Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld Season 1
April. 01,1995
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Synopsis
Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld was a BBC television series about the car and motoring cultures of various countries. The show was presented by Jeremy Clarkson and consisted of two series of six episodes each plus a special focusing on the UK. Each episode focused on a different country or region. The series was first shown in the UK on BBC Two in 1995, and was subsequently shown to an international audience on BBC World. It has also been repeated on Dave. The Best Of Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld, a video containing 70 minutes of highlights from the series was released on 7 October 1996. The video was later released on DVD as part of The Jeremy Clarkson Collection in 2007. There was also a book written by Clarkson based on the series. Clarkson described the series as: "From the sports cars of the wealthy in Monaco to the 1950s Morris Oxfords that still rule the roads in India, this is a lighthearted look at the culture of the car in 12 different countries. His travels include visits to Italy, home of the Ferrari - "a steel deity, sex on wheels"; Japan, where he has a brush with the local Mercedes-driving mafia; and Iceland, where he takes his life in his hands and hurtles around the most dangerous off-the-road course in the world in a customized 4WD jeep."
Episode 12 : Texas
February. 01,1996
In Texas, the #1 selling car, isn't a car. It’s a truck. Even with technology, you just can't take the cowboy out of Texas.
Episode 11 : Switzerland
January. 01,1996
Many cultures have a love/hate relationship with the automobile. Not the Swiss. Take your fancy gas-guzzling environment ruining car park it. Preferably somewhere else.
Episode 10 : Dubai
December. 01,1995
Give a Bedouin tribesmen a wad of money, and what do you get, a stable of fast cars!
Episode 9 : Australia
November. 01,1995
In the Australian outback, you need a vehicle that will get you from your home, to your local shop, which is likely to be hundreds of miles away. And if you’re lucky, there will be a dirt road to follow. And watch out for the road-trains! And you though Mad Max was fiction?
Episode 8 : Vietnam
October. 01,1995
Jeremy travels to Cuba home of some of the best, and worst car stories in the world.
Revolutions, communism and proximity to the US make Cuba and interesting enigma. And the cars in Cuba are no exception. American cars, or what look like them anyway with Russian Lada engines. Car enthusiasts in Cuba overcome the lack of spare parts, body pieces expensive automotive fluids, with determined ingenuity. And they do so in the face of oppressive government restrictions against private enterprise that takes even more ingenuity to get the job done.
They are not Italian or German super-cars, but they are engineering marvels none the less!
Episode 7 : Monaco
September. 15,1995
The Monaco Gran Prix was conceived as a global magnet for the world’s plutocrats. You need to be a lot more than just rich or famous to garner any attention here. You need to be a monarch. Or a grand prix racer!
Episode 6 : Japan
September. 01,1995
The driving test is amazingly simple and takes only a couple of minutes. But nothing can really prepare you for driving in India.
Episode 5 : Italy
August. 01,1995
Great architecture, great weather, great food, great wine, and to drive there is to live!
Episode 4 : India
July. 01,1995
Iceland is a diamond in the rough. Very rough! To live there takes a special kind of crazy. From driving up vertical cliffs in 1000 hp nitrous breathing vehicles, to trekking over glaciers and even over open water, the people of Iceland say, “Why not?”. Why not indeed!
Episode 3 : Iceland
June. 01,1995
With heavy doses of the music of Motown, Jeremy waxes nostalgic over the glory days of the muscle car.
Episode 2 : Detroit
May. 01,1995
Making due with the leftover cars from Russian assistance and Americans scrambling to get out, in Vietnam, if it moves, it’s a car, and it’s fine. Only in Vietnam will you find a used to be Ford Galaxy that has been modified to seat 20 – without getting any bigger.
But things are changing and the Vietnamese while driving bicycles and scooters are dreaming of owning their own Mercedes Benz. Will their culture survive?
Episode 1 : Cuba
April. 01,1995
Japan is in love with the car, and the people there spend a fortune on customizing their cars. But with over 5 million cars in Tokyo alone, don’t expect to get anywhere.
