0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello and welcome to Top Gear.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30On tonight's show, we've got big trucks, tiny tanks and a flying car.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That's right, you heard me, a flying car.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34But first, let's talk about McLaren, OK?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38They used to be really good at making F1 cars go really fast.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Nowadays, not so much.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Sorry, Fernando. But as Chris will explain,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46all that victory champagne they haven't been drinking
0:00:46 > 0:00:50has left them very clear-headed for thinking up supercars.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03This is the McLaren 720S.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08It costs over £200,000, which is proper supercar money.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13And you have to admit, it looks like a proper supercar, too.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16MOTOR REVS
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Sculptured...
0:01:19 > 0:01:20..theatrical,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23everything a supercar should be.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41But the first thing that hits you about the 720 is how unsupercar-y
0:01:41 > 0:01:42it feels out on the road.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45It's polite.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47It's easy to drive.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51That might sound weird because it costs 200 grand,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53so it really ought to, right?
0:01:53 > 0:01:57But most supercars aren't polite and they aren't easy to drive.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00For starters, there's the visibility.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I mean, in most supercars, you feel like you've been kidnapped
0:02:04 > 0:02:05in a particularly cramped postbox.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07But not the 720.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09In here, it's light and airy, glassy.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17And as for the ride, well, that's not very supercar-y either.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Now, traditionally, to make a supercar go round
0:02:25 > 0:02:26a track without ending up
0:02:26 > 0:02:31on its roof on fire, it had to have super stiff suspension.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37But that meant that driving it on a lumpy road like this was about
0:02:37 > 0:02:39as comfortable as, I don't know,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42mistaking your contact lens solution for chilli oil.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51But the 720S is anything but traditional.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Its cross-linked hydraulic suspension
0:02:56 > 0:02:59is the result of a five-year PhD project
0:02:59 > 0:03:01at the University of Cambridge.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Seriously, doctors of suspension.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And those doctors clearly know their stuff because driving this thing
0:03:14 > 0:03:17in its slackest mode, the ride is so good.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19It's so comfortable, so supple.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22It's like witchcraft!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Good Lord!
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Fast!
0:03:36 > 0:03:41There's more cutting-edge design in the pared back bodywork.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Those gaping headlights might look a bit Skeletor,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46but they also act as air intakes.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Likewise, the doors, which are double-skinned,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53creating hidden channels that draw cold air into the engine.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03The result is a car that is twice as aerodynamically efficient
0:04:03 > 0:04:05as the old 650S it replaces.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It's all very clever.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13But cleverness doesn't make a supercar.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16What makes a supercar is going really, really fast.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23This is Portimao.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27One of Europe's finest racetracks.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And one with a special place in my heart...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34because back when I was still living on the internet,
0:04:34 > 0:04:39I came here with the three fastest road cars ever made.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The Porsche 918 Spider.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47The LaFerrari.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And the McLaren P1.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59This, then, is the perfect place to test extreme speed.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Right, then, it's got 720 horsepower
0:05:04 > 0:05:07from a twin turbo V8, back there,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and it weighs about 1,400kg,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12which is the same as a Golf.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Should be quite rapid, then.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22That is mighty fast!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Quicker than I'd expected.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31McLaren claims 0-60 in 2.9 seconds.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Four seconds later, it's doing 120mph.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Top speed - 212!
0:05:44 > 0:05:50And the handling, well, it's flat, it's grippy, it's accurate.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55It really is very, very sharp.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Racing-car like.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It's animal. It's a proper animal.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Now, when you need a break from going really fast facing forward,
0:06:11 > 0:06:16the 720S has something called variable drift control.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20This lets you select your preferred drift angle,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and the car will take care of the rest.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28The other, less sophisticated, method is to turn all of that...
0:06:29 > 0:06:30..off.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Woohoo!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36How good is that?!
0:06:39 > 0:06:41HE CHUCKLES
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I have to say, I've driven some pretty serious machinery
0:06:50 > 0:06:54around this track, and this thing feels about as quick as any of them.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Which is why I've invited along a special guest.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10You see, a few years ago when I got those three cars together,
0:07:10 > 0:07:16it was that one that went fastest of all. The McLaren P1.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20£800,000.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23900 horsepower.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28And quicker around this track than the LaFerrari and the 918 Spider.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33So, the question is, just how close can the 720S get
0:07:33 > 0:07:36to its big brother,
0:07:36 > 0:07:37the reigning champion?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Well, to find out,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42obviously I need to lap the P1 again.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I'm selfless like that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47So, same conditions for both cars,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49one flying lap, here goes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I'm all ends up. That's all the braking I've got.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Can I get it through?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Good Lord!
0:08:05 > 0:08:10So much flatter and stiffer after the 720.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It's got power. It's completely addictive.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23You can't believe that the new car can get anywhere near to it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Whoa-ho-ho!
0:08:26 > 0:08:31It's slammed onto the deck, 200 horsepower more than the 720S,
0:08:31 > 0:08:32it's got everything more.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Just so violent.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Pin your ears back and feel that 900 horsepower!
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Oh!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It doesn't get much better than that for me.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK, the time for the P1
0:09:03 > 0:09:07was 1:54.07.
0:09:07 > 0:09:101:54.07.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12OK, so,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I think that is a good time,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and I struggle to see
0:09:16 > 0:09:19how the 720 can get anywhere near it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25So, 1:54.07.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I mean, that's mighty fast around here.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Yes, hyper-car fast.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Make no mistake, to even get within sight of the P1,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40the 720S has its work cut out.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I mean, it does feel faintly ridiculous to even think
0:09:47 > 0:09:50that this relatively normal series production car
0:09:50 > 0:09:52can get anywhere near it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56All right, let's start to push.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Brake hard into turn one.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Don't overcook it.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Get on the gas early, use all the kerb.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Get out of the corner.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Full power.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20The P1 bludgeons it down the straights.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25But this is closer than I expected.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30God, that's lairy.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33This is crucial now.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I'm flat now. I'm flat now. It feels wrong to be flat there.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Over the line.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43You can do it. You can do it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46There we go. Right, let's have a look.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47What's it done?
0:10:50 > 0:10:55So, the P1 did 1:54.07.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56I know it monsters this in a straight line,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58but this feels so good.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03So, can I have the lap time, please?
0:11:03 > 0:11:09The 720 did it in a 1:55.20.
0:11:09 > 0:11:141:55.20, so half a second off.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17So, it was half a second slower.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18That's remarkable!
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Do half a second on your stopwatch.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Get your watch and go bang, bang,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24and look at how long half a second is.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Remember, the P1 is £600,000 more expensive than this car.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Imagine going to the bank manager and saying, "Can I borrow 600 grand,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36"please, so I can go half a second quicker?"
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I think I'd just save the cash.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The 720S is the next stage of supercar evolution,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55a step forward so great that it's difficult to make sense of
0:11:55 > 0:11:57in conventional terms.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Now, in the world of computers,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05there's something called Moore's law which observes that every two years,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08the power of a microchip doubles.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Moore's law is why your new smartphone
0:12:10 > 0:12:13is so much better than your last one.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18And the 720S, well, it's Moore's law for fast.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Now, I know £200,000 is an awful lot of money.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27But look at it another way -
0:12:27 > 0:12:32in just four years, the cost of going McLaren P1 fast has quartered.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38That makes this 720S a complete bargain.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43A brilliant British bargain.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04- Well done.- What a car.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Incredible stuff. Incredible stuff.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Decent driving as well.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'm sorry? Earlier, you said it was great driving.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Well, I don't want to give you too much of a big head.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Listen, this film raises a couple of big issues,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21so we should start with the biggest. This.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24What's going on here? You've got race gloves.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25- Mm-hm.- Race helmet.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Mm-hm.- T-shirt.- It was hot.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- It was hot?- It was hot. - I'm thinking safety.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32If you have a big fiery crash,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35your hands will be fine, but your arms will melt.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37We'll have to attach your hands to your helmet.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Can we just get back to the point of the film, please, Rory?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Yeah, which was that the more powerful,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44more expensive car was faster than the cheaper, less powerful car.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Ground-breaking.- Come on.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It was only a tiny bit slower.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It really is stupidly quick.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54OK, I've worked it out - at this rate of progress, OK,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57in two years' time, a car this fast will be 100 grand.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00OK? Four years after that, 25 grand.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Mm-hm.- In a decade,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06you'll be able to go McLaren P1 fast for about five grand.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08It's basic maths, Rory.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- I like that maths.- Now,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13this is normally the bit where we'd hand over the 720S to the Stig
0:14:13 > 0:14:15to find out how fast it goes around our test track.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18But it's just too cold out there today to get any temperature
0:14:18 > 0:14:20into those tyres, and we want
0:14:20 > 0:14:22to give McLaren a fair crack of the whip,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24so we're going to invite it back later in the year,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and we'll also get the Ferrari FXX-K from last year
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and maybe the Bugatti Chiron, too.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Watch this space.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Now, for some cars that don't care about the weather, off-roaders,
0:14:35 > 0:14:36and I don't mean this...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I don't even know what this is.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42No, I'm talking nimble stuff to get you deep into the wilderness,
0:14:42 > 0:14:46way off the beaten path deep, bugs in your teeth,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49never recover the bodies deep, like, deep, OK?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52There's a whole world of off-road toys out there,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54so I've rounded up some of the best
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and headed to the woods in America for a little camping trip.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Welcome to backcountry.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21If you're going to do a job, do it right,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23and this is how you do camping.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The Ford F-650 super truck.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Six tonnes and 28ft of go-anywhere vehicle,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35plus 28ft of trailer full of go-anywhere vehicles.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I've got everything I need for a little weekend in the woods.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45There's just one small...
0:15:45 > 0:15:46..bald thing left to pack.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Look at that, that's cool.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I've got a whistle on my clip.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56HE WHISTLES
0:15:56 > 0:15:57And there he is.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59KLAXON BLARES
0:15:59 > 0:16:01You're kidding me.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I shouldn't have expected anything less, should I, really?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06There you are.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07What is that?!
0:16:07 > 0:16:11This is the Ford F-650 super truck.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I'm speechless. It's massive.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15What's in the trailer?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Well, that's a surprise.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19A couple of goodies for us.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Come on, hop in.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Oh, look at the step!
0:16:25 > 0:16:26What's this? What is all that?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28That's my camping equipment.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31This is... Look how high it is off the ground!
0:16:31 > 0:16:32It's great, isn't it?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- What a vehicle.- Is it nice, or what?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- What's it got for a motor? Come on.- Oh, a big one.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It's got a caterpillar C-7.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47330 horse, 850 lb-ft of torque.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49How much money for this?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51About £175,000.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- What?!- Yeah.- 175 grand?!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Yeah. Guess how much fuel it holds.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- I've no idea.- 800 litres.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01So, it's over a grand to fill up in the UK.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Wow.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05But we weren't in the UK.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06We were in the US...
0:17:08 > 0:17:11..heading towards the vast mountainous wilderness
0:17:11 > 0:17:13of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18By the way, what are you wearing?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20My outdoor clothing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22We're in Northern California.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27It gets cold at night. Snakes, poison oak, they've got bear,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29black bear, brown bear.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33OK. Are there any known cases of human beings defending themselves
0:17:33 > 0:17:38against grizzly bear attacks using one of Swiss army's smaller knives?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41That will serve you best if you use it to slit
0:17:41 > 0:17:43your own throat before the bear gets to you.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51This felt like a good opportunity to tell Chris that, to help us test our
0:17:51 > 0:17:55off-road toys, I had planned an exciting little project.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Now, in these woods is something very special,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and we are going to go and find it.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07You and I are going to go and find Bigfoot.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- HE LAUGHS Yeah!- No, what?!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14You and I are going to go find Bigfoot.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16We're going to go and find something that doesn't exist?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19No, no, no, no, he exists.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21What do you mean, he exists?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25He exists. This is where that Patterson film was shot,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27that original footage that you see, you know,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29when he's looking back over his shoulder. That was around here.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Oh, the grainy footage of the bloke dressed as a gorilla?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35No, no, OK, first... OK, he's not a gorilla.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40He's an ape-like, humanlike beast that lives in these woods.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42You've brought me here under false pretences.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- We're going camping.- Yes.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46And we're going to test these off-road toys,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and we're going to test these off-road toys in the process
0:18:49 > 0:18:52of looking - and finding - Bigfoot.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54You've lost it, mate.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55I haven't lost it at all.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Go ahead, ask somebody.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02So, as we arrived in the sprawling metropolis of...Hayfork,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04that's exactly what I did.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I've been brought here to look for something called Bigfoot.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11I can't hear you. What?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Do you believe in Bigfoot?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Yeah.- You believe in Bigfoot?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Yeah.- Find another one.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22OK, she looks less mad.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Excuse me, madam. Bigfoot, have you ever seen a Bigfoot?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28No, I've never seen him, but I know he's out there.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30You know he's out... You KNOW he's out there?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Oh, yes, he's out there. - Thank you, and have a nice day.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Thank you!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40He's brought me here to find Bigfoot.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42That's a possibility.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- I'm sorry?- The last time I've seen a footprint was back in '96,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49but, you know, it doesn't mean he's not still here.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52So, you believe that there's something out there.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Has to be. Where else would the footprint come from?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01How can you say he's not out there?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I can't say for sure what's out there,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and I can't say for sure what's not out there.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- But that doesn't...- OK, period, full-stop.- But that doesn't support
0:20:12 > 0:20:15your belief that there's an 8ft gorilla out there.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20He's not a... He's not a gorilla.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25OK? Can we please stop referring to him as a gorilla?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26This is madness.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Look at that view.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Come on! Now, you look over there in those woods.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42They just go on and on and on.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Look how dense it is.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48There could be something hiding, you'd never know it was there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51There's parts of this forest where man has not been.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- I mean, there's no... - I know what you're going to say.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- What?- But just because it's a large area doesn't mean that that could
0:21:03 > 0:21:07support an entire population of 8ft gorillas.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09ANGRY: They're not gorillas!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Many slightly frosty miles later, we arrived at our destination.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Unsure of what lay ahead of us and what, if anything,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24might be hiding in the woods we decided to set up camp,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27which in my case was the work of a moment.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Look at that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34What is that?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36That is my self-erecting tent.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That is genius British engineering there.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- You know there's mountain lions out here?- Yeah?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47So, in that, you're basically a human burrito, OK?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49You think about that. Here,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I got you some clothes and some books on Bigfoot,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53so you can brush up on your knowledge, huh?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- We're going to find him. - Books on Bigfoot?- Yeah.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Oh, for crying out loud.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What absolute rubbish.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Now, this is absolute rubbish!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Here we go. Matt will find this irritating.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It has actually got a strand that links it to the gorilla.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Also the lemur, an animal only found on Madagascar,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24which has never been in contact with this continent.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Oh, it's just rubbish. Absolute rubbish.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35But sadly, not quite as rubbish as the clothes Matt had found for me.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37What have you done with these trousers?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- How do they fit? Good? - No, they fit terribly.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Oh. Did you grow?- What's that?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46That?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- That's your Bigfoot Patrol patch. - Why don't you have one?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Well, because I'm the sheriff,
0:22:50 > 0:22:51you're the deputy. You wear the patch.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Oh, my God.- Where are you going? Where are you going?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Sensing a slight lack of motivation in Chris,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05it was time to inject some enthusiasm and open up the toy box.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Huh?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27THEY LAUGH
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Total arsehole!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37What is that?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38It's called the SHERP.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39It comes from Russia.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44It was designed for workers in their gear to access inaccessible terrain.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Huh? Which is perfect for us because now it will take us and our gear out
0:23:48 > 0:23:50to where Bigfoot is.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It's like a Tonka toy with 747 wheels on it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- It's awesome.- Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's great.- How do I get in?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Right here.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59- Really?- Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01- Watch your head.- Oh, yes.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Huh?- Look at this.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04How great is that?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Costs about £90,000, and I know that sounds like a lot
0:24:08 > 0:24:11for an off-road toy, but you do get a lot of...
0:24:11 > 0:24:12..what, tyre for your money.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Is the steering wheel extra?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yeah, no steering wheel. It's like a skid steer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19You steer it with these. Right brake brakes the right wheels,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21left brake brakes the left wheels.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Right, come on, let's go.- All right.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- Not the tent!- INNOCENTLY: What?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Eager to do some exploring, we headed deeper into the woods.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Yes, baby!
0:24:45 > 0:24:50And honed from over 20 years' experience on the Siberian tundra,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52the SHERP is the perfect vehicle for the job.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Robust, reliable,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58with a reassuringly Russian attitude to comfort.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01What's the suspension?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Well, there really isn't a suspension.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Suspension is basically the sidewall of the tyre.
0:25:09 > 0:25:1044 horsepower.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1244 horsepower?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- Yeah.- Dude, I've got a Peugeot hatchback with more power than that!
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Yeah, but can your Peugeot hatchback do this?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19CHRIS LAUGHS
0:25:23 > 0:25:25That is impressive.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- That's pretty cool. - That's impressive.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32True to its promise, the SHERP had taken us a very long way off-road.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37But just when I thought we were back to making a motoring show...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39OK, this is a good spot here.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Good spot for what?- I'm going to hang up some meat,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45set some traps, huh?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I'm sorry?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Hold that.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Doughnuts? What's that? - Hold this.- What is that?- Hold it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00It's meat. Where's your knife?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05These two trees right here, does that look good?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09I was there when Matt LeBlanc finally lost his mind.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11No.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12What are you...?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Seriously?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16You know what this is?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18This is a trail camera.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19It's got a motion sensor in it.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23When Bigfoot walks by, takes a bite of meat, we get a picture,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26we buy an island, we retire.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28You know, people say, "I'm going to look for him here,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30"I'm going to look for him there,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33but we're looking for him right where he's going to be.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38On the subject of meat, hunters - this country's full of people
0:26:38 > 0:26:40with guns and stuff that go and shoot stuff.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Yeah.- Why has no-one ever shot a Bigfoot?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- They've shot a grizzly bear, haven't they?- Yeah.- And a black bear.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46You know, that's a good question.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47I think, and this is just my opinion,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I think it's because, let's say you're out hunting
0:26:49 > 0:26:52and you see a Bigfoot, and many hunters have seen a Bigfoot
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and there's stories those guys will tell where they see him,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56they've got their finger on the trigger,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59they've got them in the sights, and they just...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Cos it has this man-like quality...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04..they can't pull the trigger.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Also, could be that you don't believe it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Is it a guy in a suit?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I don't know. Is it a hoax?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I don't know. Pull the trigger, you shoot a guy in a suit.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16You shoot a guy in a suit, you're in trouble.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18That's murder. Nobody wants to be a murderer.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20And do you really want to be the one that shot Bigfoot?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I want to be the one that has a beer with Bigfoot.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Increasingly worried where this was all heading, I needed a distraction.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Oh, it just goes anywhere.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Here, look at this rock. Go right over it.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37One wheel or two wheels up it?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I think one wheel up, one wheel off.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- OK.- If you don't hear that big bang, we're good.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44BANG!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54You know the unstoppable SHERP?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Yeah.- I think I just stopped it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Fortunately, it's a lot lighter than it looks.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03MATT CHUCKLES
0:28:03 > 0:28:06So, if you've got an angry half-Italian with you,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08it'll go anywhere!
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Just as I thought we'd found some common ground in the intrepid SHERP,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16though, the voices in Matt's head piped up AGAIN.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18All right, shut her down.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21What have you got in there?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25All right, I've got pheromones and another trail camera.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Pheromones?- Yeah.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Pheromones. Bigfoot is going to get a whiff of this,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32and he - or she - is going to say,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34"What is that amazing smell?"
0:28:34 > 0:28:36And come running to the party.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Come on, here, spread a little of that around.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Enter my territory?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Yeah.- For real?- That's for real.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50OK, now I'll set the camera, huh, comes running in,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54he's all excited, and we got him.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Come on, let's go. I'm still driving because this thing is so cool.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Yeah, but you haven't seen the SHERP's coolest trick yet.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- What?- You know what that is?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- What is it?- It drifts. - No, it doesn't.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Yes, it does.- With 44 horsepower, no, it doesn't.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09It drifts, I'm telling you.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15See, drifting.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20It's not quite what I had in mind, but very cool.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Have you seen him yet? - No, not yet.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Have you seen him yet?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33No, I haven't seen him yet.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36When I see him, believe me, you'll be the first to know.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37OK.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46- What about now?- Shut up!
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I've had enough of this. This is just ridiculous.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54What exactly are you going to do if you spot a Bigfoot?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56And it's a massive if.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00When we see him, you're going to gun it full speed at the bank
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- and I'm going to get the rope. - Gun it?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05What's the maximum speed of the SHERP?
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- In the water?- Yeah. - I don't really know.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Let's open it up and find out.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15And immediately...there was a problem.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19This is full speed?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I think we're going to need something much faster.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26OK. Back to camp?
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Yeah.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29So, we headed for dry land.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- I love this moment. - This is the good bit.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33And back at Bigfoot HQ...
0:30:35 > 0:30:38..we ditched the SHERP and Matt revealed the next phase
0:30:38 > 0:30:40of Operation Find An Imaginary Creature.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Ooh.- Ooh.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Huh?- Now, they are cool.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50OK, phase two, motocross bikes,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53but not just your normal motocross bikes,
0:30:53 > 0:30:54these are Alta Redshifts.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56These are awesome. I've heard about these.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Yeah, they're supposed to be great, and they're pure electric,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00so they're quiet, stealthy,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02just what we need for sneaking up on Bigfoot, huh?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Now, which one do you want, the white or the yellow?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- I'd really like...- You take the white one, that's a good choice.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09All right, now, we've done the Bigfoot groundwork.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Now we need to get up to higher ground.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- Why?- Do you want to ride the bikes, yes or no?
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20So, now Matt wanted us to climb the nearest mountain.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Still, could be worse.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28This is so much fun!
0:31:31 > 0:31:33And it's so fast!
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Whoa-ho-ho!
0:31:36 > 0:31:39With backing from some of Tesla's guys who, let's face it,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42know a thing or two about making electric stuff go fast,
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Alta has been quietly taking the motocross world by storm.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Normally, I just hate the fact that there's no petrol engine,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51but in this I just don't miss it.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I don't either, I've got to be honest.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59And if you're a total novice like me, you don't have to use the gears.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Yeah, there's no clutch, no nothing.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Super, super smooth.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04I love it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09But the cutting edge of two-wheeled off-roading...
0:32:11 > 0:32:13That's outrageous!
0:32:13 > 0:32:15..does come at a premium.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19It's a little pricey for a dirt bike.
0:32:19 > 0:32:2012 grand.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23For the technology, 12 grand seems like good value.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Without a doubt, this is the most impressive thing I've been on or in
0:32:30 > 0:32:31that has an electric motor.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32It's magnificent.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35And it's so quiet.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Oh, what a thing!
0:32:46 > 0:32:48What a way to save the planet.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52This is definitely the future.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I'm blown away at the performance, I've got to say.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58But then...
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Whoa, stop, stop, stop, stop!
0:33:01 > 0:33:02..from the sublime to...
0:33:02 > 0:33:04That could be Bigfoot poop.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Oh, come on!
0:33:05 > 0:33:08I'm telling you, totally could be.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09He's walking along here.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10It's got all kinds of nuts.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It looks like human food in it.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Don't see any doughnut.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Oh, really?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21MATT SNIFFS
0:33:22 > 0:33:23- It smells like- BLEEP.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26CHRIS LAUGHS
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Can we just get to the top of wherever we're going, please?
0:33:29 > 0:33:34All right. All right, I'll tell you what, hotshot, I'll race you.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38First one to the top wins.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39- Ready?- Yeah.- Go!
0:33:42 > 0:33:46The race was on, but straight away...I had a problem.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Matt.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51He really is a bit handy at this whole biking thing.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Stop hitting me with rocks!
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- Sorry.- I'm nothing like as good as him.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58But I've got two things on my side.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00One, sanity.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Two, guile.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06I can feel a short cut coming on here.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08But the trouble with short cuts is...
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Where do we go here?
0:34:10 > 0:34:11..there's usually a good reason
0:34:11 > 0:34:13why they aren't just called "the way".
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Oh, this is a nightmare.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Where is he?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Where is he? Where is he?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27There he is!
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Where did he come from?
0:34:31 > 0:34:32I've got to stay ahead of him.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36I've got to stay ahead of him. I can't hear him.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37I'm right behind you!
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Right, I've just got to stay in front of him for as long
0:34:40 > 0:34:42as possible, haven't I?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Oh, he's not looking where he's going!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Oh, I've gone wide here!
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Oh! Through, on the back wheel as well!
0:34:52 > 0:34:58- I got him! I got him! - You cheeky sod!
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Oh, the dust isn't good.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Now I can't see anything.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!- I see the top.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Where's he gone?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Where do you... Oh, it's up here.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Please have fallen off. Please have fallen off.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20No, he's not fallen off.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Hey!
0:35:24 > 0:35:25- Oh!- Excellent!
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- With a pro dismount at the top!- Yes!
0:35:31 > 0:35:35We'd made it to the top of the mountain.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39And as the sun set on our first day in the forest, there was just one
0:35:39 > 0:35:41important job left to do.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Yes, we were going to talk to Bigfoot.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50HE HOLLERS
0:35:59 > 0:36:00OK, you have a go.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- I'm sorry?- Give it a try.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- Really?- Yeah.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10HE HOLLERS
0:36:15 > 0:36:16Nice.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22There sure are a lot of places for Bigfoot to hide out there.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34What would you do if you saw a Bigfoot?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Well, I guess it depends what kind of mood he was in.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- He's angry.- Well, I guess I'd run like hell.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Yeah, but it says here, in your Bigfoot field guide,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48that you have no chance whatsoever
0:36:48 > 0:36:51of outrunning an adult male Bigfoot.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Who said I had to outrun Bigfoot?
0:36:55 > 0:36:56I only have to outrun you.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Oh, dear.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19And we'll pick up that utter insanity later in the show.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24Oh, OK. Now it is time to put a star in our reasonably fast car.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25He's an award-winning comedian,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27he's the star of Not Going Out
0:37:27 > 0:37:32and he holds two Guinness World Records...for darts.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lee Mack.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Hello. How are you? - Hello.- Have a seat.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53- All right. Welcome. Welcome. - I agree with you, by the way.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I think Bigfoot does exist.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- Good.- It's America, isn't it? Anything can happen in America.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00I wouldn't be surprised if he's your next President.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03LAUGHTER All right. All right. All right.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06So, it's your first time here, right?
0:38:06 > 0:38:07First time, yeah.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10And you went out on the track with Chris for a little training.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- How did that go? - That was pretty scary.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Yeah?- I don't know about you, but I find it quite nerve-racking
0:38:15 > 0:38:18if you're driving when someone grabs the steering wheel.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- He had to grab the wheel? - He had to grab the wheel.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- I hope that's what he was aiming for.- Where were you going?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24LAUGHTER
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Because it was hard enough concentrating without that,
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- do you know what I mean? - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32But I did look tense, to be fair.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Yeah. Let's take a look.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- Lee Mack.- Hi.- Great to have you at the Top Gear track.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- It's great. - In our reasonably fast car.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Here we go.- Go. Remember the hand position.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- Mirror, signal, indicate. - Hand position.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Oh, it's all right, I've got a spare clutch.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Right, let's go. Look at this.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Remember that hand position. Quarter to three.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Bollocks to the hand position. - That was fifth gear.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- I've gone to third too early, have I?- You've gone to fifth.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58- Second to fifth.- What do I do now?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- You're going to go up to the 100m board.- Am I in the right gear?- No,
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- totally the wrong gear.- I don't mean the jeans and the shirt.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Keep going round to the 100, follow round to the 50,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07at the arrow we're taking a left.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Do I need to worry about brakes at this stage?
0:39:09 > 0:39:10- No.- Go sharp left now. - Arrow, taking left.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Fourth gear.- There's a man in the middle of the road!
0:39:13 > 0:39:14- Oh, it's a cameraman. - Left, fourth gear.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Around there. Left here. Between the tyres.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- I'm getting into this. - Round to the right afterwards.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- What do you mean?- Don't hit the tyres. Don't hit the tyres!
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Over to the right-hand side.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Did you pass your driving test first time?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I passed my driving test the second time.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I took it in Wales because I was working in Wales.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I got the sack, went back to London, thought, "I've put it in now,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33"I might as well go back." "What did I get the sack for?" I hear you ask.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- What?- I was a holiday camp entertainer at a caravan site.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- To the left.- And I did something I shouldn't have done!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- Oh!- I can't tell you in the car!
0:39:41 > 0:39:44All you have to know is, I was so angry, I put a fish behind the sofa
0:39:44 > 0:39:46so the next people coming would smell it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47I talk a lot when I'm nervous.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Over here.- What the frick are you doing with my hand?
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- There, go, tyres, grass. That's it.- That cannot be allowed.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I had to intervene. Over there.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- What?- This is chaos. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Anyone want a lift? I've stalled it.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15That felt when I was in the car like I was going like a rocket, but that
0:40:15 > 0:40:17hardly looked like I was moving.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Sometimes when it looks slow, it's really fast.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23I don't think that's one of those times.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27All right, now, there is another thing we need to talk about
0:40:27 > 0:40:30because what did you put in Room 101 a few years ago?
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Top Gear.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Well, thanks for stopping by.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- No, come on, what happened? - It was a mistake.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I actually meant to put in Friends.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46That would have made more sense.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47I handed them the wrong tape.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- They put it in the wrong thing. - Sometimes that happens.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Right, I pointed out on the show
0:40:52 > 0:40:55that it wasn't Top Gear that I was putting in.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I might not be good at driving, but I'm good at reversing
0:40:57 > 0:40:59into cul-de-sacs, watch this.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I put in the ridiculous interest people have in cars.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05I like cars but for different reasons, perhaps, than these -
0:41:05 > 0:41:07let's call them lunatics.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Like, I like service stations.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I like a nice travel rug.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11I like a nodding dog.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13What I don't want to see is speed.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's not fast and furious, it's sort of slow and indifferent.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18You're all looking at me... I feel like I'm in a zombie film.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Everyone's just staring at me, about to get me.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- Yeah.- I like other things connected with cars.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25But don't you own a classic car?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I do own a classic car, yeah.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29What is it?
0:41:29 > 0:41:31It's a Triumph TR4A, which is unusual to say that
0:41:31 > 0:41:33after saying you're not that interested in cars.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- There it is.- Do you still drive it?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I still drive... Well, I did until 48 hours ago
0:41:38 > 0:41:41because we moved house, and on the day we moved house,
0:41:41 > 0:41:43it went up in flames.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44For insurance reasons?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- What are you suggesting? - I don't know.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I'm nervous enough being on this show anyway because I told
0:41:51 > 0:41:53the insurance people I was a postman.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55What do you mean, it went up in flames?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- What happened?- Well, I was moving it and I hadn't driven it
0:41:58 > 0:41:59for a few weeks, and I was thinking,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03"Why isn't it starting, and why am I smelling fire?"
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Those two things were connected, I found out.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- Yeah?- The engine was on fire, but I didn't realise,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11so I popped the bonnet. Pop! Like that.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- But it doesn't come up, does it? It goes... Pop!- Ah.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I had to get my fingers underneath it. It was boiling hot!
0:42:16 > 0:42:17I was trying to find the... Ah, ah!
0:42:17 > 0:42:21I eventually got it open and then me and my son, we'd packed everything,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25we were moving. So, an empty pint bottle, milk bottle, in, fill it up,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28run out... In and out...
0:42:28 > 0:42:31It took a good few minutes before we managed to put that fire out.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- Damage?- Well, he burned his hand but, you know, what the hell?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36LAUGHTER
0:42:36 > 0:42:39All right, there's a new series of Not Going Out, yeah?
0:42:39 > 0:42:42There is a new series. Thursday nights, nine o'clock.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45And in fact, I'm already writing the one for the new series
0:42:45 > 0:42:47next year, and genuinely true...
0:42:48 > 0:42:51This probably isn't the time or place,
0:42:51 > 0:42:53but I have written an episode where...
0:42:54 > 0:42:57..a good-looking American man
0:42:57 > 0:42:58moves in next door
0:42:58 > 0:43:01and my wife takes a shine to him.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And I was wondering...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08..if you've got David Schwimmer's number.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I was wondering if you would like to...
0:43:15 > 0:43:18I mean, obviously we wouldn't hold you to it, but it would be a sort of
0:43:18 > 0:43:22verbal contract - whether you would come and do the show.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25What do you think? I'm not asking Chris, no disrespect.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27- Yeah.- I haven't got a lazy eye.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I'm aiming this at you, Matt LeBlanc.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31You're seriously asking me to come and do your show?
0:43:31 > 0:43:34I'm asking you to do one episode of my sitcom Not Going Out to be filmed
0:43:34 > 0:43:36any time between 1st of December, mid-February.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I mean, we don't have to get into the admin now, but I have brought a
0:43:38 > 0:43:41contract if you'd like to sign it.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42- OK.- Yes!
0:43:42 > 0:43:43He's in!
0:43:48 > 0:43:52And by the end of the episode, we prove the existence of Bigfoot.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53- I'm in.- Right, there you go.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55I am in. All right, shall we see a clip of Not Going Out?
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- Please do, yeah.- All right, let's show the clip.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00- Bridge!- Mum, he's trying to annoy me.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03That's because all men are hideous!
0:44:03 > 0:44:04- Bridge!- Stop it, Charlie.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06It's not bridge!
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Can we all stop shouting, please?
0:44:07 > 0:44:09- Bridge!- She just said it's not bridge!
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I feel sick!
0:44:11 > 0:44:13- But, Daddy... - Yes, Charlie, what is it?
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Bridge!
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Well, that, you see,
0:44:26 > 0:44:29that is the reality of cars, isn't it? That's the reality.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32When you've got three kids, I don't care what the suspension's like.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34The kids being in the car overpowers everything about cars.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- Yeah.- Yeah, but if you give them a comfortable car with great
0:44:37 > 0:44:39suspension, they give you less pain.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41You haven't met my kids, have you?
0:44:41 > 0:44:43All right, I think we should get down to business.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44OK, I'm nervous about this.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Time to see your lap. How do you think you did?
0:44:47 > 0:44:49I reckon I'm in the top two.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51- Top two?- Yeah, of all time.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Judging by that training video, I would say...
0:44:54 > 0:44:56..that's a stretch.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Let's have a look and see.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04OK, good off the line, but then a bit of a stumble there.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Right, just remember, if you go fast,
0:45:06 > 0:45:08girls find you more attractive.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10That's not true.
0:45:11 > 0:45:16OK, following round now, cheeky line, you cut the corner a bit.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17You're running wide.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Whoa! I've lost control of the mother chuffer!
0:45:20 > 0:45:22I'm back in control. Everyone, calm down.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Oh, you beast!
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Get in there! Right, go, go, go!
0:45:29 > 0:45:30Round Chicago.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Quite wide.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34And you appear to be in about eighth gear.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Go up here now, just keep accelerating, sunshine.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Don't worry about your health and safety.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46Hammerhead. I'd say, steady and safe.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50It's all right, for you, isn't it, LeBlanc,
0:45:50 > 0:45:51with your feet up in the studio?
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I'd get out of the way if I was you, mate!
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Oh! I could do with a drinks break.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Oh, my God!
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Second to last, the trickiest corner, for me.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Why isn't there any road signs in this place?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16And over the line in a controlled manner.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23I'd like to change my statement
0:46:23 > 0:46:25and say that there are some very sensible girls out there
0:46:25 > 0:46:26that now find me attractive.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- That was sensible driving, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Some of the racing greats
0:46:29 > 0:46:32have always looked slow, but they were going fast. Alain Prost.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36They made it look easy, and maybe, just maybe, you're in that camp.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41Yeah, I don't think I've ever been patronised as much as that moment.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Leaderboard, what do you think?
0:46:43 > 0:46:45If you had to make a prediction, where would you be?
0:46:45 > 0:46:48I'm going to say it starts with a one, yeah?
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Tell me, yeah, that's all I want to hear.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53- It starts with a one.- Come on! - AUDIENCE:- Yeah!
0:46:53 > 0:46:55- All right, you did it... - I'm going 1...
0:46:55 > 0:46:57..49.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Am I way off?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01You can't just make up your own time.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Let's put me down for a 1:49. Ladies and gentlemen,
0:47:04 > 0:47:07you've been a lovely audience, see you next week on Top Gear.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12- I love it.- 1:49.
0:47:12 > 0:47:13- What is it?- It's so funny.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16This is like my favourite part, to hold this and watch people squirm.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18- You are evil, aren't you? - Yeah, I really am.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23- Yeah.- All right, Lee Mack, you did it in a 1:55...
0:47:23 > 0:47:24What?!
0:47:24 > 0:47:26- Behind...- Can I finish?
0:47:27 > 0:47:31In a 1:55.2.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- That puts you...right there.- Wow.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Wow.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- But you had fun.- I had fun.- You had fun. That's all that matters.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48It's relegation zone, but that's all right.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Ladies and gentlemen, Lee Mack.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Now, let's talk city cars.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03There are loads of them out there, but they all pretty much look
0:48:03 > 0:48:05the same and cost pretty much the same.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07So, how do you choose which one you should buy?
0:48:07 > 0:48:100-60? Not important, you're in a city.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Top speed? Not important, you're in a city.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16But I have a foolproof method to decide which city car to buy,
0:48:16 > 0:48:20and earlier today I headed out on to our track to demonstrate.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24There's only one thing that matters in a city car.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Reverse parking.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29So, we're going to have a reversing race.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31One lap of the Top Gear short track.
0:48:31 > 0:48:36Hammerhead, the follow-through, and Chicago...backwards.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38With windows completely blacked out,
0:48:38 > 0:48:41we'll been navigating by rear-view camera alone.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46I'll be in the Suzuki Swift, and driving the Ford Fiesta, Mr Happy.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Well, this is absolute madness.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54I mean, he's had bad ideas in the past, and dangerous ideas.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55But this combines both.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Are you ready? This is going to be great.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01This is going to be anything but great.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04- Three, two, one... - What the...?- Reverse!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10No, no, no, no, no!
0:49:10 > 0:49:11Oh!
0:49:11 > 0:49:13No! Completely lost it.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16I don't know where I am. I have no idea where I am.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Oh, it's going a bit quicker than I thought!
0:49:18 > 0:49:19HE LAUGHS
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Oh, my God.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Hunt him down. Here we go. Oh!
0:49:24 > 0:49:26- Bollocks.- Oh,- BLEEP- hell.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Sorry! No, no, no, no, no!
0:49:30 > 0:49:32Oh! Oh! No!
0:49:32 > 0:49:36I can't tell you how fast 37 feels going backwards!
0:49:36 > 0:49:38- Holy- BLEEP!
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Whoops.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45Here we go. Here we go. Now, I don't actually know where I am.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46I was using him as a guide.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Is this right?
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I reckon the finish line is about there.
0:49:53 > 0:49:54Yes! Rory Reid, nailed.
0:49:57 > 0:49:58Have I won?
0:49:59 > 0:50:02- I won, right?- No.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04- Who won?- No, you came second.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Oh. What have we learned?
0:50:06 > 0:50:09We've learned that if you want to have a backwards race in a car
0:50:09 > 0:50:11that you can't see out of the front of,
0:50:11 > 0:50:13the Fiesta's the superior vehicle.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14- I'm going to agree with that.- Yeah.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17And if you want a car with a reversing camera
0:50:17 > 0:50:21that's basically the quality of a pirate VHS, then, yeah,
0:50:21 > 0:50:23- go for the Swift.- Right, let's go.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24- I feel a bit sick. - I'm not surprised.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- I'm going to walk. - That's a good point.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29I can't see out of it. Let's leave it there. I'll walk too.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36OK, now, earlier on, we were in the California woods
0:50:36 > 0:50:41- with a whole bunch of off-road toys. - And an invisible gorilla.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Why do you have to be like that? We agreed not to use the G word.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Let's just get back to the film,
0:50:48 > 0:50:50where the hunt was about to get a lot more serious.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53You're an asshole.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55LAUGHTER
0:50:58 > 0:50:59Daybreak in the wilderness.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Predictably enough, our bait traps lay undisturbed.
0:51:05 > 0:51:10Nevertheless, I had woken early, wondering what new madness Matt had
0:51:10 > 0:51:12planned in his hunt for Bigfoot.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17OK, the story so far.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20No sleep at all last night cos the bugs are really,
0:51:20 > 0:51:21really big and angry.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24As for the noises, there's some terrible noises out in the woods.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26I mean, I don't believe in the Bigfoot thing,
0:51:26 > 0:51:28but big, loud, angry noises.
0:51:35 > 0:51:36- Don't forget to floss.- Jesus!
0:51:38 > 0:51:42- How long have you been there? - A long time.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43What are you doing?!
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Getting serious about finding Bigfoot.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47You've lost your mind!
0:51:47 > 0:51:49ALARM BLARES
0:51:49 > 0:51:51It's on.
0:51:51 > 0:51:52Time to bring out the big guns.
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Come on.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Showtime. You wait there.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Something had triggered my bait traps.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02And if it was what I thought it was,
0:52:02 > 0:52:04I had just the tools to track it down.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Oh, yeah.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11For me.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Cool, right? That thing's awesome.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14Look at the suspension on it!
0:52:16 > 0:52:17What has he got for me?
0:52:18 > 0:52:20How big is that trailer?!
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- And who's that guy? - Come on, let's go.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25No, no, no, no, no. Wait there. Who's this guy here?
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- Has he been in there the whole time? - Yeah, yeah, he's very patient.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30That's Stuart, he's your pilot.
0:52:30 > 0:52:31You're going to be my eyes in the sky.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Why does an ATV need a pilot, Matt?
0:52:33 > 0:52:36- It flies.- It flies?
0:52:36 > 0:52:37- Yeah.- I hate flying.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38I know. Come on, let's go.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41You find some open ground and big Stu will take care of the rest.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Go, go, go, go. Go!
0:53:01 > 0:53:06This is the Can-Am X3 XRS Turbo R.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11This is the fastest, most extreme ATV you can buy right now.
0:53:13 > 0:53:170-60 in under five seconds, on the dirt.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Flat-out, it'll do about 90mph.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22It's quick!
0:53:24 > 0:53:27At 20 grand, the Maverick isn't exactly cheap.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30But, trust me,
0:53:30 > 0:53:32you'll be having way too much fun to care.
0:53:34 > 0:53:35I love this thing!
0:53:35 > 0:53:39There's these big bumps and I feel like I should lift,
0:53:39 > 0:53:44but I don't need to, I can carry flat-out speed through all of this.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45It's incredible.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Wow.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55And this is the SkyRunner.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Nowhere near as fast as the Maverick,
0:54:00 > 0:54:04but £100,000 does apparently buy you a flying car.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07That is quite a concept.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10And finding some flat ground,
0:54:10 > 0:54:15it was time for big Stu to do whatever it is he does.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Right, I think this is where you take over, OK?
0:54:19 > 0:54:22This might be the time to tell you that I don't like flying much.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Especially when all the important bits appear to have come
0:54:26 > 0:54:28from a camping shop. Anything else I should know?
0:54:31 > 0:54:34In case of emergency, your exits are here and here.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38I'm not sure about this.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43But big Stu...was.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49That's quite potent there.
0:54:55 > 0:54:56BLEEP.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Oh, my Lord!
0:55:07 > 0:55:08Ho-ho-ho!
0:55:12 > 0:55:15Wow! Wow!
0:55:17 > 0:55:20It's a flying car. It's a flying car!
0:55:27 > 0:55:31There's a point at which fascination meets terror,
0:55:31 > 0:55:34and I'm slightly there.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37Whoa.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39That's a bit close to the trees.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43Meanwhile, back IN the trees...
0:55:45 > 0:55:50- Hey, Chris, how's it going up there, buddy?- The world has gone mad...
0:55:50 > 0:55:52..in a really good way!
0:55:52 > 0:55:55All right, well, I need you to tell me where that thing is.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58Where are you? Where are you?
0:56:00 > 0:56:05- OK, I've got two trails of dust down there.- How far away am I?
0:56:05 > 0:56:08About 400 metres ahead of you.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11OK, OK, I think I can close that.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13I don't know what it is, but it's fast.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15It's furiously fast.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Which way do I go up here?
0:56:17 > 0:56:19OK, it's a left turn.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22- A left turn.- Left?
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- 300 metres.- 300 metres, OK, good.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30- Next right. You've got to take the next right.- Got it!
0:56:32 > 0:56:36- 200 metres.- Are you sure I'm on the right road?- 100 metres.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38I don't see any dust yet.
0:56:38 > 0:56:39You're heading straight for it.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42But then we discovered it wasn't Bigfoot
0:56:42 > 0:56:44that had triggered the alarm,
0:56:44 > 0:56:45it was something else.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Whoa. What is that?
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Chris, can you see what it is?
0:57:01 > 0:57:04What is it? All I can see is dust.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08Determined to find out who had been messing with my traps,
0:57:08 > 0:57:10we gave chase.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12I can't see good enough to get any closer.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17You've got to speed up. You've got to speed up, mate.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20It's shooting grapefruit-size rocks at me. PINGING
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Whoa. This is...
0:57:22 > 0:57:24This is so sketchy.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28I'm going to have to back off.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30We're not going to catch him like this.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33We're not going to catch him like this. We need to land.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36- We need to get down there to block him off.- Good idea.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Land that thing.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41So, we sped ahead of the dust trails and found a clearing.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45OK, here comes the landing. Here comes the landing.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51I'm going to hold on.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53And...
0:57:53 > 0:57:55Ooh-ho-ho!
0:57:55 > 0:57:57There we go.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59Right, let's get out of here.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03I'll just leave you to...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05Thank you. Sorry.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14With Chris now back in his comfort zone...
0:58:14 > 0:58:17- Woo-hoo-hoo!- ..I kept up the pursuit from the rear and he closed in
0:58:17 > 0:58:20- from the front. - All right, I'm coming.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22- I'm coming.- OK, great. - Where is he?
0:58:24 > 0:58:25Come on.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30And finally, with our trap set...
0:58:34 > 0:58:36What is that?
0:58:36 > 0:58:37..there was nowhere else to run.
0:58:39 > 0:58:40Oh, we got you.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49- Whoa!- Did you see that?
0:59:02 > 0:59:04It's the Stig.
0:59:07 > 0:59:10No, it isn't. I get it. It's Stigfoot.
0:59:10 > 0:59:13THEY LAUGH
0:59:13 > 0:59:15The producers, unbelievable.
0:59:15 > 0:59:17They're having a laugh, aren't they?
0:59:17 > 0:59:20RUSTLING
0:59:34 > 0:59:36- You saw that, right?- Yeah.
0:59:45 > 0:59:49I'll tell you, those were such cool vehicles.
0:59:49 > 0:59:51So cool. And you know what my favourite was?
0:59:51 > 0:59:52The electric dirt bikes.
0:59:52 > 0:59:54The Altas. How cool were those?
0:59:54 > 0:59:56So fast and so quiet.
0:59:56 > 0:59:58- Yeah.- You could hear the birds chirping,
0:59:58 > 1:00:00you could hear the rustle in the bushes.
1:00:00 > 1:00:05You could hear the crack of Chris's head on the rock when he fell off.
1:00:05 > 1:00:06- They were great. - They are the future.
1:00:06 > 1:00:09- Yeah.- And what about the SHERP, though?- Oh.- It's unstoppable.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11You could invade a country with that thing.
1:00:11 > 1:00:13Yeah, and, like a good one too, like a Sweden.
1:00:13 > 1:00:15Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17I love all the off-road stuff, that was great.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20But I need to know, at the end, what was in the bushes?
1:00:20 > 1:00:23- What did you see? - I don't know, Chris.
1:00:23 > 1:00:25- What did you see? - I don't know what I saw.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27But it was something, right?
1:00:27 > 1:00:28- Was it a bear?- No.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31- Was it a gorilla?- No.
1:00:31 > 1:00:33- Was it big?- Yes.
1:00:33 > 1:00:34- Did it have feet?- Yes.
1:00:34 > 1:00:36That's good enough for me. You're in the club.
1:00:36 > 1:00:39You're next. OK, that's all we have time for tonight.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42On next week's show, it's all about Japan
1:00:42 > 1:00:44as we explore the weird and wonderful cars
1:00:44 > 1:00:46from the Land of the Rising Sun.
1:00:46 > 1:00:47See you then. Good night.