Top Gear - Arriving in style - Spitfires!

Series 11 Episode 6 - Brilliant opening to the "Britain v Germany" Challenge - classic Top Gear!!
The Music is the classic "The Battle of Britain" Theme by Ron Goodwin, from the film of the same name

[@JonThomas92]

This is almost as good as sending a Police truck to pick up the Aussie Top Gear guys from the air port.

[@braeeee_]

*better, for struthid sake it has a spitfire!

[@joshuadebole6114]

It's better spitfires and a db5

[@TheJimmyaustin]

@@joshuadebole6114 it’s a db6

[@rainbowappleslice]

I honestly think this one is better but their both amazing

[@yannicklindelauf5271]

I couldn't stop laughing when they picked them up in a prison van i almost pissed myself i was laughing so hard

[@ralphjackson2518]

The best part is the Luftwaffe March plays when the germans arrived

[@Jack-hg1hq]

Yep, if you know the film then this whole bit is just perfect

[@Jack-hg1hq]

@Joe bloggs yes but it was composed to be played when the luftwaffe were on screen so it's not nothing to do with them, they still play it for them now

[@ralphjackson2518]

@Joe bloggs it's rather explicitly the Luftwaffe theme in the movie.

[@ralphjackson2518]

@Joe bloggs dude, chill out, and go rewatch the film. I know it's called aces high, but even in the freaking commentary is referred to as the Luftwaffe march or theme. It's rather explicitly their leitmotif.

[@carltonleboss]

I believe they used the German national anthem in the actual episode

[@EriAirlangga]

Producer: "You're representing the BBC. You can't just turn up and go on about the war." *Arriving in Spitfires with Battle of Britain tune*

[@mmouseav8r402]

As a half-German, this is awesome. The Spitfire is one of the prettiest airplanes ever made.

[@musicbruv]

I may be a bit biased but I also think the Spitfire is a beautiful aircraft. it does not look like a killing machine.

[@BirkinIdk]

You know the Spitfire was developed by the Royal Air Force right?

[@musicbruv]

@@BirkinIdk It was developed by Supermarine.

[@seanieboi3100]

'You can't just turn up and go on about the war' *James May smiling maliciously* Me: 'Holy shit, this is going to be good.'

[@NLMOVIE12]

If your opponent arrives in a Spitfire, you have lost.

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

It’s either loose the race or get stir at from the skies

[@cameronschmid4773]

0:23 I love how casual Jeremy is. "Obviously we needed somewhere to stage this." "Ah, yes, and I suggested in the skies above southern England."

[@panduwidagdo7051]

And also May, "Belgium, which is country invented so that Britain and Germany would have somewhere to sort out their differences".

[@cameronschmid4773]

Pandu Widagdo lol you right. Also the smile James gives after Richard says "about the war."

[@andrewlothian1568]

Cameron Schmid m

[@blackorange5091]

Germans when they hear a Merlin engine flying over their heads: *Ah shit, here we go again*

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Brits when they hear a HE-111 over their skies: *ah shit, here we go again*

[@OrionsWarriorUK]

@@MausOfTheHouse when you say us Brits are like "here we go again". Do you mean winning? Hahaha

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@OrionsWarriorUK yes I do.

[@charlespletzke8311]

@@MausOfTheHouse off to the Bomb shelter we go!

[@ardvark84]

WW2 ended in 1945 so it's been over 75 years of German people or any people in fact NOT looking up at Spitfires. Great majority of people who actually seen Spitfires doing their things are dead and young people look down to their phones. Even as a joke it doesn't work. Merlin engine is a legend today but back then it was just a tool to kill poeple. And not the only one. Quit being one of those people who say "we won the war", you didn't even exist at that time.

[@khaccanhle1930]

I remember watching this when it first came out. When they cut to the spitfires, I Jumped out of my chair and burst into a laughing cheer.

[@hanscombe72]

Sabine: so sad to hear of her passing. Still remember her driving a van around the Nürburgring.

[@generichuman2044]

Oh no. What happened to her?

[@kuzman36]

@@generichuman2044 she past away due to sickness. There are Too Gear tribute about her,looks on YT

[@paleoph6168]

​@@kuzman36 "Too Gear" 💀

[@manfrombritain6816]

I love the German presenters for playing along with this. Good sports!

[@elsden722]

It's honestly amazing they weren't "oFfEndEd" 😆 really good show from them, big respect 👍

[@ciptapradja2814]

Lol. They literally knew this would happen. Sabine knows jeremy.

[@aredub1847]

i mean, the uk is a 3rd tier country these days. let them have their jollies.

[@elsden722]

@@aredub1847 why are you a dickhead?

[@tommyleesheils2061]

The only acceptable way to meet anybody German.

[@raptorjesus3894]

What about in a T-34 tank with Katyusha blasting?

[@autismo721]

@@raptorjesus3894 even better. A BT-2 . Just jump in and drift a little.

[@MausOfTheHouse]

How about a lancaster?

[@alistairwalker2850]

What about with the entire 1966 England National Football Team?

[@jojoreztorc0396]

What about a horde of B17’s, b24’s and P51’s?

[@shepleonard8695]

"We're on our own. We've been playing for time. And it's running out!"

[@aredub1847]

"don't mention the war"

[@ryanbelcher25rb]

James May: :D

[@onfiredragon3009]

#faultytowers

[@Cladcreeper]

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it alright.

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

Proceeds to mention the war non-stop

[@orkstuff5635]

The 'Invasion Stripes' on the wings are the icing on the cake :-D

[@erikerice9068]

I don't care what anybody says, that's one of the greatest entrances of all time.

[@alternativebassist]

Someone at some uncertain time in some uncertain BBC planning department office looked at their colleagues and said: "why don't we have them arrive in spitfires?" And I hope that person got a raise.

[@fives2155]

Same

[@alternativebassist]

J M ngl that’s a lot of cringe you’ve gone with there. If half of all your whining about the “Marxist” (lol) BBC was true they’d never have green lit this. You do realise they actually produced this right?

[@shopldt538]

This is the class this show had. To turn up anywhere in three spits is just pure class. Awesome entrance.

[@shankarbalan3813]

Come on Biggles Come on Algy ....absolutely just phenomenal references to Capt W E Johns and that lovely inspiring music from The Battle of Britain. This just has to be the best grand entrance ever.

[@boscochou9710]

This one never gets old.

[@simonjackson7269]

The sound of those Merlins send shivers up my spine!!!!

[@dafoex]

Perhaps second only to the Rolls Royce Olympus engines of the Vulcan

[@josephlewis9237]

I miss Sabine. I liked her when she was on Top Gear. She was so much nicer than I was expecting her to be.

[@ItsSpeltChayce]

She was an extraordinary person. She will be missed and remembered forever

[@Wisconsam2117]

Meanwhile on the ground, "Ach Scheiße, Jetzt geht es wieder los"

[@Zanox-bp3ob]

"we're on our own, we're playing for time, and it's running out!"

[@johnofgaunt9337]

As a German i have to say this point goes to Britain.

[@Cage2053K]

'Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few'

[@rmstitanic8163]

Achtung Spitfire!....Bloody Marvellous!

[@grasshopper2468]

Yes sir

[@rmstitanic8163]

@@grasshopper2468 Always! 👌

[@johnfellows2867]

The beautiful Sabine, very sadly missed RIP

[@oloferiksson5181]

Spitfires to the theme from Battle of Britain, epic, but yeah, the forever Queen of the Nürburgring is what really made my eyes get a little misty.

[@ZACKMAN2007]

They should put a statue of her in the Nurburgring

[@Morris2182]

@@ZACKMAN2007 you are not wrong, she was amazing, so much fun and always smiling and cheerful. I miss her

[@lordflashheart3706]

I love how Clarkson's Spit has a larger canopy. To better fit his brilliance, of course.

[@Abbyyaann]

😂🤣

[@SR71ABCD]

To fit him, because he's fat, not tall.

[@donaldboyer8182]

I never get tired of watching this clip. The music and the planes!

[@shankarbalan3813]

This is beautifully produced and with great style and humour as well. The cues and analogies drawn are absolutely fantastic. Well done old TopGear....but the show is OWNED by Clarkson, May and Hammond. No one comes close to these three rascally, irreverent yet extremely likeable fellows.

[@supertrinigamer]

Like how Jeremy went in for the greeting kisses with the Nuburgring woman, then May went in to do the same, but she rejected it and saluted xD

[@PhilbyFavourites]

1:06 Sabine (god rest her soul, what a sport she was) I could shut my eyes listen to her words and see her as the elegant blond haired senior German pilot in the Battle of Britain where they sit down for a grand meal and toast their skills and fallen colleagues.

[@TheAquarius1978]

There is no sound on this world that can beat the " symphony " of that V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin.

[@MikeTheBike58]

TheAquarius1978 damn right

[@jonnnyren6245]

It wouldn't be surprising James was excited about this because he has engaged the Germans many times especially as Squad Leader of No. 55 Squadron RAF or the Hammersmith Cockerspaniels Squadron during World War II and yes, he did defeat the legendary but mostly idiotic commander of the Luftwaffe's Gorilla Regiment Generalfeldmarschall Jeremy von Clarkson in the North Africa campaign. And he won the Victoria Cross after the war.

[@Hesitatedeye]

then he introduced Princess Anne to a Reliant Scimitar

[@dcarbs2979]

Upstaging the Germans will never grow old!

[@neinnein9306]

Pray to the channel !!!

[@TJSaw]

“Could’ve been worse. We could’ve come in the back of Bobby Charlton.” 😂😂😂

[@lt_darkseekerantique3911]

Never fails to bring a smile to my face

[@rodgeyd6728]

Timeless classic 👍

[@p0ck3tzzz]

uploaded from 2010 yet people are still watching this and commenting on it. everyone sure does miss old top gear

[@co2oblivious627]

Adding the music from the movie The Battle of Britain, was a great touch to this.

[@jaccovandijk9279]

No, no, no, Jeremy... I’m afraid we really cannot fit the guns back in and fire some blanks at them, just for a good laugh. 🤪

[@cookoo4cocopuffs221]

Who said they were blanks ?

[@allenshibu8631]

The skies over southern England.... That is good quality

[@SunnyD1865]

Flying a spitfire with the Battle of Britain theme playing is one of the few ways of meeting a German Other options include "flying a Lancaster with a strange barrel attatched while playing the dambusters theme" or "flying a mosquito while playing the 633 squadron theme"

[@cortaxdk1675]

DriftFC3S lmao

[@unclejoeoakland]

How about riding in on the cupola of a Sherman?

[@titan_2244]

unclejoeoakland or a churchill

[@robashley8216]

I can imagine the Germans thinking when they saw the Spits coming in was "Oh no, not again..."

[@dynamo1796]

The Germans spotting the invasion markings: "Ah scheiße!!"

[@JimmyS.25]

They were probably rather sad they didn't bring their 88's 😅

[@michaellohmeier6427]

If we had known we would have brought our ME262, just for the sake of having fun.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

I don't know how much money or unnecessary red tape it cost the BBC to put that together. It was worth it. The Ron Goodwin piece playing couldn't have been more perfect. Tally-Ho Gents!

[@Flyboy207]

Man… I know it was a big joke, but to see those three Spitfires in formation just gives you goosebumps… and that’s from a Yank.

[@twotailedavenger]

Understandable considering the Spitfire and Mustang were essentially blood brothers by war's end.

[@roconnor01]

Thank you for the fun and happy memories you gave us all with your sunny personality Sabine. R.I.P.

[@Wisconsam2117]

This remains one of my favorite bits from any television series to exist.

[@luvr381]

Good to see at least one of those Spitfires had invasion stripes.

[@freakyflow]

Happy to see a Canadian maple leaf on it too

[@fourthpanda]

why?

[@freakyflow]

Why what the leaf? Because Canada flew spitfires We also built the Lancaster and Mosquito fighter / bomber and sent them and Food First aid Ammo Rubber Metal and Troops and other resoruces over sea with are own ships and men of the Navy while under fire from German U-boats both ways while bring back Old, Sick, Wounded POWs Young, Women from England. We were the first to clear are missions In Normandy at a high price facing the best of the enemy mixed in with German tanks We were the first to have Native Code Talkers As my grandfather spoke Cree French and English and was apart of the D-day landings As his great great great great great grandfather done with King william and the Normans in 1066 or His great grandfather done with the Vikings and the attack on france......Or in short to Honor the past

[@JamesWillmus]

Because the Canadians in WWII were damn good pilots, that's why.

[@saabaton169]

I hate to say it as a car guy, but damn the merlin's sound bloody amazing

[@OGBootleg]

They say that "there is only one other thing in the world that sounds like a Merlin, and that's another Merlin"!

[@MunkEMann]

It's still a rolls royce.

[@saabaton169]

@@MunkEMann rolls royce cars and rolls royce engines have absolutely nothing to do with each other

[@musicbruv]

@@saabaton169 Rolls Royce cars use Rolls Royce engines.

[@saabaton169]

@@musicbruv rolls royce cars are owned and manufactured by bmw and assembled in the UK, though with brexit I imagine not for long whereas rolls royce engines split years ago and became government subsidized towards the end of the cold war and they share nothing in common apart from the name with each other

[@thatsbigdave]

Two people in this video that are dead now Sabine Schmitz the racing driver and also the spitfire pilot with the letters OUV on the middle spitfire pilot is Carolyn Grace who was killed on 2nd December in car crash. R.I.P to them both

[@joeyed96]

RIP Sabine Schmitz

[@fridanystrom6463]

May she rest in peace 😣

[@SamhainBe]

Such a loss...

[@MikeTheBike58]

The sound of those spits together gets me everytime.

[@jannespor8178]

1:40 *Hammond:* "Niemczy, Niemczy! Na dole." *May:* "Nie widzę ich. Gdzie?" *Hammond:* "Na dole, na prawo." *May:* "Idźcie na nich! Bijcie ich!" Clarkson: *"Stop that Polish chatter!"*

[@richardphilpott1013]

"And steer two, three, zero!" "Repeat please!" "I say again, two, three, zero!"

[@jannespor8178]

@@richardphilpott1013 Repeat please!

[@richardphilpott1013]

@@jannespor8178 For crying out loud - two, three, zero!

[@yveaux500]

@@richardphilpott1013 Repeat please!

[@richardphilpott1013]

@@yveaux500 Now just shut up the lot of you, and follow me. Unless you’re blind as well as……Oh God strewth!

[@forbeshutton5487]

"Don't mention the war" -Basil Fawlty

[@Flyboy207]

“I mentioned it once but I THINK I got away with it…”

[@scsutton1]

"You started it!"

[@trooperdgb9722]

@@scsutton1 "No we didn't!" "Yes you did..you invaded Poland!" Classic stuff.

[@adamsmyth1156]

I mean, it could have been meaner, they could have arrived in a Lancaster.

[@notaspy3751]

Imagine Clarkson at the guns XD

[@MausOfTheHouse]

It would have been better, still

[@charlesharper2357]

The Germans could have arrived in a Tiger tank...and squashed TGs cars...

[@haraldlorentzen40]

@@charlesharper2357 Nope, as the only Tiger 1 that can still run is at The Tank Museum, Bovington UK. The others are static displays.

[@charlesharper2357]

@@haraldlorentzen40 Stop being a jerk...

[@whyamihere7489]

Hahahaha the looks on the Germans faces when they flew over 😂😂😂 "not again"

[@alanb9443]

Except they probably didn’t even fly over. Notice how there is never a direct shot with the Germans and planes together you never see both at the same time. Those spitfires are based in the uk and are 70 years old. I doubt they flew those planes to Belgium. I suspect the plane bit was shot in the uk and then they asked the Germans to pretend the planes were there and edit it together.

[@neinnein9306]

@@alanb9443 there is no place here for some reality.. its just emotions. ;)

[@HarryHoward]

This is the most British thing ever! And I am so proud!

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Harry Howard Pride comes before....

[@FinlayMorris]

It's even better when you know that the song at 1:24 is the battle of britain theme

[@aimnotjouk734]

Also the 0:56 german theme

[@FinlayMorris]

@@aimnotjouk734 ah yes the Luftwaffe March

[@aimnotjouk734]

@Ian Turner yep

[@threalMrT76]

Spitfires and Aston Martins!!!!!! I'm in Heaven!

[@bobpage6597]

1:57.....Canadian Spit - notice the Maple Leaf badge up front below the cockpit! :)

[@justanobadi6655]

Well one of the main characters (collin) is a Canadian RAF pilot

[@cannedpiss5178]

nice spot. do you know anything about these, like if they were modified for canadian service? cheers! :)

[@xavierblackler5861]

We're on our own, playing for time. And it's running out 😂🇬🇧

[@alistairwalker2850]

HiiighAsAKite Battle of Britain is the best British movie about the War. period

[@robleary3353]

Don't care how many times I've seen this, still makes me laugh!... Lucky sods getting to fly in a Spitfire!.....

[@filtonkingswood]

You can too... just bring a cheque for five grand.

[@craigpennington1251]

What an entrance! Jump out of a Spit and jump into an Astin Martin.What a marvelous job and they also get paid.Just the ride in a Spitfire would be more than enough for me. Very cool stuff guys, very cool.

[@LouieNeira]

I still get chills when I hear those engines and watch the flyby!

[@TheFagerlund]

You should play *WAR THUNDER* if you like the sound of those engines and the flyby so much, there are numerous Spitfires in the game and you can choose between numerous countries who served in WW1 and WW2 including the vehicles respectively the countries which you get to choose from are *USA* *Germany* *USSR* *Great Britain* *Japan* *China* *Italy* *France* And last but not least *Sweden* i do got to mention that there are some grinding needed because there's a research tree for every type of vehicle

[@minecraftdominator394]

I just love how Captain slow has that grin

[@cap-xh5hy]

Top 10 hardest flexes in world history

[@J3roen16]

thank you stig

[@Shinx990]

I love how they went straight up showing off. Australians? Prison van. Germans? Spitfires. Duh!

[@paulbradford8240]

The sound of those engines never fails to raise the hair on the back of my neck.

[@anomalyp8584]

My God those spitfires...so majestic! And scary if they would be coming for you

[@visionist7]

If you're scared of them you have no business facing them

[@CamoDrako]

Good old British humour; self-deprecating, but classy

[@danielwang2956]

Tune in next week for our grand arrival in Nagasaki on B-29 bombers

[@MausOfTheHouse]

I don't think that would end well.

[@ph89787]

Could be worse. Showing up in Honolulu in an A6M Zero.

[@banditmc12]

@@ph89787 arriving in London in a 109

[@dontcare3049]

@@banditmc12 it would be a 111 109 never hurt London

[@banditmc12]

@@dontcare3049 why not a dornier as well if we are being pedantic

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

This the most British thing ever

[@DavidHh1969]

Yup

[@braeeee_]

Yep. And we're proud of it. Have a problem? Sure you have independence and burgers. But we have spitfires!

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

Brae Jordan G-CDJK It wasn’t meant to be an insult..

[@antonyd6649]

Brae Jordan G-CDJK Tad too patriotic to take that as an insult aren’t you?

[@braeeee_]

@@antonyd6649 or maybe you shouldve considered I was joking?

[@vipzstergtdriving1573]

Rip Sabine

[@aelfdog8491]

The Germans were probably saying: "Achtung Spitfire!"

[@gmctech]

F*ck yeah.... Clarkson's Spitfire had a Maple Leaf on it! :) made me grin ear from ear because my great Uncle from Nova Scotia, Canada was a Spitfire pilot! :) :) :)

[@optimusmoose9171]

gmctech still british made

[@gobind46]

I have said it once and I'll say it again- these 3 are the coolest guys in the world.

[@bailey9435]

do you mean the 3 coolest guys...... in the world

[@gobind46]

@@bailey9435 lol I read it in his voice .

[@laurenswitte8483]

That is really in style! I am not even a Brit and even I started smiling when I saw those Aston Martins!

[@ken199120]

The funniest thing about this is everyone actually believes they flew to Belgium in 3 Spitfires. They only did 1 lap of Duxford and landed at Duxford. That's the Airspace hangar in the background.

[@PPRRPelt]

me, a belgian: FINALLY I KNOW THE REASON OF MY EXISTENCE

[@captainzoom854]

May 7th 2023

[@mikewizz1895]

@@captainzoom854 our day of reckoning is nigh

[@alistairwalker2850]

“We could’ve come in the back of Bobby Charlton” That joke was the cherry on top for this whole scene

[@lordschaumloffel9234]

Oh man, the aston martin sound is great. but the roar of the spitfires is unbeatable. what a symphony!

[@MrVonKruger]

"Yes, I suggested we did it in the skies over Southern England..." Best. Line. Ever. Of All time.

[@benwaguk]

MrVonKruger I laughed so hard at that line 😂

[@alanwayte432]

Sabine RIP ❤

[@roberthorst5790]

rip sabine schmitz

[@michaelk19thcfan10]

Rolls Royce Merlin the original sound of freedom.

[@chenyaosong9185]

Rolls Royce Merlin Engine! Pure British Sound lol

[@CamoDrako]

A close-relative of the V12 in the Aston DB9

[@ArdiOye]

Damn! Can't beat the sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin.

[@SC-en5nl]

"Come on, Biggles! Come on, Algy!"

[@86Vili86]

Still brings tears in my eyes.

[@Boris-xx7dw]

Nothing sounds like a Merlin of griffin engine , that is the sound of freedom .

[@roccospagnuolo7855]

This made me feel patriotic and I’m not even British

[@obiwankenobi3375]

are you apart of the commonwealth

[@James-jl4jt]

It makes me feel embarrassed to be British. We’re obsessed with a war that ended 75 years ago where we played second fiddle to the Russians and Americans

[@raggeragnar]

@@James-jl4jt : Well , Clarkson wanted to settle it in the skies over southern England , so I believe they are aiming at the battle of Britain , even though the Spitfires have D-day markings. THAT was one of Britains finest hours.

[@jones6613]

@@James-jl4jt be proud... it’s a good thing Britain won the war

[@James-jl4jt]

@@jones6613 yes on the one hand it’s definitely something to be proud of. But on the other hand it’s time we stopped dwelling on it so much and moved on given how long ago it was, especially when you look at how both the german and japanese economies have eclipsed that of britain since total ruin in 1945.

[@gordonhotchkiss7270]

These 3 forget they had a secret weapon James "THE STIG" May in the final race.

[@NCC3818E]

You watch this and have to wonder why everyone made such a fuss about a number plate in argentina

[@Selvikus]

RIP Sabine Schmitz....

[@jannespor8178]

F

[@daniel030570]

This is so great, I never saw it, They getting to the meeting on Spitefires, after taking on Aston Martin cars , just like Bond, who care what happened at the race, that was fantastic to see this morning, it’s really makes my day even if it happens long before today. Thank you

[@jameshardy3489]

NOW this is what I call arriving in style! Themes trom the Battle of Britain movie, 3 Spitfires and 3 different Aston Martins! What more could you ask for?!!

[@leeenglandland2978]

And the cost? But idiots who pay the tv licence fund it, not me though Ha.... Ha....

[@joebennett1321]

Winston in a Rolls Royce

[@tijmen131]

probably the most British thing I have seen, ever

[@captin3149]

You should see Jeremy's Jaguar tribute, And Their tribute to British made vehicles. (Not disagreeing with with you, just saying they have a long line of British tributes in their show.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGfSqIunj8aYrtU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7GnqSKdtppmJo

[@tijmen131]

oeh, sounds fun. I will check it out, thnx!

[@tijmen131]

you are right, that Jaguar tribute is truly the most British thing I have ever seen.

[@KjamLXX8]

To bad they never got Sabine to do a hot lap when they had her over at the studio.

[@armandobetancourt8488]

Its just fantastic. Arrogant (British style) but fantastic.

[@FunteX]

R.I.P Sabine . . .