In an epic London-to-Edinburgh race, Jeremy Clarkson takes the Tornado steam train, Richard Hammond is on a Vincent Black Shadow motorbike and James May drives an old Jaguar XK120.
Top Gear skids, roars and explodes its way back on to the television.
In an extraordinary race, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to discover what Top Gear might have been like 60 years ago. To this end, James grabs himself a gorgeous old Jaguar XK120 sports car while Richard chooses to torture himself on the brutal but rather fantastically named Vincent Black Shadow motorbike. Meanwhile, in an almost unprecedented move, Jeremy decides to take the train. But not just any old train; he's on the footplate of the Tornado, a brand new steam train built to the original blueprints used to create some of Britain's finest locomotives back in the heyday of the railways.
Jeremy has to feed the boiler with a constant supply of coal, without which the whole train will grind to a halt. The challenge behind this race is simple - the first one to get from London to Edinburgh is the winner - but what happens along the way adds up to one of Top Gear's most incredible and epic races to date.
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00:00Dickey Betts
Jessica
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00:00Oasis
The Shock Of The Lightning
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00:02Craig Armstrong
Fugue
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00:03Nathaniel Mechaly
Destiny
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00:03Atli Örvarsson
Train Travel
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00:04Kronos Quartet
Tashweesh
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00:05Alexandre Desplat
Driving in Geneva
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00:05John Williams
Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions
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00:05Michael Giacchino
Nero Sighted
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00:07The Horrors
Sea Within a Sea
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00:07James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer & London Music Works
Like A Dog Chasing Cars
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00:08The Enemy
No Time For Tears
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00:08Mark Stewart, Page Hamilton, John Thomas & Elliot Goldenthal, The Mask Orchestra, The Pickled Heads Band
Revenge Wheel
Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Choir: English Chamber Choir.![]()
00:09Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Likes of You
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00:09James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer & London Music Works
Like A Dog Chasing Cars
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00:10Hans Zimmer
Pygmies
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00:11Beastie Boys
14th Street Break
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00:11Hans Zimmer
Pygmies
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00:12Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
White Palms
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00:12Doves
Compulsion
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00:13Jonny Greenwood
Proven Lands
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00:15Marco Beltrami
Farrell Is In
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00:15Marco Beltrami
Gang Arrives
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00:16Roque Baños
Chasing
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00:16Sean Callery
In Pursuit of Kylie
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00:16Atli Örvarsson
Train Travel
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00:23Venetian Snares
Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi
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00:23John Bergin & C17H19NO3
Deepflesh
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00:24SAM
Awake
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00:24Marching Dynamics
Detuning Purpose
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00:25Lullatone
Leaves Falling
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00:26Lenny Dee
Extreme Mash
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00:26Venetian Snares
Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi
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00:27Victoire
Like a Miracle
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00:27John Bergin & C17H19NO3
Deepflesh
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00:27Øresund Space Collective
Rumble Part 1
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00:28C17H19NO3
A Spell For Breaking an Opening Into the Sky
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00:28Jacaszek
Taniec
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00:29Soma
Stygian Vista
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00:29Venetian Snares
Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi
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00:45Atli Örvarsson
Train Travel
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00:46Hans Zimmer
Pygmies
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00:46Marco Beltrami
Farrell Is In
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00:46Marco Beltrami
Barn Burn
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00:47John Williams
The Intersection Scene
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00:48Jonny Greenwood
Proven Lands
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00:49Doves
Compulsion
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00:50John Williams
Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions
Performer: John Williams.![]()
00:50Too Many Refugees
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00:51Tempest
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00:52The Horrors
Sea Within a Sea
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00:52Too Many Refugees
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00:53The Chase
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00:53Sean Callery
In Pursuit of Kylie
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00:53Ludovico Einaudi
Fly 1
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00:54Harry Gregson‐Williams
Deadpool
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00:55Marco Beltrami
Farrell Is In
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00:56Roque Baños
Chasing
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00:57Ludovico
Andare
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00:58Elliot Goldenthal
Victoriuis Titus
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00:59Harry Gregson‐Williams
Deadpool
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00:59Elliot Goldenthal
Titus Vow
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01:01Atli Örvarsson
Too Many Refugees
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01:05Dickey Betts
Jessica
Music Arranger: Christian Henson.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jeremy Clarkson |
| Presenter | Richard Hammond |
| Presenter | James May |
| Executive Producer | Andy Wilman |
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Sun 21 Jun 200920:00BBC Two except Yorkshire- Fri 26 Jun 200921:00BBC Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 27 Jun 200919:00
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- Fri 18 Sep 200919:00
- Sat 23 Jan 201020:15
- Fri 29 Jan 201019:00
- Sun 13 Jun 201020:05BBC Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- Sun 13 Jun 201020:10BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 11 Sep 201019:00
- Sat 15 Feb 202520:00
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