Speed (TV series)

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Speed

Format	Motoring
Presented by	Jeremy Clarkson
Opening theme	Dancing Down the Stoney Road - Chris Rea
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bill Grist
Running time	30 min. (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Picture format	576i, anamorphic 16:9
Original run	June 10, 2001 – July 15, 2001

Speed was a BBC television series about the history of fast vehicles, including aeroplanes, boats and cars. The show was presented by Jeremy Clarkson and consisted of six episodes. Each focused on a different aspect of speed.

The series was first shown in the UK on BBC One in 2001, and was subsequently shown to an international audience on BBC World and in Australia on the HOW TO Channel.

Jeremy Clarkson's Speed, a video containing an hour of highlights from the series was also released in 2001. The video was released on DVD, as part of The Jeremy Clarkson Collection in 2007.

[edit] List of episodes

#	Episode	Airdate
1	The Thrill of Speed	10 June 2001
Why do some people love speed when some others don't? To find out Jeremy Clarkson takes his mother on a rollercoaster, rides with the British Army bobsleigh team and visits California to investigate dragboat racing. Formula One World Champion Damon Hill explains how he thrives on thrill-seeking, artificially creating pressure in situations. Clarkson learns that enjoying thrill-seeking is a result of dopamine, a hormone released by the brain to provide enjoyment and serotonin a chemical that causes a person to feel frightened. The amount of these chemicals released during an activity vary from person to person.

2	Superstars of Speed	17 June 2001
What makes some people better at coping with high speed than the rest of us? Clarkson interviews Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, World Rally Champion Colin McRae and tennis player Greg Rusedski.

3	Surviving Speed	24 June 2001
How do our fragile bodies cope with high speed?

4	Nature Fights Back	1 July 2001
Air resistance and how the human race tries to overcome this invisible enemy.

5	Superhuman Speed	8 July 2001
Machines which achieve the greatest speed in the world.

6	The Century of Speed	15 July 2001
What speed has done for humanity and what is the best machine speed has given us?

[edit] See also

Jeremy Clarkson

[edit] References

All transmission dates and episode names are taken from Speed's entry in the BBC Programme catalogue. Note however that an unrelated 1984 radio programme is erroneously shown as being part of the series in the catalogue entry.