Idris Elba - King of Speed

[krunchkin]

GALLARDOGUY said:

krunchkin said:

Sorry - I'm a TV cynic because I make it for a living - but none of those exterior shots of the car in these sequences are with Idris driving it

The transition between slides was way too smooth...

Its the Top Gear technique. Pros drive the cars for exterior trackshots (for H&S reasons as much as anything). The presenter is filmed with in-car cameras. The combined montage can then, some would say fraudulently, be said to show "the presenter driving the car".

[krunchkin]

iva cosworth said:

Not letting him loose in the Fiesta shirley ?

I meant the rally gravel/dirt seqs

[GALLARDOGUY]

FWD be easier than the RWD he ditched.

[Laurel Green]

Love the hot-tub.

[Gun]

What a way to end the series

[iva cosworth]

That was deffo better than last night....

[Rollcage]

Vatanen is a total and utter hero of mine, and that prog showed why.

Terry Harriman certainly thought he was a God too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7ws741KpE

[strummerville]

What an absulute gentleman and a legend. Ari, we salute you. Met him twice and he's just as per the programme.

Big respect.

[Stelvio1]

Thoroughly enjoyable program - well done Idris, lets have more

Ari V - total legend, didn't disappoint tonight

[Evil Monkey]

iva cosworth said:

Not letting him loose in the Fiesta shirley ?

Yeah but not letting him get it out of second gear.

[ewolg]

Can't find maxvatenenrally on Facebook, so I wonder if you can go there for an experience weekend?

[FourWheelDrift]

ewolg said:

Can't find maxvatenenrally on Facebook, so I wonder if you can go there for an experience weekend?

https://www.facebook.com/maxvatanenrally

[The Tea Boy]

Have to say this made a nice change from the usual top gear xmas special.

nicely presented, think Elba was a good choice, seemed to blag it a little, but still watchable and a bit of fun too.

Actually preferred this rather than the usual top gear crap.

[onyx39]

Just watching the 2nd episode back to back after the first, brilliant tv!

[auto1]

Its Better than Ben Knob camel worrying ,on the other side.

[Le Pop]

The Tea Boy said:

Have to say this made a nice change from the usual top gear xmas special.

nicely presented, think Elba was a good choice, seemed to blag it a little, but still watchable and a bit of fun too.

Actually preferred this rather than the usual top gear crap.

[Heliocentric]

Wicked.

I`ve never heard of the bloke before and still don`t know who he is or what he may have done.

As soon as he said "wicked" that was it for me, I put up with it for 10 mins but found it pesh poor, not as bad a numb nuts with the camels ont` other side but bad enough to turn it off.

Wicked

[onyx39]

Heliocentric said:

Wicked.

I`ve never heard of the bloke before and still don`t know who he is or what he may have done.

As soon as he said "wicked" that was it for me, I put up with it for 10 mins but found it pesh poor, not as bad a numb nuts with the camels ont` other side but bad enough to turn it off.

Wicked

He played the lead in "Luther"

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Heliocentric]

onyx39 said:

He played the lead in "Luther"

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Yep, thanks. I watched it once.

[Amirhussain]

Enjoyed it, Idris Elba comes across as a genuine guy, he loves his cars, may not be too knowledgeable, but tat doesn't stop him from being a petrolhead.

Shame they never had Tommi Makinen.