Amazing performance by Rowan Atkinson! It's a shame he's not had a chance to do many serious roles. He's done so well in his recent Maigret work too :)
Thanks so much for sharing this. I thoroughly enjoyed it on TV at the time and in recent years have tried to find a DVD but it has been out of production for a very long time so this is wonderful.
It's very strange that there has been little interest in this video over the years and just recently there has been a flurry of interest. Presumably as a result of this pop up.
The Bently drivers group took vintage Bentleys of Tim (Boy) Berkin time to the Lotus factory and test track in Norfolk for a promotion photoshoot. They were told to follow the new (at the time) Racing Saloon as they would not be able to keep up. After a short time, the old Blowers were lapping the New Flash Lotus saloon
In those days Chaps and Chapets used to race high-performance road cars to various country mansions for a Bottle of Vintage Champagne. My Grandfather was a Metropolitan police sergeant tasked to stop them. Happy to say he failed every time.
I ha ve never seen this before. Excellent all 'round and particularly Rowan Atkinson. My mother went to Brooklands College in the 1950s...and I took a spin in an old car around what's left of the Brooklands track in 1992.
fun fact Micky Burn who is doing the voice-over had an amazing life in WW2 and after too highly recommend find out about him plus the man who did the dramatisation was involved with James Hunt
Had to get used to see a serious Rowan Atkinson. Was waiting for a gag in the beginning, but got to appreciate Rowan in a serious roll and the film. Fun fact: W.O Bentley was portrayed by Gavin Richards, capitano Bertorelli in ‘Allo, Allo’. Burn was portrayed by Crispin Bonham Carter, third cousin to Helen Bonham Carter.
What a wonderful connection! He was an extraordinary man, a very clever engineer and an outstanding driver who crammed quite a lot into his very short life. Thank you for sharing Nancy, all the best :)
Blackadder is a racing driver - perhaps he was fed up with Baldrick and Lord Percy. He must have had a cunning plan how to earn money! Especially as Edward Symington was his father.
People only perceive Atkinson as a clown because he played one for so long so well. If he had stuck to dramatic roles no matter what many of his less comedic roles would have gone over very differently. Now his face is associated with a clowns by majority of the people on this earth. That is his legacy and burden.
May be so, but it's his rubbery face and facial expressions that made him famous. I agree he can and should play serious roles. However, I think that would have been a longer and more difficult road to stardom.
@@anthonywbelcher Oh yes playing the alternative reality game is very much a losing proposition. His entire career was very much lightning in the bottle, his talent just being a huge lightning rod in a flat field.
He was Britain's highest paid actor at one point. He's got hobbies, and you can't expect every actor to go Hollywood. At some point, time is worth more than money.
