The Driven Man

Rowan Atkinson comedy style documentary, 37.50 traffic light scenario is well worth watching.

[@MrLense]

I can imagine a universe where Rowan atkinson hosted top gear

[@radeejarrar6521]

he SHOULD have been the main host replacement if they so desperately had to sack clarkson. would still be watching to this day even though i wouldve still missed clarkson and the other two.

[@geniferteal4178]

No one would take the show seriously. 😂

[@volvo245]

Someone did when Jezza was on? It was intentionally silly 90% of the time.

[@radeejarrar6521]

@geniferteal4178 yo. It's top gear we're talking about here 🤣 when have they ever prioritized seriousness?

[@geniferteal4178]

@@radeejarrar6521 exactly

[@Filipe1020]

Only Rowan can nail being both a serious gentleman and a goofball.

[@michaelc3977]

The result of an 178 IQ - higher than Einstein or Hawking.

[@martinsolomon5500]

@@michaelc3977everyone has a higher IQ than those two idiots.

[@jeffreyhunt1727]

Jerry Lewis too

[@TangerineGalaxy-eo9zh]

in this episode of Top Bean

[@thqp]

Hahahahah that's funny! :D

[@the_real_vdegenne]

There is something super relaxing and comfortable about old british rooms and accents amplified by old video grain.

[@RIZFERD]

Anything vintage actually including in Asia

[@jamesmiller113]

24:35 - "I love dominant women too" - "It all becomes *painfully* clear" - superb from Atkinson

[@Apexseal1]

rodrick was bloody insane

[@someoneelse1534]

"I love going round roundabouts!"

[@NERGYStudios]

This man is a bloody global treasure.

[@Smokinjoewhite]

Absolutely, he transcends international borders.

[@michaelc3977]

He's quintessentially English, and it's the English who are a global treasure. The English who are the greatest and most morally virtuous Empire ever to have ruled. The English with it's Commonwealth are still the largest collective of people on the planet. 56 independent countries offering their voluntarily association and a people numbering over 2.5 million. England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom providing the world with it's blueprint for modern living.

[@Dooblecaine]

@@michaelc3977 Is that the UK that is currently giving up their cities and towns to foreigners that care little about British mores and norms?

[@RIZFERD]

Treasure? Not sure about that.

[@RIZFERD]

British mores and norms? Well, Karma Never Sleeps. British sins and the entire western world and middle east are endless.

[@valenciasainz]

The best thing about UK Tele is it's not bombarded with unnecessary music and sound effects like US ones. It makes it more authentic and down to earth. Love watching these old show in today's garbage.

[@1zanglang]

It makes difference between elegance and circus...

[@GTMarmot]

Utterly brilliant. He nailed the absurdity of the whole psychology of it

[@strappaplank6017]

very well said sir

[@stuartwright9148]

Sorry Rowan, it was me that t-boned you in the Renault 5GT turbo race at Brands Hatch after your spin. And we were in the same team!

[@derthilo787]

hahahahaha great!

[@markscarborough1018]

I bet you've never told that story to anyone until now have you 🤪? That's a cool claim (crash) to fame!

[@stuartwright9148]

@markscarborough1018 you're right, been dining out on that for 30 odd years every time he's on the TV. Best thing was that he brought a whole TV crew to film the whole race, and I took him out on the first corner!

[@markscarborough1018]

@@stuartwright9148 Excellent Stuart! I can't quite imagine how gut wrenchingly embarrassing that must've been? The Alps would be an appropriately sized rock to crawl under for a year or two?

[@stuartwright9148]

@markscarborough1018 The exact opposite Mark, it was a badge of honour in the pits. They had placed cameras all over the inside and outside of his car, with one just above his front wheel arch. We took bets in the puts who could clip it off on a corner. I finished the race with it embedded in my front bumper when I hit him! Just reading that back it sounds like I did it on purpose which I did not, he span on the first corner and we were taught to aim for the middle of the car as they usually roll forward or backwards with momentum...sadly he just kept skidding sideway and I had nowhere to go!

[@Pressed_For_Time]

"The car must fit. Because as soon as you buy a car, you are immediately identified with all the other people, who have bought that kind of car." - Rowan Atkinson

[@JesseP.Watson]

0:53 So subtle but the way there's TWO psychologists analysing him rather than one, like he's a particularly curious specimen that requires extra personnel... God that made me chuckle. Makes me want to do a skit where the camera pans off the guy on the couch and there's a whole row of psychologists staring at him. 😂 This is an absolute masterpiece. Brilliant in its bizarrely off-kilter portrait of man.

[@AyliCarper]

"There's enough material there for a conference."

[@brianp7022]

Police advocating higher speed limits... Using a member of the public for a TPAC manoeuvre... How times have changed... People don't like driving electric cars because they're associated with domestic appliances 😂

[@jeepxj8903]

From the days when we got shit done!!!

[@petiertje]

@@jeepxj8903 Same shit we still smell and stand in today though. To bad nobody wants to shovel anymore.

[@agnidas5816]

electric cars = power outage in summer time or during a winter blizzard. The grid only has so much power ... Germany is buying power frowm EU ... you cannot put e vehicles on the road without shutting down the power grid... y'all environmentalists are brain washed by big coal to play right into their hand and force you to keep buying coal power for the grid. You're not helping environment. Nuclear was the answer. You need a more robust nuclear grid. And you should be using betavoltaics in the cars instead of alkaline batteries...

[@Gecko....]

​@@jeepxj8903From the days when there was zero accountability and authorities did what they liked... 😂

[@jeepxj8903]

@@Gecko.... fair point

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

It's time for Rowan to do a part two of this fabulous programme.

[@ivanmifsud6972]

Still vastly entertaining in 2024!

[@jorgecabrera7088]

im 27 and just now seeing this i’ve been living under a rock

[@Felix.Bartlett.58]

Im 15 and im so glad my parents made me grow up with this stuff, it's way better than the brainrot other people my age grew up with

[@aidy6000]

im 30 lol!

[@wat6592]

in 1999 I used to stand outside of grocery stores with a sign that said the world is at its end

[@connormeechan5784]

25 and on the Same boat…

[@adrienohmer9452]

Give yourself a rest : I'm 33 😅

[@chapel976]

19:10. This feeling about Porsches and their owners goes back so far.

[@nobodynoone2500]

But odd we don't feel that way about the 1950's and 1960's ones, only the 70's onward.

[@Biface]

i think its in the 'prim and proper' nazi heritage porsche has lmao. uptight

[@wdowa94]

KZbin 2024: Hey look! Mr. Bean had its own top gear

[@heinous70]

Disfiguring the parental vehicle..😂

[@sethshaffer681]

He still looks like he'd get wasted by those children playing rugby, even as an adult.

[@alexyordanov7324]

How well we used to write and produce shows.

[@mrbagitos]

This is brilliant. I’ve never heard of this program before. Thanks for uploading.

[@SammyM00782]

I think I speak for a lot of Americans when I say we love Rowan. Brittish comedy doesn't usually go over well here in the States, but Rowan is just a genius. He can reach any market on Earth.

[@michaelc3977]

Other than Mr. Bean, what other characters of Rowan do you enjoy?

[@shieldshockerwot]

@@michaelc3977 Benny Hill

[@chrisburn7178]

Can Roderick be for real? He's both the most loathsome and charming person I've ever seen on screen.

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

ride a bike, meet a guy like that behind a wheel every 10 minutes.

[@martinda7446]

@@fahrradmittelfranken8207 I rode a bike for 20 years - Never met a bloke like Roderick! Still never met a bloke like Roderick. He was amazing. I'd like to meet a bloke like Roderick, but, just not, as you say, on my bike.

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

@@martinda7446 well they usually don't engage in conversation while driving like that.

[@pjousma]

It's SIR Rowan Atkinson! :)

[@cologne2792]

What an absolutely superb piece of television! I loved it 34 years ago and I still do.

[@1gerard47]

First time seeing this,so visionary.

[@vitof.4626]

What a jewel of KZbin to keep. Enjoyed every minute. I wish he would show his Jaguar or McLaren. But sure, he was only on the way to them, with two HP…

[@mockbattles]

The 928 is the only Porsche I’ve considered owning. The Holden Ute is what I currently own and is still my favourite car to drive daily.

[@karlavelo2482]

Well that is quite a find ! More than 25 years after watching Mr Bean for the first time, what a surprise to discover that R. Atkinson had previously made such a serious program about the place of automobile in our society. And I'm glad that he mentions the nuisances that it brings as shown by the driving of that totally nuts London minicab driver.

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

I can't believe he would recreate his youth rugby antics to demonstrate what he did like that. But then again, it's Rowan Atkinson, so it makes a lot of sense.

[@ryurc3033]

To the nerd at 45 minutes telling us we have to give up cars this decade or the world will never recover. You know that hole in the ozone layer? Yeah, not a thing anymore. Now all we have to do is keep electric car manufacturing to a minimum so we don't ruin what we just did. Continuing to drive your old car instead of buying new does more for the environment than driving the new car.

[@leenevin8451]

My diesel will u give u an asthma attack

[@andrewradford3953]

EV sales are growing exponentially. What are they going to ruin, tax free mega profits for foreign owned oil companies?

[@robinwells8879]

I can entirely relate to Rowan’s early years story. My eldest brother built me an atco lawnmower powered go cart and I would literally spend all weekend driving it around and around the extensive paths of our rambling Edwardian house in Belfast. This progressed to my getting the mini out of the garage for my mother for the school run from about ten onwards. When I was old enough to have a moped I had a Honda SS50 unrestricted ped and went to school on it in a sui, tie and cowboy boots !😂 Like Rowan, I had no lessons and turned up in my Mother’s sporty Alfasud for my test and failed first time for similar ill defined reasons. I have always loved cars and driving since my earliest days. I even recall as a very young child, being sat on the floor of my Father’s Austin landcrab to work the floor mounted headlight dip/high beam switch when he tapped my head!😂. The pursuit of the perfect drive is a lifelong struggle that, for me, simply never wanes. I once saw Rowan driving a red Ferrari on the A14 near Barhill as he passed me. 🎉

[@andyf6813]

Racing the old moggy around the farm priceless what a super guy

[@stuffedgrubs]

I can't believe how much this mirrors my experience driving. It's exactly the same from the farm to the trucks to the track. The farm part really hit hard. Bought back all those feelings.... I've also definitely taken plenty of those "shortcuts" 😂😂 Great video

[@shadeburst]

The humor is surprisingly heavy-handed.

[@phenomanII]

46:04 welp, there it is - nailed the current situation

[@badad0166]

As my parents told it, my second word was "Mustang" (when I saw one from the backseat). My first word, was, "Ghen" (again!) when I was gently tossed high in the air...

[@timesquare5473]

Produced in 1990

[@GordonCaledonia]

Roderick is amazing! He should have had his own show, it would have been tremendous!

[@dandare1001]

I'm totally with Rowan on Porsches, and with his Aston Martin views. It's comforting that we agree. 😄

[@mytube3358]

Rowan Atkinson is a global treasure and should be protected at all costs.

[@archiveoddball4761]

Damm right !!

[@frenzyglee666]

Only his sence of humor can cause such a sweet laughter.

[@martinda7446]

Roderick mate, you upstaged Rowan Atkinson, by a fair margin too. Amazing. If that was, as I suspect, an act, brilliant.

[@dw4245]

The essence of road rage finally explained at 37:07

[@turbofan67]

That was fantastic. Why have I not seen this before ? Looks like it was produced in the early 80's. Had to laugh at the greeny, "if this doesn't stop we're all fuxed", 40 years later and we're still cruising. I was thinking last night about the theory that your patience increases with age. But I'm sure that driver incompetence is rising faster than my patience.

[@anaderdimension]

Hi, at the end of the video at the Tiger Television orange screen, on the bottom says 1990 in Roman Numerals. I thought you would like to know🙂

[@aaronbuildsa]

@@anaderdimension Footage from 1988 & 1989 as well - the Aston Martin Virage launched at the 1988 Motor Show

[@8iker]

8:05 I like trucking, I like trucking, I like trucking, And I like to truck!

[@seavixen125]

I like trucking, I like trucking, I like trucking, And if you don't like trucking, tough luck.

[@Levenstone132]

That was brilliant! I used to attack London traffic with the firm's mk2 Escort van. No lights at Hyde Park Corner,like a chariot race!

[@stenovitz]

😅😍I like your comment very much, since I've had EXACT those thoughts in my frontal lobe during several visits to London during 80ies and early 90ies AND in addition a vision about a pursuit up to Marble Arch to donut round the bends. And then decades later when Olypmics Road Bike TT course was revealed in London I had my hopes - with Rowan in eager DS car personalized as his Morris ofc. - was close, but no cigar 😁Greets from Denmark

[@EportChris]

Smashing stuff 😁 What a nice surprise.... I've never seen or heard of this gem before. Thank you for uploading 👍🏻

[@nagaslrac]

He’s got a screwdriver & knows how to use it.

[@AbandonedClassicsOne]

Advocating a higher speed limit! They won’t do that now and compromise the revenue stream - particularly in Australia where the overly conservative speed limits simply bores drivers to death. But the money made from fines - it’s incredible!

[@FYMASMD]

Cars represent freedom. Especially in areas where you can drive for days and still be in one country. Like Australia or the USA. You just keep going and going. It’s great.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

Let's say on average you do 120, how long would it take to travel from absolute east to the absolute west of the US?

[@barrycuda3769]

I'll admit, before watching this, I had never heard anyone say the word , "Tangential " , I feel enriched.

[@stefankaiser3354]

That's what your teacher meant at the parents' evening when he said you never paid attention during math class and didn't listen to him! 😅

[@jeffmorris5456]

That's sad. Read more, and that increased knowledge can become tangential in improving your life.

[@barrycuda3769]

@@jeffmorris5456 Yes Sir , right you are guvner.

[@smanqele]

@@barrycuda3769 🤣

[@Pietervdv]

It's great how relevant this video still is. Which makes me wonder how relevant his current views on electric cars will be in 30 odd years.

[@worawatli8952]

It's unreal how the joke of "I'd rather ride a horse than electric car" is still relevant. rofl

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

​@@worawatli8952I'd rather ride a dick than an electric car

[@andrewradford3953]

Or 5 years

[@Smokinjoewhite]

Damn, I haven't heard that one in a while... "A bit of a spazz".

[@mubaraksodha]

Brilliantly done ! This must have inspired Cunk to some extent. 😄

[@ExaFren]

"The Government are reluctant to do anything that might affect our freedom, or our standard of living" EL OH EL

[@havardstle3788]

Fantastic! And in most ways as actual today as then, except we are not driving around in rockets.😂

[@perikholt3395]

40:45 Glad to know I’m not alone in choosing one-hour detours to avoid spending fifteen minutes stuck in traffic.

[@jamesbomd3503]

You start off by thinking this is some form of spoof Like a Mr Bean by the end you realise it's quite a serious documentary

[@smanqele]

Those shrinks must have been holding back a lot of laughter during that session. Brave men!

[@Astro_War]

If I had a time machine this is the era I'd like to go back and visit. Never saw this programme at the time - mid 1990s, I was probably watching The Word or something😆

[@matthewbooth1283]

1990. MCMXC.

[@jonnnyren6245]

Why didn't Reichsmarschall von Clarkson beg this man to be on The Grand Tour as a 4th host?! 😂

[@pjousma]

the ending and view on electric vehicles was so accurate

[@JaceBarretto]

Thankyou for uploading. Rowan Atkinson is a legend and the fact that he is a great ambassador of cars makes him all the more legendary.

[@davecom3]

15 people a day! Thats about 5 times what it is today. Every man and his dog drove drunk, no airbags, no adherance to speed limits, and very little punishment when caught speeding.

[@rob_lightbody]

That's fantastic. Love Rowan, didn't know we had so much in common!!

[@Where_is_Waldo]

1:40 Something gives me the impression that Rowan is on the spectrum. I suppose you could get that impression from much of his work but I was already familiar with (and I absolutely loved) his work long before I came to any understanding of the autism spectrum so it never really occurred to me until this moment.

[@8iker]

I have a friend that knows him. He's incredibly shy and awkward but gets around it using humour.

[@xrstofstreepify]

Holy crap! never have I found anything that resonates so much!

[@franciscope7141]

42:36 terrifyingly acurate glimpse into the future

[@mnbalfour1985]

Rowan Atkinson should have bought a short-wheel-base sedan version of the Mercedes Benz 600 Grosser. It is more restrained, less ostentatious.

[@elliotcaponfield3539]

That taxi driver Roderick is an absolute madman 🤣🤣🤣 what year was this filmed? Is roderick still driving?

[@anaderdimension]

It was produced in 1990. You can see it in the last orange screen Tiger Productions, in the bottom says 1990 in Roman Numerals🙂

[@alanawinter503]

Rodrick now works in Dundee lol as a delivery driver, he’s an amazing guy to chat with

[@danielkerryann]

Thank you! I remember this well (I bought it on VHS from Wilko's back in the 90s) especially Roderick on the roundabout!!! ;-)

[@timothyhicks5843]

Paul made a difference. A decent bloke who had a positive impact. The total figure of drivers trained via Drive & Survive and his work with Prodrive must be quite something.

[@worawatli8952]

It's unreal how the ending is still relevant today, that many people would rather ride horses than drive an electric. rofl

[@andrewradford3953]

People still fear change.

[@Dooblecaine]

There is a big change between a gasoline powered vehicle and a horse and buggy. I think it is more a situation where people don't like unproven, immature technology that currently causes more pollution issues than it solves becoming the dominant means of personal transportation. Especially when the reasons for the change are those pollution issues. And also while other countries (namely India and China) are still propping up highly polluting coal fired power plants by the bushel to this day. People don't like to squeeze their own lifestyles and choices when vast many in other countries are not. It just seems hypocritical and wholly unnecessary.

[@drumstick74]

Thanks for sharing this gem! Huge love to Rowan and his car enthusiasm, humour and wit.

[@8iker]

Roderick is a fucking legend!

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

"let's go in this lane, carve them up and turn left"😂. Imagine the level of social media comment section analysis of some of his driving nowadays. I hope he's still alive and driving like this in a corner of the capital somewhere

[@anyau]

0:36 Saying this in 1991, while in 2024 everything is the same

[@tomedward8652]

Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini, Aston Martin, McLaren, TVR no longer British owned companies. Where did it all go wrong for the British car industry?

[@theafro]

Thanks for this, prescient and nostalgic at the same time!

[@archiveoddball4761]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertcrawford7485]

It's funny how we were so worried about something that didn't exist... Mr Ozone

[@dorpersatdawn]

The round about scene is the funniest piece of tv I've scene. haha I call my driving charismatic . . no you're just an ass hat lol.

[@amirhashm1]

Masterpiece. Rowan Atkinson make a modern day version!

[@autumn_rain]

have never seen this gem from one of my favourite persons

[@pressureworks]

He really does like to Truck !!!!!!

[@stacydraper1001]

Amazing 👏 Thank you for uploading this 🙂👍

[@angeloreyes357]

Great artist..Sir Rowan Atkinson..very classy..

[@PN_48]

Haha Roderick is brilliant! Thanks KZbin😂

[@kekke2000]

Very interesting, just to see the perspectives they had. Mr Green Peace Guy, I'm sorry, we chose the toilet. I'm very happy we have improved safety and effeciency at least.

[@dickieb2233]

Well that was 1990 and so, 34 yrs later, some of us still don't want to drive an electric car. I suspect the reasoning is different from that suggested.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

Dude has crashed his Mclaren F1 twice..and other assorted Ferrari's.

[@neithere]

"Skoda"? Did they not know why there was a thingy attached to the "S"? Interesting

[@brianmgrim]

One of the most English things I’ve seen in a long time.

[@1974UTuber]

What a bloody brilliant documentary and so very true

[@jeeves_uk]

The part at around 41:00 talking about getting people out of cars is very interesting given how things are today.

[@LeeJPryer]

My first car was a mini, there was a petrol leak in the engine so i put a bake bean tin in it to catch the petrol, when i stopped i would put it back in the petrol tank 😂

[@idokwatcher2062]

45:59 how right he was, and it wasn't even EV that did it. It was electric steering and automatic transmission that ended the golden era :\

[@andrewsmith1204]

18:00 If car salespeople are anything, they're modest.

[@HomerSlated]

Rowan's face at 21:24 as he's listening to E. Cummings' erotic description of a car...

[@michimibsi829]

Amazing,thanks for uploading!

[@rsvp9146]

Thank you, suggestions...

[@deemond5289]

I cant believe I have never seen this, its brilliant. Thanks for sharing.