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[@genticles9981]

I’m watching Richard Hammond talk about the gunpowder plot at 1:30 am. What even is my life?

[@PibrochPonder]

Genticles 1:55 am here ;)

[@juttuikaverit]

3am, all hope is lost.

[@BadBoyV1]

3:46 am here lol

[@trynoepic7313]

This is life

[@alistairgosling5266]

2.45am hoping this will help sleep!

[@jamesyounger743]

Great documentary. I always watch this shortly before bonfire night.

[@75mmSaintChammondMondragon]

And suddendly Jeremy Clarkson emerges from the explosion saying the words: "Hammond, you IDIOT"

[@boo-boo5764]

Alejandro Quiroga Mansilla idot

[@gavinpritchard9471]

Or "and with that, it's back to the studio"

[@spideywhiplash]

🤣🤣🤣

[@marcleslac2413]

LOL

[@Stussmeister]

Or James May saying, "Bigger than I was expecting."

[@markdennis7038]

"Slow down, it's bad form to crash into explosives factories!", Words to live by!!!

[@flashcracker1]

This is an excellent production combining both factual history and the satisfaction of witnessing the power of explosives. Guy Fawkes was the only man ever to enter Parliament with honourable intentions.

[@aryaaswale7316]

Terrorism is hardly honourable

[@andrewharper1609]

Honest is how the saying goes.

[@flashcracker1]

@@andrewharper1609 sorry but you are wrong. Honourable is correct and is the term used by MP's in the House of Commons when addressing a member of their own party. Also, see the quotation in Red Molotov's "Vote Guido" tee shirt on their website.

[@richardlongmore9301]

@@aryaaswale7316 politicians deserve it

[@bosola7168]

@@aryaaswale7316 One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter.

[@patrickmaris]

3:53 I am not allowed to actually tell you where it is. Well I can, here it is: RAF spadeadam The information I had was: - it's in cumbria, England - the sign said electronic warfare tactics range - Hammond said 'it is a 21 century warfare range (the busiest in europe) So that's how u find things on the internet

[@meowmiaous]

im watching this for my history assessment, thanks dad for bringing me along on the top gear train cuz this is way more enjoyable now

[@AngryBoob]

become an engineer dude ! (sorry for my english ^^, i'm french)

[@DJBEANZzROADTO1K]

angry bob ton anglais est très formidable

[@getthefekir5040]

Have you finished the assignement? Hope you pass!

[@meowmiaous]

Brad Wilton I passed with flying colours thanks for asking :))

[@getthefekir5040]

@@meowmiaous niiiiice. Well done

[@freddoflintstono9321]

What I find fun about the British is that they celebrate this every year. I love their wry, dry sense of humour. That aside, this is one of the most interesting bits of historic/modern documentaries I've ever seen. Well done.

[@pastytit]

@Chris Perkins you think politicians are innocent?

[@Jonathan-fz8di]

Yeah, always seemed strange to me that this is such a big thing in the year to 'celebrate'. Its more a case of enjoying the fireworks, bonfire, food and all the other things, while the original reason becomes more of a back story. I saw this a few years back, thought it was great. Would have preferred another presenter, but at least Hammond is enthusiastic about it.

[@mystero9714]

When we celebrate bonfire night we are celebrating that the gunpowder plot failed and that guy fawkes was executed, hence why we burn guy fawkes dolls on bonfires.

[@logangallagher7050]

@@mystero9714 originally it was an effigy of the pope we burnt because it was a Catholic plot, however it changed to guy Fawkes because burning an effigy of the pope was outlawed by future Catholic monarchs

[@logangallagher7050]

King James the second

[@MRFORD-nc5wg]

It’s so weird seeing Hammond talk about something not involving cars.

[@chilton7853]

When I was younger I can remember seeing Hammond on loads of kids science programmes, but maybe I'm thinking of someone else

[@KimM13744]

He used to host a series called Brainiac, a science show which tested projects every episode, blowing stuff up, what happens if you mix different chemicals together and even can you walking on custard. We would watch it in school. 😁

[@KayZeeFx]

Never watched brainiac as a kid??? Or Total WIpeout? He wasn't called the king of day-time tv for nothing

[@thom7853]

I could watch him explain my daily schedule and enjoy it.

[@Finallybianca]

Hey at least something blows up and catches on fire so its not to far off his normal

[@elidames6889]

It took the building apart at every single seam it ever had, in a gentle wave, and then decentigrated all of it. The sheer amount of force in that is just insane

[@gezzarandom]

I like when Richard says, “We light these for a blast that never happened.” Well thanks to ITV, it has now. 😂

[@jaganr7788]

It's not old Top Gear that made Hammond, Clarkson and May famous. It's their narration that makes everything feel interesting, which includes Top Gear. Irreplaceable, these 3..

[@aliencyborg3660]

I can't agree more with this 👍

[@leejk3926]

James' Japan series on Amazon Prime also shows this

[@shananagans5]

They are like the Beetles. They are all great on their own but when you get them all together, there is a little extra magic.

[@patrickdoyle9369]

Over paid idiots. Stupid to boot.. But then again so were the people responsible for paying them.

[@celtoloco788]

Hammond has a great series, Egineering Connections, its pure quality. He plays dumb on the TG and Amazon show, but he's not.

[@tracyhodgkins7516]

I think the most important thing to remember is that though Fawkes didn’t come up with the plot, it couldn’t have happened without him. After Fawkes was arrested the conspirators made their way to Holbeche House, which is now a nursing home in Dudley, but in those days would have been considered to be in Staffordshire. Whilst there, the plotters realised the supply of gunpowder they’d taken with them was damp, so they attempted to dry it in front of an open fire, with obvious results. It just goes to show that Catesby might have had charisma, but the whole substance of the plot depended on Fawkes. Without him the plotters would have been clueless.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

British History is a cartoon

[@masterskrain2630]

It's fascinating to watch the roof "unzip" in slow motion...

[@lorenclarke7815]

I think I have a new favorite explosion. The cement truck from Mythbusters has been demoted.

[@lunabluevinemassacre6182]

No, but it's close

[@willmfrank]

That's Sidney Alford for ya; he "wants Big Boom" more than Jamie does.

[@AndrewJamesWilliams]

An impressive documentary of what might have been. Though as they said at the end even if the gunpowder gone off and the King and Parliament killed the plot wouldn't have worked. The largely protestant population would have just gone mad with rage and brutally killed every single Catholic they found.

[@jamesedens8245]

I am amazed that a feature film has never been made about this incident. With all of the remakes that keep coming out, this would be an intriguing original subject.

[@bombercountyblues]

Amazon put out a 3 parter recently called gunpowder... not bad.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@bombercountyblues Referencing the *Guy Fawkes* incident is the 1943 *British* comedy movie *My Learned Friend,* which is worth seeing anyway. It's not public domain yet.

[@SKILLIUSCAESAR]

@@bombercountyblues thnx for tip!

[@celladorestark2047]

Watch v for vendetta

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

​@@bombercountybluesThe Kit Harington, one right?

[@mikelheron20]

I love the fact that the soldiers are wearing hi-vis waistcoats over their camouflage jackets. 😂

[@nickyjlyons]

😂😂😂

[@OnlyOneKenobi]

The BEST documentary for Guy Faulkes night 🥰 O.O.K 👌🏼💙

[@g.w.7893]

The physics of a great explosion. There's nothing quite like it.

[@Strothy2]

54:26 that's what killed many many soldiers on warships back then, when the floor is pushed so fast your body can't compensate, they literally got their bones shattered by the acceleration... gruesome shit

[@Finding457]

Most entertaining thing l’ve watched in 6 months

[@plunder1956]

I have been involved in some very big concrete pours of pilecap segments. But 650 tons in one continuous pour is huge. Even organising the pumps so you don't have a failed pump ending the event is hard. The only thing you can do is pour slowly & keep going, to keep the batching plants in pace with you.

[@celtoloco788]

sounds like a serious job

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

That's interesting, how do you harden that much properly and get the air out?1000 vibrators?

[@OnlyOneKenobi]

Watch this every year! 💥👌🏼 The best 💙

[@KrisAdamsTV]

When Richard was walking into the old building, and it was silhouetted, and he said, he needed some boring dude who knew a lot of boring stuff... I really thought / hoped the shaggy haired man he was walking with was James May! That would have been amazing, and I am sure James knows this stuff 😂

[@alirazaali6101]

Keep it up.I love science.

[@jeebuschristos8423]

7:43 Who now wants to see a Guy Ritchie movie covering this planning and plot?

[@BunkyBunk1]

“Tonight on Bottom Gear: James drives away, I call people “blithering idiots”, and Richard blows up a replica of parliament”

[@adidnac]

Secret location lol ... electronic warfare tactics range + Cumbria = RAF Spadeadam

[@thenameisgsarci]

Yeah, I think he gave out some obvious clues already. XD

[@mfuller1093]

Hammond '' I can't tell you the location of this place'' Then he wears a hard hat with the company name on it. Priceless TV cock up ! 🤣🤣🤣

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

When I was a child, nearly every home had a bonfire and fireworks display in their backyard. You could enjoy not only your own celebration of Guy Fawkes Night but that of others in the street as well. Very spectacular it all was too. We wondered whose fire would be the last to die out. That is no longer the case, these days, with Bonfire Night now being an organised event, as strangers gather together at big venues to share in the annual commemoration. All in the name of health and safety of course and rightly so. But I have fond memories of back in the day, when each family celebrated with their own personal Bonfire/Guy Fawkes do.

[@craigpimlott204]

Yep building your bonfire with mates from where you lived .then going on manoeuvres to steal wood from other bonfires then getting in punch ups defending your own bonfire .I miss them days .no pain in the April whining about fireworks .even the animals were tougher back then I don’t know of any of my mates dogs or mine being bothered by fireworks ..

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

What happened hey, authoritarianism rules the west, and they get away with it "it's for your own safety"as the Nazis used to say

[@markrunnalls7215]

That was great ..thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@adminashofficial3522]

Absolutely superb documentary and experiment.

[@kwickeb99]

Love watching our history..x

[@Lulu-nf4hx]

Great Arup security contribution to this programme. Well worth a watch

[@tris07]

“It was a stupid plan” is a perfect summary of the gunpowder plot

[@CasperScott-qq6ip]

The plot it's self could have easily happened. It nearly did. Night before the plot is discovered is a pretty close call. What is stupid is to think it will lead to a Catholic resurgence. More likely a witch hunt

[@mikecleasby709]

Richard Hammond does “Mythbusters” at Eskmeals range…. Topped off with some hiking round the Lake District…. Perfect!! 😊

[@richardmesser388]

The part that was missed was that the people of the country never actually wanted to celebrate the plot being stopped, it wasnt important to them, so the king enforced it by making threats to the nation. Great way to make them love you lol

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

Wasn't he the same nutter that wrote the malificus macarum?

[@martinobrien4882]

I sometimes wonder if there was any connection between the plotters and Dublin In Ireland? Surely they may have been inspired to use Gunpowder after Dublin was partially destroyed by a Gunpowder explosion in 1597? In Dublin the explosion was caused by 104 barrels of Gunpowder,and if it could cause so much damage to a small city,surely the Gunpowder plotters would have learnt from this?

[@gezzarandom]

The only real connection between the plotters and Ireland was a few tried to flee there after the plot was exposed.

[@celtoloco788]

im sure it gave them the idea, would have been major news at the time

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Something that invigorated them, probably

[@sparkyfromel]

I imagine the thought of the operating officer going back home .." did you had a good day Dear ?" ..... "excellent , I blew up parliament ! "

[@TrainsOfDorset]

Watched this in History class earlier, was quite good. A real shame my friend was in isolation

[@bigjohny8446]

Annual reminder that guy was onto something

[@Vladpryde]

Dr. Sidney Alford (OBE, 2015) passed away this year on the 27th of January, at the age of 86. RIP.

[@KingIjazMalik]

So Bye Than

[@cromwellg60]

He seemed like a fantastic old British eccentric. They dont make them like that any more. RIP

[@bradmiller7486]

The man waz a genius with explosives, and came up with materials, applications, and devices that going to be classified for DECADES.

[@paulhammons7077]

Killed it!

[@LanguageEasy]

Very interesting video!!

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

You know what I find interesting is that I just watched V for vendetta yesterday which is saved to my hard drive not a website and yet here it is, on KZbin, showing up in a list that shows up on my home page, a documentary about guy fawke..... hmmmm

[@DannyHeywood]

(The Intro) Be careful with that bloody lantern!

[@alexc7857]

2:25 honesty I thought it was James May till he opened his mouth ahaha

[@sophiemorgan_]

omg aha same🤣

[@jellisquared1702]

Haha! Me too 😂😂😂

[@nicolascurioni3977]

his face at the end tho LOL

[@lenodh]

I like the idea to recreate the Guy Fawkes plan and how it would end,

[@John-mz8rj]

Thay sill search the parliament basement every 5th of November.

[@jamesblanton9364]

I think that had Guy have lit the fuse, it most probably would have been the single biggest explosion in the world at that time.

[@nathanballard4355]

**edit - man made

[@nathanballard4355]

The question I would love answered is, how would it have changed the present.

[@bradmiller7486]

​@@nathanballard4355ooooo ... that IS a very good "alternate history" takeoff point!

[@noobyboi6324]

Holy crap that was beautiful

[@leggomygopro8219]

As a person who played around wi... ...uhhh, *_experimented_* with black powder in various forms of containment in his youth, I expected a large blast, but... *Holy **_Guacamole_** !!* This reminds me of the Tianjin blast, probably the largest DDT (Deflagration to Detonation Transition) in recorded history !! Also, I'm curious to know how much this one-shot experiment cost.

[@ThePuschkin1986]

production of the entire show cost 1 million GBP, with the parliament building set alone 200k.

[@leggomygopro8219]

@@ThePuschkin1986 Hey Wow !! Thanks for the reply !!

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Worth it

[@user-sd6lg8lf5c]

His face at the end though!

[@christophersmith7714]

We need more Guy Fawkes's

[@evomazebusiness]

Love it

[@Eideric]

Decayed gunpowder refers to the fact that gunpowder separates over time; not whether it becomes clumpy or not with water. Gunpowder stored in barrels was known to separate, with the saltpetre in particular rising to the surface of the barrel. For this reason, gunpowder barrels were turned over every couple of weeks. However, with the postponement of the opening of Parliament from July 1605, the conspirators split up with Guy Fawkes heading to the Netherlands. So nobody would have been left to tend to the barrels of gunpowder meaning that it very likely separated in the months until Fawkes returned to London.

[@TransmissionEpicts]

Interesting observation! How might this have affected the explosion, potentially?

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

​@@TransmissionEpictsInstead of the fires of hell it'd only be the fires of hades

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

John Grant disagrees

[@MrMonkeybat]

I thought corned gunpowder stopped the separation of the ingredients. Clumpy gunpowder is just bigger corns.

[@abdihassan7208]

One of the best documentaries ive seen by one of my favorite presenters

[@aronyak1]

I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the ITV news.

[@colinnewton5254]

Come back Guy Fawkes all is forgiven!

[@grdprojekt]

I wonder how many scientific papers that have come out from this. The project is ginormous and had lots and lots of technical facts briefly mentioned and considerably compressed by Richard Hammond in front of the camera, so the viewers wouldn't get bored and hopefully doesn't break the immersion from the story. Which they've managed to do. I mean, when they blasted only a barrel of gun powder, they had to then give the raw results to explosion experts, indicating that it had never done before. So there's no paper they could use as the 1/36th basis of what they were going to do. This is just so big. I've watched some of Richard Hammond's own documentaries before, which also had some scientific demonstrations. But they're all mostly scaled down version of the real thing that's built/done, so there are papers they could refer to and just scale it down. This though, they did it for real. Had to rent (I guess?) a classified research area for weeks, hire a construction company to build quite a large building (honestly, the initial sketches tricked my brain, looked like a typical brick house), using up all the cement mixer trucks in a county, divert air traffic, possibly halting military exercise around the facility and the research facility itself. For an hour long TV show. I couldn't imagine a TV station in my country would spent the same amount of money for a year.

[@davidwoods8181]

This Sidney bloke is a right character haha

[@markguho6294]

As a Catholic I condemn the Gunpowder Plot. But I understand why they did. It is natural to retaliate against your oppressor.

[@gordonpeden6234]

So you can sympathise with ISIS? IRA? Good Queen Bess?? (She killed a few non-Catholics)

[@gordonpeden6234]

Oops, Scratch Good Queen Bess! Insert Bloody Mary.

[@cambs0181]

My father is a Catholic. We still had the fireworks in the garden when I was a kid.

[@barryjive1104]

Ah yes, I think we're all familiar with medieval construction techniques that involve a queue of a dozen cement trucks. That's the attention to historical detail I demand from my documentaries.

[@onlyme219]

Totally agree

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

You miss the point entirely

[@MsrAlaindeFerrier]

Pleasant looking powders, esp the white one

[@YouMineNL]

Heard it smells real good too

[@welcometomychanel2314]

This just makes me wanna watch top gear and the grand tour

[@CasperScott-qq6ip]

In todays day and age guy Fawkes would probably be given a pardon being a ground breaking explosive expert and put to work for the state

[@lashersquirrelslayer]

I love the Motherland!!!

[@allute]

Why does a 720p video look like it was recorded in 1990.

[@spacexfan1281]

All of top gear, unless 18-23 episodes looks like 90s

[@cherihayward350]

That explosion made me cry 😂😂😢😮

[@copperdragon9214]

That explosion would make mythbusters blush.

[@Boomcheeks]

I dunno, that cement truck they did was pretty crazy if I remember right.

[@copperdragon9214]

Boomcheeks true, but the cement truck vaporized. This got dismantled in a linear motion.

[@Boomcheeks]

@@copperdragon9214 Yeah I just watched the truck again and have to admit this was probably the more pleasing explosion.

[@icommentalots]

I'm waiting for Hammond to try to demonstrate the plot and accidentally actually blow up parliament

[@nathanirby4273]

Man the concussion off that must have been intense, I do civil war reenacting and know what a few pounds of black powder can feels like going off, but I can't imagine one tonne

[@bradmiller7486]

A 3-lb ship's gun (pirate re-enactors) firing wad only feels like a hard body punch at 50+ meters.

[@sydclark5581]

I'm from the UK and this would have been on TV during my late teenage years, but I've never seen it nor heard of it until now. Anyhoo..... They left one side of the building open which would have reduced the blast a tad, wow.

[@dwayne_dibley]

From memory, it was 2005, so the same year as the bombings. Put a few people off as I recall.

[@jonnyfrench7366]

This guy Fawkes!

[@TombstoneHeart]

Guy Fawkes - the only man to enter the Houses of Parliament with honest intentions! lol

[@sahhull]

And a means to carry it out

[@a44489]

​@@sahhull bk then try today

[@keeganbeaumont8692]

Nice

[@roserea3156]

I remember this.

[@oof_its_dom2659]

"While i search up a place to blow up a building" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pedr0g0mes1]

imagine if they had the super frame rate cameras that we've got nowadays...fantastic !

[@SpoopyGamer]

Hammond sounds like he's on helium the whole show XD

[@pederstrmKollenborg]

RAF Spadeadam, very secret. Much wow. :P

[@mariafarrugia1192]

Good on you Richard...SOMETHING INTERESTING ON KZbin

[@theculturedthug6609]

Can someone do it now please more than ever.

[@H4TTOR1_H4NZO]

Watching in my fawkes mask✊😉

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

In reference to James the First's speech, and it's commentary; it sounds vaguely familiar. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935, perhaps?

[@ihaveyourkidneys8701]

If you are here cuz of your history teacher raise your hand 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@publicdomain4890]

was the original gunpowder mixture corned? Corning gunpowder by first wetting it and then drying it then breaking it up again into coarse granules increases the powders explosive potential by quite a bit.

[@bradmiller7486]

Also, keeps it from separating into basic components, over time.

[@georginacox3909]

A few days ago Google listed where the plot was hatched.

[@edwardking8629]

Fantastic but I wonder just how expensive setting the whole thing up cost , like the explosion sky high

[@xxrileyxxnb3996]

The size of the explosion is how much Jeremy Clarkson hates u but then he does it and he realises how much fun it is lol

[@Charleysbluenotes]

You know how when you realize something minor in something and it bothers You forever....the audio of this documentary is well wrong. I love Richards voice... normally....after a few minutes I realized that this is been pitched and maybe even sped up.... Can't unrealise it.... Haha

[@tonyroach6297]

looks like one expensive experiment 🧨💥

[@mariafarrugia1192]

CA BOOOOM. EXCELLENT

[@diorbrooks3675]

I saw that at school on November

[@nicktrueman224]

The reason for secrecy is it is classed as a explosive and it truly is that. Static friction, electrical current or hot sparks/flame can ignite it. Friction detonation is far more risky if it's in contact with a ferrous metal. I would not want to be the driver of that truck and it must be packaged in a particular way so as to counter how hydroscopic it is and accidental discharge.

[@MazHem]

Hell yeah

[@pgs1796]

It would not have worked because the State knew what they were doing and let them run with it to catch as many as those connected to the same as possible.

[@Matty18795]

12:19 imagine all the plotters sat around the table each drinking 1 of them.