Scrapheap Challenge s07e08 Episode Script
Spy Cars
(OMINOUS MUSIC) (BOTH LAUGH EVILLY) Welcome to Scrapheap Challenge, where today our two teams of DIY da Vincis will design and deliver fabulous machines from our dump of doggie detritus.
This week, our teams' mission - should they choose to accept it - is to evade detection whilst carrying the whole team round the tight turns and big bumps of a very hostile obstacle course.
And what better to carry them on special operations than a low-loading spy car? ROBERT: First up are three expat nuclear engineers - Ali, Dave and Jimmy.
These research scientists won a famous victory in the first round when they literally bowled their way through the opposition in a giant gerbil wheel.
They're the Up 'n Atoms.
LISA: And they're up against some sticky opposition in the Bakewell Puddings.
Nick, Charlie and his uncle Mark.
This Derbyshire trio also enjoyed the sweet taste of success in the first round, saving a car from a sea of mud in their preposterous 'Pink Pudding' during our Off-Road Rescue mission.
Bakewell Puddings! ALL: Yeah! Up 'n Atoms! ALL: Yes! Pay attention, gentlemen.
Today's challenge is for your ears only.
We've got a top-secret mission for you to carry out.
You've got just 10 hours to knock together a spy car that Q would be proud of.
That's right - we're asking you to cast your golden eyes over the scrapheap to find the parts to build a stealthy spy car.
Now, to avoid detection on our very challenging obstacle course, your cars will need to be short - less than two feet tall.
However, they also need to get over obstacles that are two feet high.
Now, if the two-feet challenge wasn't enough, your car must be able to carry a full team, turn on a sixpence and be capable of reversing out of danger.
You'll need all your cunning, creative skills to complete this task of notional importance.
A place in the semifinal is at stake.
Bakewell Puddings, are you ready to rise to the challenge? Yes! Up 'n Atoms, are you primed? Yes! OK, wait for it, teams.
Wait for it.
(BANG!) BOTH: Go! (ROBERT LAUGHS) LISA: To provide the Up 'n Atoms with a nucleus, we've enlisted the help of a man with a proven track record in building wacky vehicles, including what could be the world's smallest commercial hovercraft.
This low-flying expert is Jim Chalmers.
Hi.
How are you doing? JIM: Morning, team.
ROBERT: And to help make the Bakewell Puddings rise to the occasion, we've recruited an engine expert with a recipe for victory.
Part-time garage boss, part-time classic car drag racer, this hot rodster is John Ricketts.
Oh.
How are you doing? Hi, guys.
How are you? How you doing? LISA: Today's teams have to infiltrate our clandestine base, steal the top-secret briefcase and escape without being detected.
Their vehicles will need to turn tightly, climb over and limbo under barriers measuring only two feet from the floor.
That's just over half a metre.
Right, spy car.
Yes.
I think it's gotta be very, very small carts with a man on each cart.
Kids' train kind of thing.
Kids' train.
Very good.
That's brilliant.
We're not looking at big wheels.
No, very, very small wheels.
We're looking for wheels of a diameter of roughly around five inches.
LISA: Expert Jim's idea is to build a limbo-ing locomotive, a snake-like vehicle that would be both low to the ground and flexible over bumpy terrain.
But with potential problems in reverse, will he get it past bolshie team Captain Ali? Right, we don't need four chariots, trolleys or anything like that.
We can all get very friendly for this.
Three of us lying down flat, OK OK.
on a bed will do.
That's long enough, Ali.
Yep.
So we have one driver on the front wagon and the rest of us are just passengers.
What are your thoughts on the challenge? Got any ideas at all? Little cars - Fiat, little Fiat, little Mini, something like that.
Steering front and back, maybe.
Four-wheel steering, something like that.
Yeah, so you've got two front halves of the vehicles.
In the middle, I want a big hinge.
It's gonna be lifted like some kind of airbag.
LISA: The Puddings plan to combine the front ends of two compact cars to provide them with a tight-turning vehicle.
In order to avoid grounding their chassis, an air-powered hinge will raise their underbelly safely over perilous peaks.
What do you want engine-wise? Anything, really.
Want it to be about 10 horsepower.
You want something that we can just chop down and utilise.
What I can do is I brought my hair dryer, so we can use that.
(LAUGHS) Two cars.
Two small cars.
Preferably very small, but we do need a front-wheel drive vehicle.
Right, OK.
You know what we're after.
Yeah.
Get it sorted, then.
Let's go.
Alright? Excellent.
Quick! Get it, guys.
Everyone knows what they need to get? Can you get it? See you later.
LISA: With captain's orders in hand, our two teams break cover and race out onto the heap.
If pinpointing parts for a pocket-sized car wasn't enough, the Up 'n Atom scavengers are also working to a really hard taskmaster.
Bossy Captain Ali has a brutal side.
In round one, his bull-headed barking could've split the team.
(YELLS) David! What? Exactly - what.
Can you take that outside? We're trying to talk of what we're doing here and all we can hear is nyeeeee! Now you want me to do it somewhere else? That's the wrong approach, innit? What? Upsetting him like that? Oh, well.
But maintaining a tight ship paid dividends and the expat trio from Geneva - Ali, Jimmy and Dave - went on to win a brilliant victory in their bonkers Bowling Banger.
And it doesn't take long for Ali to reassert his authority in the build area.
Let's get all this stuff set out now.
Welding area is gonna be here.
Get this thing out the way.
That'll do there.
Put that on the bench.
We don't need this.
You take that.
Lay those tools out.
ROBERT: The Bakewell Puddings have a fine scavenging pedigree.
In the first round, these beefy boys landed exactly what they were after in record time.
This trio of motorcycle enthusiasts from the Peak District - Nick, 'Smell' and Charlie - might be nimble-footed on the heap but have a rather heavy-handed take on engineering.
And true to form, super scavengers Smell and Charlie don't disappoint.
We've got a nice Fiat 127 or 6 convertible.
Very nice.
Converted.
Lovely.
Andrew's gonna carry it on his back.
Is it rear engine? Whatever else it is? SMELL: Rear engine.
I think we're gonna tow it.
I think it's a goer - the ignition works.
Well, hurry up.
(ENGINE STARTS) Oh! Bonus! It's a runner.
It's a runner? Gonna drive it in.
Fantastic.
Perfect.
(BOTH LAUGH) Hey! Hey-hey! (LAUGHS) It's Noddy! ROBERT: So first blood to the Bakewells with their pint-sized Fiat.
LISA: Spy cars might be a fanciful concept but generations of low-rise stealthy reconnaissance, or scout cars, have sneaked soldiers into enemy territory to gather intelligence and escape undetected.
These cars are low, fast and supremely mobile.
ROBERT: And someone who's no stranger to top-secret vehicles is the head of Engineering Systems at the Royal Military College of Science.
With an expert knowledge of off-road military mobility, he's Professor John Hetherington.
Now, John, the immediate application for these vehicles isn't possibly totally obvious.
I suppose there is a serious application.
That is, if a military force is trying to obtain intelligence, obtain information, then it has to design and use vehicles which can get almost anywhere, so they need very good mobility.
But they also need to be difficult to detect, so it's much better if a vehicle is kept close to the ground and can hide behind obstacles and achieve concealment in some way.
It's a complex thing we're asking them to do.
First of all, it seems simple.
You have an engine and a chassis Yes, there are not many military vehicles that are only two-foot high, so we've gone over the top slightly and said, you know 'Cause it's a pretty demanding thing we're asking them to do but, no, I think it's achievable.
10 hours? Who needs 10 hours? ROBERT: Ali might be full of bravado but his build area is definitely empty.
It's a bit unnerving that they've just gone and drove their car straight in.
If you are struggling to find anything, Jim reckons just bring us back some steel and wheels and we can start doing stuff up here, 'cause we've got the workshop set out and we're twiddling our thumbs.
ROBERT: With nothing better to do, Ali and Jim perfect their Bond impersonations.
(IMITATES SEAN CONNERY) Absholutely shplendid.
Absholutely shplendid.
LISA: With a small Fiat and a working engine already back at HQ, Charlie and Smell return to the front line.
And it's not long before these superlative scroungers have secured a second motor.
And again.
(ENGINE ROARS) What are you? Is this too quick? This is all too quick.
We're having to.
Hi, Rob.
Goodness me.
It's almost done.
It's a very low car, innit? Yeah, yeah.
This is a brilliant find.
I saw them find this.
This is excellent.
Absolutely.
It's ideal for the job.
Nice low engine.
It's exactly what we sent them to get - a little red Fiat with the roof cut off.
And look what they did.
Fantastic.
You can't argue with that, can you? It's actually is it a two-wheel a four-wheel vehicle? But with all-wheel steering.
All-wheel steering, yeah.
Which is always so easy to (NICK LAUGHS) So how many steering wheels? Two steering wheels.
Two steering wheels.
We thought about one each, but, uh Yeah.
One on each wheel, yeah.
This has all got to come off? We're not gonna see much of this red car.
No.
No, not at all.
Poor thing.
I'm sure it's done good service.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
It's in pretty good shape, really.
It IS in very good shape.
(ENGINE RUMBLES) That's your second vehicle? Sounds like it.
Sitting on this.
LISA: It's another Fiat and a second home run for the Bakewells.
Hang on.
I can't get enough lock on.
Yeah, OK.
ROBERT: The Atoms, however, haven't even got to first base.
We've got to make sure we're ready to go.
Yeah.
Ever the optimists, Dave and Jimmy think they may have found something.
(METAL SCRAPES) It's a very old lawnmower that's clearly no longer a cut above the rest.
8-0-8.
If we can get it on the trolley, get it back to the guys and have a look at it.
I'm not so sure about it, myself.
Have you found owt out there, boy? No, not really.
We found some kind of lawnmower, which looks completely knackered.
Other than that, not a lot, I'm afraid.
We'll let you know.
Alright, David? How you doing? Is it good to be back on the heap? Got a weird feeling of déja vu.
(BOTH LAUGH) What on earth is this? I think, once upon a lifetime ago, it used to be a lawnmower.
Um, it looks Oh, there's the blade.
See? Yeah.
It looks well and truly dead, but I've got my eye on the engine.
How are we gonna get this back up to the build area? We think we're gonna try and drag it over.
Jimmy's got some strops here, so we're gonna see if we can get it onto its front and then try and drag it up 'cause it hasn't even got any wheels on it.
There's no obvious way to pull it up.
No.
Everybody clear? (GRUNTS) Oh! Oh.
On that note, I might leave you to it.
I'm used to women falling at my feet, but (LAUGHS) Now that difficult bit's done (LAUGHS) We couldn't have done it without you.
Good luck.
Enjoy the challenge.
I'll see you later on.
Oh, yeah? See you later, boys.
See if we can physically drag it up there.
No way.
So should we try for sheer brute force? Yeah, why not? ROBERT: Brute force? They'll need a task force to shift that.
Ugh! (LAUGHS) I can't see how we can do this.
Chop it in half maybe, or something.
We're having trouble moving this thing.
Running out of ideas.
ALl: Help is at hand.
ROBERT: Time to call in the big boys, but Captain Ali is not impressed.
No, that's naff.
Oh, that's what Hmm.
Far too heavy, far too big.
Yeah, forget that.
(GRUNTS) ROBERT: So it's back on the heap for the rusty mower and back to square one for the luckless Atoms.
Alright.
The military don't have a monopoly on stealthy, low-riding vehicles.
In 1963, Austrian Heinz Meixner stuffed his future mother-in-law into the boot of his teeny-weeny Austin Healey before hiding his East German fiancée under a blanket on the back seat.
(ENGINE PURRS) Right under the noses of the unsuspecting border guards of Checkpoint Charlie, Meixner ripped off the windscreen, and, courtesy of his limbo car, was off under the barrier to freedom in West Berlin.
The Bakewells have come up trumps with their two motors, but which bit goes where? The front end of this Yeah.
will end up the rear end of the vehicle.
With no engine in.
No, WITH the engine in.
With that engine in? BOTH: No, with that engine.
Mounted in this one.
Right.
LISA: The front halves of the red and blue Fiats will give the Bakewells four-wheel steering.
However, the engine in the blue car is too tall to pass under our two-foot limit.
Fitting the flatter engine from the red car will provide a stealthy alternative but will mean an awful lot of extra work.
Confusion over, the Bakewells put their backs into breaking their bangers into bits.
Are you ready? One, two, three.
(GRUNTS) Go on, go on, go on! I got the heavy end, see? Good exhaust on it.
Save it.
We don't want it noisy, don't we? ROBERT: Well into the build, and Dave and Jimmy still have little to show for all their efforts.
Dave has a few caster wheels and Jimmy is still desperately hunting for that all-elusive engine.
As they say, it's a Greek tragedy.
ROBERT: Captives in an empty build area, Jim and Ali, driven to despair, finally break all the rules and sneak onto the heap to find something to work on.
I don't know, we might be able to steal something off it.
JIM: There's a cracking bit of tubing.
What might not be a bad idea is to start it up to annoy the opposition.
Start it up, throw it over the fence? Here she comes! Ali, Jim.
Hello.
Good to be back? Oh, marvellous.
Good to be here for the first time.
Thank you.
What have we got? A generator we happened to find around the corner while we were waiting for the boys.
Need something to fiddle with.
How is it? Is it good? Have you got it going? It might do if you've got an expert.
Make a good anchor for a ship at the moment, I suppose.
So it's pants, basically.
It's ballast, yes.
It's not the greatest thing we've ever found.
You haven't got much to work on.
It's looking very bare.
Are you thinking the boys are being slow this morning? David's actually managed to find four casters.
Excellent.
Yeah, so we've done well.
We've got four casters.
He hasn't got them off it yet, but we're doing well.
Does the 10 hours actually start from when we actually find something? When they get back? Afraid the 10 hours is well and truly underway, guys.
ROBERT: Over the wall, the Bakewells are forging ahead with the two half-cars they need for their complex vehicle.
Hit it! That'll be perfect, won't it? Right, we want that bit.
We can make it powerful.
And you've got all that strength.
Water! (LAUGHS) ROBERT: The flat boxer engine from the red Fiat comes out without a hitch.
LISA: Unlike the upright engine in the blue car, the red Fiat's boxer engine has its cylinders and pistons arranged horizontally.
This makes for a very flat motor - ideal for a super sneaky spy car.
Smell and Charlie - big fellas.
About 33 seconds into the scavenge, they had a car in the yard.
About a minute and a quarter later, they had another car.
They're fantastic scavengers.
They went straight out, got it straight back.
No mucking about.
But, I mean, they're really shooting ahead.
Now, it's funny you should say that, because next door, Ali and Jim, the Up 'n Atoms expert and captain, nothing in the yard.
Tumbleweed.
(IMITATES WIND HOWL) (LAUGHS) ROBERT: Jim and Ali are nearing critical state.
Are they getting warm? Have they found anything yet? Nuh.
Hurry up.
Need some bits to get on with pretty quick.
But atomic meltdown is averted as Jimmy finally makes a delivery to the build area.
Oh, superb job.
Superb.
JIM: Well done, boys.
Jim, Jim, dump everything over here.
Yeah, I'm going to.
Use this as a storage area.
Ali and Jim radiate positive energy as their build area at last bursts into action.
LISA: The Bakewells are steaming ahead and Smell has time to hunt for the airbag that will power their pivoting hinge.
Problem is he's not exactly sure what he's looking for or where he's going to find it.
Has Smell's run of good luck on the heap finally come to an end? ROBERT: Also under pressure to deliver, Jimmy and Dave have to find a motor and soon.
How about It's not a lawnmower.
How about a rotovator? Jimmy! Basically, bring anything up you find.
Bring anything.
Phew! Put it down, look at the bus, look beside the bus.
Ah! (LAUGHS) By Jove, I think we've got it! Perhaps a little more like it.
We've just found a sit-on lawnmower.
It's got a couple of scratches and that's about it.
Bring it up, but it better be better than your last lawnmower.
Yeah! (LAUGHS) Right.
ROBERT: Fortune has at last favoured the feckless Atoms.
The boys have hooked the catch of the day for the captain's table.
Absolutely bang on.
Is that big enough? That'll do.
That was under a pile of rubble.
I was carrying the rotovator.
Suddenly saw it.
Can you go find us a battery to start with? LISA: Jim might have the edge on engine experience but that doesn't stop Ali getting involved.
Why are you doing it nicely? Just hack the thing out.
No, 'cause we want this bit.
We're gonna want this bit.
Alright.
You'll have to really, really trust me on these ones, Ali.
Listen, mate, what's it say on your boilersuit? (LAUGHS) No, what's it say on your boilersuit? Jim, I think.
Above that.
Oh, the 'expert'.
Exactly.
Right, clear.
Ready? Clear! Ah, not as easy as you think.
(ALL LAUGH) (GRUNTS) Let's go! Engine's out.
Teams, this is just to warn you - you have 007 hours remaining.
Ooh! ROBERT: Artful bodgers Smell and Charlie start to bash the unwanted blue engine out.
No, no, no.
But their bulldozing approach soon backfires.
Annoying, this is.
Just simple little jobs.
They just take ages, just trying to bodge it off.
Well, probably quicker to take it off properly.
LISA: An effervescent Ali allots tasks to his team mates and the Atoms channel their pent-up energy into the build.
Put casters on the back.
David's brought three casters.
I'll just quickly weld this frame thing together.
I'll start on the soap box straightaway.
Start with the front wheels first.
Yeah.
Right, guys.
Let's go play.
Let's go have some fun.
(ENGINE RUMBLES) (ALL CHEER) LISA: And that sound should raise spirits even further.
For a spy car, it doesn't half make a lot of noise.
I tell you what, they can hear us.
That's the stealth mode? They can hear us coming before they see us.
ROBERT: Ooh, look at this.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Can you quickly explain what you're doing with this here lawnmower? We're gonna cut the grass for you.
You're gonna cut some grass.
That's nice! That's right.
Is that the engine that's gonna pull all four of you? Yep.
We're confident.
(LAUGHS) No, it's very small.
Yeah.
And ideally suited to the job.
Compact job.
We've got five low-gear ratios.
Five forward, five reverse.
And the steering I mean, it's very good on these machines, isn't it? Yeah, very good turning circle.
Turning circle.
So we're just gonna change that for lever controls and we're gonna have a sidecar outfit on the side of it for our driver laying down to go under the bar.
I see.
So that's not a permanent driving position.
That's That's No.
It's like the motorbike and sidecar on the Isle of Man.
But slightly slower.
Slightly slower.
Oh, not necessarily.
We're confident.
LISA: The Atoms have devised an outrageous outrigger which will help the driver keep a low profile, while a reclining seat on the rear of their trailer will keep the altitude of his atomic cargo to a minimum.
ROBERT: The beefy Bakewells have blazed ahead but the supercharged Atoms are hot on their heels.
With both build areas a frenzy of activity, there's everything to play for.
Gentlemen of the teams, this organisation will not tolerate failure.
You have six hours remaining.
Six hours remaining, gentlemen.
OK, let's crank it up.
LISA: The Bakewells are well on their way with two cars and a working engine, but they still lack the vital airbag for their ingenious hinge mechanism.
But Smell's hopes of finding one are slipping away.
(POWER TOOLS WHIRR) So we can find something.
I know.
Just having a quick clean-up.
Yeah.
I'll take that off.
ROBERT: And he's not the only one to be feeling the pressure.
Expert John realises that despite their fantastic start, they've got an awful lot to do.
A little bit further.
It needs to come over a bit more.
We need to straighten the wheels out.
Front needs to come up.
LISA: With his team busy on tractor and trailer, Ali starts work on a tow bar to join the two.
That, we'll weld onto there.
It's a beauty.
Nice.
LISA: The Atoms will attach their tractor and trailer using a simple tow bar with caravan-style hitches on each end.
The trailer will turn independently, helping them round tight corners.
But their stringy steering system could be suspect in reverse.
Now, John, the Up 'n Atoms seem to have up and at 'em'd.
They've really made staggering progress.
I mean, they have chosen a very simple design which, at present, is paying dividends.
I still have reservations about their steering mechanism for the trailer.
Yes.
They seem to say that it's going to be towed by a linkage from the tractor, obviously.
But it's going to have independent steering by foot.
Yeah.
Have my doubts about that.
Slightly dubious, yeah.
The trailer will have to go where the tractor pulls it.
On the other side, the Bakewell Puddings, who started out so well I mean, they're still very busy, but they got this enormously long vehicle now.
Yes, it's a very long vehicle.
In your introduction, you said you've got turn on a sixpence.
Well, it certainly won't turn on a sixpence.
No.
It might turn on a tennis court - just.
Have you changed your mind at all about who your money's on? I still like the Bakewell Puddings to win because I think they're trying to do something interesting with this hinge.
I think it's a very nice idea.
But I have a suspicion that the simpler solution will win.
Right.
You're happy with the principle and everything, yeah? The only thing I'm not happy with is the speed.
Yeah, that's true.
I think that's about 12, 14 miles an hour.
12, 14 miles an hour with 400 kilos on the back? Hmm.
I like it.
It's ridiculous but I like it.
A bendy car.
ROBERT: The hinge might bend, but without an airbag to power it the Bakewells' flexible Fiat will be a flop.
But what's that in Smell's hand? Has he finally bagged the prize? His curious team mates examine this unusual device.
That's quite a bit of travel.
That'll (AIR HISSES) Good grief! Nah, don't think it's supposed to go quite that far, but Probably ruined it now.
Oh, he broke it.
(LAUGHS) ROBERT: All Smell's hard work undone.
Once again, the Bakewells' bruising approach blows up in their faces.
Right.
Well, let's not worry about that.
We'll sort that out in a sec.
Aye, he's gonna chuck it down, I think, soon.
Tip it down.
(LAUGHS) We're gonna get drowned.
LISA: The Atoms crack on.
More blast.
All four know what they've gotta do and they're reacting well.
Can you imagine what the other ball head's gonna do? Yeah, it won't be any more than that.
That bar's higher than that, so Yeah? You should be fine there.
I can't find one anyw (BOTH LAUGH) LISA: Not even the onset of a middle England monsoon can dampen their buoyant spirits.
It'll be raining, then.
ROBERT: A spot of rain is nay a bother for Bakewells neither.
They have bigger problems.
No matter how much they hack off their car, they just can't get it under two feet.
OK.
That's dead on two foot.
Do you wanna go another inch for? Give us more to play with.
I want breathing space.
LISA: Jim's mower is a cut above the rest.
I'll dive on here with you guys in a minute.
That's done, basically, innit? Yeah.
Apart from safety things, that's done.
Yeah.
Bit of messing around.
LISA: And for the re-energised Atoms it's now all hands on trailer.
A little bit of pipe facing that way and a hook.
We bend a bit of that stud in, into a loop Hey, Up 'n Atoms.
When I came in here several hours ago, there was nothing.
Nada.
Now What's this bit? Explain it to me.
It's like a chaise longue trailer.
Where exactly are you gonna be sitting? 'Cause my reaction when I saw this was how are you gonna get four of you on here? When we come up to the bar, we drop that down.
Good for your stomach muscles.
Lie back, go under the obstacle or whatever it may be.
Do you think it's low enough? That's our test bar.
That is exactly two feet.
So you're gonna be limbo-ing under there.
We're gonna do a limbo.
Is this the steering mechanism? This is the steering mechanism.
And how are you actually gonna? Bit of string.
You really are gonna do a bit of string? But we will weld the string on.
Won't just be tied on with a nice bow? And it's attached to the tractor at the front, which is What sort of engine's that on there? It's not a very big engine.
Slow and steady wins the race.
It's the hare and the tortoise.
Definitely a tortoise and the hare race.
I'm confident that's two foot.
Yeah, we've measured it.
We'll just have to do things like drop It is two foot.
We've done it.
It's 23 inches.
We'll have to drop the tyres an inch.
Yeah.
Just double-checking.
Come on, let's get this engine in.
One second.
Measure twice, fabricate the entire unit once.
Whoa, whoa.
Hold on.
ROBERT: The Bakewells might have the benefit of a bigger engine, but they've got to get it in Right, that's it.
Right, if you lift your end up.
Before you wrap that strop round it, will it balance there now? which they do with customary finesse.
That's it there.
That's it.
Guys, look at this.
Oh, engine! Engine in? Hiya.
How you doing? Engine nearly in.
You've had a lovely afternoon just tinkering around.
Hmm, yes.
So it's been quite complicated, has it? Yeah.
Yeah.
So that's your hinge there.
Yeah.
Yes.
That is brilliant.
When you said 'airbag', I thought it was like a car airbag.
But it's not.
It's a slightly more So did I.
Oh, did you? So that's off, like, a truck.
Suspension, yeah.
How do you blow it up? Compressed air from the tank.
Ah! In the tank there.
Yes.
So you pre-pressurise that, so then you've got (WHISTLES) Yeah.
Right.
LISA: The airbag will power an enormous hinge at the centre of the Bakewells' low-riding car.
Inflated by compressed air, the airbag will leave the two halves of the car up, resulting in a shorter wheelbase ideal for tight turns and clearing obstacles.
But their flexible Fiat will stay flat on the floor if they can't get that airbag fixed.
Have you done this before, with a folding car? No.
(BOTH LAUGH) Lt'll definitely work, won't it? By and all, I have some confidence.
The teamwork is phenomenal today.
Brilliant.
Not in this team - in the team next door.
LISA: And Charlie's not wrong.
The Atoms are up and away and their simple build's nearing completion.
Yeah? I think we're way ahead of schedule.
Um, I honestly think we'll be finished in an hour or so.
Hour tops.
And we're actually gonna have a test run of it.
Find another piece of this box, Andy.
The 6mm.
ROBERT: And finally, a mixture of brains and brawn fixes the Bakewells' airbag.
That's it.
Good stuff.
Now, don't do it again.
(BOTH LAUGH) Well, the Bakewell Puddings seem to be a little bit lagging now.
They shot ahead so fast but they're really not catching up yet, are they? No, but they're pacing themselves.
I think they will make it.
They're beginning to work on their pneumatic hinge.
Yeah.
Which, you know, is a high-risk area.
But I still think they could be successful with this hinge.
I think it should work, so long as they can get sufficient strength in the angle between the verticals they're welding on and the floor of the cars.
If not, they'll just rip it out of the floor.
Which one's forward? That one.
Forward.
LISA: With time on his hands, Jimmy gets a driving lesson.
Speed's there and throttle, yeah? OK Whey! (MOTOR PUTTERS) It's a bit slow.
Is that in top gear? I'm not sure.
I'll check in a minute when he gets back.
LISA: With the wind in his hair, the Atoms' nominated driver takes the mower for a spin.
Their cart's clearly not going to set any land speed records, but expert Jim has an ace up his sleeve.
Somebody get behind me and somebody roll it back.
(ENGINE POWERS DOWN) When the engine hits around about 2,500-3,000 r.
p.
m.
, the governor will then take off the throttle.
The two of them aren't directly linked, so all we've got to do is directly link the two so it's not down through the governor.
The 'guvnor' regulates the supply of fuel to the engine and determines the maximum speed at which the mower can operate.
By removing it, the engine can rev higher than intended.
But if it revs too high for too long, the engine could blow.
(ENGINE REVS) Whoo-hoo! (LAUGHS) Just goes direct on the throttle.
It bypassed the governor.
If you're happy with that It's only got to last the race.
Phew! Is it beer time yet? Now, the Bakewell Puddings, you know, once the kings of chill on the heap, have turned into sort of discombobulated, broken down, a heap of exhausted mushness.
We may see grown men with bald heads and rather interesting facial hair in tears.
I think the opposite, actually, is true of the Up 'n Atoms.
Ali, their ever-brilliant captain, said, "Oh, you know, nearly there.
Nearly finished.
"Just got a couple of things to do and we're done.
" And I said, "But it's a very small engine pulling three" He said, "No, no, no, it'll be absolutely fine.
"It could be a hare and tortoise race.
" Hare and tortoise? Yeah, hare and dead tortoise race, more likely.
(MEN CONVERSE INDISTINCTLY) Mr M.
First of all, your airbag - have you got it inflating and deflating? We haven't done yet, but rest assured it will work.
You took the engine from that car and put it in this car.
Has it run since putting it in? Yes.
No! That's such a No.
I'd love to say yes, but Are you still concerned that you're gonna be slightly too high for that two-feet clearance? A little bit, but we have three inches in the tyres.
We can deflate them.
So if push comes to shove, you're gonna let the tyres down.
Right, lie down.
Go.
ROBERT: The Atoms have height issues of their own.
(MEN LAUGH) We might have to lower the base 'cause it's arching our backs, which is not a good thing.
We're not gonna be doing it for long.
(LAUGHS) Breathe in! Breathe in, mate.
I'm busting for a pee.
We'll get a ratchet strapped round, then.
(ALL LAUGH) ALl: Cheers, boys.
(SIZZLING) You look completely spun out.
(LAUGHS) LISA: The Bakewells are cream crackered, but have no choice but to carry on.
It's an outrageous vehicle! LISA: Less than an hour to go and they've still got tons to do.
They're racing to make further cuts to the body, drop the suspension and fully secure the airbag housing.
Have they finished or summat? They're very quiet.
Probably have.
(LAUGHS) This is looking very cool, guys.
I love the sound of this engine now.
(ALL LAUGH) Something's happened to it.
This has turned from the standard lawnmower engine to the screaming Formula One variety.
There's been a little bit of adjustment.
Yeah, we've bypassed the governor on the engine.
Right, and the governor is the thing that stops the average gardener thrashing around the garden.
Faster than its designed limit, basically.
It's just got to last us one race.
You may have infringed your warranty, of course.
Yes.
You may have done that already with everything else you've done.
This is the low-lying driving position.
Yes, this is it.
Looks very comfortable, Jimmy.
Not too bad, not too bad.
Can I have a go? I wanna have a go.
Certainly.
It is one of the madder things.
Where do? It's obviously tuned for my height.
Of course.
It's actually built for you, isn't it? So you get there (LAUGHS) I can't imagine how you steer.
So you lie down like that.
You've gotta be down That's the steering wheel.
(CACKLES) Yeah, that's the steering.
That's the idea.
You've gotta get down to here.
Yeah.
(LAUGHS) You got good stomach muscles? Uh, well You will by the end of it.
I've got a good stomach.
It's brilliant.
I love it.
Alright, I'll see you later on, guys, OK? Gentlemen, you look extremely relaxed.
Well, you know how it goes.
This is the famous reclining seat.
Yeah.
Can you do a demonstration? Go on! Alright, here you go.
So what do you do? Move that forward.
Go like that and then we go down like that.
That's the level.
Yeah, that's the level.
And then we get back up.
(CACKLES) Ah! Then back on with the drinks.
Yes, martini, please.
Spilt, not stirred.
(ALL LAUGH) LISA: With only minutes remaining, the Bakewells have got to get their spy car off the blocks.
Do you think we can drop it altogether? I think it will, but I've seen a couple of bolts in there.
Swing the jack down.
LISA: The strength of their hinge mechanism hasn't been tested.
Will it hold? Right.
Something's sat underneath here.
(CLUNK!) LISA: Guess that's a no, then.
With their hinge broken and almost no time to repair it, it's time for some fast welding and a prayer to the scrapheap gods.
Yeah.
ROBERT: But there's no such drama in the Atoms' camp.
We're done.
Few little welds, few little bits.
Who wants tea? Who wants coffee? Love a coffee.
I'd love a tea.
We're now in a situation that is unusual on Scrapheap in the fact that one team is completely finished Yep.
and the other team are going absolutely crazy.
The Up 'n Atoms are sitting there rather sort of complacent.
They're polishing off their creation.
Very proud of themselves.
They're finetuning their control systems.
(LAUGHS) Marvellous.
And the Bakewell Puddings are going like mad.
that away over there.
LISA: After a blistering bodge job, the Bakewells cross their fingers and lower their car once more.
How low can you go? Ready? (GROWLS) Ah! Fingers! Fingers, fingers.
LISA: With seconds to spare, the flat-fingered Puddings have done it! But how will their fragile Fiat fare on the test day? Charlie, look.
Five Four Three Two One! OK, teams, please down your tools.
Your time is up.
But don't worry, you will get to try another day.
Yes, that's right, teams - we'll reconvene tomorrow at a secret location where you'll get the opportunity to knock 'The Living Daylights' out of our obstacle course.
Well done, teams.
It was a brilliant build.
Well done.
(ALL CHEER) Have the Bakewell Puddings bitten off more than they can chew? Are the Up 'n Atoms in a critical state? This week's clandestine course sorts the men from the boys.
The teams' mission is to weave wildly and duck two-foot barriers before penetrating our clandestine base.
Once inside, they must limbo a laser beam and deactivate the alarm before locating and stealing a top-secret briefcase.
With that in hand, they then make good their escape, reversing, turning and climbing over, under and round some serious hurdles.
Time will be added for obstacles and tasks failed.
The fastest time wins.
(ROBERT CACKLES) Morning, chaps.
Morning.
Last bit of finessing.
I like to see that.
Gentle.
Very nice, Smell.
Presumably, you're adjusting the height.
The final adjustments for the height.
Yes.
Charlie, could you give us a blast? I can, yeah.
(AIR HISSES) Wow! (ALL LAUGH) Rock'n'roll.
Genius bit of work.
Absolutely brilliant.
And a lovely action.
(HISSES) Nice bouncy kind of action it's got, hasn't it? Morning, Up 'n Atoms.
Good morning.
Obviously, very stressed in the tinkering.
Lots to do.
Absolutely rushed off your feet.
(ALL LAUGH) I don't think I've ever seen a team looking quite so relaxed.
It's all just a cover, you know? Deep down, we're really panicking.
Now, John, we've seen the course now.
It is quite scary, isn't it? I mean, it's not gonna be easy.
No, it's very challenging indeed, I think, particularly the ramp area, which is very steep, both sides, with a short top which I think will be very difficult for the cars to follow over.
Particularly, the Up 'n Atoms.
Yeah.
A relatively long wheelbase.
I think they're just gonna straddle the top of that ramp and get stuck.
Yes, I can't see I can't quite envisage them getting over it.
What do you reckon? Who's your money on now, now you've seen this? It's a classic contest, I think, between complexity and simplicity.
Hmm.
And I think the complexity will be necessary, so I'm gonna stick with the Bakewell Puddings.
ROBERT: However complex their cars, penetrating this base will be far from simple.
Can our scrappy spies come out with the prize? (CLANG!) First to go, the Up 'n Atoms.
Jimmy, this is it - the moment of truth.
Mm-hm.
You happy you're gonna get your precious cargo round the course? They're not that precious, really.
If I lose them, it doesn't worry me.
Well, look, very best of luck.
Thank you.
You look completely hilarious.
Hope you do brilliantly.
I'll see you back here.
Good luck, boys.
Thank you very much.
Cheers.
(ENGINE PUTTERS) Up 'n Atoms, are you ready? ALL: Yes! Three, two, one.
Go! Go.
Down, boys.
LISA: A few teething problems there at the start.
Go on! Go! Couldn't get it into gear 'cause Jimmy had to lie down, but now Oh! Like the clappers.
They're caning it.
(LISA LAUGHS) Except David from the Up 'n Atoms bottom has already broken their back seat but I think they managed to get it back.
They've roared round the chicane and they're just preparing to go under the lorry - over.
Did that seem to be OK? They powered round the chicane.
I've never seen anything like it.
They were really fast.
Jimmy's now exiting.
Go, go, go! Slow.
Jim the expert's lying forwards and the other two are lying backwards.
Now they're now getting back into position.
They're heading towards the door release.
They're heading under towards you now.
OK, slow, slow.
Can you go under? LISA: I am worried about how long their back piece of seat is gonna hold up for.
It's looking a bit rickety.
Over.
ROBERT: Well, they've all got in.
They're approaching the laser.
Head down! Head down.
Head down! JOHN: Oh, yeah.
Oh, I think they've broken the laser beam.
They've taken a penalty.
They've broken the laser beam.
I must say, their trailer is steering rather well.
It is steering extremely well.
Come back very slow.
JOHN: They're heading towards the tunnel now.
And this is, I think, a really crunch moment 'cause I don't think they'll be able to go backwards.
They got all the way up there.
They've got the case now.
They've already picked up a penalty in the laser.
JIM: Just tickle it, Jimmy, slowly and it'll just gently go.
ROBERT: They're going backwards.
JOHN: And they got out of the tunnel with the case and they're edging forwards.
Robert to Lisa.
Quick update.
They have managed to get under the laser.
They had a problem there.
They got a 10-second penalty.
They've now got the case, but they haven't got to the ramp.
That's the big test.
They were going to approach this with a lot of speed to get momentum.
It's gone up the beginning.
Look at that.
No trouble.
They were actually stuck on the ramp.
No, it's it's there.
This point is the crucial point.
Yeah.
And they're stuck now and they're jumping up and down.
Wow! What a (LAUGHS) I saw a foot down there.
Look.
A foot down on the ramp.
They've been defeated by the ramp.
Robert to Lisa, the Up 'n Atoms have split the atom.
Their machine has come apart.
It's come in half going over the ramp.
The tractor, remarkably, got over the ramp really quite well.
But then the trailer just flatly refused to and fell to pieces.
So the trailer not only looked rickety, it certainly was.
And, boy, is it rickety now.
It's in about five separate pieces.
But they are going to accept the 20-second penalty, try and join it all back together and then continue to get under the last bit.
Right, I think normal service has been resumed.
Normal service.
Here they come.
(LAUGHS) ROBERT: Can you see how close he is? He hasn't got the extra room.
Right, he's opening the door again.
The door's going up.
JOHN: Yeah.
(LAUGHS) He's gotta get down now to get under the door.
Lying along the linkage.
LISA: Come on, Up 'n Atoms.
ROBERT: Have they managed to get out? LISA: They have got through, definitely.
Ali's saying, "Go, go, go!" Most of the time.
Go, go, go! Yeah, they seem to be doing pretty well.
They're coming under there really quite well.
Hang on, let me get on.
Ready? (BREATHES HEAVILY) Hold on.
LISA: And now Jim has actually got on the back of the tractor.
Go, go! Hoon it! LISA: Looking very friendly there.
They're absolutely caning it through the chicane.
We're going under the bar, yeah.
We gotta go under here.
LISA: Where's my flag? Come on, Up 'n Atoms.
Down! Go! LISA: Go! Yes! Brilliant.
Whoa! Whoo-hoo! Whoo! (LISA LAUGHS) Come here.
This wheel's all buckled up hitting the cardboard boxes.
Buckled the wheel up.
So you went through the entire course and the thing that caused the most problems were the cardboard boxes.
But you got up there, you got the case, you came back.
You've gotta be fairly pleased with that.
Oh! Yeah.
Ali, you've not said anything yet, which is very uncharacteristic for you.
I'm knackered and I'm hurt.
Oh, bless you.
ROBERT: The Atoms might not have set a fast pace.
With penalties for the laser and ramp, they took 11 minutes 40.
But they lasted the course and delivered the case.
Next up, it's time for the Bakewells to rise to the challenge.
LISA: Three, two, one! MAN: Go! Legs.
Right, up half.
Left! Go on, quicker.
Right! ROBERT: The approach to the secret base poses no problems for the Bakewells' bendy car.
Stop, stop! But will their suspended spy car come unhinged once inside? LISA: They're heading under towards you now.
Look at that.
JOHN: Yay! Good steering.
That's brilliant.
And they're well down.
Very smooth, very smooth.
They look relaxed.
Don't they look relaxed? This corner's very tight, though, now.
No, they're doing well.
They're around the corner.
They are, however, a little bit noisier.
(LAUGHS) We can barely hear ourselves think in here.
Straight! Straight, lads.
Go on.
They're now heading for the tunnel to retrieve the top-secret case.
Go on - straight.
Wha-ah! Alright.
Stop! Ready! ROBERT: They've got the top-secret case.
They're now reversing out of the tunnel very, very fast.
Straight back, as we suspected.
Very good in reverse.
Very, very good teamwork.
They're going around that way.
They've now got a very tight bend.
They've got another tight bend to come into the toxic waste dispenser area.
Oh, they're nosing over it.
They're coming under.
Whoa, I can't! Go, go, go, go, go! (ENGINE ROARS) Oh, listen to the roar.
They haven't made much success on the ramp.
They've all got out.
Switch it off.
(ENGINE DIES) And they've stopped the engine.
They've actually killed the engine, which is a bit of a relief on my old eardrums.
LISA: After flying round the course, the Bakewells are stuck on the slope.
And that engine doesn't sound healthy.
Oh, Bakewell Puddings, that is heartbreaking.
To get that far and that fast You were doing really well.
Yeah.
I know.
So what It's catastrophic failure, is it? Broke in half, our shaft.
This side.
Right.
The material was too thin, really.
Do you think it was when you came up to the ramp Yeah, I put the power down to get up the ramp and it's just twisted it like an aniseed twist.
It was very noisy.
It must've been unbelievably noisy on there.
It was.
And flames as well.
And there was a lot of flames.
(CACKLES) (LAUGHS) 'Cause everything else worked really well.
You got round the course up till here really fast.
Yeah.
Did its job up till then.
Yeah.
I was looking forward to seeing articulation as you went over the hump.
You missed your best bit of TV, unfortunately.
Well done, guys.
It's an amazing build.
It's an incredible machine.
It is the you know, in the top 10 daftest machines ever.
(ALL LAUGH HEARTILY) Well, teams, this week has been a terrific challenge.
You've made machines that have gone up and round and over and under and left you all well and truly shaken and stirred, so well done to both of you.
But this week, one team clearly ran away with it - the Up 'n Atoms.
So well done.
Whoa! Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Commiserations.
11 minutes! Cheers.
Yeah!
This week, our teams' mission - should they choose to accept it - is to evade detection whilst carrying the whole team round the tight turns and big bumps of a very hostile obstacle course.
And what better to carry them on special operations than a low-loading spy car? ROBERT: First up are three expat nuclear engineers - Ali, Dave and Jimmy.
These research scientists won a famous victory in the first round when they literally bowled their way through the opposition in a giant gerbil wheel.
They're the Up 'n Atoms.
LISA: And they're up against some sticky opposition in the Bakewell Puddings.
Nick, Charlie and his uncle Mark.
This Derbyshire trio also enjoyed the sweet taste of success in the first round, saving a car from a sea of mud in their preposterous 'Pink Pudding' during our Off-Road Rescue mission.
Bakewell Puddings! ALL: Yeah! Up 'n Atoms! ALL: Yes! Pay attention, gentlemen.
Today's challenge is for your ears only.
We've got a top-secret mission for you to carry out.
You've got just 10 hours to knock together a spy car that Q would be proud of.
That's right - we're asking you to cast your golden eyes over the scrapheap to find the parts to build a stealthy spy car.
Now, to avoid detection on our very challenging obstacle course, your cars will need to be short - less than two feet tall.
However, they also need to get over obstacles that are two feet high.
Now, if the two-feet challenge wasn't enough, your car must be able to carry a full team, turn on a sixpence and be capable of reversing out of danger.
You'll need all your cunning, creative skills to complete this task of notional importance.
A place in the semifinal is at stake.
Bakewell Puddings, are you ready to rise to the challenge? Yes! Up 'n Atoms, are you primed? Yes! OK, wait for it, teams.
Wait for it.
(BANG!) BOTH: Go! (ROBERT LAUGHS) LISA: To provide the Up 'n Atoms with a nucleus, we've enlisted the help of a man with a proven track record in building wacky vehicles, including what could be the world's smallest commercial hovercraft.
This low-flying expert is Jim Chalmers.
Hi.
How are you doing? JIM: Morning, team.
ROBERT: And to help make the Bakewell Puddings rise to the occasion, we've recruited an engine expert with a recipe for victory.
Part-time garage boss, part-time classic car drag racer, this hot rodster is John Ricketts.
Oh.
How are you doing? Hi, guys.
How are you? How you doing? LISA: Today's teams have to infiltrate our clandestine base, steal the top-secret briefcase and escape without being detected.
Their vehicles will need to turn tightly, climb over and limbo under barriers measuring only two feet from the floor.
That's just over half a metre.
Right, spy car.
Yes.
I think it's gotta be very, very small carts with a man on each cart.
Kids' train kind of thing.
Kids' train.
Very good.
That's brilliant.
We're not looking at big wheels.
No, very, very small wheels.
We're looking for wheels of a diameter of roughly around five inches.
LISA: Expert Jim's idea is to build a limbo-ing locomotive, a snake-like vehicle that would be both low to the ground and flexible over bumpy terrain.
But with potential problems in reverse, will he get it past bolshie team Captain Ali? Right, we don't need four chariots, trolleys or anything like that.
We can all get very friendly for this.
Three of us lying down flat, OK OK.
on a bed will do.
That's long enough, Ali.
Yep.
So we have one driver on the front wagon and the rest of us are just passengers.
What are your thoughts on the challenge? Got any ideas at all? Little cars - Fiat, little Fiat, little Mini, something like that.
Steering front and back, maybe.
Four-wheel steering, something like that.
Yeah, so you've got two front halves of the vehicles.
In the middle, I want a big hinge.
It's gonna be lifted like some kind of airbag.
LISA: The Puddings plan to combine the front ends of two compact cars to provide them with a tight-turning vehicle.
In order to avoid grounding their chassis, an air-powered hinge will raise their underbelly safely over perilous peaks.
What do you want engine-wise? Anything, really.
Want it to be about 10 horsepower.
You want something that we can just chop down and utilise.
What I can do is I brought my hair dryer, so we can use that.
(LAUGHS) Two cars.
Two small cars.
Preferably very small, but we do need a front-wheel drive vehicle.
Right, OK.
You know what we're after.
Yeah.
Get it sorted, then.
Let's go.
Alright? Excellent.
Quick! Get it, guys.
Everyone knows what they need to get? Can you get it? See you later.
LISA: With captain's orders in hand, our two teams break cover and race out onto the heap.
If pinpointing parts for a pocket-sized car wasn't enough, the Up 'n Atom scavengers are also working to a really hard taskmaster.
Bossy Captain Ali has a brutal side.
In round one, his bull-headed barking could've split the team.
(YELLS) David! What? Exactly - what.
Can you take that outside? We're trying to talk of what we're doing here and all we can hear is nyeeeee! Now you want me to do it somewhere else? That's the wrong approach, innit? What? Upsetting him like that? Oh, well.
But maintaining a tight ship paid dividends and the expat trio from Geneva - Ali, Jimmy and Dave - went on to win a brilliant victory in their bonkers Bowling Banger.
And it doesn't take long for Ali to reassert his authority in the build area.
Let's get all this stuff set out now.
Welding area is gonna be here.
Get this thing out the way.
That'll do there.
Put that on the bench.
We don't need this.
You take that.
Lay those tools out.
ROBERT: The Bakewell Puddings have a fine scavenging pedigree.
In the first round, these beefy boys landed exactly what they were after in record time.
This trio of motorcycle enthusiasts from the Peak District - Nick, 'Smell' and Charlie - might be nimble-footed on the heap but have a rather heavy-handed take on engineering.
And true to form, super scavengers Smell and Charlie don't disappoint.
We've got a nice Fiat 127 or 6 convertible.
Very nice.
Converted.
Lovely.
Andrew's gonna carry it on his back.
Is it rear engine? Whatever else it is? SMELL: Rear engine.
I think we're gonna tow it.
I think it's a goer - the ignition works.
Well, hurry up.
(ENGINE STARTS) Oh! Bonus! It's a runner.
It's a runner? Gonna drive it in.
Fantastic.
Perfect.
(BOTH LAUGH) Hey! Hey-hey! (LAUGHS) It's Noddy! ROBERT: So first blood to the Bakewells with their pint-sized Fiat.
LISA: Spy cars might be a fanciful concept but generations of low-rise stealthy reconnaissance, or scout cars, have sneaked soldiers into enemy territory to gather intelligence and escape undetected.
These cars are low, fast and supremely mobile.
ROBERT: And someone who's no stranger to top-secret vehicles is the head of Engineering Systems at the Royal Military College of Science.
With an expert knowledge of off-road military mobility, he's Professor John Hetherington.
Now, John, the immediate application for these vehicles isn't possibly totally obvious.
I suppose there is a serious application.
That is, if a military force is trying to obtain intelligence, obtain information, then it has to design and use vehicles which can get almost anywhere, so they need very good mobility.
But they also need to be difficult to detect, so it's much better if a vehicle is kept close to the ground and can hide behind obstacles and achieve concealment in some way.
It's a complex thing we're asking them to do.
First of all, it seems simple.
You have an engine and a chassis Yes, there are not many military vehicles that are only two-foot high, so we've gone over the top slightly and said, you know 'Cause it's a pretty demanding thing we're asking them to do but, no, I think it's achievable.
10 hours? Who needs 10 hours? ROBERT: Ali might be full of bravado but his build area is definitely empty.
It's a bit unnerving that they've just gone and drove their car straight in.
If you are struggling to find anything, Jim reckons just bring us back some steel and wheels and we can start doing stuff up here, 'cause we've got the workshop set out and we're twiddling our thumbs.
ROBERT: With nothing better to do, Ali and Jim perfect their Bond impersonations.
(IMITATES SEAN CONNERY) Absholutely shplendid.
Absholutely shplendid.
LISA: With a small Fiat and a working engine already back at HQ, Charlie and Smell return to the front line.
And it's not long before these superlative scroungers have secured a second motor.
And again.
(ENGINE ROARS) What are you? Is this too quick? This is all too quick.
We're having to.
Hi, Rob.
Goodness me.
It's almost done.
It's a very low car, innit? Yeah, yeah.
This is a brilliant find.
I saw them find this.
This is excellent.
Absolutely.
It's ideal for the job.
Nice low engine.
It's exactly what we sent them to get - a little red Fiat with the roof cut off.
And look what they did.
Fantastic.
You can't argue with that, can you? It's actually is it a two-wheel a four-wheel vehicle? But with all-wheel steering.
All-wheel steering, yeah.
Which is always so easy to (NICK LAUGHS) So how many steering wheels? Two steering wheels.
Two steering wheels.
We thought about one each, but, uh Yeah.
One on each wheel, yeah.
This has all got to come off? We're not gonna see much of this red car.
No.
No, not at all.
Poor thing.
I'm sure it's done good service.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
It's in pretty good shape, really.
It IS in very good shape.
(ENGINE RUMBLES) That's your second vehicle? Sounds like it.
Sitting on this.
LISA: It's another Fiat and a second home run for the Bakewells.
Hang on.
I can't get enough lock on.
Yeah, OK.
ROBERT: The Atoms, however, haven't even got to first base.
We've got to make sure we're ready to go.
Yeah.
Ever the optimists, Dave and Jimmy think they may have found something.
(METAL SCRAPES) It's a very old lawnmower that's clearly no longer a cut above the rest.
8-0-8.
If we can get it on the trolley, get it back to the guys and have a look at it.
I'm not so sure about it, myself.
Have you found owt out there, boy? No, not really.
We found some kind of lawnmower, which looks completely knackered.
Other than that, not a lot, I'm afraid.
We'll let you know.
Alright, David? How you doing? Is it good to be back on the heap? Got a weird feeling of déja vu.
(BOTH LAUGH) What on earth is this? I think, once upon a lifetime ago, it used to be a lawnmower.
Um, it looks Oh, there's the blade.
See? Yeah.
It looks well and truly dead, but I've got my eye on the engine.
How are we gonna get this back up to the build area? We think we're gonna try and drag it over.
Jimmy's got some strops here, so we're gonna see if we can get it onto its front and then try and drag it up 'cause it hasn't even got any wheels on it.
There's no obvious way to pull it up.
No.
Everybody clear? (GRUNTS) Oh! Oh.
On that note, I might leave you to it.
I'm used to women falling at my feet, but (LAUGHS) Now that difficult bit's done (LAUGHS) We couldn't have done it without you.
Good luck.
Enjoy the challenge.
I'll see you later on.
Oh, yeah? See you later, boys.
See if we can physically drag it up there.
No way.
So should we try for sheer brute force? Yeah, why not? ROBERT: Brute force? They'll need a task force to shift that.
Ugh! (LAUGHS) I can't see how we can do this.
Chop it in half maybe, or something.
We're having trouble moving this thing.
Running out of ideas.
ALl: Help is at hand.
ROBERT: Time to call in the big boys, but Captain Ali is not impressed.
No, that's naff.
Oh, that's what Hmm.
Far too heavy, far too big.
Yeah, forget that.
(GRUNTS) ROBERT: So it's back on the heap for the rusty mower and back to square one for the luckless Atoms.
Alright.
The military don't have a monopoly on stealthy, low-riding vehicles.
In 1963, Austrian Heinz Meixner stuffed his future mother-in-law into the boot of his teeny-weeny Austin Healey before hiding his East German fiancée under a blanket on the back seat.
(ENGINE PURRS) Right under the noses of the unsuspecting border guards of Checkpoint Charlie, Meixner ripped off the windscreen, and, courtesy of his limbo car, was off under the barrier to freedom in West Berlin.
The Bakewells have come up trumps with their two motors, but which bit goes where? The front end of this Yeah.
will end up the rear end of the vehicle.
With no engine in.
No, WITH the engine in.
With that engine in? BOTH: No, with that engine.
Mounted in this one.
Right.
LISA: The front halves of the red and blue Fiats will give the Bakewells four-wheel steering.
However, the engine in the blue car is too tall to pass under our two-foot limit.
Fitting the flatter engine from the red car will provide a stealthy alternative but will mean an awful lot of extra work.
Confusion over, the Bakewells put their backs into breaking their bangers into bits.
Are you ready? One, two, three.
(GRUNTS) Go on, go on, go on! I got the heavy end, see? Good exhaust on it.
Save it.
We don't want it noisy, don't we? ROBERT: Well into the build, and Dave and Jimmy still have little to show for all their efforts.
Dave has a few caster wheels and Jimmy is still desperately hunting for that all-elusive engine.
As they say, it's a Greek tragedy.
ROBERT: Captives in an empty build area, Jim and Ali, driven to despair, finally break all the rules and sneak onto the heap to find something to work on.
I don't know, we might be able to steal something off it.
JIM: There's a cracking bit of tubing.
What might not be a bad idea is to start it up to annoy the opposition.
Start it up, throw it over the fence? Here she comes! Ali, Jim.
Hello.
Good to be back? Oh, marvellous.
Good to be here for the first time.
Thank you.
What have we got? A generator we happened to find around the corner while we were waiting for the boys.
Need something to fiddle with.
How is it? Is it good? Have you got it going? It might do if you've got an expert.
Make a good anchor for a ship at the moment, I suppose.
So it's pants, basically.
It's ballast, yes.
It's not the greatest thing we've ever found.
You haven't got much to work on.
It's looking very bare.
Are you thinking the boys are being slow this morning? David's actually managed to find four casters.
Excellent.
Yeah, so we've done well.
We've got four casters.
He hasn't got them off it yet, but we're doing well.
Does the 10 hours actually start from when we actually find something? When they get back? Afraid the 10 hours is well and truly underway, guys.
ROBERT: Over the wall, the Bakewells are forging ahead with the two half-cars they need for their complex vehicle.
Hit it! That'll be perfect, won't it? Right, we want that bit.
We can make it powerful.
And you've got all that strength.
Water! (LAUGHS) ROBERT: The flat boxer engine from the red Fiat comes out without a hitch.
LISA: Unlike the upright engine in the blue car, the red Fiat's boxer engine has its cylinders and pistons arranged horizontally.
This makes for a very flat motor - ideal for a super sneaky spy car.
Smell and Charlie - big fellas.
About 33 seconds into the scavenge, they had a car in the yard.
About a minute and a quarter later, they had another car.
They're fantastic scavengers.
They went straight out, got it straight back.
No mucking about.
But, I mean, they're really shooting ahead.
Now, it's funny you should say that, because next door, Ali and Jim, the Up 'n Atoms expert and captain, nothing in the yard.
Tumbleweed.
(IMITATES WIND HOWL) (LAUGHS) ROBERT: Jim and Ali are nearing critical state.
Are they getting warm? Have they found anything yet? Nuh.
Hurry up.
Need some bits to get on with pretty quick.
But atomic meltdown is averted as Jimmy finally makes a delivery to the build area.
Oh, superb job.
Superb.
JIM: Well done, boys.
Jim, Jim, dump everything over here.
Yeah, I'm going to.
Use this as a storage area.
Ali and Jim radiate positive energy as their build area at last bursts into action.
LISA: The Bakewells are steaming ahead and Smell has time to hunt for the airbag that will power their pivoting hinge.
Problem is he's not exactly sure what he's looking for or where he's going to find it.
Has Smell's run of good luck on the heap finally come to an end? ROBERT: Also under pressure to deliver, Jimmy and Dave have to find a motor and soon.
How about It's not a lawnmower.
How about a rotovator? Jimmy! Basically, bring anything up you find.
Bring anything.
Phew! Put it down, look at the bus, look beside the bus.
Ah! (LAUGHS) By Jove, I think we've got it! Perhaps a little more like it.
We've just found a sit-on lawnmower.
It's got a couple of scratches and that's about it.
Bring it up, but it better be better than your last lawnmower.
Yeah! (LAUGHS) Right.
ROBERT: Fortune has at last favoured the feckless Atoms.
The boys have hooked the catch of the day for the captain's table.
Absolutely bang on.
Is that big enough? That'll do.
That was under a pile of rubble.
I was carrying the rotovator.
Suddenly saw it.
Can you go find us a battery to start with? LISA: Jim might have the edge on engine experience but that doesn't stop Ali getting involved.
Why are you doing it nicely? Just hack the thing out.
No, 'cause we want this bit.
We're gonna want this bit.
Alright.
You'll have to really, really trust me on these ones, Ali.
Listen, mate, what's it say on your boilersuit? (LAUGHS) No, what's it say on your boilersuit? Jim, I think.
Above that.
Oh, the 'expert'.
Exactly.
Right, clear.
Ready? Clear! Ah, not as easy as you think.
(ALL LAUGH) (GRUNTS) Let's go! Engine's out.
Teams, this is just to warn you - you have 007 hours remaining.
Ooh! ROBERT: Artful bodgers Smell and Charlie start to bash the unwanted blue engine out.
No, no, no.
But their bulldozing approach soon backfires.
Annoying, this is.
Just simple little jobs.
They just take ages, just trying to bodge it off.
Well, probably quicker to take it off properly.
LISA: An effervescent Ali allots tasks to his team mates and the Atoms channel their pent-up energy into the build.
Put casters on the back.
David's brought three casters.
I'll just quickly weld this frame thing together.
I'll start on the soap box straightaway.
Start with the front wheels first.
Yeah.
Right, guys.
Let's go play.
Let's go have some fun.
(ENGINE RUMBLES) (ALL CHEER) LISA: And that sound should raise spirits even further.
For a spy car, it doesn't half make a lot of noise.
I tell you what, they can hear us.
That's the stealth mode? They can hear us coming before they see us.
ROBERT: Ooh, look at this.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Can you quickly explain what you're doing with this here lawnmower? We're gonna cut the grass for you.
You're gonna cut some grass.
That's nice! That's right.
Is that the engine that's gonna pull all four of you? Yep.
We're confident.
(LAUGHS) No, it's very small.
Yeah.
And ideally suited to the job.
Compact job.
We've got five low-gear ratios.
Five forward, five reverse.
And the steering I mean, it's very good on these machines, isn't it? Yeah, very good turning circle.
Turning circle.
So we're just gonna change that for lever controls and we're gonna have a sidecar outfit on the side of it for our driver laying down to go under the bar.
I see.
So that's not a permanent driving position.
That's That's No.
It's like the motorbike and sidecar on the Isle of Man.
But slightly slower.
Slightly slower.
Oh, not necessarily.
We're confident.
LISA: The Atoms have devised an outrageous outrigger which will help the driver keep a low profile, while a reclining seat on the rear of their trailer will keep the altitude of his atomic cargo to a minimum.
ROBERT: The beefy Bakewells have blazed ahead but the supercharged Atoms are hot on their heels.
With both build areas a frenzy of activity, there's everything to play for.
Gentlemen of the teams, this organisation will not tolerate failure.
You have six hours remaining.
Six hours remaining, gentlemen.
OK, let's crank it up.
LISA: The Bakewells are well on their way with two cars and a working engine, but they still lack the vital airbag for their ingenious hinge mechanism.
But Smell's hopes of finding one are slipping away.
(POWER TOOLS WHIRR) So we can find something.
I know.
Just having a quick clean-up.
Yeah.
I'll take that off.
ROBERT: And he's not the only one to be feeling the pressure.
Expert John realises that despite their fantastic start, they've got an awful lot to do.
A little bit further.
It needs to come over a bit more.
We need to straighten the wheels out.
Front needs to come up.
LISA: With his team busy on tractor and trailer, Ali starts work on a tow bar to join the two.
That, we'll weld onto there.
It's a beauty.
Nice.
LISA: The Atoms will attach their tractor and trailer using a simple tow bar with caravan-style hitches on each end.
The trailer will turn independently, helping them round tight corners.
But their stringy steering system could be suspect in reverse.
Now, John, the Up 'n Atoms seem to have up and at 'em'd.
They've really made staggering progress.
I mean, they have chosen a very simple design which, at present, is paying dividends.
I still have reservations about their steering mechanism for the trailer.
Yes.
They seem to say that it's going to be towed by a linkage from the tractor, obviously.
But it's going to have independent steering by foot.
Yeah.
Have my doubts about that.
Slightly dubious, yeah.
The trailer will have to go where the tractor pulls it.
On the other side, the Bakewell Puddings, who started out so well I mean, they're still very busy, but they got this enormously long vehicle now.
Yes, it's a very long vehicle.
In your introduction, you said you've got turn on a sixpence.
Well, it certainly won't turn on a sixpence.
No.
It might turn on a tennis court - just.
Have you changed your mind at all about who your money's on? I still like the Bakewell Puddings to win because I think they're trying to do something interesting with this hinge.
I think it's a very nice idea.
But I have a suspicion that the simpler solution will win.
Right.
You're happy with the principle and everything, yeah? The only thing I'm not happy with is the speed.
Yeah, that's true.
I think that's about 12, 14 miles an hour.
12, 14 miles an hour with 400 kilos on the back? Hmm.
I like it.
It's ridiculous but I like it.
A bendy car.
ROBERT: The hinge might bend, but without an airbag to power it the Bakewells' flexible Fiat will be a flop.
But what's that in Smell's hand? Has he finally bagged the prize? His curious team mates examine this unusual device.
That's quite a bit of travel.
That'll (AIR HISSES) Good grief! Nah, don't think it's supposed to go quite that far, but Probably ruined it now.
Oh, he broke it.
(LAUGHS) ROBERT: All Smell's hard work undone.
Once again, the Bakewells' bruising approach blows up in their faces.
Right.
Well, let's not worry about that.
We'll sort that out in a sec.
Aye, he's gonna chuck it down, I think, soon.
Tip it down.
(LAUGHS) We're gonna get drowned.
LISA: The Atoms crack on.
More blast.
All four know what they've gotta do and they're reacting well.
Can you imagine what the other ball head's gonna do? Yeah, it won't be any more than that.
That bar's higher than that, so Yeah? You should be fine there.
I can't find one anyw (BOTH LAUGH) LISA: Not even the onset of a middle England monsoon can dampen their buoyant spirits.
It'll be raining, then.
ROBERT: A spot of rain is nay a bother for Bakewells neither.
They have bigger problems.
No matter how much they hack off their car, they just can't get it under two feet.
OK.
That's dead on two foot.
Do you wanna go another inch for? Give us more to play with.
I want breathing space.
LISA: Jim's mower is a cut above the rest.
I'll dive on here with you guys in a minute.
That's done, basically, innit? Yeah.
Apart from safety things, that's done.
Yeah.
Bit of messing around.
LISA: And for the re-energised Atoms it's now all hands on trailer.
A little bit of pipe facing that way and a hook.
We bend a bit of that stud in, into a loop Hey, Up 'n Atoms.
When I came in here several hours ago, there was nothing.
Nada.
Now What's this bit? Explain it to me.
It's like a chaise longue trailer.
Where exactly are you gonna be sitting? 'Cause my reaction when I saw this was how are you gonna get four of you on here? When we come up to the bar, we drop that down.
Good for your stomach muscles.
Lie back, go under the obstacle or whatever it may be.
Do you think it's low enough? That's our test bar.
That is exactly two feet.
So you're gonna be limbo-ing under there.
We're gonna do a limbo.
Is this the steering mechanism? This is the steering mechanism.
And how are you actually gonna? Bit of string.
You really are gonna do a bit of string? But we will weld the string on.
Won't just be tied on with a nice bow? And it's attached to the tractor at the front, which is What sort of engine's that on there? It's not a very big engine.
Slow and steady wins the race.
It's the hare and the tortoise.
Definitely a tortoise and the hare race.
I'm confident that's two foot.
Yeah, we've measured it.
We'll just have to do things like drop It is two foot.
We've done it.
It's 23 inches.
We'll have to drop the tyres an inch.
Yeah.
Just double-checking.
Come on, let's get this engine in.
One second.
Measure twice, fabricate the entire unit once.
Whoa, whoa.
Hold on.
ROBERT: The Bakewells might have the benefit of a bigger engine, but they've got to get it in Right, that's it.
Right, if you lift your end up.
Before you wrap that strop round it, will it balance there now? which they do with customary finesse.
That's it there.
That's it.
Guys, look at this.
Oh, engine! Engine in? Hiya.
How you doing? Engine nearly in.
You've had a lovely afternoon just tinkering around.
Hmm, yes.
So it's been quite complicated, has it? Yeah.
Yeah.
So that's your hinge there.
Yeah.
Yes.
That is brilliant.
When you said 'airbag', I thought it was like a car airbag.
But it's not.
It's a slightly more So did I.
Oh, did you? So that's off, like, a truck.
Suspension, yeah.
How do you blow it up? Compressed air from the tank.
Ah! In the tank there.
Yes.
So you pre-pressurise that, so then you've got (WHISTLES) Yeah.
Right.
LISA: The airbag will power an enormous hinge at the centre of the Bakewells' low-riding car.
Inflated by compressed air, the airbag will leave the two halves of the car up, resulting in a shorter wheelbase ideal for tight turns and clearing obstacles.
But their flexible Fiat will stay flat on the floor if they can't get that airbag fixed.
Have you done this before, with a folding car? No.
(BOTH LAUGH) Lt'll definitely work, won't it? By and all, I have some confidence.
The teamwork is phenomenal today.
Brilliant.
Not in this team - in the team next door.
LISA: And Charlie's not wrong.
The Atoms are up and away and their simple build's nearing completion.
Yeah? I think we're way ahead of schedule.
Um, I honestly think we'll be finished in an hour or so.
Hour tops.
And we're actually gonna have a test run of it.
Find another piece of this box, Andy.
The 6mm.
ROBERT: And finally, a mixture of brains and brawn fixes the Bakewells' airbag.
That's it.
Good stuff.
Now, don't do it again.
(BOTH LAUGH) Well, the Bakewell Puddings seem to be a little bit lagging now.
They shot ahead so fast but they're really not catching up yet, are they? No, but they're pacing themselves.
I think they will make it.
They're beginning to work on their pneumatic hinge.
Yeah.
Which, you know, is a high-risk area.
But I still think they could be successful with this hinge.
I think it should work, so long as they can get sufficient strength in the angle between the verticals they're welding on and the floor of the cars.
If not, they'll just rip it out of the floor.
Which one's forward? That one.
Forward.
LISA: With time on his hands, Jimmy gets a driving lesson.
Speed's there and throttle, yeah? OK Whey! (MOTOR PUTTERS) It's a bit slow.
Is that in top gear? I'm not sure.
I'll check in a minute when he gets back.
LISA: With the wind in his hair, the Atoms' nominated driver takes the mower for a spin.
Their cart's clearly not going to set any land speed records, but expert Jim has an ace up his sleeve.
Somebody get behind me and somebody roll it back.
(ENGINE POWERS DOWN) When the engine hits around about 2,500-3,000 r.
p.
m.
, the governor will then take off the throttle.
The two of them aren't directly linked, so all we've got to do is directly link the two so it's not down through the governor.
The 'guvnor' regulates the supply of fuel to the engine and determines the maximum speed at which the mower can operate.
By removing it, the engine can rev higher than intended.
But if it revs too high for too long, the engine could blow.
(ENGINE REVS) Whoo-hoo! (LAUGHS) Just goes direct on the throttle.
It bypassed the governor.
If you're happy with that It's only got to last the race.
Phew! Is it beer time yet? Now, the Bakewell Puddings, you know, once the kings of chill on the heap, have turned into sort of discombobulated, broken down, a heap of exhausted mushness.
We may see grown men with bald heads and rather interesting facial hair in tears.
I think the opposite, actually, is true of the Up 'n Atoms.
Ali, their ever-brilliant captain, said, "Oh, you know, nearly there.
Nearly finished.
"Just got a couple of things to do and we're done.
" And I said, "But it's a very small engine pulling three" He said, "No, no, no, it'll be absolutely fine.
"It could be a hare and tortoise race.
" Hare and tortoise? Yeah, hare and dead tortoise race, more likely.
(MEN CONVERSE INDISTINCTLY) Mr M.
First of all, your airbag - have you got it inflating and deflating? We haven't done yet, but rest assured it will work.
You took the engine from that car and put it in this car.
Has it run since putting it in? Yes.
No! That's such a No.
I'd love to say yes, but Are you still concerned that you're gonna be slightly too high for that two-feet clearance? A little bit, but we have three inches in the tyres.
We can deflate them.
So if push comes to shove, you're gonna let the tyres down.
Right, lie down.
Go.
ROBERT: The Atoms have height issues of their own.
(MEN LAUGH) We might have to lower the base 'cause it's arching our backs, which is not a good thing.
We're not gonna be doing it for long.
(LAUGHS) Breathe in! Breathe in, mate.
I'm busting for a pee.
We'll get a ratchet strapped round, then.
(ALL LAUGH) ALl: Cheers, boys.
(SIZZLING) You look completely spun out.
(LAUGHS) LISA: The Bakewells are cream crackered, but have no choice but to carry on.
It's an outrageous vehicle! LISA: Less than an hour to go and they've still got tons to do.
They're racing to make further cuts to the body, drop the suspension and fully secure the airbag housing.
Have they finished or summat? They're very quiet.
Probably have.
(LAUGHS) This is looking very cool, guys.
I love the sound of this engine now.
(ALL LAUGH) Something's happened to it.
This has turned from the standard lawnmower engine to the screaming Formula One variety.
There's been a little bit of adjustment.
Yeah, we've bypassed the governor on the engine.
Right, and the governor is the thing that stops the average gardener thrashing around the garden.
Faster than its designed limit, basically.
It's just got to last us one race.
You may have infringed your warranty, of course.
Yes.
You may have done that already with everything else you've done.
This is the low-lying driving position.
Yes, this is it.
Looks very comfortable, Jimmy.
Not too bad, not too bad.
Can I have a go? I wanna have a go.
Certainly.
It is one of the madder things.
Where do? It's obviously tuned for my height.
Of course.
It's actually built for you, isn't it? So you get there (LAUGHS) I can't imagine how you steer.
So you lie down like that.
You've gotta be down That's the steering wheel.
(CACKLES) Yeah, that's the steering.
That's the idea.
You've gotta get down to here.
Yeah.
(LAUGHS) You got good stomach muscles? Uh, well You will by the end of it.
I've got a good stomach.
It's brilliant.
I love it.
Alright, I'll see you later on, guys, OK? Gentlemen, you look extremely relaxed.
Well, you know how it goes.
This is the famous reclining seat.
Yeah.
Can you do a demonstration? Go on! Alright, here you go.
So what do you do? Move that forward.
Go like that and then we go down like that.
That's the level.
Yeah, that's the level.
And then we get back up.
(CACKLES) Ah! Then back on with the drinks.
Yes, martini, please.
Spilt, not stirred.
(ALL LAUGH) LISA: With only minutes remaining, the Bakewells have got to get their spy car off the blocks.
Do you think we can drop it altogether? I think it will, but I've seen a couple of bolts in there.
Swing the jack down.
LISA: The strength of their hinge mechanism hasn't been tested.
Will it hold? Right.
Something's sat underneath here.
(CLUNK!) LISA: Guess that's a no, then.
With their hinge broken and almost no time to repair it, it's time for some fast welding and a prayer to the scrapheap gods.
Yeah.
ROBERT: But there's no such drama in the Atoms' camp.
We're done.
Few little welds, few little bits.
Who wants tea? Who wants coffee? Love a coffee.
I'd love a tea.
We're now in a situation that is unusual on Scrapheap in the fact that one team is completely finished Yep.
and the other team are going absolutely crazy.
The Up 'n Atoms are sitting there rather sort of complacent.
They're polishing off their creation.
Very proud of themselves.
They're finetuning their control systems.
(LAUGHS) Marvellous.
And the Bakewell Puddings are going like mad.
that away over there.
LISA: After a blistering bodge job, the Bakewells cross their fingers and lower their car once more.
How low can you go? Ready? (GROWLS) Ah! Fingers! Fingers, fingers.
LISA: With seconds to spare, the flat-fingered Puddings have done it! But how will their fragile Fiat fare on the test day? Charlie, look.
Five Four Three Two One! OK, teams, please down your tools.
Your time is up.
But don't worry, you will get to try another day.
Yes, that's right, teams - we'll reconvene tomorrow at a secret location where you'll get the opportunity to knock 'The Living Daylights' out of our obstacle course.
Well done, teams.
It was a brilliant build.
Well done.
(ALL CHEER) Have the Bakewell Puddings bitten off more than they can chew? Are the Up 'n Atoms in a critical state? This week's clandestine course sorts the men from the boys.
The teams' mission is to weave wildly and duck two-foot barriers before penetrating our clandestine base.
Once inside, they must limbo a laser beam and deactivate the alarm before locating and stealing a top-secret briefcase.
With that in hand, they then make good their escape, reversing, turning and climbing over, under and round some serious hurdles.
Time will be added for obstacles and tasks failed.
The fastest time wins.
(ROBERT CACKLES) Morning, chaps.
Morning.
Last bit of finessing.
I like to see that.
Gentle.
Very nice, Smell.
Presumably, you're adjusting the height.
The final adjustments for the height.
Yes.
Charlie, could you give us a blast? I can, yeah.
(AIR HISSES) Wow! (ALL LAUGH) Rock'n'roll.
Genius bit of work.
Absolutely brilliant.
And a lovely action.
(HISSES) Nice bouncy kind of action it's got, hasn't it? Morning, Up 'n Atoms.
Good morning.
Obviously, very stressed in the tinkering.
Lots to do.
Absolutely rushed off your feet.
(ALL LAUGH) I don't think I've ever seen a team looking quite so relaxed.
It's all just a cover, you know? Deep down, we're really panicking.
Now, John, we've seen the course now.
It is quite scary, isn't it? I mean, it's not gonna be easy.
No, it's very challenging indeed, I think, particularly the ramp area, which is very steep, both sides, with a short top which I think will be very difficult for the cars to follow over.
Particularly, the Up 'n Atoms.
Yeah.
A relatively long wheelbase.
I think they're just gonna straddle the top of that ramp and get stuck.
Yes, I can't see I can't quite envisage them getting over it.
What do you reckon? Who's your money on now, now you've seen this? It's a classic contest, I think, between complexity and simplicity.
Hmm.
And I think the complexity will be necessary, so I'm gonna stick with the Bakewell Puddings.
ROBERT: However complex their cars, penetrating this base will be far from simple.
Can our scrappy spies come out with the prize? (CLANG!) First to go, the Up 'n Atoms.
Jimmy, this is it - the moment of truth.
Mm-hm.
You happy you're gonna get your precious cargo round the course? They're not that precious, really.
If I lose them, it doesn't worry me.
Well, look, very best of luck.
Thank you.
You look completely hilarious.
Hope you do brilliantly.
I'll see you back here.
Good luck, boys.
Thank you very much.
Cheers.
(ENGINE PUTTERS) Up 'n Atoms, are you ready? ALL: Yes! Three, two, one.
Go! Go.
Down, boys.
LISA: A few teething problems there at the start.
Go on! Go! Couldn't get it into gear 'cause Jimmy had to lie down, but now Oh! Like the clappers.
They're caning it.
(LISA LAUGHS) Except David from the Up 'n Atoms bottom has already broken their back seat but I think they managed to get it back.
They've roared round the chicane and they're just preparing to go under the lorry - over.
Did that seem to be OK? They powered round the chicane.
I've never seen anything like it.
They were really fast.
Jimmy's now exiting.
Go, go, go! Slow.
Jim the expert's lying forwards and the other two are lying backwards.
Now they're now getting back into position.
They're heading towards the door release.
They're heading under towards you now.
OK, slow, slow.
Can you go under? LISA: I am worried about how long their back piece of seat is gonna hold up for.
It's looking a bit rickety.
Over.
ROBERT: Well, they've all got in.
They're approaching the laser.
Head down! Head down.
Head down! JOHN: Oh, yeah.
Oh, I think they've broken the laser beam.
They've taken a penalty.
They've broken the laser beam.
I must say, their trailer is steering rather well.
It is steering extremely well.
Come back very slow.
JOHN: They're heading towards the tunnel now.
And this is, I think, a really crunch moment 'cause I don't think they'll be able to go backwards.
They got all the way up there.
They've got the case now.
They've already picked up a penalty in the laser.
JIM: Just tickle it, Jimmy, slowly and it'll just gently go.
ROBERT: They're going backwards.
JOHN: And they got out of the tunnel with the case and they're edging forwards.
Robert to Lisa.
Quick update.
They have managed to get under the laser.
They had a problem there.
They got a 10-second penalty.
They've now got the case, but they haven't got to the ramp.
That's the big test.
They were going to approach this with a lot of speed to get momentum.
It's gone up the beginning.
Look at that.
No trouble.
They were actually stuck on the ramp.
No, it's it's there.
This point is the crucial point.
Yeah.
And they're stuck now and they're jumping up and down.
Wow! What a (LAUGHS) I saw a foot down there.
Look.
A foot down on the ramp.
They've been defeated by the ramp.
Robert to Lisa, the Up 'n Atoms have split the atom.
Their machine has come apart.
It's come in half going over the ramp.
The tractor, remarkably, got over the ramp really quite well.
But then the trailer just flatly refused to and fell to pieces.
So the trailer not only looked rickety, it certainly was.
And, boy, is it rickety now.
It's in about five separate pieces.
But they are going to accept the 20-second penalty, try and join it all back together and then continue to get under the last bit.
Right, I think normal service has been resumed.
Normal service.
Here they come.
(LAUGHS) ROBERT: Can you see how close he is? He hasn't got the extra room.
Right, he's opening the door again.
The door's going up.
JOHN: Yeah.
(LAUGHS) He's gotta get down now to get under the door.
Lying along the linkage.
LISA: Come on, Up 'n Atoms.
ROBERT: Have they managed to get out? LISA: They have got through, definitely.
Ali's saying, "Go, go, go!" Most of the time.
Go, go, go! Yeah, they seem to be doing pretty well.
They're coming under there really quite well.
Hang on, let me get on.
Ready? (BREATHES HEAVILY) Hold on.
LISA: And now Jim has actually got on the back of the tractor.
Go, go! Hoon it! LISA: Looking very friendly there.
They're absolutely caning it through the chicane.
We're going under the bar, yeah.
We gotta go under here.
LISA: Where's my flag? Come on, Up 'n Atoms.
Down! Go! LISA: Go! Yes! Brilliant.
Whoa! Whoo-hoo! Whoo! (LISA LAUGHS) Come here.
This wheel's all buckled up hitting the cardboard boxes.
Buckled the wheel up.
So you went through the entire course and the thing that caused the most problems were the cardboard boxes.
But you got up there, you got the case, you came back.
You've gotta be fairly pleased with that.
Oh! Yeah.
Ali, you've not said anything yet, which is very uncharacteristic for you.
I'm knackered and I'm hurt.
Oh, bless you.
ROBERT: The Atoms might not have set a fast pace.
With penalties for the laser and ramp, they took 11 minutes 40.
But they lasted the course and delivered the case.
Next up, it's time for the Bakewells to rise to the challenge.
LISA: Three, two, one! MAN: Go! Legs.
Right, up half.
Left! Go on, quicker.
Right! ROBERT: The approach to the secret base poses no problems for the Bakewells' bendy car.
Stop, stop! But will their suspended spy car come unhinged once inside? LISA: They're heading under towards you now.
Look at that.
JOHN: Yay! Good steering.
That's brilliant.
And they're well down.
Very smooth, very smooth.
They look relaxed.
Don't they look relaxed? This corner's very tight, though, now.
No, they're doing well.
They're around the corner.
They are, however, a little bit noisier.
(LAUGHS) We can barely hear ourselves think in here.
Straight! Straight, lads.
Go on.
They're now heading for the tunnel to retrieve the top-secret case.
Go on - straight.
Wha-ah! Alright.
Stop! Ready! ROBERT: They've got the top-secret case.
They're now reversing out of the tunnel very, very fast.
Straight back, as we suspected.
Very good in reverse.
Very, very good teamwork.
They're going around that way.
They've now got a very tight bend.
They've got another tight bend to come into the toxic waste dispenser area.
Oh, they're nosing over it.
They're coming under.
Whoa, I can't! Go, go, go, go, go! (ENGINE ROARS) Oh, listen to the roar.
They haven't made much success on the ramp.
They've all got out.
Switch it off.
(ENGINE DIES) And they've stopped the engine.
They've actually killed the engine, which is a bit of a relief on my old eardrums.
LISA: After flying round the course, the Bakewells are stuck on the slope.
And that engine doesn't sound healthy.
Oh, Bakewell Puddings, that is heartbreaking.
To get that far and that fast You were doing really well.
Yeah.
I know.
So what It's catastrophic failure, is it? Broke in half, our shaft.
This side.
Right.
The material was too thin, really.
Do you think it was when you came up to the ramp Yeah, I put the power down to get up the ramp and it's just twisted it like an aniseed twist.
It was very noisy.
It must've been unbelievably noisy on there.
It was.
And flames as well.
And there was a lot of flames.
(CACKLES) (LAUGHS) 'Cause everything else worked really well.
You got round the course up till here really fast.
Yeah.
Did its job up till then.
Yeah.
I was looking forward to seeing articulation as you went over the hump.
You missed your best bit of TV, unfortunately.
Well done, guys.
It's an amazing build.
It's an incredible machine.
It is the you know, in the top 10 daftest machines ever.
(ALL LAUGH HEARTILY) Well, teams, this week has been a terrific challenge.
You've made machines that have gone up and round and over and under and left you all well and truly shaken and stirred, so well done to both of you.
But this week, one team clearly ran away with it - the Up 'n Atoms.
So well done.
Whoa! Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Commiserations.
11 minutes! Cheers.
Yeah!