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Top Gear Series 13
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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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Sat 11 Sep 2010 19:00
BBC Three

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  • 00:00

    Dickey Betts

    Jessica

    Music Arranger: Christian Henson.
  • 00:00

    Oasis

    The Shock Of The Lightning

  • 00:02

    Craig Armstrong

    Fugue

  • 00:03

    Nathaniel Mechaly

    Destiny

  • 00:03

    Atli Örvarsson

    Train Travel

  • 00:04

    Kronos Quartet

    Tashweesh

  • 00:05

    Alexandre Desplat

    Driving in Geneva

  • 00:05

    John Williams

    Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions

    Performer: John Williams.
  • 00:05

    Michael Giacchino

    Nero Sighted

  • 00:07

    The Horrors

    Sea Within a Sea

  • 00:07

    James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer & London Music Works

    Like A Dog Chasing Cars

  • 00:08

    The Enemy

    No Time For Tears

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    Mark Stewart, Page Hamilton, John Thomas & Elliot Goldenthal, The Mask Orchestra, The Pickled Heads Band

    Revenge Wheel

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Choir: English Chamber Choir.
  • 00:09

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    The Likes of You

  • 00:09

    James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer & London Music Works

    Like A Dog Chasing Cars

  • 00:10

    Hans Zimmer

    Pygmies

  • 00:11

    Beastie Boys

    14th Street Break

  • 00:11

    Hans Zimmer

    Pygmies

  • 00:12

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    White Palms

  • 00:12

    Doves

    Compulsion

  • 00:13

    Jonny Greenwood

    Proven Lands

  • 00:15

    Marco Beltrami

    Farrell Is In

  • 00:15

    Marco Beltrami

    Gang Arrives

  • 00:16

    Roque Baños

    Chasing

  • 00:16

    Sean Callery

    In Pursuit of Kylie

  • 00:16

    Atli Örvarsson

    Train Travel

  • 00:23

    Venetian Snares

    Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi

  • 00:23

    John Bergin & C17H19NO3

    Deepflesh

  • 00:24

    SAM

    Awake

  • 00:24

    Marching Dynamics

    Detuning Purpose

  • 00:25

    Lullatone

    Leaves Falling

  • 00:26

    Lenny Dee

    Extreme Mash

  • 00:26

    Venetian Snares

    Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi

  • 00:27

    Victoire

    Like a Miracle

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    John Bergin & C17H19NO3

    Deepflesh

  • 00:27

    Øresund Space Collective

    Rumble Part 1

  • 00:28

    C17H19NO3

    A Spell For Breaking an Opening Into the Sky

  • 00:28

    Jacaszek

    Taniec

  • 00:29

    Soma

    Stygian Vista

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    Venetian Snares

    Felbomlaszt Mentolocsi

  • 00:45

    Atli Örvarsson

    Train Travel

  • 00:46

    Hans Zimmer

    Pygmies

  • 00:46

    Marco Beltrami

    Farrell Is In

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    Marco Beltrami

    Barn Burn

  • 00:47

    John Williams

    The Intersection Scene

  • 00:48

    Jonny Greenwood

    Proven Lands

  • 00:49

    Doves

    Compulsion

  • 00:50

    John Williams

    Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions

    Performer: John Williams.
  • 00:50

    Too Many Refugees

  • 00:51

    Tempest

  • 00:52

    The Horrors

    Sea Within a Sea

  • 00:52

    Too Many Refugees

  • 00:53

    The Chase

  • 00:53

    Sean Callery

    In Pursuit of Kylie

  • 00:53

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Fly 1

  • 00:54

    Harry Gregson‐Williams

    Deadpool

  • 00:55

    Marco Beltrami

    Farrell Is In

  • 00:56

    Roque Baños

    Chasing

  • 00:57

    Ludovico

    Andare

  • 00:58

    Elliot Goldenthal

    Victoriuis Titus

  • 00:59

    Harry Gregson‐Williams

    Deadpool

  • 00:59

    Elliot Goldenthal

    Titus Vow

  • 01:01

    Atli Örvarsson

    Too Many Refugees

  • 01:05

    Dickey Betts

    Jessica

    Music Arranger: Christian Henson.

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Presenter Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter Richard Hammond
Presenter James May
Executive Producer Andy Wilman

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