I've only just discovered this for the first time. Excellent entertainment. Hat's off to Clive to achieve so much in a short time, with the help of a succession of excellent trainers. Passing the driving test in a week was no mean achievement either. Sobering to watch late greats and legends, like Moss, Senna, Hunt and my hero Barry Sheene, who were so prominent in my youth .
Great guy, Clive James. If you haven't read any of his books, especially his Unreliable Memoirs - and especially the second one Falling Towards England - you have missed something special.
I was born in 1977. Clive James TV show about the news (on BBC or HTV I think) was one of my favorite shoes. Between him and Fry and Laurie, my sense of humor was formed. I always found Clive James voice very soothing. Excellent video.
how to be a racing driver- Clive James with Stirling Moss, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Alan Jones, James Humt, and Barry Sheen and Bernie Ecclestone pit crew- including footage of Goodwood Motor Circuit before LM brought it back to life... marvellous!
When Clive got stressed, his accent goes straight back to one I haven't hear in years. He sounds like the old synthetic Cricket broadcasts from the ABC from before the undersea cables went in. When I was a kid, everyone spoke like that in 1972. Oh, an' Steerlink Mouse..put on a shirt. Judi Greene is already off on a square rigger with Alby Mangels making world Safari films.
"There was a time I got hot under the collar if critics said I had nothing to say. Now I realise that they had a point. My field is the self-evident. Everything I say is obvious, although I like to think that some of obvious things I have said were not so obvious until I said them."
Great to see a throwback to my childhood once again , had me laughing out loud throughout , miss them all , thankyou so much for taking the trouble to post it as it means a lot to me & I'll bet many others too 🎉
Very very sadly missed, I loved his book and his wit. I recall a tale about 6 four year olds tethered together on home made go carts. Clive was at the tail whip end, hilarious
Loved Clive James' dry and sarcastic wit. Almost bumped into Stirling at the Goodwood Revival. I turned around and almost knocked him over. He didn't acknowledge me. Why would he. Awesome to see him though in some of his last races.
"I think I would have qualified higher up if I'd not been given so much advice". Classic! There were some other brilliant nuggets from the racing driver's handbook of "rationalizations".
@@sergioleone3583 A well presented pair of denim jeans with appropriate leather footwear can still be carried off with the correct tucked in shirt. I'm working class and even I know that.
