Top Gear Albania Special - Submarine Base

[@joebennett9422]

"can you imagine a place where Jeremy would be less welcome?" Well there was that time in Argentina.

[@KkK-ub7je]

What happened there?

[@AlbertRazzer]

@@KkK-ub7je lots of people there got mad cause one of the license plate was to them a reference to the falklands war. so they became pretty mad at the team and filmcrew so they started harassing them and threw rocks at the cars

[@AhsokaTanoTheWhite]

@@AlbertRazzer It actually had nothing to do with the licence plate, it was voting season and one of the people running thought to stir up something to try and get voters in his favour, and used Top Gear's presence to that end.

[@slabo9035]

And Alabama... and pretty much everywhere that Jeremy sets foot

[@yourlocalnoob29]

@@AhsokaTanoTheWhite What do you mean "it had nothing to do with the license plate"? It had everything to do with the license plate. It was both because it was voting season and because Jeremy's license plate was referring to the Falklands war that started the riots. It was all over the news.

[@AstralDragoon]

The thought of Jeremy rising up in a submarine behind a ferry is about enough to make me piss myself.

[@skvakagud]

Unless you drive a Prius. Then you have nothing to worry about!

[@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481]

Especially if he was just I dunno, standing in the conning tower with a stupid massive grin on his face.

[@233Deadman]

What about him rising up in a sub next to a French fishing vessel?

[@Lgs260495]

@@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481 his trademark smug face

[@adrianibarra8031]

"SPPEEEEED AND POOWEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!!!!"

[@CamoDrako]

Jeremy is actually well-read in modern history and has done several great history documentaries, particularly the one on Operation Chariot

[@ctykckcktyvc7558]

CamoDrako his Victoria cross and greatest raid documentaries are as good as the top gear stuff

[@CamoDrako]

@Ian Turner Look up the docs the guy above mentioned, especially the one I mentioned on Operation Chariot - he's genuinely really passionate about military history and it really comes across

[@qwertgfdsaful]

Good restoration project for you, James, you can put it in your shed and make it work :D

[@Vladpryde]

"Today, on BBC's The Reassembler...."

[@Corristo89]

I think my children would be dribbling away in some retirement home before that episode has concluded xD

[@bluefoxy6478]

@@Corristo89 it would be an entire series on its own tbh.

[@zachdillenger5468]

@@bluefoxy6478 I would take way more then those guys could bring to get one of those submarines operational. nevermind you cannot own an attack submarine in the UK.

[@rahulricardo4941]

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[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Yes, because I'm certain that the 6' 5" Jeremy Clarkson would not lose his mind in the first hour of service aboard the cramped, claustrophobic confines of a submarine.

[@TonboIV]

6' 5", too old bend down, too fat to go through any of the hatches, and so loud they could use him as an active sonar. I'm sure he's just what the Royal Navy submarine force is after.

[@incredibleplug89]

Im6'5" and served on Boats for 41 years . You get used to it .

[@dougalbadger4918]

Glenn Preston wow

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

@@incredibleplug89 However... You're not Jeremy Clarkson. I think that his personality and attitude make quite a significant bit of difference.

[@theart8039]

@@incredibleplug89 Hats off to you man! I couldn't even go in one even if it was in dry dock, not because of my height but rather crushing claustrophobia

[@Paranomasia12]

I couldn't imagine any service worse than being a submariner. Possibility of being drowned, suffocated, crushed or even irradiated.

[@PlittHD]

+V. Fletcher I once walked through a submarine in a museum and I barely fit through the doors of it. I imagine Clarkson with his 1.96 meter height might have similar problems.

[@thezac2059]

Well it's not exactly a U-Boat now is it

[@The_Ossifrage]

I've been in a fairly modern sub and the doorways are pretty small. As a small person I can handle it, but anyone over 1.65 metres tall will struggle.

[@Arrrbol]

Nuclear subs are pretty safe, I wouldn't want to be in an old diesel-electric though.

[@davidmilford4485]

I can see what you mean about that. The fumes in a diesel-electric submarine are enough to suffocate you, the noise and vibration can drive someone insane after a while, and the smell of diesel fuel can stick to you as worse as coal dust - you wouldn't want to be smelling like diesel fuel for the rest of my life.

[@MrSuperrajab]

this clip is better than the two seasons of new top gear

[@Sirdiggar]

Check out season 28 trailer. It's finally becoming good again.

[@markkanen3906]

@@Sirdiggar so are the bois back in Top gear? Other wise it cant be good. Grand Tour all the way :)

[@Sirdiggar]

@@markkanen3906 Nah but it's still good. I love cars, regardless of who presents it. Chris Harris is good anyway, and they have paddy and Freddie now.

[@anzaca1]

@@Sirdiggar Without these three, it will never be good.

[@Sirdiggar]

@@anzaca1 I'm sorry, but you are wrong, have you even seen season 28? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWm2houghtGpoZY it was brilliant. and you are wrong.

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

I am a mountain goat.

[@ameliarufus1056]

Belal Qureshi nearly falls down

[@mathislee548]

Belal Qureshi i am a driving god

[@shriharihudli]

*crashes drag car at 300 mph*

[@FallenPhoenix86]

Just saw this clip a min ago and its perfect in response: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKrPeKmAr553o6s

[@PureM_]

I’m surprised he did it say an goat

[@ZERO-li8bg]

Well, drive about in it.

[@cosanostra2135]

ZERO in albanian contry

[@Corvolet5]

Nice to see you here.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

Hey that’s what I would do

[@FutureReverberations]

Jeremy: "Good restoration project for you James" James: "Hmmm.. I'm going to need a bigger shed"

[@montinaladine3264]

idiot.

[@westtexasrailfan]

@@montinaladine3264 no need to call names. They were simply making a joke. Perhaps you don't know what a joke is?

[@LukeSkywalker-fm1dc]

Lets be honest: there's a pretty good chance he takes longer picking and assembling the proper shed, than it takes him to restore that sub

[@JayJay-xy5ch]

@@montinaladine3264 idiot

[@hanilockley8074]

Look what you've done to my bloody shed man!

[@matthewjackman8410]

"There's only three so I don't know where the other one is" "Sunk" Hammond you're my kind of guy

[@atedlishi4253]

The other one is repaired

[@striderx8255]

1:11 Yep, that's a fearsome combination

[@juliustheillustrious7727]

@Ross Antonio Jose ATIENZA In theory only. Their navy still suffers from the 90s upheaval and are a little behind in some areas.

[@fredsmith9714]

@@juliustheillustrious7727 i don't think you got the joke. See its obsolete russian subs, maintained by the Chinese who are most known for cheap, horrible quality tools and machines, and used by albania...I tiny country with no comparable battle experience. This against the US who have had the most advanced and most number of submarines in the world since WWII. There were a couple scares with Russia but it turned out the super subs kinda sucked.

[@derbigpr500]

@@fredsmith9714 "tiny country with no comparable battle experience" - Albania has more battle experience than USA multiplied by about 10000. The whole country has been in war with much larger enemies for 1000 years. No western nation can even come close to having war in their blood as much as nations in the balkans do. You'd need about 1000x more power on paper than any balkan nation to beat them in a war.

[@2lips1lolipop72]

@@fredsmith9714 yea obviously, but you don't understand the concept of fearsome it means someone that doesn't fear of loosing anything,his life,family ...

[@alexl6543]

@@2lips1lolipop72 No, that's what fearless means. Fearsome means something that is frightening.

[@tomgosy]

If James May had actually taken one home and managed to restore to it original working state, I would go and live in the white house

[@ameliarufus1056]

Thomas Gosling I feel they're quite hard to move

[@gennadyreshetnikov5948]

Hello viewers, I am James May ant this is The Reassembler. We are on day 10 563 of reassembeling this Russian submarine that Jeremy Clarkson found in Albania.

[@s.sestric9929]

You would be more qualified than the current occupant.

[@markfryer9880]

@@s.sestric9929 Well and truly more qualified than trump.

[@chaitanyarao5546]

@Graf von Losinj take your conspiracy theories elsewhere, this place is for Top Gear discussion only. Now piss off.

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

years later, some rich billionaires did go about driving a sub. Truly a visionary Clarkson is.

[@jamesmccann531]

I would love to be able to pop up in a sub next to a ferry, just to scare the hell out of everyone on board.

[@shmookins]

But why would people be scared? Maybe confused or probably amused, but not scared. We live in peaceful times. :)

[@tyler9703]

@@shmookins Well someone's ignorant to world events

[@shmookins]

Everything is relative. Read/listen to a book called 'The better Angels of Our nature' by Steven Pinker. You also watch talks about it on youtube.

[@Zamolxes77]

@@shmookins Well you can paint a nice old swastika on the conning tower and play Adolf Hitler speeches over a loudspeaker, that will definitely make some people shyte ! Why ? For the hell of it !

[@AverageAlien]

@@shmookins My first thought would be it's some russian or chinese sub

[@5Andysalive]

This was one of the best Top Gear specials of all time. And it wasn't even a real special. Thanks, Bentley!

[@MilkDrinker218]

“I am a mountain goat” *ramp instantly slips*

[@alexandersmall7380]

When he has to serve in the navy Jeremy: Guys, I can’t fit through the hatch! Richard: I’ll go get the plunger.

[@Torexeon]

I love how they tried to use an old timey filter but you could still see Jeremy’s fat body stood on top of the sub

[@armija]

NO, that was the Albanian secret service taping them on their cameras that they obtained from their big Ally Mao Ze Dong in the 1970s....

[@ironcladnomad5639]

Jeremy: "I love the idea of sneaky warfare." Also Jeremy: *"POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR"*

[@TokenFanatic]

Those old buckets of rusted steel were really cool, cooler than the new top gear. The subs were pretty interesting too.

[@Jolamprex]

Didn't they find the fourth one in the tunnel?

[@noname-yo6yn]

Its in the Tunnel for sure but how the hell shall they get in the Tunnel when the Tunnel is closed. Why didnt they put all three submarines in there Too?

[@米空軍パイロット]

@@noname-yo6yn I wonder if they couldn't fit them. On another note, if it's not in the tunnel, I wonder if it's actually at the dock, but underwater. Seeing the roof of that one sub completely rusted away makes me think that the fourth one rusted to the point of taking on water and sinking in place.

[@tronixfix]

@@米空軍パイロット i think the ones outside are already sunken... i mean they have like thousand holes in their sides and also the hatch is open.

[@tronixfix]

@@米空軍パイロット they are probably sitting on the ground of the marina or however it's called.

[@米空軍パイロット]

@@tronixfix Never thought of that.

[@DutchBane]

As a ex submariner i can confirm clarkson serving on a sub isnt really a good idea

[@tsarfox3462]

Darth Bane you served on a sub? Why is the Sith Empire using submarines, and why are they having their powerful, force sensitive warriors serve on them. That seems like a tactical error.

[@DutchBane]

@@tsarfox3462 revan left another holocron at the bottom of the sea!😁

[@tsarfox3462]

@@DutchBane Gotcha. BTW, good call on the Rule of Two. That pays off really well down the line.

[@Mike-cy5jg]

You could scare The Living Daylights out of people on cross-channel Ferries - lolol I nearly fell off my chair laughing

[@danieldobbs4853]

GODBLESS ALBANIA

[@Automobiliana]

This clip made me glad and sad at the same time. Glad to see good old TopGear. Sad that we will never see them again in proper TopGear

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

"We just chanced across it, and I happened to known the whole history of it..."

[@mikaxms]

Everything is staged.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

@@mikaxms I know. That's what annoys me about the show: it's all scripted but they try to give the impression it's all spontaneous - very unconvincing.

[@mikaxms]

@@AdmiralBonetoPick Yeah, but I do feel that it is a lot worse at the Grand Tour compared to the old Top Gear.

[@edwardharrison1963]

It's still funny and entertaining so who cares?

[@bvbinsane1vanity]

"It's all scripted but they try to give the impression it's all spontaneous" you mean just like 99.99% of all tv shows?

[@freeagent8225]

Damn, went to Albania 13 months ago if I knew thus was there I would have visited, love submarines since I was a child. Next time?

[@ilirgashic7107]

Love Albania.. The Best

[@MichaelVanHeemst]

“I wonder if they’re for sale.” “What are you going to do with a submarine, Jeremy?” “Well, drive about in it.”

[@leonleon4055]

It's a movie about those Submarines in Albania, it's called Balle per Balle (front to front) in English

[@kris-jm9el]

My dad told me in Albania was 6-8 submarines .. 1010 tanks soviet tanks , 175 mig 15 and mig 21 ...in 1960 Wow!

[@shefreku4564]

Yeah it was a superpower at that time , its a shame that our criminal and thieve government after 1997 let them rust , destroyed and sold them for scrap . We had a shit ton of weapons and ammunitions .

[@krasniqiedon2225]

Yeah comonist Albania was one of the strongest army's in the world

[@kingdomofyugoslavia7673]

@@krasniqiedon2225 not in the world.

[@JM-jn6lt]

@ Kingdom of Yugoslavia well more stronger then Yugoslavia anyway

[@carltrotter7622]

Secretly, James bought those submarines and has been working on them ever since.

[@Zed32_Customs]

"I am a mountain goat" That's the best thing to have ever been said in the English language.

[@Corristo89]

How long would that "The Reassembler" take? A decade? A century? James took about a day for a Honda Monkey and several hours for a Kenwood Chef.

[@gunnarthefiesty9581]

a few years

[@SPIRITVOXPARANORMALDUNDEE]

That place looks awesome love that the guys stop and look at abandoned places would love to visit places like this 😀

[@abdulazizluqman1428]

megan are u on the team for the new top gear?????

[@robynn144]

Today on "Top Gear": Jeremy and co inspect the North Korean Navy!

[@thepowerlies]

Imagine an orangutan in submarine

[@tracksidefilms5416]

I misread the title as Alabama and I was rightfully confused

[@paddyh8023]

0:26 Is the theme from World at War

[@boktorinator693]

Barack Obama Sharp!

[@fijapopovic5335]

The music at the beggining is Cartoon Detective - Channel Hopping - Reliable Source Music (if someone is interested)

[@TheGsGClan]

Thank you for your uploads

[@mylestaylor1564]

What's in James's hand, either a cigar or part of the submarine ( bolt?) as a souvenir?

[@pizzaDhut]

1:36 I laughed so loud I spat my tea out

[@TheYeetusLord]

"What are you going to do with a submarine, Jeremy?" "Well.. drive about in it."

[@jagdpanther2224]

These are whisky class submarines! Chinese built alot of them in 1960s/70s and in service early 80s

[@baguvix78]

No, it's Nato Code Romeo Class

[@sokolisufaj2284]

Yes, these are whisky class submarines but built by russians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha_Liman_Base en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Palermo_Tunnel

[@en4216]

Don’t forget for a little country like albania 🇦🇱 to have four subs back in those days wasn’t a little think

[@shaneanderson1036]

JCs shoes and hands now glow in the dark . Having touched that wreck . 😂

[@pogmothoin7133]

0:35 the best moment😂 𝕁𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕪:𝕚 𝕒𝕞 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕘𝕠𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕠𝕒𝕣𝕕:𝕪𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕛𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕:𝕠𝕙𝕙

[@Nondescript_Brit]

Pretty sure the music from 00:26 is the Cordon Theme from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. Which I now want to play again after hearing that.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

1:21 *Old woman forgets where she is (right)*

[@liamlive2972]

MAN I MISS OLD TOP GEAR

[@stringcus]

So, Jeremy just happened on this place by coincidence but he somehow knew there were supposed to be 4 subs there ;-)

[@criticalem]

İts all scripted dude, it doesn't matter

[@tankacebo9128]

i need more of this lol. love old soviet era stuff.

[@kreshnik9354]

Albania was never part of the Soviet Union.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Isn't it amazing that those submarines were still there in the first place and you could just walk up to them? I'd crawl all over them. ^^

[@thomasdrummond6939]

Man, Clarkson is so well versed in Albanian history, isn't he ?

[@augustopinochet2495]

0:35 I quote this almost every time I have to climb something at an angle

[@LednacekZ]

James May restoring an old Albanian submarine? I would watch it.

[@legolas5684]

Amazing special and extremely funny!

[@the_rumblemaster1375]

What's more majestic than a war time naval vessel? One with Clarkson, May or Hammond near it

[@jonas1015119]

I think in WWII like 1 of every 3 submarines in the mediterranean was sunk, so its probably among the worst places to be in during war. Also the survival rate is basically 0.

[@hunor8156]

In what season was this part in?

[@joseff_9865]

What series and episode is this?

[@shinkicker404]

I’d watch a submarine restoration tv series. Get on it boys.

[@twistedaxles9126]

1:27 Is that Clarkson on top of the submarine?

[@Hazzer2007]

Unskipable ad for a 1 min video that isn't yours?!?! Seriously?

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

shouldve had a challenge; each of the trio buys a submarine and compete with each other over who scares the most amount of ppl on ferries, 1 point for each ferry and its an instant win if one of them accidentally starts WW3

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I would take that restoration project on in a heartbeat.

[@JohnnyShagbot]

That's a big yikes from me.

[@cirocciroc]

Could something like that ever actually be restored? What would it be likely to cost?

[@nozyspy4967]

"I am a mountain goat" ~ Jeremy Clarkson

[@tunfischstulle6716]

1:09 What is that noise pls it sounds like a man saying "sunk" but its a bit creepy

[@robynn144]

At on point the leader of North Korea threatened that "My fleet of sub will reduce the US carrier forces to scrap iron". Unfortunately (for him) Kim's word were "backed" primarily by obsolete Soviet designed boats like these. However, to be fair, some of the North Korean "Foxtrot"-class boats might have a slightly better paint job than these - even if they were built approximately 50 years ago.

[@AverageAlien]

I think popping out of the sea beside ferries on the channel would be hilarious

[@bukasb]

He is right though, one of the subs sank, but 2 of them were scrapped, and one remains there still.

[@landoncomella7454]

“Albania Special” Me: sees destroyed sub Seems about right

[@extremistcontent1337]

Id die happy if Jeremy Clarkson popped up in a submarine whilst i was fishing.

[@dotnetdevni]

I miss the three muppets we need an episode of seamen today

[@geo42121]

Brand new submarines. Stealth technology

[@MegaAlexPink]

The dubbing or at least audio mixing of "sunk" @1:09 is awful.

[@gattmawer3030]

it's surprising they are able to stand and walk over the subs without being swallowed into them, due to the hull collapsing under their feet. Ending up trapped inside those narrow, dark and rusty corridors would make for some trash horror movie. Perhaps with albanian skeleton sailors trying to bayonet them.

[@machine2747]

Back when Top Gear was worth watching....

[@Piyuu68]

where did u get these vids? j

[@peterhirling]

+Rafiur rahman I think Megan T worked with them maybe like a video editor. But it isn't true I didn't say anything. :$

[@megant3051]

+Peter Hirling My god, let's put an end to that strange rumour. No, never worked for them. I'm just a silly fan. TG Great Adventures. The 4th one has the Albania Director's Cut.

[@peterhirling]

+Megan T (Muggs8787) 😁 Ok, I just assumed...

[@lewishargreaves292]

V Bring back old top gear

[@mudpuddle8805]

Everything about this vid was completely awesome! Too short maybe...

[@futurecat]

0:20 i think James might have been trying to remember the word "derelict."

[@petervonfroster8i]

How the Sovjets until the late 80s just copy pasted the german Type XXI hahaha

[@tobyoneil1969]

@chubbyurma They didn't do it with the tanks though.

[@Uberdude6666]

Why didn't James take on a project-submarine I wonder

[@mauritz1774]

Are this Uboote Floating? Or sitting in the Ground?

[@Zamolxes77]

0:26 Is that a Dacia 1100 ??? Haven't seen one since my childhood, during communism !

[@callumdonington2227]

The good ol days?

[@jacobsparry8525]

I hope those idiots had radiological detection gear with them. Who knows what types of subs died a rust death there before towed away. You wont need head lights anymore , just open your eyes at night and illuminate the road ahead. :-)

[@TF2Scout..]

Those are whiskey class subs and were built with only diesel electric engines as far as i know

[@maxe3110]

I wouldn’t take that to the channel Jeremy, you never know when Tom Hanks might show up in a cgi corvette

[@zenex1741]

They'd have to load Jeremy in through the Torpedo bays, he's so tall.

[@vlonjat.d5778]

I’m Albanian and god going back 30 years when my dad was working there and i been there in better condition then that...

[@mdma4202]

Wow that V12very impressive!

[@GameArchiver]

1:10 "So they were Russian subs... maintained by the Chinese and operated by the Albanians."

[@timppakush8225]

1,46 min of pure top gear comedy 😂

[@silvercross2020]

how are they flouting would they not have holes in them by now????

[@quelin1]

I wonder if they are still around

[@jonathanpinckney9227]

I am the crazy kind of guy who would live in a sub as a house.

[@sytzedeboer1869]

People who say they are crazy deserve to be punched in the balls or vagina.

[@jonathanpinckney9227]

Sytze De Boer. That's a little harsh, don't you think?

[@Zamolxes77]

Not that crazy, have you heard of Captn. Nemo ? No, not the fucking fish, the hero from Jules Verne's story, 20,000 leagues under the sea. A nuclear sub as a house sounds like a very nice idea.

[@TF2Scout..]

I would do that too