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Season 14  "More Popular Than Traditional Art"  14x5

Aired 14 years ago - Dec 20, 2009

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to prove that cars can be art by taking over an entire modern art gallery in Middlesbrough and filling it with motoring-related works, including some remarkable creations of their own. In their quest to prove that cars can be more popular than traditional art, the presenters set themselves the challenge of attracting more visitors to their exhibition than will visit a more traditional gallery over the same period, a task that forces them to engage in some unusual promotional activities. Also on the show, Jeremy is on the test track in a new British supercar, the sensationally fast and sensationally expensive Noble M600.

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head-alteringly quick,
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The margin for error
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...you have to be a much better driver than I am,
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All we know is he's called the Stig!
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slices through there and across the line!
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What you do is you spray it into your car
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 10
What happens is, I'm walking along, say in a shopping centre,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 11
I would beat you to death, That's nice,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 12
My eyes! Sorry about that!
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 13
It's not really going to fool anybody bolted onto my Panda, whatever sort of noise it makes,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 14
I know, I know! Thank you for publicising it,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 15
and that, we reckon, is exactly why they're failing,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 16
It's Damon Hill in the wet,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 17
Hammond... It cannot go in!
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 18
What you need to bear in mind is if you can get an artist,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 19
We are going to put paintballs into the air box,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 20
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Sorry, sorry! So when I've finished, Mr Coulthard is going to take it for a spin round the track,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 22
an art dealer from the Antiques Roadshow,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 23
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Can you tell what it is yet?
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 25
but now it's time to put a star in our reasonably priced car,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 26
Yes, Yes,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 27
I arrived at Gatwick and I got a message from my manager saying,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 28
so obviously there were some redundancies, which was tough, even for the people that stayed,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 29
Yes, yep, this fills pretty nice, My engineer came up to me and said,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 30
Jesus that's so close,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 31
to unnerve whoever he is,
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Was it any good here?
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 33
Think like this is for the World Championship, come on JB,
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Across the line,
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Look at that,
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As our BMW art car was so valuable, I decided to drive it to the exhibition myself,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 37
And then walking through the white door we arrive at the upstairs gallery,
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 38
For the rest of the interview Hammond brilliantly publicised... himself,
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I'm going to have a heart attack!
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 40
and I saw some ginger ones on so I just...
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I know more about PR than you, I was on top of it,
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How long have you talked about the Lamborghini Countach for on the audio tape?
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So that's four hours, And it's gone from a blank piece of paper to that James, in four hours,
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'And then walking through the white door, we arrive at the upstairs gallery,'
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And we did,
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we need your support, we have Ferraris, Lamborghinis,
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Are you saying it's a bit crap, tts:color=lime0 Yeah, Nothing to see, Nothing to see,

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head-alteringly quick,
#2
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The margin for error
#3
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...you have to be a much better driver than I am,
#4
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All we know is he's called the Stig!
#6
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slices through there and across the line!
#7
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What you do is you spray it into your car
#9
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 10
What happens is, I'm walking along, say in a shopping centre,
#10
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 11
I would beat you to death, That's nice,
#11
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 12
My eyes! Sorry about that!
#12
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 13
It's not really going to fool anybody bolted onto my Panda, whatever sort of noise it makes,
#13
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I know, I know! Thank you for publicising it,
#14
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and that, we reckon, is exactly why they're failing,
#15
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It's Damon Hill in the wet,
#16
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Hammond... It cannot go in!
#17
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What you need to bear in mind is if you can get an artist,
#18
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We are going to put paintballs into the air box,
#19
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Sorry, sorry! So when I've finished, Mr Coulthard is going to take it for a spin round the track,
#21
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an art dealer from the Antiques Roadshow,
#22
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Can you tell what it is yet?
#24
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but now it's time to put a star in our reasonably priced car,
#25
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Yes, Yes,
#26
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I arrived at Gatwick and I got a message from my manager saying,
#27
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so obviously there were some redundancies, which was tough, even for the people that stayed,
#28
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Yes, yep, this fills pretty nice, My engineer came up to me and said,
#29
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Jesus that's so close,
#30
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to unnerve whoever he is,
#31
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Was it any good here?
#32
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Think like this is for the World Championship, come on JB,
#33
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Across the line,
#34
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Look at that,
#35
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As our BMW art car was so valuable, I decided to drive it to the exhibition myself,
#36
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 5 (S14E05) - 37
And then walking through the white door we arrive at the upstairs gallery,
#37
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For the rest of the interview Hammond brilliantly publicised... himself,
#38
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I'm going to have a heart attack!
#39
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and I saw some ginger ones on so I just...
#40
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I know more about PR than you, I was on top of it,
#41
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How long have you talked about the Lamborghini Countach for on the audio tape?
#43
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So that's four hours, And it's gone from a blank piece of paper to that James, in four hours,
#44
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'And then walking through the white door, we arrive at the upstairs gallery,'
#47
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And we did,
#48
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we need your support, we have Ferraris, Lamborghinis,
#49
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Are you saying it's a bit crap, tts:color=lime0 Yeah, Nothing to see, Nothing to see,
#50