The Persuaders - Car Race

[Mikeado66]

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

[BA609tiltrotor]

lovely stuff :-))))

[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

[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 !

[Playster3]

Ferrari!!!!!!!!!!

[ZINCOVIX8754]

classic..great upload

[vagfrom93]

Great scene ! RIP Tony Curtis

[Odenwaldteufel]

Perfekt!!!!!!!

[Angelok112]

Я ВАС люблю и буду любить навсегда..

[powisland1]

what a great great show ,i loved this show i use to watch it with my lovely mum,now deceased through cancer ,makes me sad to watch ,but it brings back happy memories,with champion th wonder horse and the virginian. . i once dated dated tony curtis daughter allegra a working class boy ,if somebody told me this when i was younger they would never believe.rip in peace tony curtis or bernie schwartz xx

[CplPike1]

Now I understand why classic exotic cars appeal to me, especially when driven with reckless enthusiasm, having been imprinted on my young brain way back in the 70's Fantastic Stuff. Shame the kids today will have ball room dancing, on ice skates, in between Eastenders and other utter useless TV tripe to nostalgically look back on. No wonder YouTube has become so successful!

[pawelo81]

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

[ferrarixsempre]

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

[champovilla]

A truck Vs a vespa...ha ha !

[stephenm6100]

danny wilde.was the man.RIP tony c..i always love the dino..

[juanpcantero]

Tengamos ESTAS imagenes de como recuerdo un Tony Curtis Que Descanse en Paz !

[warmifyable]

This show was plain awesomeness.

[sstylianou]

R.I.P Tony.:(

[TSS441]

tony curtis R.I.P.

[pharbi1]

R.I.P tony :-(

[BONES829]

loved it as a kid now im working out there,just a shame i dont have the dino lol

[sugarrayspeed]

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

[cosmicdingo]

The Dino is sex on wheels, but which one would you prefer for any real distance? That's right (Porsche) heheheh.

[rotes1968]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[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)

[rotmee]

This is from the pilot episode.:)

[LoveTheAvengers]

Vonderful video.

[happylad]

They didn't wear seat belts :0

[Shiropoint]

They are too cool for seatbelts.

[schusterlehrling]

In 1971 ?

[karmic454]

I love how the view out the back never matches the steering wheel movements. lol.

[brotherchino22]

cool chase

[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.

[schusterlehrling]

Not in that days either ;-)

[dalli2]

I can.

[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.

[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.

[airscrew1]

Excellent music track that they put to this. I think it was written by Jackie Trent, wife of Tony Hatch.

[ilsrwy27]

The race obviously start at the airport in Nice but which Hotel does it end at? It looks like the Hotel de Paris in Monaco... Anybody can confirm that?

[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.

[ilsrwy27]

Thanks! I need to go back there too, it's been so long my memories are starting to fade...

[schusterlehrling]

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

[SagaDenmark]

@ilsrwy27

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

[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 :(

[balubulaba]

yea would be great can't find it anywhere too

[buffedbob]

I just bought on Ebay both sets 1 & 2 DVD on 7 discs covering every episode ofr under $30.

[lillycat35]

Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch - Gotta Get Away.

I love this song!!!! Can't find it anywhere. Does anybody have it!

I want it!

I need it!

[newchaosgirl]

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

[prinzenrolle68]

Cheers lillycat35,

actually the song is on a CD called "Voices from a Photograph", which can be downloaded over the web. Great song - great memories.

Patrick

[mikestahlberg]

I'm not sure the Aston could have kept up with the Dino. It still had the early 6 cylinder engine installed. The V8 came a bit later. But the trunk was bigger than the Dino's, and, compared to the Ferrari apparently allowed for faster access too.

[observador1102]

O Aston Martin é + bonito. The Aston Martin is great, wonderful, beatiful and nice!

[Bjornn17]

Thanks airbus381

[Bjornn17]

what is the street name (in 0:01 to 0:07) by airport Nice ??

[airbus381]

It's the Saint Augustin Avenue ...

[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 :)

[UNIONJAXX123]

the hotel is still there though and roger moore has a place there nice place if you have the money

[BestFilmproducer]

But you are right. They are really cool.

Especially in the German version where they have made some more jokes in it

[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

[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.

[adrianmax19781979]

I loved this show ever since i first saw it repeated in the 1990s on a channel 4 show called Tv heaven with Frank Muir.But the thing is reality,with the car chase,there would have been some guy come round the corner in a truck and one of them would have been flattened.But this was the 1970s,people could have car chases like that! ;-]

[gazzer97]

lovd it, and these car chases

[zurapDOR]

Haha--watching Roger "Sinclair" Moores'outfit, it matches quite aquarate to the DiorHomme creation for 2008. This serie had a deeper impact on me that I've realized. Still was only 12 at the time.. still I love John Barrys' film-music. Thanks for posting, these memorabilia..

[PCFairfax]

As seen in the end credits, the outfits worn by Roger Moore was designed by...Roger Moore!! How about that for a geeky fact!

I have also loved the show since it was aired (in Sweden) in the seventies.

Other less known fact (and meaningless) fact is that the gearbox in the Dino is inverted compared to a normal one, i.e. 1st gear down left, 2nd gear up left etc. Just like in a 70's Fiat 130 Coupé (which I own).

Thanks for posting! Would also like to have the theme song on mp3 ;-)

[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.

[PCFairfax]

Interesting! I have to read his autobiography (any nice "autos" in it?).

It's called "The word is my Bond" but in Sweden it got the corky title, that in English would read, "My name is Moore - Roger Moore".

Still, his Silk shirts are definitely "groovy" - whoever designed them.

[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.

[LeonardAndNickFan]

Ohhhh yeah, baby! That's groovy! I dig it!! Thanks for posting! The 70's are strong within this video for sure!! Right on!!

[theburninglamp]

Brett and Danny are cool.

[mrjohnavery]

i love this :)

[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...

[legolaj007]

I love the the persuaders, I was a kid in the 7'ties and lived in Denmark. Used to watch the program w. my dad

[shakeyphil]

Ba baba ba...

[any fans of Corduroy lurking here?]

[leggydave]

The 1970s a lovely time to be young

[emeraldxm]

You're absolutely right, sir! I was a kid in the seventies. It was an amazing decade.

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

I too absolutely adored the Persuaders.They dont make programes like that anymore.I have had a wonderfully nostalgic afternoon.Watching clips of The Persuaders,Belle and Sebastian(original and not the cartoon),The Flashing Blade,The White Horses,Follyfoot,Black Beauty,The High Chapparal.. Wonderful memories of a wonderfullly magical time in my life

[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!

[U5096]

that really captured the groovy 1971 feeling, the song was great it sounds like an advert for a 1971 Ford Capri or coca cola or sumthing lol

[U5096]

that really captured the groovy 1971 feeling, the song was great it sounds like an advert for a 1971 Ford Capri or coca cola or sumthing lol

[ezecarlgm]

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

[lonelonestarr]

aww I know this route, they are driving! I hasn't changed very much since then... except that there are way too many cars on it now...

you cant do racing any more like this ...

[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!!

[MRirianSubtitles]

No it was for the french dubbing artist. I know it, i m from france

[bondr0072]

Roger Moore?

[billynotv]

..and with a bit of luck, a custodial sentence from the fashion police!

[Camarale]

Many things have changed on this road in almost 40 years.If you do the same jokes nowadays,you will get some troubles with radars and cops hidden everywhere.

[constellation76]

A beautiful and exceptionally rare Aston Martin DBS with a straight 6 cil. engine and 280 bhp.

[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

[PIGGIE58]

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

[mawr73]

That's most definately an Aston Martin DBS

[default1976]

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

[betyerdid]

Moores car is a Jenson Interceptor. Think they brought out 2 models: one with a Chrysler engine. Thats the one in the series. I think...

[tomdbsv8]

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

[betyerdid]

It's a Jenson Interceptor. Can someone e-mail Roger and ask him. Like. Ta.

[tomdbsv8]

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

[cupoftea1970]

I thought it was a jensen interceptor?

[mskubelik96]

That's a sweet looking Aston Martin.

Curtis and Moore = eye candy.

[em23]

grroooovvvvyyyy!!!!

[TheFunkeyGibbon]

I love Aston Martins but even I have to say that if that race were real the Dino would have caned the crap out if it!

[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?

[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 :).

[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....

[RsGhost1]

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

[66bluedonkeys]

Let's just say that "we all would rather drive the Aston than the Ferrari Bake Bean Tin Dino"... lol :P

[RsGhost1]

hehe ;)

[RsGhost1]

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

[christie235]

love this song love this tv show!

[UNIONJAXX123]

me to but can you get it anywhere its wicked hippy go lucky great stuff

[3400elefantes]

What car drive Moore?

[solarisy456]

The yellow one.

[JRXtoys]

Aston Martin DBS

[patrick360rocks]

nice tv show from the 70's

[patrick360rocks]

the persuaders are cool!

[musicalglenn]

ok I know it's childish but..Go On Roger!! keep the British Flag up there..even against the lovely tony curtis

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

Nice one Roger! Brits on top! Good man-highest paid eyebrows in film history!! lol

[OIMC]

¡Excellent! Thanks for uploading this. Thilo

[Dayton007]

I absolutly love this video. The sights, the sounds, the cars, the actors. PURE 60's. This song is SO hard to find. Anyone got any links or anything to help? Its such a cool song.

[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.

[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....

[luciremagazine]

Groovy! And the Jackie Trent--Tony Hatch song is fab!

[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!

[McLarenMercedes]

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

[sheppy89]

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

[Flaminiasupersport]

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

[GertfromNL]

I prefer the Aston Martin DBS over the Ferrari Dino ;)

[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.

[rochdiliverpoolfc]

hehe nostalgia !!

[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.

[captainchaos1979]

how cool is the split screen effect...rog is the best!!

[paulraven]

It`s a pity the bloody yanks didnt like The Persuaders otherwise we could have had at least twice as many episodes as they ultimately made

[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.

[rexroyale]

Rog is the man - he didn't even have to be 007 and he had an Aston - by the time he was Bond it must have been like "yeah man, I've done that, gimme an Esprit submarine - I'm radical, baby!" though he doesn't speak like that. Eat that Sean. Tony's cool as well. Cheers for that

[rexroyale]

I'd ave the DBS anyday

[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

[aralfetta]

Probably the most inspirational beginning for a tv movie, The stories in the persuaders weren't so good

but those "two" were great.

[Fiisken]

yes you right :P fat cool

[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!

[Fiisken]

Can nobody get more clips of The Persuaders??

[bennyson]

FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!! What is it?

[simonpub]

The song is "Gotta Get Away" by Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch. Nice song. Fits very well with this scene...

[bennyson]

The girl who posted the vid was kind enough to send me the song. Thanks anyway dude!

[rexroyale]

Are they the Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch of Neighbours fame?

[patrick360rocks]

jackie trent and tony hatch gotta get away