The Persuaders - Car Race

[@spiro14]

Great clip which emphasises the rivalry between the two men and how they are so equally matched. The judge will have to give them an equal fine for such driving. Nice song.

[@vitamc1213]

I watched this show when I was 8 and that was 2008! I'm never going to forget this show...

[@ezecarlgm]

Nice theme!two good friends who used to spend time together!These characters are a good example of friendship, I loved it.Thanks.

[@charefdouach200]

i was just crazy about this TV serie, i was only 10 and my TV was B&W....but it was simply awesome

[@christie235]

love this song love this tv show!

[@TheJlook2000]

ah i remember that scene when i was a kid - always liked the song . its amazing how some of these fondly remembered series only lasted one season.like the champions or randall and hopkirk

[@superman2000100]

Ferrari Dino vs. Aston Martin in Cote Azur! Used to watch this excellent tv show as a kid in the early 70's. Met Sir Roger while he was promoting his biography book at a bookstore in Finland in May 2009. Got his signature on my copy, and while he wrote it said to him: "Your Lordship! My best regards to Daniel Wilde!" We both smiled. A moment I won't forget! :D

[@RsGhost1]

Aaaaa! I'm addicted to "the Persuaders"!

[@JohnnyWaterbucket]

Pure Class, music by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. 1972. This TV series was the most expensive thing that ITV had undertaken at the time.

[@SYDFOSS]

PURE 70's! The Persuaders is a British television series, which first aired in 1971 and 1972 on Britain's ITV and on the ABC Network in the United States.

[@pawelo81]

God I love that show, music, times. I'm from 1992

[@bsehawk]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING MEN!!! I love it! You should hear the german episodes.......bursting with humor! So funny that Tony Curtis contactet the german dubbing artist for a sequel!!

[@PIGGIE58]

Thanks for this. ITV4 (UK) showed this episode recently, and cut the song to just 49 seconds.

[@bbutton]

Notice at 00:06 as the cars take off, there is a plane taking off in the distance at the same time. Totally unplanned and a nice effect!

[@chicagokoc]

I was 11 when this show aired in the US, and I never missed an episode--still love it, love it!! By the way, the argument was over olives in a "creole scream", not a dry martini!

[@Bontanique]

I really love this show. I always wanted an Aston Martin DBS like Bretts when I grew up. Bit out of my price range though :(

[@wolfperg]

part of the scene was filmed in England. It's cutted so you mean all of it plays at the Cote d'Azur. Today some coastline of Croatia would look pretty the same to appear like the french south in film.

[@rotmee]

This is from the pilot episode.:)

[@vagfrom93]

Great scene ! RIP Tony Curtis

[@pharbi1]

I did that one day with a collegue in a 360 (he is a ferrari mechanic I'm aston)I was in a db7....cool.

[@Bryce003]

Indeed it is. I've been. Can't beat Casino square or the Fairmont Grand Hotel as well. I really need to get back to Monte Carlo and win some more at the Casino.

[@wvannoni]

The route they took is the one from NICE AIRPORT to MONACO. HOWEVER, there are two ways to get from Nice to Monaco. One is to drive along sea-shore (basse corniche), the other uses the moyenne corniche which is much higher-up in the mountains. On the basse corniche they cross the towns of Beaulieu sur mer and Eze sur mer. On the moyenne corniche, they cross Eze village.

[@sugarrayspeed]

One of the best shows ever. It should be forbidden to do a remake of this one.

[@Fiisken]

Look at the time in 1:19. On the left side (up) is the yellow car (an Aston Martin DBS) the leader but in right are they beside

[@ZINCOVIX8754]

classic..great upload

[@vman65]

Holy crap are we all old or what!

[@amarsbarr]

as well as RONIN (1998) with De Niro, the roads curtis and moore are driving on were used in Goldeneye (1995) at the start of the film....

[@sergioserrentino150]

Fantastici!

[@mrjohnavery]

i love this :)

[@newchaosgirl]

I also can't find it anywhere but I try to get it from a friend...

[@SteliosStylianou]

R.I.P Tony.:(

[@SagaDenmark]

@ilsrwy27 Yes, it is Hotel de Paris on Place du Casino in Monte Carlo.

[@BestFilmproducer]

But you are right. They are really cool. Especially in the German version where they have made some more jokes in it

[@tuskel]

His costume isn't, actually, designed by himself. He explains it in his autobiography that he went to Debenhams - or whatever the firm was - because he was asked and he made a few remarks about it, that's it. I'll go and check, if anyone wants.

[@Fiisken]

Can nobody get more clips of The Persuaders??

[@McLarenMercedes]

well, didn't I write it's a 4,0litre STRAIGHT 6?? that's almost twice the displacement of the 2,4litre V6 of the Dino, not to mention the much higher torque which more that makes up for the higher weight of the Aston and the Vangatage version of the DBS was a straigh6 which made 325hp, the standard made a healthy 282hp the Dino was never seen as a really quick car even in its day and lived more on its looks....

[@default1976]

I can't see any Jensen Interceptors in the clip. There are an Aston-Martin DBS and a Ferrari Dino.

[@McLarenMercedes]

Wrong,the Dino has a rather tiny 2,4litre V6 churning out some 190hp, and the Aston DBS has a 4litre straight6 with 282hp for the standard version and a nice 325hp for the Vantage version. Need I even mention the totally superior torque of the Aston?

[@Flaminiasupersport]

No cops.. no speedcamera's... no scared idiots on the road... What a time!

[@ads876689]

Theres roads were used in the movie Ronin as well weren't they? I'd prefer a DBS or Dino to an Audi though!

[@em23]

grroooovvvvyyyy!!!!

[@Glenn1967ful]

Well when this was made there was probably half the number of cars on the road and speed limits weren't heavily enforced. In Britain in the early 70s we only had 11 million cars and motorways were fairly quiet.

[@pharbi1]

R.I.P tony :-(

[@sheppy89]

can u please post the whole episode if u have the time thanks

[@schusterlehrling]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time" ;-)

[@RsGhost1]

Wrong, the Aston was a 6-cylinder. A V8 called the DBSV8 was also produced but that was a family car. And the Ferrari 246 GTS Dino Danny drives is much lighter and used as a GT car while the Aston wasn't :).

[@schusterlehrling]

Not in that days either ;-)

[@tuskel]

Should have been or was? The main reason they didn't make more was that they didn't like it that much in america, and that roger moore didn't want to do more - in fact the producer promised to do the series without getting his approval first. It's in his autobiography.

[@McLarenMercedes]

What about the Mercedes 450SEL 6,9 in Ronin? 70's limo with supercar performance

[@Shiropoint]

They are too cool for seatbelts.

[@tomdbsv8]

NO, Dammit, it's an astom martin, DBS, set-up, to appear,as,a DBS-V8, the V8 wasn't ready yet

[@Angelok112]

Я ВАС люблю и буду любить навсегда..

[@Fiisken]

yes you right :P fat cool

[@SmallBlogV8]

The only way this could be any better is with a bit more engine noise.

[@Arturaskopytinas]

South of France is probably not the same as it was back in those days. Top Gear proved that when they did a race between a boat ad Ferrari Daytona.

[@ferrarixsempre]

nessuno sa come si chiama la canzone e chi la canta ?

[@zeroic]

That Dino sure is a treat. The Aston is rather bulky compared to it. Moore had a nicer car in The Saint, the P1800 Volvo :)

[@airbus381]

It's the Saint Augustin Avenue ...

[@schusterlehrling]

In 1971 ?

[@RsGhost1]

Sorry I misread it, but I do think that the Ferrari is much lighter and streamlined.

[@champovilla]

A truck Vs a vespa...ha ha !

[@erikvanzadel]

Top gear avant la lettre!

[@Momentospresentes]

What car drive Moore?

[@almodovare1]

LOL! I drive on this road (where the car race was shot) almost every days. In France in that time (1971), there were not a lot of rules enforcement for drivers. They could make high speed races like they want on the motorways (or as we say in France: Route Nationale) and seat belts were not obligatory. Such things are not possible nowadays. Please, don't do that on the road, it's just a movie (lol)

[@ericdhethel]

go to see the exterior of Lord brett sinclair on 15 queen Ann gate london,near buckingham palace ! it worth it! allez voir la façade de l'appartement de lord brett Sinclair au 15 queen Ann gate près de Buckingham palace à Londres ! çà vaut le coup !

[@happylad]

They didn't wear seat belts :0

[@BestFilmproducer]

Its funny that you guys think the show was/is so cool, because I heard that the show should have been a flop in England

[@McLarenMercedes]

A Dino 246 (they were never officially called Ferrari's even if made by them), now that's STYLE. The Aston DBS isn't too shabby either. Sigh. Today such a show would have the protagonists drive cars with pimp wheels and silly over-the-top accessories...

[@RsGhost1]

hehe ;)

[@tomdbsv8]

LOL, go to e-bay, buy urself the corgi model, it's an ASTON, i own one !

[@dalli2]

I can.

[@tomdbsv8]

i own a rare, 1971, dbs v8, royal, carribean, blue. it's not in running, order, because i can't get a CLUTCH ! an aston when tuned, properly, will always be far, superior, to a tempermental, ferrari. bs-1, by the way, was a dbs, with a six. made to appaear as a v8. the performance, of an aston, v8, is shattering

[@Glenn1967ful]

Made in the days before horrendous traffic, high fuel prices and speed cameras. I couldn't imagine such a politically incorrect scene of rich men racing exotic cars in the South of France being allowed now.

[@apriliarx2007]

the best times in France, without immigration