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Speed: Episode 1: The Thrill of Speed

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Episode 1: The Thrill of Speed

Speed

The Thrill of Speed

BBC One - Speed, The Thrill of Speed

Jeremy Clarkson explores the science and the appeal of rapid transit.

Jeremy Clarkson explores the science and the appeal of rapid transit. Why do people react differently to high speeds? Clarkson talks to experts and thrill seekers and tests their opinions.

Jeremy Clarkson explores the science and the appeal of rapid transit. Why do some of us love going fast while others hate it? To find out, he goes on the ultimate thrill ride in New Zealand, gets thrown to the lions, and visits the drag boat racers with a one in ten chance of being killed each year.Even his mother is roped in, screaming, "quite the worst moment of my life", as he persuades her to hurtle round Blackpool's rollercoaster with him. Finally, he puts himself to the ultimate test: bobsleighing down a mountain.As he meets more and more extreme thrill seekers, Clarkson discovers it may be the speed freaks who have made the world we know today.

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STEVE LEONARD'S ULTIMATE KILLERS

Steve Leonard's Ultimate Killers: SPEED

10/06/2001

SPEED

Steve Leonard's Ultimate Killers

BBC One - Steve Leonard's Ultimate Killers, SPEED

Steve tracks down the world's fastest animals including sprinting with a cheetah and catching the fastest fish in the sea.

Steve Leonard finds out which are the strongest, fastest and deadliest animals.

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