• 2020
Guy Martin's Best Bits

Summary With some extra time on his hands, Guy Martin takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa and a good selection of his DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest achievements. In this new 4-part series (with 2 shortened mini-episodes), Guy recollects his previous challenges and tells us his thoughts about them, what he has learned and how it's changed him. View more details

  • 2020

Guy Martin's Best Bits

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Steve Jones Guy Martin Shaun Dooley Hugh Hunt

All cast & crew

7.4

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 9, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : 'Channel 4' - Guy Martin's Best Bits 'Guy Martin Racing'

Language : English

Production companies : North One Television

Summary With some extra time on his hands, Guy Martin takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa and a good selection of his DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest achievements. In this new 4-part series (with 2 shortened mini-episodes), Guy recollects his previous challenges and tells us his thoughts about them, what he has learned and how it's changed him. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 9, 2020

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : 'Channel 4' - Guy Martin's Best Bits 'Guy Martin Racing'

Language : English

Production companies : North One Television

Photos

Guy Martin in Guy Martin's Best Bits (2020)

Episodes

View All Seasons
Episode 1 • Oct 09, 2020
Guy Martin's World Speed Records
In the 1st of a 4-part special series, 'Covid-19' is causing disruption to peoples lives including Guy Martin's, who now has some extra time on his hands. With that in mind, Guy takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa, a good selection of his DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest high-speed achievements. The 5 challenges Guy watches are: fastest toboggan, furthest in 24 hours in an aerodynamic tandem-cycle, fastest downhill racer, fastest tractor and the fastest 'Wall-of-Death'. Whilst watching these previous programmes, Guy tells us his thoughts about them, some revelations of how far he was prepared to push the limits and what he learned.
Episode 2 • Oct 09, 2020
Guy Martin's War Machines
In the 2nd of a 4-part special series, 'Covid-19' is causing disruption to peoples lives including Guy Martin's, who now has some extra time on his hands. With that in mind, Guy takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa, a good selection of his DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest high-speed achievements. The 4 tributes to the War Machines are: restoration of WW2 'Spitfire' fighter plane, reconstruction of a WW1 tank, servicing a cold-war era 'Vulcan Bomber' for its final ever flight. For his final challenge, Guy recreated WW2 paratrooper training for the 'D-Day' invasion, which ended with a parachute jump over Normandy in France, from a period 'Dakota' aircraft. Whilst watching these previous programmes, Guy tells us his thoughts about them, his appreciation of the engineering behind these iconic machines and the ordinary people who became extraordinary in their roles to keep us safe today.
Episode 3 • Oct 09, 2020
Guy Martin's Supervan
In the 3rd of a 4-part special series, 'Covid-19' is causing disruption to peoples lives including Guy Martin's, who now has some extra time on his hands. With that in mind, Guy takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa, a good selection of his DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest high-speed achievements. Guy watches his adventures down the years with his beloved 'Ford Transit' van - from the 'Nevada Open Road Challenge', the world speed record for a van at the 'Bonneville Salt Flats' to the fastest racing lap in a van at the legendary and fearsome 'Nürburgring' in Germany. Guy tells us his thoughts about them, his appreciation of the race preparation behind his iconic 'Transit' and the dedicated people who made a write-off van into an extraordinary racing machine.
Episode 4 • May 01, 2021
Guy Martin's World Tour
In the last of a 4-part special series, 'Covid-19' is causing disruption to peoples lives including Guy Martin's, who now has some extra time on his hands. With that in mind, Guy takes a well-earned rest in his shed with a cuppa, a good selection of his travel DVD's and looks back at some of his proudest engineering achievements. Guy rewinds, remembering the times he went off the beaten track in non-stop India, a visit to his family roots in Latvia and taking in the ever growing Industrial China. Next up is a visit to the frozen Russian lands of Siberia, then soon after, a visit to the feared Chernobyl power plant and the nearby forest rangers. To conclude Guy visits some of Japanese engineering grand masters in tool and sword making. Guy shares his experiences and his appreciation of the hard grafters and their engineering skills to become experts in their respective professions.
Comments
Welcome to juqing comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Login to display more comments

This week's popular movies

The Singularity Is Near

6.5
Generally favorable

Outing

7.4
Generally favorable

Tennessee Whiskey: The Dean Dillon Story

7.8
Generally favorable

Licu: A Romanian Story

7.9
Generally favorable

Boys and Men Healing

0
No rating

Blood, Sweat, and Beer

7.5
Generally favorable

Quién lo impide

6.9
Generally favorable

Stranger in Paradise

7.6
Generally favorable

La buena vida

8.1
Generally favorable

The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis

7.8
Generally favorable

This week's popular TV shows

Secret Vatican Files: The Pope and the Devil

6.1
Generally favorable

Grænseland

8.2
Generally favorable

Air Warriors

7.5
Generally favorable

Secrets of the Dead

7.9
Generally favorable

Stalingrad

8.2
Generally favorable

The Celts

8
Generally favorable

The Great War

7.1
Generally favorable

Dunkirk

7.2
Generally favorable

U kraya bezdny

9.4
Universal Acclaim

Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

7.7
Generally favorable

Edit Focus

Until the End of the World: Wim Wenders in Tokyo

Until the End of the World: Wim Wenders in Tokyo

This 1990 Japanese film follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video designer on 'Until the End of the World', in Tokyo, and details the creation of the film's groundbreaking high-definition sequences.

  • Movies
War Academy

War Academy

  • TV Shows
The Last Outlaws

The Last Outlaws

Exploring America's political underbelly through documentary filmmaking.

  • TV Shows
The Dark Side of NJ

The Dark Side of NJ

11 Year old Charlie King visits 4 haunted places in New Jersey (one per episode) to see if they are really as haunted as they say.

  • TV Shows
Pornography: Addictive, Progressive and Deadly

Pornography: Addictive, Progressive and Deadly

Dr. James Dobson discusses how dangerous pornography is, and how it can be a trap for many people. He has also interviewed Ted Bundy, the serial rapist and killer who was influenced by pornography.

  • Movies
Playboy: Night Calls

Playboy: Night Calls

  • Movies
All Filters