The Real Italian Job: James Martin's Mille Miglia

[Arnold The Bat]

The Real Italian Job: James Martin's Mille Miglia is on in half an hour on BBC2. I think it's a repeat but well worth watching as James is quite a petrolhead.

[mcelliott]

Yeah I'd love to watch it, if it wasn't for that god awful James Martin.

[birdcage]

mcelliott said:

Yeah I'd love to watch it, if it wasn't for that god awful James Martin.

He cries if that helps, and not in a good way

[Laurel Green]

Watched it first time around - will give it a miss this time, thank you. Anyway the totty on CDWM on C4 is much easier on the eyes.

[Perra]

Have I just watched that bird put permanent marker on a £650,000 Mazza!? HAHA

"It will come off with brake cleaner"

Nice.....

[Bungleaio]

Sounds like a bag of spanners now. Maybe he should have run it in a bit before hoofing it about.

[tobster]

They've just loaded it on to a flat bed after 120 miles !

[Munter]

I shouldn't laugh. But it's quite funny. Seen it before and knew it would happen.

Lovely car though.

[tobster]

Agreed , lovely car. If he wasn't such a tw@t then I'd feel sorry for him

[Sneaky Schnell]

I don't know who the guy is, but I do feel for him. Aside from the money, serious planning and effort have gone into this. Then there are the dashed dreams. He seems like a real petrolhead and I think you'd have to be fairly heartless to not feel for him. I'd be gutted.

The book for the girl was a nice gesture. She seems very cool.

[robsco]

Despite the fact the man is a bit of a chauvinistic tosser, I couldn't help but feel for him then. All that effort, preparation and money for it all to end so quickly must be sickening. A fitting tribute to the ups and downs of owning Italian cars, as well as the rollercoaster emotions of motorsport.

Great programme, and very emotional. Gonna take the GTV for a run tonight I think.

[Dr Jekyll]

Is it just me or is the co driver girl far more attractive than the model girlfriend?

[duncancallum]

No not just you. Far hotter imho.

[FourWheelDrift]

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[tobster]

Has he re entered the race and finished yet ?

[Olivera]

That Maser which he bought looked bloody lovely!

[Shamu]

Wow he comes across as a complete and utter tosser tbh, specially the way he speaks to the co-driver.

Ruined the programme tbh..

[Antony Moxey]

Pretty disappoining to be honest, epsecially with him only getting 120 miles. And did he compete in the following year's race - it would have been a nice ending to the piece if a footnote was added onscreen that he did.

[Lost soul]

robsco said:

Despite the fact the man is a bit of a chauvinistic tosser, I couldn't help but feel for him then. All that effort, preparation and money for it all to end so quickly must be sickening.

Mind you they did mention he had hoped to double the cars value by doing the MM in her

[Legacywr]

mcelliott said:

Yeah I'd love to watch it, if it wasn't for that god awful James Martin.

I expect he watched it back with his mates Richard Keys and Andy Gray!