm not going to get that if I come second.

So for me, winning is not an option.

Eh? Winning is not an option?

Well, Mr Confused, you're not going to be happy with this.

Because in first place, it's the Yellows with 4.06.

And in second place, it's the Greens with 4.52.

-Second place?

-You are kidding!

-No way.

Rounding off the top three, it's a surprise entry from the Pinks

-with 6.04.

-No way!

How? What did the others do?

Well, you might well ask.

It's a Red and Blue race-off.

I really don't want to go home now, I really don't.

I think these are very strong competitors,

so I think this could be our swansong.

We knew we was in the race-off, so we're not too surprised, really.

I'm not like gutted or too shocked.

I don't believe what I am seeing here.

I would have put my house on speed merchant, speed merchant.

OK, your job is to give me multiple answers to one question.

Whoever gives me the most correct answers,

your team goes through to the next round.

Whoever gives the fewest goes home.

Helmets on.

Pep talks given. Cuddles. And away we go. Time for the race-off.

Stig's nephews will be tearing at the track in

these Jaguar F-type coupes.

Show-offs.

Tess and Jim will need to stay focused

because this will be over in a flash.

ENGINES REV

HE LAUGHS

It's a bit unnerving, actually.

-Tess, are you flirting with Red Stig?

-Would I? No.

No, no, no, not at all. He's flirting with me.

That's a match made in heaven. SHE LAUGHS

All right, Red Stig, Blue Stig, please start your engines.

ENGINES REV

Here is your question.

Name as many of the following as you can.

UK top 40 solo singles released...

..by Michael Jackson.

Three, two, one, go!

Here we go.

Time to name as many of Jacko's top 40 solo hits as they can.

Bad. Thriller.

Black Or White. Thriller. Bad.

Man In The Mirror.

Good start from both.

-Off The Wall.

-Moonwalker.

The Stigs have got their own moonwalk going on. Slidey, guys.

Oh, God.

One lap down already. One to go. And Don't Stop Till You Get Enough.

Beat It. Billie Jean.

Oh, gosh, I can't think of any more of Michael Jackson.

Come on, Tess, keep those answers coming.

Smooth Criminal.

Fairground.

Get some Pointless.

Don't know if that counts cos that wasn't part of it.

I don't know.

-And that is it.

-Thanks for that.

MUSIC: Thriller by Michael Jackson

Time to find out who's going through.

Reds versus Blues. Dom and Tess versus Jim and Sam.

Dom and Tess.

You got a very respectable...

-seven correct answers.

-Wow, well done.

That's really good. That's really good.

Sam and Jim, you got...

-..ten correct answers. BOTH:

-Ohhh!

So you guys are going through to the next round. Well done.

I think actually, personally, I think we did awesome.

-And I know we came last but...

-That's awesome for us.

-Yeah.

We've just had the most incredible experience...

I'm probably going to cry.

..that we've... I AM going to cry.

# I'll never be alone

# And you, my friend, will see

# You've got a friend in me... #

So, they thought round one was tough. They were right.

If they think round two is going to be tough, as well as dusty,

snaky, bitey, they'd be right again.

Off-Road Rage.

Hello there.

So we've left the hustle and bustle of Hazard Highway

and come out here to the open spaces of the African wilderness,

where our contestants will be driving these little beauties.

MUSIC: Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

Yes, the teams will really get the grit between their teeth

as they bounce through the bush in these off-road buggies.

However, they won't be driving around open spaces

because along these tracks are placed these Stigheads.

Topple one, and trust me,

they will, and they'll incur a time penalty - five seconds

for a white Stig and an unwelcome ten seconds for a red Stig.

And, as always, the slowest two teams

will be heading for a race-off.

First up is our firefighting Reds. Hoo-ha!

Unfortunately, I'm expecting Sam to take on the course a bit

hesitant and a bit slow.

So we've had a chat,

and hopefully I've convinced him to put his foot down.

-Hello, Sam and Jim.

-Hello, Dermot.

It's pretty hot, so I'd like you to just look out for any

bush fires and if you can just help us out and put them out on the way

-round, we'd appreciate it.

-Got ya.

-You are setting the time to beat.

Best of luck. Three, two, one, go!

And they're off.

Our heroes looking to improve on that Hazard Highway performance.

I've got some Stigs coming up, Sam. To the left. No, to the left.

Nice one, mate.

They're supposed to save lives, save lives.

# Higher, higher... #

They got pretty attached to that one.

Getting stuck in it has cost them some time.

Round the corner.

# You're going to set me on fire... #

Sam and Jim smashing their way through the Stigs.

Once again, you're supposed to avoid them.

-Nice one, mate.

-Those Stigs are indestructible.

-All right, Stigs around the corner.

-Into the Cape of No Hope

and they're lining up another victim.

Stay left, stay left, left, left.

Once again, they're supposed to be saving lives.

Bad line into the barrier, costing them some more time.

Up ahead, a gaggle of Stigs loitering like a

hen party outside a fire station.

-Cut down, cut down, cut down.

-No mercy.

He's going out of his way to hit all of them.

And speeding around Cheetah's Corner...

Great stuff, Sam.

And down Silly Manjaro.

Just one final corner to go. One more for luck.

-Yeah, got him!

-Nice one, Sam. Put down! Put down!

-Reds cross the line into 2.26.

-Well done, mate.

-That weren't too bad, was it?

-Yeah, you've done well, mate.

Well, not quite.

All those Stigs cost you 60 seconds in penalties, making the time

to beat three minutes 26 seconds.

Next to hit the course are the Yellows.

And with that super speedy first round performance,

Nick's sure he's impressed his fellow competitors.

People just look at us

and think, probably, trendy, good-looking couple.

-SHE LAUGHS

-What?

-Do they?

Listen, best of luck. Three, two, one, go!

# I'm sexy and I know it... #

Good-looking start for our trendy, good looking couple. Trendy?

Do we still say the word trendy?

# I'm sexy and I know it... #

Right, the way.

The obligatory two Stigs down, oh, and a lovely forward roll.

I didn't knock that one. There's two here.

-Get that one.

-How are you feeling? Are you enjoying it?

-Straight on.

-I'm not sure she is, Nick.

-Straight on. Left.

We're coming up to a bend now, so...

He's co-driving himself.

Into the Cape of No Hope, and it looks like they've been taking

advice from the Reds.

-I've broke the...

-Ladies and gentlemen,

-the cup-holder is down.

-It's all right. We only hit one.

-It's fine. Don't worry, it's fine.

-Don't worry about it.

Let's back up.

Insistent little Stig.

SHE SCREAMS

Finally, some input from Melina.

Just the last corner to go,

and it's a triumphant finish from the Yellow team.

# I'm sexy and I know it... #

-Woo. Oh, my God.

-How was that, Mel?

Oh, that was all right until we got into a bit of bother.

Not a lot of bother, though.

With a time of one minute 50, and 45 seconds of penalty,

Nick and his silent co-driver played another blinder.

Two minutes 35 seconds puts them top of the leaderboard.

Next up, teenage Lee and motor-mouth mum Shirley,

and they mean business.

You get a different bond with mother and son

than when you're just friends or something like that.

Cos we've grown up together,

a lot of my traits are just from you, aren't they?

-Yeah.

-We're kind of thinking the same way.

I reckon that might help us quite a lot.

-We can smash this, Lee. We're going to.

-Literally.

Lee and Shirley, how are we?

Fine.

So, round one, I'm expecting a lot of this st-st-st-stuff.

SHE LAUGHS

Whether it will be helpful for Lee or not, we don't know.

Best of luck. Three, two, one....go.

MUSIC: Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones

We're going to do this.

Shirley sounding as determined as Lee looks in there,

but can he sneak past those Stigs?

No, he can't. But doesn't he look focused?

In the middle.

And she looks uncomfortable.

There's going to be an S-Bend coming up.

Take this. That's it.

-Oh, no.

-You missed it.

No, no, he didn't, Shirley. That was a costly Red.

Sharp, sharp. Right, right.

-I've got to go wide.

-Yep.

That's brilliant, well done.

Fast through the Cape now and only a couple more Stigs biting the dust.

Now Lee needs some of Shirley's trademark clear direction.

Which way, which way, which way?

Left, right.

No, left...right. Go. In the middle.

That's fine.

Well, that went well(!)

Keep over to your right.

Still, Lee's foot's staying firmly planted in this last

section of the course.

Well done. To the left.

Threading through the Stigs on the last bend

and Lee and Shirley finish in a lightning time of one minute 36.

Good job.

I want to do it again.

So fun, wasn't it?

However, all those Stigs down means their total time is two minutes 46.

Good enough for second place.

That means with just the Pink Team left to go,

the Reds are definitely facing another race-off.

But who will be joining them?

Dan and Emily need to stay ahead of the Greens to be safe.

Well, not safe-safe, because Dan's driving.

-I just don't want to crash this one.

-No crashing, no crashing.

Dan and Emily. How are we doing?

-Good.

-Yeah, we're good.

-Bashing Dan.

-This car is coming back in one piece.

-Really?

Hopefully. Fingers crossed.

I'm not holding my breath, buddy. Best of luck.

Three, two, one...go.

MUSIC: Crash by The Primitives

Go, Dan, that's it.

Right, come on Dan. Forget that last round,

it's time to prove those driving skills are awesome.

Take the right, take the right,

take the right. That's it. You've hit the Stig.

That was left.

-Sorry, babe.

-No, keep going, get going.

I'm against Emily then.

Not so fast, Jim.

There's still time to catch up, but not much time.

Come on, Pinks, let's go!

OK, go. Just go. Just go.

Another Stig down.

This isn't looking promising.

Yep, another four Stigs bite the dust.

Straight forward. Straight forward.

And more of Emily's patented double talk co-driving.

Straight through. Straight through.

Right, it's a hairpin, hairpin.

Hey, Dan, that's patented.

Take the left line, take the left line. That's it.

Through the Cape.

You got him.

And the chaos continues. Come on, team Pink!

Right line. Right line.

Yeah, who cares about the time anyway?

That's more penalties than you can shake a Stig at.

Foot down. Smash it up. Smash it up.

That's it, right round. Take the left, take the left!

Emily keeping with her strategy right till the bitter end.

That's it, you've avoided... Straight down, straight down.

Straight down, straight down.

And across the line.

But have the Pinks done enough to avoid the race-off?

Take a wild guess.

-I'm thinking having to reverse definitely delayed us.

-Huh?

-Reversing definitely delayed us.

-Yeah, I know.

APPLAUSE

Yeah.

So overall time was 2.03. Not bad.

You hit 14 Stigs, giving you, which is a lot...

I think like, the record's 16. So...

..giving you penalties of 1.25.

Giving you an overall time, the slowest today, of 3.28.

Which means you are in the race-off.

Yep, Emily's about to go up against

Jim for that last place in the next round.

So, it's thinking caps on - and helmets on top of those -

because Red Stig and Blue Stig will be hurling

them around in these outrageous off-roaders.

Please don't hurl.

Can Jim triumph for the second time today?

Emily's answers will be coming thick and fast,

and that's better than being fast and thick.

This could be close.

Stigs, start your engines.

ENGINES ROAR

Oh, my God.

Yeah, a little bit more powerful than the last one, isn't it?

SHE LAUGHS

Jim, back with your old buddy. How's it feel?

Feels great.

You've done more driving with him than you have with Sam.

THEY LAUGH

All right, here we go.

You have one lap to give as many of the following as you can -

names of properties found on the original London Monopoly board.

Three, two, one...go.

Baker Street, the Piccadilly Line...

Remember, it's the Monopoly board, not the Tube map we're looking for.

Old Kent Road, Whitechapel, Vine Street.

That's more like it.

Water Works...

And Emily back on track.

Leicester Square...

Liverpool Street, Bow Street.

Jim still going well.

Oxford Circus.

Wrong answer, but funny voice.

Vine Street.

Remember, only one team going through.

The other will be going directly to Jail and will not be passing Go.

Oxford Street.

Vine Street...

Vine Street.

Yes, Jim, Vine Street.

-Vine Street...

-Yes.

Euston.

Whoa! St Pancreas!

St Pancreas?

I suppose that's near Liver-pool Street?

INDISTINCT SPEECH

Vine Street. Aaaah!

Really? Vine Street? Well, that's your lot.

Time to find out who's going home.

Thank you, that was amazing.

All right, results time.

-Pinks, I'll come to you first. Emily...

-Yeah.

You got a pretty respectable five correct answers.

-Five? Yeah.

-Trust me, we've had a lot worse.

-Yeah.

-Jim...

Done it again, got 11 correct answers. Well done.

Well done, guys.

You're still in the competition.

Emily and Dan, sorry.

-Yeah, I'm gutted.

-Thanks.

-Loved having you on the show, guys.

-Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

Jim had a bit of a confidence issue before we got out here.

So, I said what I'll do is, I'll stick you in the head-to-heads,

because I know you will do well in them.

So it's all part of the plan.

I'm gutted for Dan and Emily, they're a couple of nice people.

But once again, Team Danger rises up from the flames.

-Yeah...

-I'm to blame.

No, we definitely came as a team and we leave as a team.

He is definitely to blame, but he is...

-We're going home together so...

-I don't even deny it.

# I came in like a wrecking ball

# I never hit so hard in love... #

I don't think I've learnt anything new.

He still doesn't listen to me.

I'm still doing the talking and the shouting.

-I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else, though.

-No, no.

I'm so pleased, I'm so pleased I've done it with you. So pleased.

-Sorry.

-Wow, we made that harder than it should have been.

Yep. Come on.

# You wreck me. #

So we say goodbye to Emily and Dan... I loved Emily and Dan.

..leaving three couples to put their cars and their brains

through the wringer in round three - the Drive Thru.

At the end of these lanes are two answers to one question.

When the lights go green,

our contestants have to race as fast as they can,

through what they think is the right answer

in these Ford Fiestas,

pocket rockets perfect for nipping through traffic...

and driving through walls.

But don't try that last bit at home.

After each race, one team will lose a life.

Lose two lives, and it's game over.

At the end, we're left with one couple - our finalists.

Ready to take to the wheel of the Getaway Car,

maybe win £10,000, if they can out manoeuvre and outwit this chap.

Ah, the Stig awaits.

So which team will emerge as tonight's finalists?

In lane one, it's the Greens -

Lee and his mum, Shirley, making quite a team.

In lane two, they've had their fingers burned in two race-offs,

firefighters Sam and Jim.

Considering we could've been out twice,

we've done all right, mate, haven't we?

I still think we'll win.

In lane three, the super-fast Yellows -

Nick and his girlfriend, Malina.

This is no time for philosophy, guys.

Remember, at the end of this round,

two teams will be eliminated and we'll have tonight's finalists.

Round three.

-Welcome, teams. How are we? ALL:

-Good.

Feeling keen, feeling lean, feeling eager for this?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Ready to drive through some novelty walls?

-Yep.

-Always.

Excellent work.

This is Race Director Dermot, race one, question one.

Which is greater in length,

the Amazon River or the Great Wall of China?

Three, two, one...go.

I've no idea.

What do you think?

-Great Wall of China.

-Long, innit?

You can see it from the Moon, can't you?

-How long?

-Just go for Great Wall of China.

Great Wall of China.

-Great Wall of China.

-Yeah.

I'd go Amazon.

-Right or left?

-Right, right.

SHE YELPS

-Oh, we went different.

-Complete and utter guess.

I think it's the biggest river in the world. Oh, no.

I don't know anything about the Great Wall of China,

but it just made sense - China, we eat Chinese food.

Well, everyone's got a system.

And the Great Wall of China is in fact longer than the Amazon River.

The Yellows just beat the Greens to the correct answer,

but as the only team to answer incorrectly -

with the Amazon River - it's the Reds who lose a life.

Lose one more and they leave the competition.

They beat us to it anyway, so even if we would have gone

Great Wall of China, we'd have been last through.

Starting to feel the heat in there?

OK. Race two, question two.

Sam and Jim, last chance saloon for you boys. Best of luck.

-Thanks.

-OK.

If you're standing on a sailing ship, and facing the bow

at the front, which direction is starboard - left or right?

Three, two, one...go.

I know where it's...

Port is...you drink port in your left hand.

So it's starboard on your right.

-Left.

-Sure?

-Yeah, well, I'm not sure, but do you know?

-I thought it was right.

-Go right then.

-What are we going for?

-Can't see. You're ahead.

Faster. Nearly through. Go on.

Get in.

The bow is at the back... Is the bow the back?

Oh, no, please, we have got it, haven't we?

I'm thinking port, starboard, port, starboard.

I think I was slowest. Damn.

All three teams correctly answered right,

so it all comes down to speed.

And as Lee spotted,

he and Shirley were slowest through the wall this time.

They lose a life, and Sam and Jim hold on for another race.

We got this, mate.

OK, teams, round three, question three.

Yellows feeling decidedly jammy at the moment?

Very jammy.

Reds and Greens can't afford any more slip ups.

Good luck, everyone.

Question three.

In the capital city of which country will you

find the Spanish Steps - Italy or Spain?

Three, two, one...go.

Oh, my God.

We're going to go Italy, because it just seems obscure.

Spanish Steps...that's the Trevi fountain, isn't it? Italy.

Italy, go.

I think we should go for Italy,

because I think it might be a trick. Quickly.

Shall we just go for Italy?

Go for Italy. Go for Italy, go for Italy.

Faster, faster, faster.

I think I might have been first.

Well done, mate. Good stuff.

-Last one.

-I know we did, I don't know what happened then.

Well, let's find out. All three teams answered correctly.

The Spanish Steps are found in Rome, Italy.

The Yellows were the slowest this time, and now they lose a life.

So, now it's do or die as we head into the next question.

This could not be closer.

OK, guys, this is it. Best of luck. You've all got one life each.

Cheers, Dermot.

Race four, question four.

Which celebrity changed his middle name to Hercules -

Sir Elton John or Hulk Hogan?

Three, two, one...go.

-Go.

-Right, what do you reckon?

-I think Hulk Hogan.

Elton John.

-Hulk Hercules Hogan.

-Go Elton John?

Go on, then.

Smash Elton John.

What do you reckon?

I'm going Hulk Hogan.

Faster, go on. Just go for it.

Go for it. Go for it, faster.

Go Elton, go Elton.

I don't know.

The Reds answered Elton John, whilst the Yellows

and Greens both went for Hulk Hogan.

It's not going to be Elton John.

Elton John's not going to change his name to Hercules, is he?

We did the right thing, we was last by a mile there.

It's the best thing, we would have just gone Hulk Hogan

and we would have lost anyway.

They went for a different answer.

So if we've got it wrong, we're out, because we were slower than Nick.

So, guys, I know it's very tense now.

All on one life at the moment. Best of luck. The question was -

which celebrity changed his middle name to Hercules,

Hulk Hogan or Sir Elton John?

Correct answer...

..was Sir Elton John.

LAUGHTER

Which means it all comes down to speed.

The slowest couple, losing a life and going home...

..are the Yellows - Nick and Malina.

Yeah, you was in front, I see you in front of us...

-Sorry, guys.

-Ah, it's all right.

Come on, who calls themselves Hercules, hey?

THEY LAUGH

Ultimately, really, it was our general knowledge, it let us down.

Our driving's been perfect.

Well, your driving has been perfect, the whole way through.

So, yeah, just general knowledge.

It wasn't meant to be.

Right now, it's time to go home.

MUSIC: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

So it's a surprise departure for the Yellow team,

and now just two teams remain.

Firefighters Sam and Jim are this competition's proven survivors,

but 19-year-old Lee has shown maturity beyond his years

to get him and his mum this far.

I'm pretty chuffed that I'm sticking up with this lot.

-Brilliant.

-I'm giving them a run for their money, aren't I?

You are. You're making me proud.

Only one team will go through to meet the Stig.

It all comes down to this final question.

Teams, here we are, sudden, sudden death.

Race five, question five.

I don't want to overstate this or over-dramatise this in any way,

but if you get this wrong,

you're going to have to take your driving test, practical and theory,

every week for the rest of your life.

Here's your question.

True or false - Prince Harry is higher in the line

of succession to the British throne than Prince George?

Three, two, one...go.

George is ahead.

It'll be George, won't it?

-Will it be George?

-Yeah.

-What we going?

-False.

Come on, go, go, go.

How did we do? Come on.

Teams, well done. Well, well done. So close.

This was it, sudden death.

The question was - true or false, Prince Harry is higher

in the line of succession to the British throne than Prince George.

You both went with false.

You're both correct.

So it all comes down to speed.

And the fastest and tonight's finalists...

..are Lee and Shirley.

Oh, my God.

-Well done, guys.

-Well done.

-APPLAUSE

So the Drive-Thru has delivered another nail-biter.

The Green team go through to the final for a shot at £10,000,

but sadly, that means it's goodbye to Sam and Jim.

If you're going to do it, do it the way we did it,

like lose everything and still get second place.

And I think that's definitely come through.

-It's a good message.

-Yeah, lose everything.

If you're going to lose, you still might get something one day.

Euston... Aaah!

St Pancreas.

I've probably learnt not to, maybe, criticise you too much.

Left, left, LEFT!

Some people need shouting at,

some people need a hug and an arm round the shoulder.

-And I've learnt that...

-I'm a hug kind of guy.

..you're the kind of guy that needs an arm round the shoulder.

Team Danger's still going strong. So watch this space.

Still, at least we got through without a single Fireman Sam joke.

# Sam is the hero next door... #

Ah.

So, four couples have loved and lost,

leaving one mother and son to love and hopefully win £10,000,

as they square up against this driving pugilist.

Put 'em up.

It's been brilliant.

Erm, I didn't realise that she was going to be...so eager

and get stuck in with it so quickly.

Right, right, left, left, left, left, left.

No, straight. Left. No, stop!

Mum, you're not giving me directions!

You couldn't ask for a better mum, love her to pieces.

You look after me, don't you? We look after each other.

We do. We look after each other.

-Forward, go forward. We're stuck in cement.

-Oh!

No, stop.

I've realised that we are, really, on the same wavelength.

-We're definitely close, aren't we?

-Very.

And I think this experience has brought us even closer.

Just in the last race, it just proved to me

how much determination, how much confidence he's got in himself.

Yes, we beat them.

He's just got that grit and determination, to think,

"I'm going to achieve this and I'm going for it."

Got it. That's fine.

He used to sit in my mum and dad's lounge,

driving little cars round the carpet, in the lines.

TYRES SCREECH

We need to make up some time.

19 years later, from that little race track,

-onto a real race track against the Stig.

-I'll be in it.

It's like, I'm so proud.

Which way, which way, which way?

Left, right, left, left...right.

Go...in the middle

You can get away from the Stig.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, definitely.

Yeah. I'll do it.

And so the last round of tonight's show - the Getaway Chase.

Lee and Shirley's job couldn't be more simple -

they have to drive twice around the track as fast as they can in this,

the Getaway Car.

It drives like a dream, a very fast dream.

So drivers will do well to treat it with the respect it deserves.

On one level,

the challenge they face couldn't be more straightforward.

Each time Lee and Shirley pass under a money gate,

they bank that amount of cash.

However, just seconds after they take off,

the Stig gets a green light and starts hunting them down.

Once he's overtaken them, it's game over.

But if they get to the finish line before him,

the £10,000 jackpot is theirs.

However, the Stig has a penchant for supercars and tonight,

the motoring piece of eye candy he has chosen is the Audi R8.

With a top speed of 205mph and 0-62 in 3.2 seconds,

it is significantly quicker than the Getaway Car.

So, to make this a fair contest, the Getaway Car pit crew have

worked out that with a ten second head start, Lee and Shirley

can bank the £10,000, if they drive the Getaway Car perfectly.

So, one mother and son versus one Stig.

Let the Getaway Chase commence.

Ready.

Booof!

-He's coming out.

-Here he comes.

Don't take any notice of him, you can do it.

He looks as evil as anything.

We're going to get this.

-We've beat everybody else...

-Yeah. Forget the Stig now,

this is our race.

Right, best of luck, mate.

Do Lee and Shirley have what it takes to get away with £10,000?

Your moment to shine.

They have battled to reach this final.

Now just one fight remains.

And here we go.

Slightly cautious start and just ten seconds until the Stig is released.

So step on it, Lee.

And nothing cautious about that, the Stig is away.

But Lee and Shirley are already in the money.

Woohoo!

Come on, two grand!

Come on. Get in there.

£2,000 banked. But where is the Stig?

Can't even see him yet.

Don't speak too soon, he's coming in fast.

It doesn't look like Lee has got the pace to go all the way here.

Come on, guys!

He's behind. Oh, my God.

He's still behind, way behind.

That doesn't look way behind to me.

Can Lee at least hold on for the £6,000 gate?

Come on, Lee.

SCREAMING

LOUD CRASH

I didn't see him coming. Ah, sorry.

Are you all right?

-LAUGHING:

-Fine.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Are you all right?

LEE LAUGHS

Just take this off.

I mean, OK, so you're all right,

the most important thing is we're all OK.

-I'm fine.

-OK, so second question - what happened?

I came down to the chicane, took it wide.

Was about to come in tight and suddenly he was just there.

Oh, my God. Oh, no.

LOUD CRASH

I didn't see him coming.

I just didn't see him coming at all. I didn't look in my mirrors.

-Don't worry.

-No, I'm fine.

So, whose fault was it?

-The Stig's, obviously.

-DERMOT LAUGHS

Sorry about your car.

Yeah, thanks for that(!)

But before Lee and Shirley ran out of road -

and with only half a car's length in it,

they just passed the gate ahead of the Stig,

which means they take home £6,000.

You absolutely, 100%, have earned every single penny.

Oh, thank you so much.

-Nice one.

-Grand.

How much of it goes on the repairs?

THEY ALL LAUGH

Let's go back and see your fellow competitors, yeah?

-Yeah.

-That was great.

-The walk of shame.

The walk of shame, Shirley!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Give it up for Lee and Shirley.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Awful lot of love going on tonight.

We are back next time with more brave couples,

ready to put their driving skill and their love on the line.

Come here, you.

Next time.