'Wall Of Death'

[growingvegetables]

The boredom threshold is a lot higher with a sphere of death. I was transfixed when I first saw one at Le Mans twenty years ago.

That is plain insane.

 

[subaqua]

guess which plum forgot to Tivo it , and is proper annoyed that the Tivo didn't pick it up. oh well 4 OD here we come for this evening

 

[biggs682]

Very good but a bit dragged out for my liking

 

[ozboz]

The boredom threshold is a lot higher with a sphere of death. I was transfixed when I first saw one at Le Mans twenty years ago.

I saw the sphere , it was on centre stage at Jupiters on the Gold Coast Queensland , Amazin !!

 

[Globalti]

Top marks to the producers for managing to milk about three minutes of action and get a 90 minute show out of it.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Interesting viewing, & I think, the first revealing (outside of the 'in the know', or attendees of motor-cycle races, of the present 'Mrs Martin', even though she's mentioned a lot in the 'When You Dead, You Dead' book)
When the bike record was mentioned before the commercial break, hands up, who else thought it might have been Laura Trott?

guess which plum forgot to Tivo it , and is proper annoyed that the Tivo didn't pick it up. oh well 4 OD here we come for this evening

Isn't there a '4+24', as there is for Channel 5?

 

[subaqua]

Interesting viewing, & I think, the first revealing (outside of the 'in the know', or attendees of motor-cycle races, of the present 'Mrs Martin', even though she's mentioned a lot in the 'When You Dead, You Dead' book)
When the bike record was mentioned before the commercial break, hands up, who else thought it might have been Laura Trott?



Isn't there a '4+24', as there is for Channel 5?

there is 4seven which has the programmes that caused a buzz. probably on that at some point but tahts fairly hit and miss.

on Demand means i can fast forward the adverts !

 

[raleighnut]

 

[Illaveago]

It was interesting about the G forces, I had never considered that as being a limlting factor.
Guy is a great character who shows an interest in engineering and all things mechanical and I have enjoyed watching all of his programmes.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It was interesting about the G forces, I had never considered that as being a limlting factor.
Guy is a great character who shows an interest in engineering and all things mechanical and I have enjoyed watching all of his programmes.

I keep hoping they'll repeat 'The Boat That Guy Built', as I missed a couple of episodes

 

[Oldfentiger]

I've been a long time fan of Guy Martin.
I read his book "When You Dead, You Dead", and was disappointed because I thought he comes across as a bit of a dickhead in parts of it.
The missus stopped reading it, only part way through, for the same reason.
Still a fan overall though.

 

[Beebo]

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I was so pleased they stopped him giving it another go, he seems to have no limits and I was feared he may just keep giving it a bit more-beans until it failed.[/QUOTE]

I agree, he had a big wobble where he almost blacked out on the run before hand, better to stop whilst still ahead. He couldnt keep pulling +7g for well over 30 seconds without it going wrong sooner or later.

 

[jonny jeez]

An enjoyable and interesting program, but it went on to long with to much padding, it would have been better if they'd kept it down to an hour.

I agree. I would have preferred a separate"making of the event" documentary and then a live broadcast of the event only without all the useless asking and re-asking of the same questions, to fill and adapt to the live schedule. Plus the ludicrous cutting of a third attempt, just because the adverts were due...was shameful...he had 80mph in him.

 

[jonny jeez]

Nah, they didn't cut for his sake they cut for the scheduled adverts to take their go.

He knows his limits and he was in perfect mental and physical state to take 80mph.

 

[Fnaar]

Eat the Peach.