Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021) s02e05 Episode Script

1
This time Mindy has some thoughts
on my approach to office admin.
How in the name of all that's holy
are you going to invoice?
It's madness. Our biggest client
challenges me to a sporting bet.
Richard Hammond workshop
could be mine in a moment.
Wait a minute.
And a glitzy car show
is a golden opportunity to show
the world what we can do.
I thought you put it in.
I thought you put it in.
We are a marquee down
we are struggling.
Fire 'em up, let's go!
I've fulfilled a lifelong dream.
This all yours? It's all ours.
I've set up a classic car
restoration business
with automotive wonder family Neil,
Anthony, and Andrew Greenhouse.
(GASPS) Dad!
But it's become a money pit
Bad, bad, bad.
..and if we don't break even soon
Ten. But the budget's ten!
..there's a real chance
we may go bust.
It's not going well at all is it.
So, I've come up with ambitious new
plans. Welcome to your club.
We've just gotta push forward
into the big league.
We're even going racing to find cars
that need our help.
Now wouldn't be the time
to give him a business card.
I'm determined to turn
my lifelong obsession
Come on, little car.
..into a thriving business.
Will it turn over? No.
(LAUGHS) Isn't this a good idea?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
Here you are.
Morning, Bentley.
Yeah, you still haven't restored
yourself I see.
Can you hear him?
He's talking to the cars?
He is, isn't he?
Morning, Alvis. You've still got
some work to do on yourself.
He's finally lost the plot. Morning,
Porsche. Get yourself done.
It's getting to him running a garage.
He's realising now it's not
as easy as he thought, isn't he?
It is great having three jobs
on the floor,
but they are jobs that brings
problems of their own.
They have to be done
which means we've gotta be organised
which we're not.
I am trying to be a grown up boss
I've even tried my hand
at proper admin
in an attempt to get
the guys logging their hours.
Whether any of it has worked,
remains to be seen.
(MOBILE CHIMING)
Oh, hello.
That's Dean.
(MOBILE CHIMING)
Hello, Dean.
Good morning, Richard.
Hello. How are you?
I'm very well, thank you.
I hope you are as well.
Yes, very well. Thank you very well.
Richard, the reason for my call is
I wanted to catch up with you
as regards to the Bentley,
and wondered
whether you are available
so that we can sit down
and go through the plan of action.
Yes, that's a really good idea.
You do know what?
It'd be a relief to do it.
I'd love to.
How about I come over later today?
All right, Richard.
Look forward to seeing you then.
Ahh! Guys, what are we gonna do
about the Bentley?
I've gotta go see Dean. He's gonna
bollock me. What am I gonna do?
Neil?
Neil?
Neil, can I borrow you for a sec?
I just had Dean on the phone.
It's about his Bentley.
Let's just uncover it because
I wanna just have a quick chat
about what we're gonna do.
Because I know what we've done,
which is bugger all.
OK, this car Yeah.
..is gonna be with us for how long?
Realistically. If we started this
now, if we opened this can of worms.
I honestly, I could see even
if we were on it
for a significant amount
of time, a couple of years.
Right. So, facts are Dean's probably
our most important customer.
It's - and it's one of only two
he's got the other one
and the other one was restored
by one of the best in the business.
So, this is our chance to show what
we can do with a proper special car.
The only problem is it's such a big
deal it is scary getting going.
We can't let him down.
And also he knows what he's looking
at, so he knows a good job, too.
It's gotta be absolutely top drawer.
It's funny.
We spoke about this being the car
that could make our reputation
Yeah. ..and it could. Yeah.
But we get this wrong.
Take it on in the wrong way
and on the wrong terms
and it could break us.
Yeah, yeah, easily.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Don't want to do this.
Right. Dean's house.
It was like a summons.
If he gets really angry, does
one of us faint as a distraction?
Like, if he's giving,
if he's giving it,
"Neil, I trusted you.
I looked in your eyes and I thought
you were gonna start on this car.
You've done nothing!" I'll go,
"I feel faint. "Thunk.
I don't like -
I don't do being shouted at.
I just can't bear it.
I know I can't stand it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Why's he in the field? I don't know.
It doesn't look good.
(GUNSHOT)
He's definitely got a gun.
OK, do you see two mounds of earth
and a couple of shovels?
DEAN: How about that?
You go first Richard, you go
first. I don't want to go first!
Just cos I know him!
Hello, mate. How are you?
You finally got here.
You've been away again, haven't you?
Absolutely.
You look extraordinarily well.
Hey! Neil, good to see you.
Welcome. Yeah.
Do you wanna come over
and sit and join me for a minute?
Well (LAUGHING) what's this?
This what you do in -
This is my private shooting club.
You are nuts.
You've got a day off and you decide,
what else does a person do?
(LAUGHS)
Look, we've got the Bentley
in the workshop. Yeah.
Going well? Very well.
We're still trying to get
to grips with the organisation.
We don't wanna make any mistakes, so
we're just trying to make sure that
we're going slowly and steadily
and making everything
as we want it, but, yeah. -Right.
What does that actually mean?
It means taking on work that we know
we can do cleanly, quickly,
turn it around, get out the door.
So, you've been practising on other
people's cars, saving the best.
I like that way of putting it.
I'm quite happy to run with that.
I do feel confident that you're
gonna get this job done nicely.
Good, glad to hear it.
Have you ever done any clay pigeon
shooting at all?
I've never really, no.
What about yourself, Richard?
I've had a go. I'm useless.
OK. So, we'll have a little bit
of a competition,
and the winner takes all.
House, grounds, cars.
Let's get going.
(LAUGHS) Come on. Let's have fun.
Richard Hammond's workshop
could be mine in a moment.
Wait a minute. (LAUGHS)
Are we ready? Yes, we are.
Let's go!
(GUN FIRING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
No. I'm at my last shell.
That's it. I'm outta shot.
I've run out of shells.
Always have enough.
(LAUGHTER)
Really?
Wait. Have I lost the Cog?
Well, look, look after them.
(DEAN LAUGHS)
Well, look, as you know,
I've got two of the most valuable
and interesting cars of all times
for Bentleys, which are two R-Types.
So, the plan is, gentlemen,
we're gonna show at the annual 2022
Concours d' Elegance of the Bentley
Drivers Club.
And that's here.
And that's gonna be here.
We're gonna do this with the
presence of the Royal family here,
and most probably up
to about a thousand people
and 500 cars will be attending here.
So, you have the one car that
you already have that's restored,
that's beautiful.
The other one, that's not there yet.
And that's our intention to do it
two or three years' time.
That one's even better. Exactly.
That's the plan. Right. Love it.
The restored car has got a few
little scratches and marks.
OK. So, would you be kind enough
to just eliminate those
before we present it,
so we just got it
in a perfect condition?
I'm sure we could do it.
But I'm sure you can do that.
That's the plan.
Yep. I love it. I love it.
Well, that went better than expected.
I was expecting to be staring
at my shoes whilst
a big German man shouted at me
for not starting in on his car.
But I've come away with encouraging
words and actually some work.
It's only little job
on the other Bentley.
But it is a chance to put our work
in front of discerning people
at the biggest Bentley event
of the year.
So, result.
One disaster may have been averted,
but I sense my management skills are
about to face another test.
For weeks I've been trying
to get the boys to be more organised
and start logging
their hours properly.
It's time to find out if my attempts
at cracking the whip
have made any difference.
And the answer lies
in all this paperwork.
These are all the invoices for parts.
Then what I come to are these
in which
..there are no records of hours.
We have to just for once take on
a job and from the very beginning,
from moment one, log the hours
and know what we've done.
I just don't seem to be
able to do it.
And the brutal truth is,
neither do the guys.
We need another solution.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Today, after a conversation
with Richard Hammond,
who frankly couldn't organise
the contents of an envelope
..it appears things aren't going
very smoothly at the workshop.
It's just running by the seat of
its pants really.
So, I very foolishly volunteered
to come in and sort it out.
Oh, God.
I approach this building
with trepidation every time.
Hello?
Well, that's working well.
Hello?
Hey! That's looking good.
Looks nice, doesn't it?
Hmm, very nice.
How come you're in today?
I thought I'd come and have a look
at how things are running, generally.
Can you show me what paperwork
you've got?
Yeah. Let's go and have a look.
Hang on a minute. And I did ring
this. Nothing happened.
Cos I'm the only one with
that buzzer, but I was painting.
OK, OK. Ladies first. Cheers.
God's sake.
Oh, my God.
It's like an oven in here.
We're not allowed a heater
downstairs.
So, hang on, are these
all the receipts? Yeah.
That come in, yeah.
This doesn't make sense.
So, this is in alphabetical order,
according to the name of the company.
The company, not the vehicle.
So, why isn't it in vehicle order
rather than
in the name of the company?
Richard. OK.
Can I leave you for ten minutes?
You crack on.
If you need me, you come
and get me. No, that's fine.
You crack on, when you see Richard,
can you send him up?
Yeah, no problem. Thanks.
Thanks, Ant. Thank you, Mindy. OK.
To be honest, that was a very
surprise visit from Mindy.
I wasn't expecting that at all,
which has got me
on the back foot really.
It's like being back at school
and going back to the head
teacher's room and like,
you haven't done your homework
right. I just despair.
Because I did think
from the conversations
I had with Richard,
that there was already some
kind of a filing system.
One lever arch file
is not a filing system.
This is just madness.
I found Richard and I've sent him up.
I don't think
he's in for a good time.
He's in for a rough ride today,
but maybe it's what he needs,
a little kick up the rear.
Hello? Hello.
I heard you were in. Uh-huh.
So, you're having to look around
and your fact finding mission.
Have you found facts?
OK, so you tell me
what your filing system is.
I think Anthony looks
after that sort of thing.
He said that you looked after it.
Right.
Also, what the hell?
Look, look, look.
This is what you do.
You open an envelope,
you do nothing with the contents,
and you put the contents back in.
This is really bad.
Bad, bad, bad.
Just put it back. Is that -
Just put it back.
You - Come with me.
Come with me, dear. Come hither.
Are you cross? Oh, am I?
This is your filing system.
All invoicing and receipts
are under the name of the company
that sent them.
How In the name of all that's holy,
are you going to invoice?
You have to go through
every single letter
of the alphabet to find the receipt.
It's not a system.
It's madness. It's madness.
And you have done absolutely nothing
towards this process, have you?
Well, no.
I'm a bit worried actually,
as much as anything else,
because if we don't make it work
it's gonna jeopardise
the whole business.
Ant? Yes, mate?
I have taken an executive decision
at the highest possible level,
not to be in my office today.
You're not allowed in your office
now then? No, thrown out.
Nice feeling, isn't it? I'm loving
throwing off all of that.
Richard? Yes. There's three missed
calls on the phone up here?
That's entirely possible. I'll - yes.
Is there not an answering machine
facility, a voicemail or something?
Is there an answering machine
on the -?
Just say, "Yes." Yes.
When this phone rings,
does it ring anywhere else?
No. No. Why isn't there
handset on reception?
Because I'm normally in the office.
Because I'm normally in the office.
Yeah, but you're not always here,
are you?
No, but when I'm away Ant is.
When I'm away though Ant is.
Is Anthony talking to you
from underneath that car?
No. No. (LAUGHS)
It's like Cyrano De Bergerac.
Is Anthony hiding underneath
that car? Yeah.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
So that's the only handset
for the whole system?
OK. Thank you. Carry on.
Mate, our lives are gonna get
a lot better, and a lot worse.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
Good morning. Morning.
Another day,
and the workshop is getting
another very important visitor
Dean's second Bentley R-Type.
Give it a bit of left-hand
down then. Go on.
Line up the door. Lead in.
Go on then. That'll do.
Ooh, look. How special are we?
Good, innit?
Where else in the world can
you see two of these together?
Nowhere else in the entire world
No.
..cos these are the only two.
So, what needs doing?
It's got some chips on the paint.
If you look at it, this restoration
was probably done a few years ago.
And then you got marks
like there look.
He wants it polished and he wants it
fettled, so it looks nice and fresh.
But we haven't got long.
These Bentleys? Yes.
Do we know how they're going
to be displayed at this event?
It's Dean's event and they're
Dean's Bentley's. I don't know.
I would suggest
we need some kind of signage
or something next to it to explain,
"This is the car that is about
to be restored by Smallest Cog."
Yeah, OK.
What am I gonna write on the sign?
Do we talk to our global head of PR?
Zog? Mm.
I'll call him.
(MOBILE RINGING)
Hi, at last. Ziegler? Hammond?
This is an important business call
in your capacity
as Head of PR Global.
You know Dean
and you know his Bentley's.
And Yes, yes, yes, yes.
..next weekend he is hosting a big
shindig for the Bentley Drivers Club
at his house.
So, in the grounds, there's all lots
of owners there.
700 of them.
So, that's probably
every single member
of the Bentley owners club
in Britain.
Yeah, it's a big deal.
So, would it be a good idea to put
some sort of a sign next door
to the unrestored Bentley
with the Cog logo on, that says,
"The Smallest Cog are delighted
to restore this Bentley to Concours
condition?"
I think that's a golden opportunity.
Are you available to join us?
Yes, I'd love to.
Are the Greenhouses going
to be there?
Yes, we'll go full force.
Showing their bottoms.
No, I'll tell them
to pull up their trousers up
and maybe iron their T-shirts,
if they possess irons.
Prince Michael of Kent
is gonna be there.
Do you think his prince-ness
understand anything that Neil says?
No, probably not.
Or do you think I should give Neil
a bit of a brush up on elocution?
Would you brush him up?
Yes, I'd love to.
OK. Brilliant. Thank you very much.
Thanks, Zog. ..Head of PR Global.
Cheers, bud.
Yeah. And you. Play nicely. Ta-ta!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Seeing as how Mindy is in
control of things at the workshop,
I am taking advantage
of the opportunity to head up north
and make good on an old
promise to a dear friend.
I am headed for the Lake District
to meet one of my favourite people,
my old mate Les,
who for 30 years has
been working on his vintage special,
Riley and it's time to get it
finished, it really is.
When he's not working on historic
cars, he's a sheep farmer,
which in fairness is a bit of
a distraction.
It's raining.
'Course it's raining. Yes.
What else would it be doing?
I'm comment -
I don't know why would I mention
that? We off then?
We'll have to get round
these sheep. Right.
We'd better get on it.
I figured as much - Dog.
(WHISTLES) Come on, then.
Come on, then. Up you get.
Good girl. There's a good girl.
Hello, mate, hello.
Are you all buckled up?
I'm buckled up. -Excellent.
It is letting up.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
We do have a ewe to check down here.
That's all trouble you know?
How do you know?
You can see it's got his back
arched a little bit,
so It's not getting much.
The lamb? Yeah.
So, she's not letting it suckle. No.
So, it just looks unhappy,
doesn't it? Yeah.
There's no sustenance. If you get
no food, you're unhappy, aren't ya?
You're really hungry.
Tess, if we asked you to round
those sheep up, could you?
It's, no. No, she's just mate,
she's fallen asleep.
She's as deaf as a post. She's-
I'm now dead worried about that lamb.
No, don't worry about it.
It'll be all right.
But we're not equipped
to get it in. No.
We've got a very old dog
and two little fat men and a quad.
I'll get Steven to get it in later.
Right. Fetch it up. OK.
This is like a really crap Safari,
do you know what I mean?
It's limited.
I'm on my way to Hereford
to pick up Kamla.
I think bringing in the accountant
while Richard Hammond is away
in the Lake District just says
to the boys, this is serious.
So, they might get a little bit
of a surprise when I walk in
with my sidekick
and her nostrils flaring.
Hi. Thanks for picking me up.
You're very welcome. That's great.
Hop in, hop in, hop in.
Lovely. Thank you.
I'm really pleased you came,
actually,
because I really need your help
to get the guys
to take the running of the business
a bit more seriously.
I know Richard looked into that,
but when it comes to time
management, keeping a log of jobs,
keeping a log
of all the parts that are used,
this is where all four of them
are failing. Yeah.
So, before we go in we need to find
out what's going on with the phone.
What's happening with the phone?
Turns out there is one phone
in the office that nobody answers,
it goes to answer machine,
the answer machine is full.
Nobody's checked the messages?
I don't think.
Almost every message on that answer
phone is a potential client
that we'd have lost out on. I know.
I'm wondering if we try
and ring the number
Good idea.
..see if anybody answers it.
(LINE RINGING)
They're all in there.
This isn't good, is it?
Right. You ready to put
your bitch face on? Always.
(LAUGHS) Let's go! Come on then.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Hello. Hello.
Oh, hello. I'm here.
We were thinking you weren't in.
You look worried, and rightly so.
You should be.
In all seriousness,
we need to gather round
and have a chat. Have a chat?
In here, yeah? Yes, please.
Chaps, Kamla and Mindy are here.
I think we should grab a seat.
What's this about, then?
I don't know.
This was the whiteboard
that Richard set up.
They just haven't used it.
I mean, it's not thought through,
is it? No.
Right, stand by your beds,
stand by your beds.
Everybody stand by your beds.
Lovely to see you all. And you.
Right, lads. First things first,
here's another phone for you.
So, can we have two phones?
One down here and one upstairs.
And honestly, when the phone rings
that pad needs to be filled out -
every time.
That's Richard's job at the moment.
It's not Richard's job.
Richard's just not here
all the time. No.
So, the other thing we want
to talk about is hours worked.
I think we need to sort
of try a system.
You each get one of these pads.
So, you get vehicle, model and
make, a brief explanation of work,
parts used, time start,
time end, hours total. Yep.
So, every time you work on a vehicle
you'll fill out the top sheet
and then in every vehicle we're
gonna put one of these bad boys.
Top sheet there,
lives in the vehicle.
One vehicle, one box file. OK.
Also, copies of any invoices
pertaining to the vehicle.
So, everything that needs
to be billed is in there.
And then once a week
could you scan these?
If you could upload them
to our electronic folder.
The blue Bentley we got in
for Dean. Yeah.
"Why don't we use that system
on that car, on that
and then you know where you are.
See if it works.
That would be good.
I think they've taken it on board.
Just gotta see how things tick over
with that quick Bentley job.
To make sure it is a quick
Bentley job. Well, yeah.
And have a look and see how many
hours they've actually done.
Let's see if we've got
the estimate, right,
cos that's kind of our test case.
In the Lake District,
I'm no closer to getting my hands
on Les' vintage car,
thanks to the shenanigans
of some of his wayward sheep.
You go and fetch it up.
This is Operation Rescue, the lamp
from the disinterested mother
that isn't letting it suckle.
So, what they wanted to do is,
as gently as possible,
separate her out from the flock.
And see if they encourage her
to come into milk
and look after her lamb.
I'll go the long side of it.
Walk her up again that fence and see
if she'll just let the lamb under.
All right, love.
Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Stand quiet.
It's like chess, but with sheep.
Wherever you stand
is really critical.
Just get up,
move it on a little further.
All right, love. Come on, in here.
Relax.
Aye, she's got plenty of milk. Yeah.
Poor little thing's starving. Yeah.
Come on little one.
She's a very reluctant mother.
Maybe you get her a book
on parenting.
I have a hunch she can't read.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
This car's got a few marks
and cracks and splits
coming back up in it now, so all
we are doing is just tidying it up
for Dean's show for the weekend.
And hopefully, it all goes to plan
cos we haven't got no time to
mess with it.
Bit of a problem there.
Looks like we've got a primer
on top of the bare alloy.
So, look how many coats we got.
We got 12 coats on there.
At the moment, we're just patching
up somebody else's work.
But whatever we do
has got to be quality.
The biggest fear now is getting
the paint to match.
Dean's Bentley would have been
painted ten or 15 years ago.
We don't know what paint it
was painted with,
what colour it was painted in
and who painted it.
So, we've now gotta miraculously
match it, blow it in
and make it look like we haven't
even touched it.
This is where years of experience
and alchemy come into play.
He's good at mixing a drop of paint,
oh Neil, bless him.
He's quite thorough with it.
One-four-one.
So, point three of a gram there look.
Neil I reckon this colour should
be OK, but you never know.
The proof of the pudding is
in the eating, as they say.
Chaps? Is anybody here?
All right, Zog?
Sorry to arrive unannounced.
I heard from above that
you're going to be representing.
The Smallest Cog
at the Bentley event at the weekend.
Yeah, that's right.
Are they having sandwiches?
Cos we want to know,
that was the main question.
It's not a jolly.
You are ambassadors for the Cog
so you've gotta present
yourselves nicely.
So, you're gonna teach us
to talk proper then?
Talk properly, not talk proper. OK,
chaps, bit of role play here, OK?
So, over to the Bentley.
And I'm a potential punter.
Oh, right. OK. Right?
And I've called you over.
How much do you know about this car?
This vehicle, sir? This vehicle.
This is a Bentley R-Type
by HJ Mulliner in Birmingham.
It's H not H. Oh.
And also another thing,
don't be playing pocket billiards
all the time.
Get your hands out of your pockets.
I see.
Hands behind your back or hand in?
You can do this. Yeah.
That's very royal. How about this?
Or that, but don't keep them
in your skyrockets. No.
OK, so put you there
and I'm gonna come on up
and see how you've improved.
So, good afternoon, gentlemen.
Good afternoon.
Tell me about the car.
This car actually is a 1954 Bentley
R-Type built
by HJ Mulliner in Birmingham.
I must say, you're answering
the questions beautifully.
Right, hands.
Now, I know you're horny-handed
sons of the spanner,
but this is disgusting.
So, get those polished up.
And if you can get this tattoo off,
that would help. (ALL LAUGH)
Excellent. Well, I know
you're going to be brilliant.
You'll be proud of us, Zog. Bye-bye!
All right, ta, Zog! Bye, Zog!
That was a bit of a bit of a shock.
You gotta be yourself.
But that's the problem.
He's trying to change who we are,
but the problem we can be polite.
We can all switch that on
and be polite -
Something he has taught us?
Stand-my hands behind my back.
None of us have got our hands in our
pockets. My hands behind my back.
You're like this, he's like
this and I'm stood like that,
usually like this. Getting
in training. That's right.
After Les' frankly,
heroic shepherding work,
we finally move on to his Riley
which has been progressing rather
slowly over the past three decades.
I'm grateful
that you're taking this on.
And I'm overjoyed, but But?
..I know some of it ain't great.
When I put the engine together and I
saw tiny hairline cracks in the top,
I thought, "That won't
be a problem.." Yeah.
"That shouldn't be a problem.
They're tiny.
Nothing can get through there."
But they got bigger.
But it is. Yes. When it gets hot,
I think they get bigger.
That's the main problem with it
at the moment?
Yeah, that's one of them.
There's a few. Right.
Really, these things here, Rich,
there should be a plate on top of
the spring, and a thing coming up,
a lug coming up to take these.
I decided it would be much easier
and quicker
just to use some cheap U-bolts.
Yeah. We can definitely do that.
That's one of them, is it?
That's one small thing.
OK. We'll go - you go to the back
of the car now. The back of the car.
I also made the battery carrier.
And realistically -
It isn't a battery carrier.
There is another thing.
The tank should really
have a solid filler neck on it,
so it should be slightly longer.
How many threads are on this?
A lot of threads.
Right, so this is one piece
and really Oh, yeah.
..it wants welding. Yes.
I think that's the worst of my woes.
Well, there's nothing not doable,
is there? No, no, it's doable.
The idea here is get this
on the trailer.
I shall then drive it back down
to Herefordshire
..and we shall begin work.
Right, I'm gonna wind
and you could steer. OK.
Ah! God!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
That's lovely.
(PANTS)
You all right, mate?
Yeah. We've got it -
A lot of my workmanship
is a long way from perfect.
So, to think that my old mate's
taking it and doing it
is pretty bloody amazing.
Right, that, that's it.
It's on, it's safe and secure.
Yeah. Brilliant, mate. Thanks, man.
Next stop, Hereford.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Hello? Hello.
This is Thunderbird one and I
have a delightful gift
for you to examine on the trailer.
Bye. Bye.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Ta-da! What have you got there?
It's good, isn't it?
This is Leslie's car.
Built by a shepherd in Buttermere.
It's like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's
evil twin. Yes, exactly.
I could tell you something,
since you've been away things
have changed around here.
Well, how have things changed
around here? Why?
Well, basically, Kamla
and Mindy have been in.
They've given us these box files,
come up with this plan
that every car that we do,
we log the hours, log the material
and put it all in this box.
And it'll be accurate?
It is accurate.
We've done Dean's Bentley.
So, it's worked..
So, if this goes on,
we could end up making money?
We could be retired by the end
of next year.
Yeah.
You might be pushing a bit there.
Right.
So, there is only one downside.
I've gotta go home at some point
and Mindy's gonna be going,
"Sorted your business."
You'll be having humble pie for tea,
won't you?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Today, is the annual Bentley Drivers
Club big shindig.
We've got two cars to show - one
R-Type that's still to be restored
and another, where we've tried to
perfect the paintwork.
But it is, in fact, raining.
There's no denying that. Il pleut.
Not exactly the best conditions
to display two convertibles,
but the lads are on top of it,
I'm sure.
I'll take one for the team,
don't worry lads. Well done.
Hey, I don't think we have
to put the legs up,
I think Richard can get under here.
Yeah, he's got enough height,
but we haven't.
Take your time now, there's no rush.
If we stop there. Shall I go and get
the other cover out then? Yeah.
We'll get the other one of these out
to cover that one up.
Where's the second one? Got him?
No. I got - oh! Got a car cover.
No, these, these - yeah.
These are the covers for that one,
innit?
So, where's the other one of
them then?
We, we haven't got another one?
By the look of it, no.
For flip's sake. Your dad's in town.
Give him a call,
if you can get a hold of him,
and see if he can pick
anything up gazebo-wise.
Yeah. I'll try my best.
If he can. (GROANS)
Hi, Dad. Yeah. No, no, no, no.
We're in trouble here.
We're a marquee down, we are
struggling and we look silly.
I wanted to be here to inspect
the Cog boys,
so I'm hoping to see them
looking neat and tidy.
So
time to inspect the troops, I fear.
Right, the moment of truth.
Good morning. Morning, Zog.
You've brought the weather with
you then chaps. Beautiful, innit?
So, Richard's on his way. Yep.
Are you happy with what
you're going to show him?
Not really.
Cos there's a tent missing?
That's on its way,
that should be here any minute.
Good God, you've brought
refreshments. We have indeed.
You won't like it,
I don't think. Nozecco?
Is that alcohol-free?
Yes. It was cheap.
Neil's here, mate. Let's go have
a look if he's got what we want.
Have you got some? Oh!
Let's get this show on the road, eh?
This has all gone a bit British.
Lots of soggy Bentleys.
Might go see the chaps.
They might not be happy
about the weather.
Grab that one then. I'll get it then.
Look at - (LAUGHS) Oh!
What you doing?
Hello? Hello, Hammond.
Isn't it lovely?
How are the Cogs?
How are they? Are they -?
Well, they're Downhearted?
..wet - well - They're soggy.
Well, they're building tents.
I think Andrew is gonna punch
one of us in a minute.
Look at his little face. (LAUGHS)
This is our hospitality area.
Nozecco. Yeah.
Champagne glasses. Well, that's -
Strawberries. Rose.
If we dress it up a bit,
it'll be fine.
Go on.
I'm getting disappointment tinged
with regret.
Let's do some PR-ing. Somebody
will be along in a minute. Yeah.
Come on then, punters. Where are you?
Got a lovely workshop, plenty of
room for your Bentleys in there.
There'll be a rush in a minute.
This is the stuff of nightmares.
The British way is we soldier
on as though it weren't happening.
Time to check in with the host
and our number one customer,
who's displaying another of his
prize-winning Bentleys
under a much bigger tent.
Dean, hello. How are you? Hello.
Hello, Richard. Good to see you.
I have spotted your baby.
Oh, yes, this one.
Yes, indeed. "Oh, yeah,
it's this one. Oh, that - this?
That little thing?" Yeah, this.
Continental Fastback and this
is a Concours winning car? Yes.
This is what you want?
I want it the same quality
and final finish. Yeah.
I wanna deliver this.
I want paint that flat.
Well, just imagine in two years'
time,
when you've actually done the work.
It could be here. I want it in here.
I want it in here looking like this.
You're on the same spot.
It could be here. That's what
we're looking to achieve.
Same quality. You got a good, clear
picture of what we're looking?
Yeah. Really, really, really good.
Yeah. Yeah, I got it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
The weather has actually changed
now and it's not raining for once.
It's getting a lot busier now.
We're rubbing shoulders with people
with cars that are
like £100,000 plus.
So, we just gotta push through
the rest of the day,
talk to as many people as we can,
and actually push this company
forward at last into the big league.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
the judging is taking place.
His Royal Highness is on the field.
Dean is on the field.
Lots of exciting things to come.
Enjoy the day.
Remember the etiquette lessons boys.
Good afternoon, your Grace.
Trouble is, we haven't had chance to
go get posh clothes on or nothing.
Good morning, gentlemen.
How's everybody this morning?
Good, thank you. Very well. Fine.
And you? OK.
So, this is a 1953 model.
This is the INDISTINCT.
And what I like is, it's preserving
British history in a way, yeah?
NEIL: We've just had a near miss,
I would say.
Prince Michael of Kent sort
of walked over to a car
and got within about ten ft of us,
which is ten ft closer than
we've never been to anybody royal,
so that's not bad, is it?
Hello.
Phillip Hine, Chairman of the BDC.
Right. Neil Greenhouse,
this is my brother Andrew.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
We're from The Smallest Cog,
we have done some
rectification paintwork
and blended some of the
paintwork along that car. Have you?
I would love it if you could
have a walk around there.
Of course. ..and see if you can -
if you would be happy with
the finishes on there. Yeah.
Plainly, you've done an extremely
good job. You really have.
I'm trying to see anything,
but I can't.
You didn't do the whole panel?
No. No, it is a blend in.
Right, so it's all blend in. Yeah.
(SIGHS) Magical.
Now, that means a lot to us.
Yeah, magical. It really is.
Because, you know, we're very
experienced in paintwork. Yeah.
But this is a different level for us.
We've all worked
on very high-end cars,
but nothing as, as nice and as big
as an important and rare as this.
It's superb, really.
Thank you for having us.
It's made our day
to be here to be honest.
That was a bit of
an unexpected event.
That was Phillip, and he's the head
judge at the Bentley Drivers Club.
He was thrilled to bits
with the paint job.
His word was, "Magical."
"Magical."
So, I was quite impressed with that.
I don't think we've seen anything
that the guys couldn't do.
Every time we pop up in front
of owners, enthusiasts,
it's reinforcing the fact
that we exist,
so we become part of the scene.
Actually, the day is not over for me
cos I'm going home to change into
my bow tie and dinner suit
cos I'm coming back
to the gala dinner.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
Hello there, welcome. Hi.
Dean knows how to throw a party.
I hope the boys are enjoying
their evening, too.
I can't believe it.
The rain just stops and then bang,
it's back again innit?
Richard's over there having
his big drinks and -
He's having a posh food, isn't he?
What's he having? Five course,
wasn't it? This is our dinner.
I say. That's splendid.
But we have met some nice people.
We've seen some nice cars.
It's been a productive day.
We're not quite the Bentley boys,
but we're there
with the Bentley boys.
We should toast ourselves
for having a good day.
I reckon that. Cheers, boys! Cheers!
We need a show car.
Everybody knows Oliver. Come on then.
No one ever sees the bad side of
Oliver. All they see is cuddly.
It's actually costing you
to do this job.
Right. Silverstone.
He'll get a licence
if he earns a licence.
He's pretty good in a go-kart,
I'll give him that, but this ain't
exactly a go-kart circuit, is it?