The Making of Jeremy Clarkson's The Greatest Raid of All | North One

[@Maoulduin]

Jeremy Clarkson is so passionate about British military history. His patriotism really shone through in this piece.

[@jamiedenton2321]

@Real Thailand "Clarkson lied about massively important details"? Lmao everything you said in that post is pure opinion just like what Clarkson said. There is nothing wrong with the statement: ''If the Tirpitz got among the convoys, Britain could lose the war.'' Wtf, blown that so far out of proportion it's unreal and WHO DO YOU KEEP SHOUTING AT?

[@thefastestfox1]

@Real Thailand Are you upset because you recently mistook a lady for a man?

[@muzallisam5068]

@@jamiedenton2321 he doesnt understand the meaning of the word "if"

[@jamiedenton2321]

@Real Thailand I've never seen such a silly overreaction to something non existent. Clarkson didn't lie about anything and you really don't know what the difference between fact and opinion is. And why are you still shouting a week later, seriously, calm down. It's actually crazy how you got 3:12 seconds in the documentary before you head just exploded for no apperent reason that any other human being can see.

[@nymalous3428]

I wonder if the Tirpitz had been able to take action against the convoys if the US would have become intimidated into pulling out of helping Britain. After all, many in the US were against going to war in the first place. Also, the majority of the convoys that made in through did so during the second half of the war. It could have been possible that Britain would have been starved of resources during the first half of the war, had the Tirpitz been active. I try to keep in mind that most actions, including military ones, aren't made up of a few spectacular events, but rather a myriad of very small ones all accumulating in the final result. Still, there could be little actions that act as a turning point, but there's no way of knowing, since we only have one reality in which to live and experience events. In the end, it's not worth getting upset over.

[@charlieindigo]

As a long-time military historian and scale-scratch-build military modeller, I have to say that these guys did an absolutely impressive and A1-class job. They didn't want to insult anyone's intelligence, and they achieved that with flying colours. I'm not Clarkson's biggest fan, but I have to give him full credit for his accurate research and story-telling. What a team of true professionals!! Well done you guys.

[@stevenmannion7479]

The raid documentary was so engrossing that the use of SFX never even occurred to me. It's only watching this documentary that it is called to mind. The work was seamless.

[@andyrbush]

Exactly

[@krimke881]

Agree. I wouldn't have known

[@mattmanard8411]

One of my favorite episodes of a certain car show had nothing to do with cars. The 3 guys geeking out about being in spitfires and a hurricane. Clarkson has so much love and respect for the greatest generation. I am thankful for him.

[@dhio9615]

The fact that Andy produced this one just makes it better

[@harezy]

Mr Clarkson needs to do more like this.. Thanks for the behind scenes 👍👍

[@davidm3maniac201]

@Real Thailand Thats really got to you hasn't it as you said the same thing in another post. Buddy its just his opinion dont let it bother you as we all know the outcome of the war and Tirpitz was destroyed anyway so Clarkson opinion is irrelevant. Take care and stay safe

[@dava73]

Fantastic documentary. Watched or many, many times.

[@petershim5900]

Now I'll go back and watch the original documentary... again!🙏🏼

[@mickmckean7378]

Awesome work everyone involved in telling this story! What a story of heroism it is, the excellent modelling and film-making to give us some idea of what those poor men would have gone through in their sacrifice. Bravo.

[@Thelandofminecraable]

Love that Jeremy is actually incredibly intelligent. Plays the oaf but is the smartest man in the room

[@Thelandofminecraable]

Tr15tan from a technical engineering standpoint though Hammond is also incredibly smart, but Jeremy definitely more so.

[@elledurnan]

Hare Brahs why?

[@Topper_Harley68]

@Hare Brahs That's what i thought.

[@MrTruth111]

come on he has to remember lines written for him by a team at the BBC

[@Thelandofminecraable]

@Real Thailand Jesus calm down mr Thailand. Surely you know I’m not gonna read all that...

[@theflyingsteamerstoke8534]

The intriguing thing about the whole story of the mission is how it captures you and some individuals feel honor bound to do something to honor it be it either Jeremy wanting to make this documentary, the model makers putting in extra hours or individuals simply going to Falmouth as a form of pilgrimage.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Thanks for this excellent programme. Really enjoyed it.

[@mikemcgrath433]

What an amazing amount of work and effort that does the documentary justice, never knew about this raid until I came across it on utube, what a piece of history

[@rosaliereeder5631]

The Greatest Raid of All was the Greatest Thing that he had ever done, This is a real bonus.

[@cannonball9478]

Thanks v much for bringing the event to life to remember the brave men who risked and gave their lives for our freedom. Fantastic documentary

[@jonathanma2741]

i saw that documentary before, never knew Andy Wilman was part of it... the soal of TG and GT...he and Jeremy Clarkson

[@hendo337]

Some of Mr. Clarkson's finest work, I pray he will eventually do more documentaries that honor the harrowing experiences of our war veterans.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

Forget cars - Jeremy Clarkson has the voice AND PATRIOTISM to make military documentaries his passion and love for Great Britain is exactly wat is not there in the usual sky military documentaries

[@Derektaylor1983]

Thank you for this. I've watched the documentary 4 or 5 times, including last week. Epic to say the least. Clarkson was made for this type of thing, the man can get you hyped about a potato with that voice!

[@TheKid102938]

Quite literally hyped about Jeremy Clarksons potatoes... What with his farm and all

[@Derektaylor1983]

@Real Thailand TLDR

[@WalterBurton]

@Real Thailand Hindsight is 20/20. The operation was approved, resourced, and executed. At the time, some people thought that it needed to get done, and they got it done. Never mind the great writing that sets this particular retelling apart.

[@charlieindigo]

@Real Thailand It is in the nature of presenters on miltary matters to overstate facts and figures, and while you and I might disagree with them (and we do - frequently!), I think you've also overstated and misrepresented some of your claims. While I don't have all the facts & figures to hand, you are quite wrong to speculate on what the Bismark could or could not have done; after all, she sank the cream of the RN Capital ships in a single engagement. The RN had certainly tracked her, but were not so keen to attack because they didn't have the comparable armament, and knew they would probably lose ships in any engagement. Even after she'd been disabled by outmoded biplanes, she was still able to cause significant damage to the fleet after it had moved in for the kill. On that basis, the Tirpitz could be reckoned to inflict real, serious damage to the convoys. The Graf Spee had already given the RN the slip, but had to pull into Montevideo for repair work. by the time she had to leave, the RN had gathered its fleet and would certainly have destroyed her, so that incident doesn't even enter the picture. As for the convoys themselves, you say the British merchant fleet weas the biggest in the world, but it wasn't only British ships in the convoys - a great many were American. The problem with the convoys was that great expanse of the Atlantic where the U-Boats could operate with complete impunity. The number of U-Boats operating in that area was staggering, and for the RN to venture into it would have ended with huge losses. As it was, the UK had to order ships from the "H" Gibralter fleet to give aid to those we had operating in the North Sea AND the Atlantic. Also, it wasn't the loss of the convoys that was worrying, it was vital loads they were carrying - and we couldn't protect them all while we had the European blocade in operation - primarily to keep the German Grand Fleet from getting out. Neither Hitler nor Doenitz wanted to take the chance of losing that fleet. The St Nazaire Raid was no small event as you put it. It was a raid intended to prevent Tirpitz - and any large battleship - from gaining a safe harbour beyond Germany itself. The raid was therefore especially signicant as far as the UK was concerned, and it succeeded! If raids - any raids - were thought unimportant, they would never have been undertaken. Raids such as on the Lofoten Islands successful! St Nazaire - Successful! Bruneval - Successful! Dieppe - successful in the sense that valuable information and lessons learnt were achieved, albeit at a heavy cost. So please don't run away with the idea that St Nazaire was of minor significance. It did the job that lasted for the remainder of the war.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

Forget cars - Jeremy Clarkson has the voice AND PATRIOTISM to make military documentaries his passion and love for Great Britain is exactly wat is not there in the usual sky military documentaries

[@scofab]

Very well done, thank you.

[@mav5204]

This deserves to be made into a proper film

[@Mrfort]

I believe it has been made in film ,see the links.

[@garygalt4146]

It has in the 50s that the 1950s. I guess Jeramy didn’t have a Tv growing up. Mind you it was Yorkshire 😂

[@aaronleverton4221]

It was once, kind of. A great '50s stiff upper lip film starring Trevor Howard called Gift Horse. Fairly fictionalised, but a cracking story. I agree that it needs the modern, tell the real story/tell it like it was treatment.

[@wyvernquill2796]

WWII Movie: Attack On The Iron Coast, 1968 Glory At The Sea (The Full Movie) 1952 AKA Gift Horse

[@nunyabidness674]

@@garygalt4146 Couple things... 1, it wouldn't have been on telly, but in the cinema and 2: CLARKSON WASN'T BORN YET...

[@TheAgwarn]

Just brilliant! The Greatest Raid, PQ17 and the VC documentary are arguably Clarkson’s finest work.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

AGREED !!!! Forget cars - Jeremy Clarkson has the voice AND PATRIOTISM to make military documentaries his passion and love for Great Britain is exactly wat is not there in the usual sky military documentaries

[@dirtydave2691]

Well done. The effort made at retelling this incredible story shows.

[@DriventoExtremes]

A fascinating documentary and another piece of incredible television from North One. I’ve had the privilege of working with this great team of professionals.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Loved watching this. The work that went into it was amazing.

[@markwoods1504]

I’m so glad this true story was told , my late Grandfather was in no 1 Commando during WW2 , there were some Commando’s who made it back home only a handful who made it to Spain and then to Gibraltar my Grandfather was one of those. RIP

[@drunken.editor]

So glad they used models. It gives it an 'Airfix' feel about it

[@EricDKaufman]

Someone needs to take Jeremy's docu and turn it into a shot for shot faithful 3.5 hour epic. These men deserved to be remembered (and I am an American). Also, who doesn't love watching Nazi's get blown up.

[@theant9821]

Yeah, i know theres a 50s black and white film based on it but reckon there's more potential for a proper good film than most war films, plus i reckon with America being the centre of filmmaking that leaves the rest of the worlds stories often of equal or greater calibre overshadowed. Especially as Britain has been at war with more square miles of the earth than any other nation ever both at land and sea. There's more incredible tales to tell than just the American ones in the English speaking world alone with twice as much world war experience to be told not including before and after. Definitely deserves a modern film made proper, better story than dunkirk, pearl harbour, battle of Britain, etc. And one of the first significant deliberate uses of what became known as special forces to its full potential.

[@gavinchia5841]

Fantastic work on the documentary. The model building was amazing.

[@Chris-hx3om]

You guys need more credit. This documentary was handled brilliantly. It treated everybody, from both sides, with total respect. Very very well done.

[@marklengal9990]

Outstanding work from the entire team of people. The model ,sight and sound was spot on. I still believe with the right actors and producers this would be a award winning cinematic movie.

[@dantaylor7344]

Watched this documentary countless times, never really noticed the CGI stuff, only really recall the interviews with the primary source veterans.

[@TJSaw]

One of the finest war documentaries I've ever seen.

[@davidm3maniac201]

@Real Thailand you really need to get a life. Repeating the same old comment over and over to different posts

[@bobstride6838]

Just brilliant work. Thank you for bringing this alive

[@chelseachelseaboy]

It was a brilliant documentary and the work that went in to it paid dividends, when I mention documentaries to friends this one is always top of the list, I only wish Jeremy Clarkson would do more of them it obviously suits him and he makes it more tense when explaining the story, those guys did a fantastic job on the ship.

[@jordanh5312]

In fucking credible! Awesome job guys! I didn’t even know it was a model till now. Great stuff!

[@peterthomas2013]

Thank-you for sharing this. Now lining in the USA, I miss being able to watch North One programs :(

[@nymalous3428]

A documentary about documentary... it was interesting. It was well done. I thought that the action sequences had been completely CGI, I never would have thought a physical model had been used so extensively.

[@davidm3maniac201]

You're not alone

[@martinmills135]

“A little bit à gauche and then ‘boom!’” lol. Literally all the French Clarkson ever needed for Top Gear.

[@trucker287]

Fantastic job from a very talented team, loved this and the completed film

[@trucker287]

@MichaelKingsfordGray ?

[@aurora2319]

12:50 "against all the odds, they made a masterpiece" They f..ing did !!

[@jasonrjohnston]

Terrific BTS. Thank you for sharing!

[@mgr_video_productions]

Amazing! This reminds me how the series Tugs were shot in a water tank.

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

Wonderfully made. Very informative and heartfelt. Well done... Well done...

[@davidm3maniac201]

@Real Thailand Not you again you bored or lonely.

[@graxav]

Astonishingly well done to all of you!!

[@michaeltalbot8242]

Utterly brilliant piece of work and incredible talent

[@05017351]

I thought this and the real documentary were great, they really did this story justice. My only criticism though: Don't you dare have a go at Thunderbirds! They invented and pioneered the special effects you are now using for this story. Show some damn respect!

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

I agree. When they criticised The Thunderbirds, I gasped a little bit!

[@davidm3maniac201]

I missed that. What a liberty

[@simonjones7785]

I have a memory of this story having seen it on film many years ago

[@lanmastersassistant659]

I didn't realise how much of the footage was modelling it so impressive

[@davidm3maniac201]

I didn't either

[@ScArrD]

So weird that I literally rewatched this documentary something like a week ago and this comes up.

[@tjp353]

Me too. Maybe it's a glitch in the matrix.

[@zac987sue]

well done lads . very good job .

[@stefanrobinson2920]

Someone HAS to make a movie about this story and the people involved..such a story has to be told surly..MR.Clarkson did a great job but a movie must.

[@davidm3maniac201]

There is a black and white one.

[@oliverreedslovechild]

@@davidm3maniac201 There's also a colour version from 1967, based on the original raid that ' starred ' Lloyd Bridges called 'Attack on the Iron Coast ' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_the_Iron_Coast

[@QuicknStraight]

Why does the audio track cut out several times? Apart from that, very interesting.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Copyright. The whole documentary is cut short

[@johnmunro4952]

I'm assuming that Clarkson found it in Micky Burn's "Turned toward the sun". Wonderful book. Reads like bloody Forest Gump. " Met Hitler, became commando.Rebuffed recruitment by Guy Burgess. blew up Saint Nazzaire, got sent to Colditz, was spotted by old friend Audrey Hepburn in nazi propaganda film in occupied Holland,made secret radio, used it to send intelligence to allies. Got liberated. Remained in Europe as correspondent for Times. Writes poetry. Becomes friends with the Queen. Mental!

[@thehaybayle]

Well this is… remarkably 2007. Absolutely brilliant documentary though, massive kudos to creators!

[@undisturbednaturalworldd3102]

good you are back , been missing you - hurra

[@wesleyy2502]

Is Jeremy Clarkson's narration of PQ 17 going to be uploaded?

[@karenblackadder1183]

It is available. I watched it last month.

[@GrahamWalters]

You can visit the area where the raid took place, the Uboat pens are still there, you can get to the top of them and see the AA gun tracks still embedded in the concrete

[@willyham4008]

Balls of stainless steel and hearts of lions,lets hope generations do full circle back to this.

[@nathanorchard201]

Something about the way jezza handles a documentary. He should do more! Oi Amazon....

[@elledurnan]

Great insight into a top documentary honouring the incredible.

[@davidm3maniac201]

@Real Thailand stop repeating yourself. Smh

[@magicalempire]

brilliant work guys, well done...

[@elyjane5103]

Absolutely fabulous

[@TheStan80]

Not just a car guy. He even makes famous bridges interesting to

[@jamesfindlay7150]

Watch “the gift horse” movie on KZbin it’s the film about the actual raid.

[@armastat]

It WAS made into a movie many years ago. saw it when i was younger.

[@llewellynpatrick160]

You're right. The raid was shown at the end of The Gift Horse (1952) as the last action of the ship but Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) focussed specifically on the raid. Both films are still around - in fact I'm watching The Gift Horse online at the moment.

[@N-JKoordt]

As I understand the historical event, the impact destroyed more of the ship than the gate. Here it looks like the gate is destroyed by the the ship sailing into it. And the explosion looks like it just destroyed the ship, where it was supposed to destroy the gate as well. Pity - looks good though.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Killed alot of Germans though

[@LCdrDerrick]

Coming up soon: The making of The making of Jeremy Clarkson's 'The Greatest Raid of All! I could also imagine a mockery with Harry&Paul.

[@bobw222]

Hmmm... just watched the documentary last week for the second time. Sadly, I only ever saw it on KZbin, where I honestly thought everything was done with CGI.

[@wyvernquill2796]

I wonder if it was the same book I had read, it was in the break room at work and I can't remember the title but I read the back blurb "She was built to fight the Kaiser many years ago, she is old now but has some fight left, she is needed again for one last mission and HMS Campbelltown is ready" to make sure it was safe for who ever left it, i put it behind the toaster oven for a few weeks then took it home.

[@mattlostatsea]

Utter stunning.....

[@chloehennessey6813]

All you had to do North One is get ahold of Drachinifel here on KZbin. He is one the foremost Naval historians in the world- and he’s a Brit to!

[@Ps119]

This is not just a documentary. Far more than that.

[@mavos1211]

I am desperate to find the name / composer of the eerie violin music played, it’s so daunting you can almost feel how bad it was to go along.

[@Menhtrol]

The Campbelltown model should be in a museum

[@seanstipsky9473]

The, "Making of..." was great, but it was a real let down to see that they didn't ask the real commandos who were in the original documentary what they thought of it. I mean, they were THERE. It would have been nice to have seen their opinion of how realistic it was. Other than that, pretty cool.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Because alot ot them don't like talking about it and many have passed.

[@terrytugwood7848]

Truly amazing

[@johnthomas7517]

Class work by class people.

[@johnprem2589]

Amazing stuff

[@grdprojekt]

I imagine making miniatures for movies/shows back then wasn't as demanding as today (if, say, the producers don't want CGI work). Less resolution on the camera, less detail need to be made on the thing. Though, for a production this size and back then, I can tell the modelers went beyond what they need to do. Passion driven project, nothing more admirable than that. On another note, I'm surprised the team on the studio used film cameras, even though the end result was for TV show and digital broadcast camera back then would be adequate for most things, like what they use on the field. I guess that the film cameras they used still way better than any digital video camera at the time, probably higher "resolution" (after scanning) useful for composite work in post, and as we have seen in a few shot, slow motion footages. Critical for the explosion shots to make do with the sense of scale. I imagine digital video cameras of 2006/07 couldn't do faster than broadcast frame rate.

[@eamoman651]

Will you please upload the story about PQ17 the Artic Convoys?

[@spikydipple]

Clever buggers. Well done.

[@fsengsec]

I bet Jeremy wanted to call it: The Greatest Raid of All........."in the ...World"

[@osark2487]

When will a block buster movie with all the cgi and so on be done about it? Too many studios in Britain and none tuned in to that story yet. Instead a retreat was nicely done with Dunkirk

[@heikopanzlaff3789]

What they didn`t get right was the tracer fire: When a bullet hits something, the tracer seperates and is going a different direction...

[@generalhyde007]

Wtf is up with the sound?

[@trif55]

Clarkson and the french, fantastic!! 😂🤣

[@TheJ11nior]

Here in Brazil people tend to think the EUA won the Second War, because all the Hollywood movies, but the real heros of WWII came from the old continente, all brave people, but most forgotem because no one ever made movie about them.

[@theant9821]

The British empire was the only world power at war with Germany for over 12 months, roosevelt let public opinion lead the government which was a mistake i think, America should have joined the war when Britain and France had. Films often spread the myth that America saved the world, when in reality, America only helped save the world alongside its equally vital allies.

[@CoolioXXX52]

@Real Thailand you mean Soviets

[@CoolioXXX52]

Many movies made about them

[@pieter791]

24:22 it's been nagging on me, does anybody know the name of this song?

[@KrisRamJ]

La Ritournelle by Sebastien Tellier

[@fandangofandango2022]

Please have a Look at An Australian Raid Called Operation Jaywick / Which was a Hugh Raid on Singapore in WW2. Operation Jaywick was Named after a Toilet Cleaner, it is a True Story and Wow from Z Special Unit. Some How I Feel SOE is in there Somewhere. SOE another Wonderful Group of Men and Women.

[@EdnaBaptist]

where can i find a 1080p version of this?

[@andrewfanner2245]

It is a war movie, Attack on The Iron Coast.

[@jasonbromhead5257]

There is a British film called the Gift Horse made in the 50s. Good film.

[@24Korova]

Anyone know the song around 12:25?

[@davidm3maniac201]

Someone else said La Ritournelle by Sebastian Teller.

[@philindeblanc]

What a time crunch to make this! While Na sa took plenty time to make the footage for Apollo missions... and those were a disaster comparatively speaking..yet those where done in the 60' and 1970's

[@LostShipMate]

Anyone know what happened to the model, or what was left of it?

[@FDCLDN]

Has clarkson done more of these docs?

[@grahamtaylor6883]

Not sure how many, but there's this one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ2Zm2p_bauKipY

[@mariuszfidzinski7474]

One word to James MAY: ...---... , and you're smart and strong enough to ...---...

[@kbrickell4732]

There was a film made about it in the 50s it think

[@davidm3maniac201]

Yes there was. I don't know the year but Google it

[@rhyshutchinson1697]

Anyone got a link to his artic convoy documentary???

[@theplinkerslodge6361]

It's a ship, not a boat 😁 Boat's nose? You're killing me - Ship's bow. "According the U.S. Naval Institute, a boat, generally speaking, is small enough to be carried aboard a larger vessel, and a vessel large enough to carry a smaller one is a ship." "Another factor the Naval Institute considers is the vessel’s crew, command, and use. If it has a permanent crew with a commanding officer, it’s usually a ship. If it’s only crewed when actually in use and has no official CO, then you’re probably dealing with a boat. Ships are also usually intended and designed for deep-water use and are able to operate independently for long periods of time. Boats, meanwhile, lack the fuel and cargo capacity for extended, unassisted operation." Cool vid, though.

[@Atomy111]

Never once during watching it occured to me the footage was done with sfx