Post by Kasey Kagawa

To be entirely honest, most Clarkson videos are a mix of bombast and shouting, all ego and no info. See Heaven and Hell or The Good The Bad The Ugly if you don’t know what I’m talking about. It can be a lot of fun to watch him wave his arms about and shout in a high-pitched tone of voice, but about fifteen minutes or so of concentrated Clarkson is all I can take. Fortunately, his Speed documentary series is much more fact-based. Sure, the History of Flight episode is predictably Brit-focused, but it’s still the BBC. The two episodes presented here, The Thrill of Speed and Superstars of Speed, are pure facts and very well-presented. Plus, we get to see what Clarkson looks like when he’s scared out of his wits. Each episode has a segment that renders the Great Talker absolutely speechless, and that alone makes them worth watching. Second video below the jump.