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- This show follows a team of experts as they restore and bring new life to neglected and forgotten vintage vehicles.
- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic musical David attempts to build a real life Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car - that flies. He recruits an aircraft engineer and a class of 8-year-olds to help him.
- Tells the story of the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in World War Two.
- On May 17th. 1943 the Royal Air Force carried out one of the most remarkable bombing raids ever undertaken by a handful of skilled aircrew prepared to risk their lives attacking a seemingly impossible target.
- Clarkson compares the best and fastest vehicles from the 80ies with today's equivalent.
- The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British World War II civilian organisation that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units (MU), scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields-but not to aircraft carriers. It also flew service personnel on urgent duty from one place to another and performed air ambulance work. The documentary tells this remarkable but unknown story, through interviews with surviving ATA members, ATA historians, archive footage and re-enactments.
- Claire Barratt, Suggs and the team restore a 1912 racing car, but are surprised to discover that beneath the machine's striking design and solid brass exterior lie the inner workings of a Model T Ford. However, the modified engine of this vehicle was capable of speeds of up to 75mph. Suggs sets out to discover who would think of turning an unglamorous Ford into a racing car, eventually learning the remarkable story of its creator AE George, an international cyclist who was the first man to fly a mile in Britain, and meeting his daughter, who remembers riding in the car.
- A historic 1934 Frazer Nash racing car must be fixed before a big race. Plus, the first car ever to go round the track at Brooklands is resurrected but will the museum director be able to drive it?
- A Delage V12 famous for early women's records on the track returns to be driven by a modern-day legend. Plus, Concord's wings need some urgent TLC.
- A rare Triumph motorcycle is rescued from a barn and resurrected. There's a battle against the elements for vintage aircraft to grace Brookland's skies once again.
- A Formula One racer goes on a perilous journey and there is a new addition to the exhibit - a Formula E car.
- The Napier Railton - the legendary racing car and jewel in the museum's motoring crown - is put through its paces when it meets an old rival. A Wellington bomber's watery demise tests the patience of restorers.
- The museum's Concorde 'Delta Golf' has a makeover, in time for a visit from Concorde royalty.
- James builds a Scalextric racetrack around the full length of the disused Brooklands racetrack in Surrey. Much of the former racetrack has now been built on, so his track needs to cross an ornamental pond on a pontoon bridge, climb a staircase in an office block via a spiral ramp and run through the streets of a housing estate. He then races two cars around the 3-mile track.
- As the documentary series returns for a second series. An amazing pre-war race car, the Halford Special, is lined up to compete against a stunning Bugatti in a re-run of the first ever British Grand Prix.
- An investigation into the clever tactics wealthy British people and companies use to cheat the tax system.
- A young racing driver learns how to handle the Napier-Railton. Plus, a race winning Harrier jet, and pilot, are reunited. The museum celebrates a speedy centenary by reuniting two period perfect bikes on a stretch of record-breaking track.
- The motorbike team create a new lubrication system to keep a 1930s BSA motorbike running. A Mini Metro and red Corvette turn heads at the Members Classic Car Show. And a 1910 Bristol Boxkite takes to the skies.
- A rare Brooklands glider is given a new chance at flight. A 1930s race team is pushed to the max at Goodwood. Plus, a father passes his beloved Brooklands Norton bike down to his son.
- Minnie Driver is on a mission to find out more about her late father, Ronnie, and his family's background.
- 20126.5 (7)TV Episode
- Michael's journey through the home counties continues at Woking, Surrey, where he uncovers the story of Britain's first purpose-built crematorium, a response to overcrowded cemeteries and London's ever-expanding population.