Fire Up the Quattro / Top Gear Meets Ashes to Ashes - BBC Children in Need 2008

[chilledjimmy6]

I know its the Audi Quattro. But what version? The Sport has square headlights not rectangular

[Finzed1]

It's also funny how the Dean Andrews went to school with James May.

[jazzzyy13]

May I just point out that Top Gear was around back then, and so Ray's remark about "a show all about cars" was a bit of an anachronism? Also, Gene calls him Rich despite Hammond never saying his name.

However, I am nit-picking. Absolutely loved this when it came out, still do, and Gene is heroically abusive of Richard! I only wish the little niggles had been sorted out...

[SamBCR3]

Luckily phillip glenister has been on Top gear before

[jeessiccaax]

Hmm.. Gene calls him rich and he never says his name. just thought i'd point that out.

[TheKatkatty]

the hamster took genes girl freind bolly lol

[Bethywethy6]

Hehehe Gene's jealous of the hamster.

[benlroberts]

lol let the gerble into the car

[DrunkRussian2]

Mr. Hammond trying to squeeze more money from his contract.

[MrJonnyDerz]

@DrunkRussian2

Even though its for charity...

[TSR1989B]

Haven't seen this one before.

Makes you wonder what if they'ed given him a Jensen-FF.

(The only other 4WD GT Car before the Quattro [14 years before]).

[teentuber90s]

Christopher, let the gerbil into the car

[crazypianolady]

Great actors, even Hamster isn't that bad! Funny :)

[kukimiyo]

lol bum conkers xD

[lilactress07]

Can anyone else see the cast's trailers in the background?

[Kimmy13x]

21 people do not appreciate good humour.

[kellykuk]

Hang on? Did he just call Hammond a 'minature scrotum'?! PMSL

[mcjuvey1]

@kellykuk aha i replayed that bit a few times lol this little clip is hilarious :D

[MrPetrolhead09]

This is awsome! Love that car

[catweasel27]

Richy rodent.....love it!

[v00nikoos]

The quattro is most certainly NOT wasted on the gene genie....gosh i miss ashes to ashes!

[beevers87]

@v00nikoos so do i lol, ive still got the final episode on me sky planner lol, still sends shivers down my spine when there all in line driving down the runway to beat it!

[v00nikoos]

@beevers87 lol :) i got them all on dvd, same such an amazing scene.

[aimeefran]

"How do you fancy meeting th stig"

"Thought you'd never ask"

:D

[McNelleEsor]

I've missed this show sooo much. 

[YorkNuts]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! notice the cars in the background... one is an 05 plate yaris and the other is a jag :L!! Seriously.. is this suppost to be 1980's??

[rayfox62]

@YorkNuts No! It's limbo, Duh.

[ToadsWinningGoal]

Needs a sequal next Children in need!! With Jezza xD It would be hillerious!

[98Clank98]

Christopher, let the gerbil into the car.

[beatxthexpizzas]

LOL, listen up richy rodent haah!! And the walking in the air line hahah!! :D

[iloveCullens96]

"It's not all about size you know." - Go Alex! I thought she was getting left out for a moment!

[smiff78]

fantastic

[Gallifrey103]

Wait, wait, wait...So Richard Hammond is there, The Stig is there and Pudsey is there! Richard Hammond must have been there temporarily when he had his crash but escaped like Sam Tyler at the end of Series Two of LoM. The Stig drove off the air-craft carrier, and was later spotted on a beach near Portsmouth and Pudsey...that must be why he needs the bandana.

Best part: 2: 26.

[OMGTheyKilledKenny26]

@Gallifrey103 haha, thats actually an amazing theory. i love it :D

[Gallifrey103]

@OMGTheyKilledKenny26 Well, small thing do please small minds.

[keynotedude]

If Clarkson met Hunt they would have had a drag race, and then target practice on a robber.

[xLyviaRosex]

Love this - i can remember first watching this on children and need - this is classic comedy! luv ashes to ashes, luv top gear together i luv it!

[KatIveson]

Great Combination

What if Clarkson had turned up ?

[BORNtoTAP]

how on earth can they keep straight faces when all those insults come out!!!! lmao!

xx

[ellierulestheworld12]

Phil: "Christopher let the gerbil into the car"

Phil: ''listen up Richie Rodant anything happens to my motor and i will personally stamp on your bumconcors so hard youll e singin walking in the air hialanda jones Got it!''

[1986walla]

"THE MANC LION!!!!"

[thisisaheart]

This is near my house :)

[YorkNuts]

@thisisaheart was it your yaris,,,

[00Splurgify00]

Hunt would probably know seventeen shades of shit out of Clarkson. (Not that I don't like Jezza, but it's just a fact)

[MuhMuhMiller]

"you seriously think I'd let a man who looks like a gerbil drive my car?" and "get the gerbil into the car" :') PMSL

[smelily]

miniture scrotum :')

[kntflyer]

fire up the quattro!! ;)

[iloveabba100]

Woohoo! Jealous much?

[Visor1210]

If Clarkson met Gene the world would just implode

[henrytdsimmons]

@Visor1210 Divide by zero

[42LightYears]

@Visor1210 HAHA!! :D

[TylerLav118118]

Fire Up The Quattro! Gene's the man in my books hard taes no shit from nobody Wish he could beat up all the bullies in my school!

[katie7714]

@ Biscom; I should say so!

[duty281]

LOL! Hammond is smiling at 0:34. Kinda ruins it.

[dormi87]

@duty281

I think he's smiling as in trying to please Gene - as in knowing his reputation which, as Gene once said "my reputation precedes me"

[syncmaster710n14]

Awsome!!! can you imagen Hunt vs Clarkson.

[diggerydooboy]

Nice use of the original Top Gear Theme!

[philball31]

F***kin brilliant...whoever thought of that...genius!!!

[TheSparrabeth]

LMFAO so funny the look on Genes face when he sees that alex is going for a ride in his 'Motor' with hamster.. Hes Like "I AM SO NOT JEALOUS JUST SHUT UP" his face says it all

[d1systemsuk]

LMAO..... Ashes to Ashes is so F@@king briliant, I love Gene Hunt, he is the best Character since Arthur Daily!

'Miniature Scrotum' LoL.... Classic :)

[m0ogy]

An "Awesome" 80's motor,a very tasty 80's Lady,A copper modeled on "Jack Reagan".............and Er......a "Miniature Scrotum" off TV...........LOL.........I bet Russ Swift was driving it!!!.........very funny video "Aunty Beeb!!"

[thatsgorg]

Right does he say meet the stick or stig?

LOL

x

[littlelostnell]

stig

[katie7714]

I just LOVE Gene Hunt!

[Biscom]

@katie7714 ..Yeah he's alright ain't he?..

[DevilishAngel95]

did TG not do a children in need special this year? x

[CMDRKillsalot]

No. Shame really. Would've liked to have seen one.

[FireUpTheQuattroGirl]

I just love this! The fact the Gene only lets him in the quattro cuz Alex says so! and their reactions when he is driving! The bit at the end when Alex waves, then chris waves back, "Guv?" "Oh Shutup!" classic!

[SparklingClaireMarie]

stomp on his bum conkers lmao!!!

[4EvaHamsterz]

if i was in this scene, i'd be the girl, she saying all my chat lines that i would say to make him happy...<3

[Katiie3Babii3e]

God this video!

I am soo obsessed with topgear / richard/ Ashes/ Lom!

this video was just like heaven for me!

[SparklingClaireMarie]

Me 2 lmao!

[veedubber707]

My thoughts Exactly!! :-D

[icychikki]

When Philip G calls Hammond a miniture scrotum, you can see the guy who plays Ray trying not to laugh...

LOVE this. TopGear meets Ashes to Ashes. Perfect.

[CountessSaucepans]

LOL! I loved it!

Mister Glenister needs to get his yum-like arse into Who before us A2A and LoM fans kick it there.

[aldrei9]

lol " why would i let a miniature scrotum like you drive my car"

[Katiie3Babii3e]

Hehehe Gene is so jelous ;)

[friendofthejawas]

Furry rodent?

ferret maybe? Rabbit? Gerbil

actually its a hamster. HAHA LOL

Absolutey bloody brilliant

[losemysenses]

Gene gets jealous, lol.

[Roxy101lol]

i so wish i was alex in this scene... i love ashes to ashes and life on mars... i'm also named after the top gear theme and have been watching it with my dad since i was about 7

[LucyHobbsDudee]

i agree with westlifefan, Hammond said on the GMTV interview online that he would like to do some acting one day :)

they should of given him the job of the new Dr Who !

i dont really like Dr Who, but i would certainty watch it him Hammond got the job ! XD

[LucyHobbsDudee]

I love Top Gear

I love Richard Hammond <3

and I love Ashes to Ashes

That was bloody brilliant ! :)

[Chicagofairy]

This is hilarious i've never seen it before!!!!! Gene hunt. nom noms ;];];] xD

[AshestoAshesBigFan11]

im ashes to ashes' biggest fan. my friends say i know everything about it

[Chicagofairy]

pfft i'll take you on at mastermind? :D

[AshestoAshesBigFan11]

lol, im a LoM addict too :D

[theellis456]

i would have loved to see jeramy clarkson meet gene hunt

[serridgeas]

@theellis456 it would have been possible with a mirror lol

[doctorwhoone]

He has ! . . . . well , when i say he has , i mean the Actor himself , Philip Glenister , he appeard on Top Gear once back when Life on Mars was still on .

[secret121994]

@theellis456 well genes actor went on top gear and talked to jeramy

[42LightYears]

Omg.. YES!!!

[BEATHROKZ]

HOW MUCH FOR AN AUDI QUATRRO

[shhoshh]

ferret rabbit gerbil hamster

[shhoshh]

brill go top gear

[SparklersElite08]

love the name raymondo!

[SparklersElite08]

apperently they are makin another film life on mars where they bring everbody together.... sam and alex

[hone49]

that would be awesome :)

[SparklersElite08]

well at least i think it is because my mum is a biiggg fan so she is the one hu told me and my brother seen gene in his quattro and sam on a back of a motorbike and alex and all the cast was with them!

[4TheJiltedGeneration]

its actually still gona be ashes to ashes but apparantly so gene goes forward into time n meets sam n alex

[vince2000rules]

can you imagine the gene genie swaping places with hamster?

[AvaTom182]

haha chris at the end waving gene's face lol so funny the hamster and gene genie rock

[VincentChen90]

i love how he nicks the car and the girl and just drives out like heowns the car gene got owned

[chutchybo]

best of it is they don't allow Gene to drive the car in the filming bec the cars worth too much!! great vid

[vince2000rules]

i do agree with westlifefan123 and littledorrit4089. Hammond is almost as gud at driving as the Gene Genie himself. I LOVE YOU HAMSTER

[LittleDorrit4089]

Hammond-legend

Gene Genie-legend

what more could we want?!!!

[blu3j4yw4y]

Agree!

Top Gear & Ashes to Ashes, possibly my two favourite shows!

[darthdude1016]

the old quattro can still stand against the newer cars of this millenium. its just fantastic

[fleetwoodsucks]

that guy from top gear is so crap

[2n019]

Haha... gerbil!

[winobint]

Brilliant!

[Dwarfhamsterlover34]

i love this

[westlifefan123]

I have to say that Richard is a very good natural actor - does anyone agree with me on this?

[DMCDL]

yes hes cool a future in dr who?

[winobint]

I agree westlifefan!

[Lysimachus]

An acting career is lost on him!

[westlifefan123]

What do you mean by that?

[Lysimachus]

That he misses out on an acting career by talking about cars instead. Great!

[SparklersElite08]

go manchester i agrreee tho :)

[VincentChen90]

LOL I love how the lady says it 1981 and the ashes to ashes crew step out of a massive MORDEN caravan and theres a volvo xc90 on set

[madmoo1984]

this is brill i love richard he is brill!

[thunderboba]

dont you mean

You want to drive MY car!?

[LolllipopAndRainbow]

you wanna DRIVE my CAR?! loool

[jamiegoddard4]

There are a lot of modern cars in the background.

[dandb139]

its because of richard hammond.. he wouldn't be in it if it wasn't in the future but alex is stuck in the past!

[xEGC92x]

who cares, it's funny

[HeathwoodStudios]

that car is mint, and so is Keeley lol fair play.

shame hamster only did a few J turns and all they do in the episodes is handbrake it constantly at like 20.. they need a few gravel tracks involved, make the quattro work for it's keep!

[salman12322]

And whats a Bongkok?

[salman12322]

At 2:38 he forgot to pit it in R

[salman12322]

I thought at 0:21 it was that guy in the car!( in the titles)

[LittleCamBlud11]

I want a Quattro :P

[CMDRKillsalot]

I prefer the Ford Cortina from Life On Mars rather then the Audi Quattro. Its a shame the 'Gene Genie' didn't get to keep the Cortina in Ashes To Ashes.

[fayew716]

that is amazing!

2 of my favourite programs made into one

i love it!

[vince2000rules]

i love hamster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[Jordyiscute]

'You wanna drive MY car?'

haha his face. love Gene Hunt

[T4SHx]

Me Too Lol

[zanderkov]

I've completely gone off Chris Moyles, after his gratuitous plugging of himself going up that fucking mountain. give a pound?? fuck off. and gordon brown giving £2 million to them of tax payers money. cock-eyed twat. he has no right to in my opinion.

[hatidylu]

this is dryyyy

[BobMonkfish]

I always thought "Top Gear" was about worshipping "The Professionals". After all, that would explain Jeremy Clarkson's dodgy haircut, sexist attitudes and fascination with cars.

[bloodheart06]

Ritiche Rodent LOL

[bloodheart06]

M mm mr hunt

[Rawrbecca1992]

lol chris' hair! I don't think he suits his strange new head. The blonde looks a bit more like grey hairs.

[CounessEj]

gd point fagAshLil1234 nt finding it strange 2 see richard hammond but gets surpirised by seein evan and that lot lol chris's hair lol alex had hers done 2 :P

[mbeth12]

i hope they will bring out series two its briliant :)

[marklancaster2007]

series two is due this year if you didnt know

[BobMonkfish]

Apart from the fact that Chris was an interesting character in Life on Mars, but just an idiot on Ashes to Ashes.

[jamlemon]

lmao "Listen up Richie Rodent, anything happens to this motor and I'll personally stamp on your bum conker so hard that you'll be singing walking in the air higher than Aled Jones."

Must be one of Gene's all time funniest lines!

[7fslayer]

lol

[BambinoChicino]

Funny as hell, can we have the sequel next year? Hunt and Clarkson? Now that is some serious man power! So awesome, beware of exploding telly's!

Please BBC!! x x x

[ThatIzzyGirl]

That would be absolutely hysterical! Hahahaha! Imagine if they had to race against one another!? xD

[glenbulb2]

What the hell is that on Chris's head?! HIS Hair?

[fagAshLil1234]

My name is Alex Drake, for some reason i'm not at all suprised to see Richard Hammond in 1981. Am I mad, bermused or just plain oblivious or something lol

[xBadxWolfx]

fagAshLil1234 , i did think that to. lol

[oopsibrokeit]

mmmm, gene hunt....

[doctorwhoone]

Happy Birthday to Richard " Hamster " Hammond himself today , his 39 .

[MeAndHammond4eva]

hi conor!!!!

[MeAndHammond4eva]

i love this vid :p

[NatashaOMG]

Keeley hawks is lara croft's voice, hense forth, she's awesome

[potterxt600ttr250c90]

imagine wot would have happened if gene hunt met clarkson that would have been funny

[CaNnAbLeDcFc]

that was shockin

[della2007]

Anyone know when Ashes to AShes is back?

[ThatIzzyGirl]

I read a blog by this TV critic man called Ian Wylie who's visited the set- and apparently series 2 will be back in March.

[ThatIzzyGirl]

According to Mr PG's website, first episode is airing in a few weeks! :D

[Dargueman]

Glenister is has WAY more charisma than the hamster

[hone49]

they should've done a whole episode lol

[Proudandugly]

If this was really ashes to ashes Gene would of just socked him lol

But nah nicely done considering its pudsey thing.

[elleh94]

ashes to ashes & top gear = <3.

why didn't they move all the new cars out of the shot?

like the XC90.

[KickassGibsonACDC]

good point i never noticed that

[musketeer667]

lol they shudda put James and Jeremy in this too that would've been amazing

[davidtennantmad]

BEST. CROSSOVER. EVER.

Can't wait for series 2 of A2A!!! =D

[99LionStages99]

Gene Hunt is mint!!!!!!!!!!!!!