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  • With Clarkson in a Volkswagen Up, Hammond in a Ford Fiesta and May in a Dacia Sandero, the trio have been driving around the Crimean peninsula. But to complete their journey they must face one last fearsome challenge; to drive into Chernobyl. Cue as much wasting of fuel as possible. Clip taken from series 21, episode 3.
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  • @scoundrel1563
    @scoundrel1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10853

    they went in cameraboys and came out cameramen

    • @PomegranateJuiceSmoothie
      @PomegranateJuiceSmoothie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      No comments so I will be the first

    • @PomegranateJuiceSmoothie
      @PomegranateJuiceSmoothie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      On 203 likes

    • @scoundrel1563
      @scoundrel1563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Pomegranate Juice smoothie lol thanks bro

    • @sam-hx9ru
      @sam-hx9ru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      he responded after 10 months. What a legend

    • @clean1450
      @clean1450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I commented on a 1000 congrats buddy

  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25177

    50,000 people used to live here.. now it's just Jeremy Clarkson

    • @diligentone-six2688
      @diligentone-six2688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

      *Are ye Daft? Stay out of Radioactive Areas!*

    • @drstrangelove4925
      @drstrangelove4925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      mccabber24 wonder what he does over there

    • @IdiotStinky02
      @IdiotStinky02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      there is a guy named Mark Keiths who lived and still lives in chernobyl they are in one of the apartment blocks and is a 58 year old man

    • @kdawgmaster
      @kdawgmaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      he shall call it New Jezza

    • @reubenbell1980
      @reubenbell1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ?Unknown %Percentage Are you daft? It’s a cod4 reference ya fuckwit

  • @quizzy6786
    @quizzy6786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9121

    In the end credits, the cameramen were honored with a highlighted section called “Extra Brave Film Crew”

    • @vyssequeeve
      @vyssequeeve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

      They did, with an extra shine of red, very damn deserved.

    • @imbasing
      @imbasing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      i can hear your pfp

    • @carDDLix
      @carDDLix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@imbasing WHERE IS 25A

    • @YszapHun
      @YszapHun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      The cameramen were awarded hero of socialist labour. Jeremy was awarded for valorous labour.

    • @kennorcott7074
      @kennorcott7074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@YszapHun what? Lmao

  • @asb358
    @asb358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5879

    Running out of fuel in Ukraine, a challenge the Russians are now copying. Top Gear truly is globally popular.

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      lmaooo

    • @Muck006
      @Muck006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Silly joke that doesnt make sense ... and I hope you remember the part of the episode where they show the REASON for this invasion: the naval base on Crimea ... which will be worthless if NATO can station missiles this close to it. NATO "promised" not to expand eastward 30+ years ago ... but hey, that promise didnt last long. The USA was also guaranteeing the independence of Ukraine ... but then kept influencing it by sending billions of $$$$ to basically bribe the people.

    • @asb358
      @asb358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Muck006 NATO has never ‘expanded’ as you wrongly think. Expansion is a word for dictators and tyrants who March their army’s into unwilling country’s and flatten everything in their path. NATO is a group of independent country’s who have over time chosen to join the alliance, and I understand the word ‘choice’ is not something in the vocabulary of a Russian or someone who supports them.
      Ultimately though wether you support Russia or not my joke does make sense because this invasion has been one of the most incompetent Europe has seen. Logistics are in disarray, there’s plenty of evidence of vehicles left abandoned and without fuel. It shows that apart from its Nukes, NATO has no reason to fear Russia, NATO could easily defeat Russia in a conventional war. Let’s face it, Russia surrounds Ukraine and Ukraine is a much smaller force, but with superior tactics and western military might Ukraine has made a joke of a once proud country.

    • @ToreDL87
      @ToreDL87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      HAHA

    • @CarrionCrow993
      @CarrionCrow993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I wonder if Clarkson dug a trench for himself while awaiting rescue.😆

  • @statingtheobvious8119
    @statingtheobvious8119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14036

    "It's gone"
    *Camera truck accelerates and leaves him behind*

    • @justagt86
      @justagt86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @Jie Andaya he made a joke

    • @justagt86
      @justagt86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @Jie Andaya yup, sorry mate

    • @justagt86
      @justagt86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Jie Andaya BTW i can take a print and post?

    • @justagt86
      @justagt86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Jie Andaya ok, no prob

    • @notnadz_
      @notnadz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @GracjanPlayz bruh nobody cares

  • @gibbo7025
    @gibbo7025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10818

    The eerie, foggy shot of the reactor sarcophagus as Clarkson points to it is without a doubt the most terrifying scene in all of Top Gear.

    • @isaiahjones1685
      @isaiahjones1685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +328

      Feels like something out of a horror movie

    • @lifeandmisery
      @lifeandmisery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @Zeuffy god

    • @jacobanderson3768
      @jacobanderson3768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Oh my God yeah, that was horrible. That was straight up horrifying. And that was before they got there!! And then when they saw it: I think I held my breath? It was something out of a horror movie!

    • @Afroman29
      @Afroman29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Like something out of a scary movie.

    • @Relax0kay
      @Relax0kay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I used to find it creepy aswell untill I found youtube channels literally going there and camping in the buildings. The channel is called Shiey if you were wondering.

  • @blakemoreno776
    @blakemoreno776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2248

    James: “why are there two blokes with ghillie suits and rifles?”

    • @supernsxgtracing9541
      @supernsxgtracing9541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Ive seen the ferres wheel in Call of duty

    • @tobos8909
      @tobos8909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Luckily they didn't drive into any claymores

    • @sierraacharlie
      @sierraacharlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      *bullet gets fired*
      *James gets shot*
      *arm flies off*
      James: oh cock

    • @nyorito5208
      @nyorito5208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      The ferry and the building where we shot Zahkeav's arm off is giving me so much nostalgia

    • @admiralackbar4652
      @admiralackbar4652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Huh, cheeky bastard

  • @nicolasgoldring7128
    @nicolasgoldring7128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2385

    From the moment Jeremy and James entered the exclusion zone, the entire scene gave me chills. It was both the soundtrack, the sheer bravery of going into such a dangerous place, and the sound of the Gieger counter ticking that made it terrifying.

    • @PerovNigma
      @PerovNigma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Music is _Gemini_ by Boards of Canada.

    • @nobodywl
      @nobodywl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I'm pretty sure that it was kinda staged, and that they didn't leave Jeremy there, it was just for dramatic effect

    • @PerovNigma
      @PerovNigma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@nobodywl
      Yes, obviously, but that doesn't make it less entertaining.

    • @noahsevertson9915
      @noahsevertson9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fallout vibes for sure

    • @pedrosilvamusician
      @pedrosilvamusician 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nobodywl ofc not, they just stopped showing their counters for a reason. They obviously had more than enough fuel

  • @ironcladguildhand9321
    @ironcladguildhand9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23390

    The clicking of the Geiger counter is arguably one of the most creepy sounds I've ever heard.

    • @vibecheck663
      @vibecheck663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +776

      Especially after watching HBO's Chernobyl

    • @smugly6793
      @smugly6793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +770

      It’s scary as is, even more so knowing what it means.....

    • @dadjake
      @dadjake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +549

      And it's no doubt inaccurte. They wouldn't do this if it wasn't safe. I bet you they wouldn't have even gotten anywhere near where they were if it was still considered too unsafe to drive through, have studied TV too much to fall for that. (But just for clarity, yeah that geiger coutner noise is scary :D)

    • @rosspalmer6849
      @rosspalmer6849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      ツFredi very true but you can not argue that Chernobyl was in fact safe and that was before they covered it up

    • @gnupfo
      @gnupfo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      It is safe as long as you don't live there. Technically you can't fly on that many airplanes either because the radiation is high, but the few hours don't matter that much. In that big of an area you'll be exposed for way longer though and there'll be more damage done.

  • @Transilvanian90
    @Transilvanian90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5605

    Later when they're selling the Up and the Sandero: ''Low mileage, good condition, fully equipped, only mildly radioactive (3.6 roentgens, not great, not terrible).''

    • @mrdoofa9357
      @mrdoofa9357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Transilvanian90 Best comment!!!

    • @xanpenguin754
      @xanpenguin754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      I'm not certain how good those engines are after all that redlining. Not great, but not terrible.

    • @seawuff
      @seawuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This is why I came here

    • @ingebonde8015
      @ingebonde8015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣

    • @xaraxen
      @xaraxen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "Survived Pripyat"...

  • @hectorblacknight6485
    @hectorblacknight6485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1437

    I see a lot of comments down here talking about how the sound when the reactor comes into view gave them chills. It did that to me too, but what really made me shiver was James speaking 'That is... the remains of Reactor Number Four.' as they drive past the rusted old plant buildings. Seriously, the immensity of that location and what happened there, and just knowing that exact spot in Chernobyl as 'Reactor Four' really puts it into the 'serious shit happened here and won't be forgotten, ever.' category.

    • @Windclaw
      @Windclaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It quite literally can never be forgotten because the problem will not go away in ANY of our lifetimes. The half-life of that waste material and remaining nuclear fuel are insane. And all this because a handful of dullard building engineers, under trained nuclear technicians, one arrogant moron and a single faulty button turned one outdated reactor into a bomb more long term devastating than BOTH bombs dropped on Japan combined.

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Windclaw There have been plenty of accidents in the US, GB, Japan, etc aswell. Usualy hidden better.
      Also Clarkson is greayly exaggerating here. There are actually people working in the building on a daily basis.
      Ppl impressed with a geiger counter, but have no idea what it reads or what it means.

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheUrbanGaze For where they were they dont need to cover up in hazmat suits.
      Visitors to the area have to, for as far as i know, still have to wear cumulative geigermuller counters with a pre set for alarm and have to stay within cleaned areas. Also they are instructed what to do; dont pick up anything, what to do if the counter sounds alarm, etc.

    • @Some_Guy6
      @Some_Guy6 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually, it was all the fault of Dyatlov being a total Karen. @@Windclaw

    • @kristoffer3000
      @kristoffer3000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Windclaw lmao, 4000 people died in total from the Chernobyl disaster.
      The act of literal genocide that was dropped on the two Japanese cities was over 200000.
      Don't even attempt to whitewash the US.

  • @LonewolfWRX
    @LonewolfWRX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +710

    The audio editing at 6:00 tho..... Just amazing how it set the tone to be so damn creepy. Love it.

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Always gives me chills, no joke. Andy Wilman and the guys that do the audio track editing know their stuff. I read years and years ago that James May picks the music for the various scenes (you dont get to hear it in youtube, dave reruns, or the dvd versions sadly)

    • @caughtyoulacking3234
      @caughtyoulacking3234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It always gives me the Chills cuz I would hate to run out of gas there

  • @adammcgrogan8490
    @adammcgrogan8490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19000

    No one:
    Top gear: "the loser gets radiation poisoning"

    • @GiraffeFeatures
      @GiraffeFeatures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Such a forced meme

    • @cpt.shmitt7387
      @cpt.shmitt7387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      They just need to drink some Vodka. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Thought me that.

    • @eldenboi8354
      @eldenboi8354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Why is the no one even there i swear everytime someone makes this "joke" it makes no sense whatsoever.

    • @kiwicami287
      @kiwicami287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      this no one: meme is awful

    • @confi4011
      @confi4011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This comment is fuckin trash

  • @ryder883
    @ryder883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9641

    You know shit just got real and the fun stopped when the main cameramen went home because they have families to look after

    • @arttro738
      @arttro738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +729

      It was scripted, in reality walking around Chernobyl is totally safe

    • @lvl9291
      @lvl9291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +509

      I’d say don’t stay there for more than 12hrs and you’ll be fine

    • @Galedan-C1029
      @Galedan-C1029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +418

      If you travel along the roads you're pretty much safe it's just being in the plant that's pretty much death

    • @D3monKilla_14
      @D3monKilla_14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      @@Galedan-C1029 I'm pretty sure the hospital there is still extremely dangerous too. Or at least, the basement is.

    • @xanpenguin754
      @xanpenguin754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      Parts of the region are more dangerous than others. The playground isn't somewhere I'd want to be for long. Just depends on how it settled.

  • @timesnewlogan2032
    @timesnewlogan2032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    “Still, could be worse.”
    *Cut to Russian troops digging trenches in the Red Forest*

    • @a7a416
      @a7a416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      and they're also glowing in the dark

    • @yakivpopavich
      @yakivpopavich ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lol comedic cut to Eastern Ukraine

    • @spiroagnew3909
      @spiroagnew3909 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@yakivpopavich cope harder russki

    • @yakivpopavich
      @yakivpopavich ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spiroagnew3909 Keep seething. 30% of Ukraine's regions and territories are now Russian held. Ukraine is admitting it's losing multiple towns, villages and cities in both the South and East daily. Their commanders are outright saying they are out-manned 5 to 1 in most areas in regards to infantry. And for every piece of armor they have, Russia has ten. And they are stating that every ONE shell they fire from an artillery piece, Russia fires ten from multiple pieces. And lets not even mention the air situation, where Russia has complete and total superiority. Less than 100 Ukrainian air assets left operational and Russian jets and helicopters perform strikes with near impunity from other aircraft. Kiev could only intercept 1 out of 5 cruise missiles fired from Russian jets some weeks ago. Ukrainian ground to air defense systems cannot handle Russia's firepower, simply put. Now lets look to the waters, where the sea is filled with hundreds of Russian vessels. Once again, these boats can fire rounds straight into Kiev whenever they are told to do so, among many other locations. Ukraine is destined to lose. They may have infinite western supply, but they have finite manpower. Limited amounts of men. There is no UN/NATO/US infantry backup coming to save them, and they are suffering hundreds of casualties per day. In due time there will not be any Ukrainian military forces left to pick up and use any of these fancy imported weapons. Unfortunately for Zelenskky when he said " We will fight to the last Ukrainian " he didn't understand Putin is willing to oblige him.

    • @aiwarask596
      @aiwarask596 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@yakivpopavich lol ruski bot

  • @jantrafas
    @jantrafas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    To anyone wondering, they were not at all in any sort of danger due to the exposure to the radioation. A human can spend couple days inside the exclusion zone and be perfectly fine. There are numerous videos of controlled trips that go inside other, twin reactors.

    • @positivityboi1232
      @positivityboi1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      And then there are the S.T.A.L.K E.R.s they go in illegally all the time and are fine

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      there are still pockets of intense radioactive buildup everywhere in random areas wherever the wind carried it that day. you need a geiger counter. you also do not want to exceed your yearly limit for background radiation. the red forest is still deathly toxic. it got the heavy doseage of radiation immediately after the reactor blew. it was absorbed into the foliage and gradually filtered to the ground.

    • @Crunchy121
      @Crunchy121 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@MrWolfSnack russians learnt that the hard way

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Crunchy121 lol yeah. I wonder what happened to them. The last news heard was that they went to the army hospital in Belarus and when the one guy broke the geiger counter because he was so irradiated, they all panicked and ran away out of the hospital and into Belarus. PM of Ukraine and the nuclear expert said they had about 6 months to live if not less.

    • @nathanmcbow158
      @nathanmcbow158 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrWolfSnack Severe radiation sickness is just the start, if the case here was extreme they would develop multiple organ failure quite fast, I am not sure just how hot the nuclear waste buried in the red forest is, but given the AMOUNT that was buried there? Just walking through that place would be hazardous. A lifespan of half a year seems reasonable.
      Someone needs to shoot the moron who gave those poor saps the order to dig trenches in one of the most irradiated sites on the planet.

  • @GarrettCroslin
    @GarrettCroslin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6714

    New title: “British man goes on expedition through abandoned city to see if colonization is possible.”

    • @prarama8
      @prarama8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      This comment is sooo underrated

    • @JakeDarque
      @JakeDarque 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Sadly for Jeremy, not for another 30,000 years...

    • @12packersfan
      @12packersfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Britain must be getting pretty desperate for more colonies

    • @smurphy2146
      @smurphy2146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BizlaC I mean we wanted the falklands

    • @smurphy2146
      @smurphy2146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BizlaC there’s already 30 year old ‘barracks’ there I suppose and it would be a mental training ground

  • @anttitheinternetguy3213
    @anttitheinternetguy3213 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6966

    "i've seen this, this is the playground" clarkson has been playing cod 4

  • @gwiazdapioun2127
    @gwiazdapioun2127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    7:19 We also registered a big spike next to that booth by the ferris wheel when we visited The Zone in 2016. From what I know, the concrete/asphalt pad of the amusement park was used as a helicopter pad during the decontamination efforts, so the liquidators tried to wash the contamination off of it, resulting in uneven patches of radiation surrounding the park. Plus of course there was the dust risen by the landing choppers.

    • @Some_Guy6
      @Some_Guy6 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There are still LOADS of places that you simply DO NOT TOUCH! when visiting, almost gives certain death (like cancer) and the likes.

  • @virus0071
    @virus0071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    I feel like this would've been much more challenging if completed today.

    • @tommyg9719
      @tommyg9719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      not if youre the russians

    • @Rysher735
      @Rysher735 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@tommyg9719 Russians did the same challenge with their armored vehicles and convoys, but they ran out of fuel way before reaching this area.

    • @Sodapop-rd5ku
      @Sodapop-rd5ku 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Rysher735 they even dug trenches in the red Forrest

    • @user-cz5kd4xe2u
      @user-cz5kd4xe2u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      7:32 / 8:08 kreosan

  • @AngelLestat2
    @AngelLestat2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2108

    6:00 the fact that they did it in a cloudy day after rain close to dark hours, make this way more scary.

    • @ferrariboy5647
      @ferrariboy5647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      If it’s in a cloudy day, then radiation would literally had sprinkled on them

    • @alistairwalker2850
      @alistairwalker2850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@ferrariboy5647 Not how radiation works, especially this long after the incident, but since I assume you’re joking you can have it.

    • @wall4818
      @wall4818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The fact they had to close the back doors I think adds to it, too. It feels more like a found footage movie when we get those shots.

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Stop exaggerating ppl. Its not dangerous provided you take some measures.
      Rainy day is actually better, as no dust kicks off, that could contain radio active particles

    • @JamaicanCastle
      @JamaicanCastle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A cloudy day _or_ they just closed the camera by 2-3 f-stops.

  • @weasel945
    @weasel945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2429

    7:45 actual footage of BBC dropping Clarkson

    • @lenmarfox2947
      @lenmarfox2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Then they later pushed him and he did a grand tour.

    • @coffeecat4506
      @coffeecat4506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      “It’s gone...”

    • @liammacdonald1378
      @liammacdonald1378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      coffeecat450 the radioactive stuff gone?

    • @coffeecat4506
      @coffeecat4506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Liam Macdonald no ‘twas a joke of BBC leaving Jeremy behind, in reality the radiation is still quite present despite the fact that the protective dome around reactor number 4 was finished a few years ago. However living organisms that can withstand radiation are slowly starting to reclaim the area, the amount of damage that Chernobyl has done is not nearly as bad as Fukushima, as it’s still spreading radioactive isotopes into the Pacific Ocean causing further damage in the future... So anyway, cheers!

    • @havardmj
      @havardmj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you probably forgot about this comment, but now I have the honor of presenting you with the 2000th like. Well played

  • @TobRacer
    @TobRacer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    For some strange reason the trio always visit countries that later falls into horrific wars... Syria, Burma, Ukraine...

    • @samurai5910
      @samurai5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Let's hope they don't visit your city or country or did they already?

    • @TobRacer
      @TobRacer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@samurai5910 Mine got surrendered more than once already 😂

    • @samurai5910
      @samurai5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TobRacer Interesting, which is it?

    • @TobRacer
      @TobRacer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@samurai5910 France.
      Thought you'd get the joke. 😂

    • @samurai5910
      @samurai5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@TobRacer As a German somehow I did not get it :D

  • @marvelgoh5648
    @marvelgoh5648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    Legend has it Clarkson is still in Chernobyl, thus why BBC ended his contract. Clarkson in the rest of Top Gear and The Grand Tour is just a mirage

    • @themuffincat
      @themuffincat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its all an illusion

    • @keiztrat
      @keiztrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@themuffincat It's Jeremy Clarkson's Dutch cousin.

    • @themuffincat
      @themuffincat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keiztrat lol

    • @PJOZeus
      @PJOZeus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, talk show episode about it is more enjoyable to think of
      Talking about the shoes he was walking back in "I was told to throw them away but I didn't" "Well I hope you don't have them here tonight" "Uh, actually it was this pair"

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11095

    Clarkson went into the basement of the plant, and stood next to the elephant's foot for three minutes.
    Two weeks later, the elephant's foot died.

    • @platenoise256
      @platenoise256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      nasty lad compilation

    • @Cody_Cigar
      @Cody_Cigar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      People have actually stood next to the Elephants foot for more than two minutes, pretty stupid and risky though

    • @noblegrizzlybear5475
      @noblegrizzlybear5475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +594

      I bet the elephant's foot screamed "CLARKSON!!!!" before it died.

    • @galil_6863
      @galil_6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Two weeks later, the elephant’s foot said:
      **CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!**

    • @nathanw9770
      @nathanw9770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Or "HAMMOND YOU BLITHERING IDIOT"

  • @edwardaugustus9680
    @edwardaugustus9680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4223

    Chernobyl in Popular Culture: A post apocalyptic hellscape where you could die any moment from radiation or mutants.
    Chernobyl IRL: "Careful not to get separated from the tour group, you don't want to get lost in a foreign country now."

    • @shakir1998
      @shakir1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      i checked it out on google maps and there's literally people just walking around

    • @Axius27
      @Axius27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +458

      I mean, the reactor is sealed off now. It's much safer now than it was then.
      (at least for the next 90 years before the arch needs to be replaced)

    • @one1kng997
      @one1kng997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@Axius27 they are accualy planing on removing it now to build a new one beacuse the old one isent gonna last a 100 years

    • @heamees4822
      @heamees4822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@one1kng997 The new one has been in its place since 2017 already

    • @skibididopyesdop
      @skibididopyesdop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      one:1 kng No?? They aren’t gonna remove a 1 billion dollar thing that has been finished and applied already..

  • @josephdynan3604
    @josephdynan3604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The way they present the danger of the reactor core is simultaneously hilarious and chillingly scary.
    meanwhile
    "I still have 2 bars of fuel left"

  • @WeevilLover9000
    @WeevilLover9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    The fact that going to a Alabama town was more dangerous then this tho

    • @mitchellw6811
      @mitchellw6811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Clearly you never saw the episode where they dumped them in Iraq, unarmed in convertibles

    • @k7r-n
      @k7r-n 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this is technically more dangerous, they were driving just near to the exposed reactor core, under it there is the elephants foot. which has radiation unknown to science

    • @adamgorski2610
      @adamgorski2610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@k7r-n That's untrue. When the Elephant's Foot was discovered it gave out about 8000 roentgens. When Artur Korneyev visited it in 1996 it was only about tenth of that due to nuclear decay. It's still pretty radioactive but far from unknown to science.

    • @k7r-n
      @k7r-n 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamgorski2610 Yes, it is known to science. I just didn't want to google it. I was too lazy. Thanks anyway!

    • @JamaicanCastle
      @JamaicanCastle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Generally speaking, radiation doesn't get in a pickup and chase you.

  • @Eriiaa
    @Eriiaa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    Summary of the comment section:
    - people that don't know shit about radiation and are scared to death for no reason
    - "I played CoD4"
    - people that know shit about radiation and would like to go and visit Chernobyl

    • @namechanged7538
      @namechanged7538 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont forget the useless facts

    • @Eriiaa
      @Eriiaa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ***** fact: this is an useless fact

    • @KaiHinLkh
      @KaiHinLkh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And me: people that know shit about radiation and already visited Chernobyl 😂

    • @dart2527
      @dart2527 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good god the words "an useless" piss me the hell off, but strangely, its correct.

    • @SabrePlane
      @SabrePlane 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      and, me who does not play CoD but knows there shit, and would like to go to chernobyl

  • @Sclumsy
    @Sclumsy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2093

    This is genuinely one of the most chilling moments in Top Gear

    • @mandarin1257
      @mandarin1257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How so?

    • @mandarin1257
      @mandarin1257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The snow clearing episode was quite... chilling.

    • @Sclumsy
      @Sclumsy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      mandarin125 it’s just so frightening to see all that untouched city and so many people died there

    • @mandarin1257
      @mandarin1257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Sclumsy 32 people died. It's a tragedy, but there are many worse disasters. A concentration camp, for example is chilling, and the fact that all major powers had them says a lot about human nature.

    • @Sclumsy
      @Sclumsy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      mandarin125 absolutely but it’s just chilling overall. There were far more tragic events but it’s jus that they are driving right through danger.

  • @HushtheMag
    @HushtheMag 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Top 3 most terrifying sounds.
    ~Geiger counter.
    ~The siren of the Junkers Ju 87
    ~Hearing a knock on your bedroom door while you're rubbing one out.

  • @biblemaniswatchingyoumastu1920
    @biblemaniswatchingyoumastu1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Genuinely one of the best segments they ever did, when they turned their hands to a drama they did it damn well instead of the normal comedy

  • @brandonn7530
    @brandonn7530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2408

    Jeremy: I’ve seen this (Ferris wheel)
    Me: Modern Warfare flashbacks

    • @cartonks.2492
      @cartonks.2492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      thats the comment that i have been finding :)

    • @starshipsuperheavy5195
      @starshipsuperheavy5195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      oh yes :)

    • @liamjames395
      @liamjames395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Thomas Al-Mdanat i definitely agree with you on that

    • @taboret3280
      @taboret3280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh man i played it yesterday

    • @Mototune16
      @Mototune16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I played this game in 2009/10 probably and then this episode when it was released.. every time i see that wheel, i remember the mission

  • @commander_rex5673
    @commander_rex5673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3871

    *Police pulled Camera crew over*
    Police: Why is that guy Zig-Zagging?
    CameraCrew: I don't know, we were in the toilet.

    • @bharathprabhu4188
      @bharathprabhu4188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @lionhead123
      @lionhead123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      if he just said: "i'm trying not to reach Chernobyl" they would have understood immediately.

    • @octoguy3931
      @octoguy3931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That is a good point. How DO you explain that sort of situation?

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Did You not get the joke

    • @lionhead123
      @lionhead123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sannidhyabalkote9536 Nothing wrong with that english.

  • @dca-Letsplay
    @dca-Letsplay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I think something that’s under appreciated is whilst they do get a joke in Clarkson and May are actually sincere that the camera assistants stayed behind to actually carry on recording, I kinda appreciate that

  • @greatvalueblueberries
    @greatvalueblueberries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Jeremy: ran out of fuel
    James and the official cameramen: Well as you know, we are not the US marines, we leave a man behind

  • @shAdOwstAlkEr945
    @shAdOwstAlkEr945 8 ปีที่แล้ว +918

    I have to say, that scene before and after jeremy says "there it is!" really got my attention. I just love how the music matched the dramatic camera shots and that on time deafening squeak to match. Loved how that scene played out

    • @valtersdominiks
      @valtersdominiks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      FPSPhilippines reminds me of stranger things

    • @tubeytuber451
      @tubeytuber451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The squeak sounds like an ear ringing.

    • @a.3160
      @a.3160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stop being so cringey

    • @tubeytuber451
      @tubeytuber451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@a.3160 u mean me motherpants?

    • @masashiiino6914
      @masashiiino6914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It creeps me out more than amusing

  • @_B.C.H_
    @_B.C.H_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1538

    6:03 Idk why but that gave me cold chills

    • @mrfashionguy1
      @mrfashionguy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      That's the point of the audio editing

    • @xdarksto9262
      @xdarksto9262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      matthew david jarvis asshole

    • @majorkonig10
      @majorkonig10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you go back through the old seasons and some of james mays toy stories whoever does sound and music uses game soundtracks it seems more like an easter egg to Stalker shadow of Chernobyl and the enemy the controller that does that same ear piercing screech.

    • @flaminggaming143
      @flaminggaming143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TheReal Doom same

    • @flaminggaming143
      @flaminggaming143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The most terrifying part is knowing the chaos, destruction and death that ONE REACTOR did to the land, and how much radiation is STILL in that building.
      And it's worse when u think about the fact that the only thing standing between us and the longest and deadliest disaster the earth has seen since the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, is concrete, bad welding from the rush of containing the radioactive waste, and now a big movable dome of sheet metal that is LITERALLY on 2 train tracks!
      All we need is for a tornado to hit anywhere near reactor 4 Or the Chernobyl NPP and WE ALL PAY THE PRICE!

  • @TheTruthKiwi
    @TheTruthKiwi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Running out of fuel while trying to get to Chernobyl?
    Russia has entered the chat.

  • @raidvan
    @raidvan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Top Gear Russian Army
    🤝
    Running out of petrol in Chernobyl

    • @maluluzz9667
      @maluluzz9667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good one

    • @yakivpopavich
      @yakivpopavich ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Out of gas, missiles, generals, morale, ammunition and men and yet still the war isn't over. Interesting isn't it?.

  • @sophiebeaumont9608
    @sophiebeaumont9608 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2334

    Chernobyl seems like nicer version of Detroit.

    • @redikopl
      @redikopl 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      hahaha xDD

    • @masonmethot3186
      @masonmethot3186 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      *****
      But for different reasons...

    • @chrismarco17
      @chrismarco17 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ***** True story in both scenarios.

    • @haydenbliesner2247
      @haydenbliesner2247 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      ***** All things considered. I think I will take getting shot over radiation sickness.

    • @imrustyokay
      @imrustyokay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same here, Its a faster death.

  • @urmomsbestfriend
    @urmomsbestfriend 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1063

    (not so) FUNNY FACT: The amusement park in Pripyat never unlocked it's doors. As you know, the explosion of Reactor 4 happened on April 26th, 1986. The amusement park was scheduled to open on May 1st, 1986

    • @fatmikecj
      @fatmikecj 8 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      I think they did open it up after the explosion for a day or two whilst they were evacuating people. Trying to keep people calm and all that.

    • @maxrutgrink1146
      @maxrutgrink1146 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Didn't they open the doors on the day of the meltdown to attract attention away from the fire going on?

    • @joshdowda7559
      @joshdowda7559 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +tehcornflakes Live no it was open for only one day because the government told them to go there to wait untill they were evacuated and it did not explode it leaked.

    • @itmosepodcast493
      @itmosepodcast493 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +carton228 live It did open on the 27th for one hour though, It was open to distract people from the reactor blow whilst the evacuation buses arrived.

    • @ExoVyper
      @ExoVyper 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      +Josh Dowda the reactor did indeed explode, it blew a hole clean out the roof

  • @t0urister
    @t0urister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I never thought that this video will make sense in 2022

  • @amyshaw893
    @amyshaw893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You *really* dont want to run out of petrol there now

  • @WBO-lp3cp
    @WBO-lp3cp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    Good news everyone. The Dacia Sandero acts as a radiation shield.

    • @sumairb9978
      @sumairb9978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Great! Now, the Toyota Urban Cruiser...

    • @thedeathman97
      @thedeathman97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Or simply, Jeremy May doesnt' turn on the Geiger counter!

    • @Sharpshooter9904
      @Sharpshooter9904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Excellent... Now...

    • @scsutton1
      @scsutton1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh no. Anyway...

    • @WBO-lp3cp
      @WBO-lp3cp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But will it work as a blast 🛡

  • @TraustiGeir
    @TraustiGeir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3182

    6:03
    My blood ran cold.

    • @trickstere208
      @trickstere208 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      same

    • @connfyoozed
      @connfyoozed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +506

      It's honestly spooky just watching the video. I can't imagine how spooky it is to see for real.

    • @antololherrera9747
      @antololherrera9747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      my body stop moving after 20 secomds

    • @tommysymons2466
      @tommysymons2466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Same here :O

    • @antololherrera9747
      @antololherrera9747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes

  • @eliot1236
    @eliot1236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This hits different

  • @clutch2864
    @clutch2864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Fun fact: You can actually go all the way up to the reactor 4 sarcophagus for up to 2-3 days without protection and leave without any long term damage to your health.

    • @0_dearghealach_083
      @0_dearghealach_083 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd rather eat glass than try that.

  • @ironcladnomad5639
    @ironcladnomad5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3271

    *Geiger counter intensifies*
    "There it is."
    *power plant emerges from the grey*
    Well, that was an unexpectedly chilling moment.

    • @stayforthepeelpronpls4774
      @stayforthepeelpronpls4774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Ikr. Doesn’t matter how many times I watch it.

    • @cryhavoc8461
      @cryhavoc8461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yup, all they needed for that moment was a soundtrack of a choir of little kids singing Frère Jacques.

    • @eebrohim7001
      @eebrohim7001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@cryhavoc8461 that would have ruined it

    • @MercianKing
      @MercianKing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@eebrohim7001 I agree, the silence is chilling

    • @thehammurabichode7994
      @thehammurabichode7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@stayforthepeelpronpls4774 They did a great job with that. Must've been proud

  • @danbrydges
    @danbrydges 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3356

    50,000 people used to live here.. now it's a ghost town

    • @artemnoelgames
      @artemnoelgames 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Keep low.

    • @permafrost641
      @permafrost641 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I love that game and there is the hotel and the playground that was in CoD 4

    • @artemnoelgames
      @artemnoelgames 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hotel 'Policca'

    • @artemnoelgames
      @artemnoelgames 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Pro pronounced as 'polissya

    • @permafrost641
      @permafrost641 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol i didint say nothing about the hotel s name lol i am croatian

  • @jheeshin621
    @jheeshin621 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    7:32 That Soviet-era hammer and sickle on the roof of the building is probably the most subtle and yet terrifying scene in this video-even worse than the shot of the reactor itself. Just because, Ukraine is a country with a set of decommunization laws including ones that prohibit communist symbols, and yet that hammer and sickle-a hallmark of communism-remains situated on top of that dilapidated building the way it has been for probably decades, despite the modern decommunization laws. This just demonstrates how dangerous and lonely the region is, that even a decades-old symbol that's reviled in the country, hasn't been removed yet.

    • @JamaicanCastle
      @JamaicanCastle 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Considering that at the time this was posted there was a giant hammer and sickle _in the middle of the capital_ I have some doubt about the vigor they enforced those laws with. (It's gone now.)

  • @Jaymac720
    @Jaymac720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “Come on petrol, sod off”
    😂

  • @AdamG1983
    @AdamG1983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3645

    "Comrade, we don't have the good Geiger counter"
    "Is it in the safe?"
    "No, Jeremy Clarkson has it"

    • @adam-eu7hx
      @adam-eu7hx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Jeremy : "is that graphite on the ground?"

    • @rndmzr153
      @rndmzr153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Some say the real Clarkson is still there

    • @jonatancools8844
      @jonatancools8844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No thats not graphite legasov's say tjernobyl is gona end to day 30 years latet jeremy clarckson yeah but where are my neightbours 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @20042020
      @20042020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jonatancools8844 you illiterate fuck

    • @theimperialfistsspacemarin3050
      @theimperialfistsspacemarin3050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jonatancools8844 you're actually illiterate

  • @jamespatrick6939
    @jamespatrick6939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2314

    New TopGear should consider a trip to Chernobyl in roofless rialtos, just make sure only Evans goes

    • @trainmania4960
      @trainmania4960 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      XD

    • @neovo903
      @neovo903 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Get Chris to have a look at the elephants foot...

    • @nikot4447
      @nikot4447 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      In the reactor

    • @VarunKumar-ro4ll
      @VarunKumar-ro4ll 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha!

    • @HRHooChicken
      @HRHooChicken 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      TONIGHT: I get leukemia. Matt grows a second head. And Sabine goes bald

  • @alfa_guy09
    @alfa_guy09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    5:46 That Geiger Counter ticking is so fricking creepy

  • @joe_3105
    @joe_3105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    5:58 was the most creepiest climax of this episode and more creepier when they entered Pripyat

    • @Sodapop-rd5ku
      @Sodapop-rd5ku 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      "there it is"

  • @marnixklaucke2947
    @marnixklaucke2947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    imagine that there’s still some bodies buried somewhere inside that reactor, never to be recovered again

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      There is many scientists and firemen in there that could not be recovered due to the extremely high radiation. There is a story I read about when a scientist went to save his friend he was so irradiated that his hand burned into through his coat and clothing.

    • @kennyduarte783
      @kennyduarte783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      There is at least 1, one of the workers. Left entombed inside the sarcophagus in an extremely radioactive part of it.

    • @dima1221
      @dima1221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Actually I think there's only one, Valery Khodemchuk. He was a pump operator and died during the explosion. He's still entombed in the rubble near reactor 4 inside the sarcophagus.

    • @Rickrickrickg
      @Rickrickrickg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are probably puddles

    • @CarrionCrow993
      @CarrionCrow993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Poor Khodemchuk the engineer was never found; he was either obliterated or buried by the explosion. He's still under the rubble in what was the pump room.

  • @SuperCompany007
    @SuperCompany007 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1343

    7:18 "50 000 people used to live here. But now, it's a ghost town"

  • @RileyCol
    @RileyCol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    *driving past one of the most radioactive place on earth
    Clarkson: 👁👄👁

    • @suspiciouschicken
      @suspiciouschicken 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean what else are you supposed to do?

  • @PerovNigma
    @PerovNigma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Music at 1:52 is _Midnight Train_ by Baltic Fleet.
    Music at 6:03 is _Gemini_ by Boards of Canada.

    • @Egobyte83
      @Egobyte83 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, Gemini starts at 6:39. Everything during their drive-by of reactor 4 is uncredited.

  • @aintnoway686
    @aintnoway686 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1418

    This video got me all ghillied up

    • @Sam-no8tt
      @Sam-no8tt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Benedict lol

    • @siddharthshukla8852
      @siddharthshukla8852 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      a bottle o' bleach !

    • @EvoVFX
      @EvoVFX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Michael Benedict Cod 4 references we OGs xD

    • @NotEvenDeathCanSaveU
      @NotEvenDeathCanSaveU 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It should actually make you Breeki

    • @Sam-no8tt
      @Sam-no8tt 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      #noscope

  • @Shakes-Off-Fear
    @Shakes-Off-Fear 8 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    When you think about it, this is actually educating people about what can waste fuel.

    • @sri-kaushalramana437
      @sri-kaushalramana437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i learned from this episode

    • @HSpartaL
      @HSpartaL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sri-Kaushal Ramana I now know I need to tape my doors and not swerve

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not taking care of your car also wastes fuel. i worn out damaged engine from lack of care uses more gas than a perfectly maintained engine.

  • @aaditpatani9969
    @aaditpatani9969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    BBC : beware we are taking you to a very dangerous place.
    The trio : Oh is it ? Well how dangerous is it ?
    BBC : yes.

    • @JamaicanCastle
      @JamaicanCastle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, it was safer than Argentina.

    • @danishadow318
      @danishadow318 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JamaicanCastle LMFAO

    • @MattWesss
      @MattWesss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not great but not terrible...

  • @TheAussieGamer
    @TheAussieGamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Russian Army: *I should try this!*

  • @grimsville2501
    @grimsville2501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Thank you to the people who have built the ark, thank you to the three men who went under chernobyl to drain the water under the facility, thank you to the liquidators for decontamonating the city, thank you to the firefighters who put out the blazing fire and sufferd an annual exposure to radiation and thank you to the 3 men who had 90 seconds to clear as much graphite from the roof as possible

  • @attilarischt2851
    @attilarischt2851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2548

    Say whatever, I really want to visit that place personally.

    • @MeanBeanKerosene
      @MeanBeanKerosene 7 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      There *are* hotels in the zone but you can only stay a week and they're on the fringes of it.

    • @attilarischt2851
      @attilarischt2851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I don't need to stay in the zone. I can just drive there from outside.

    • @MeanBeanKerosene
      @MeanBeanKerosene 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Attila Rischt
      I think the closet place you could would be Kiev; 60 miles away from the border.

    • @attilarischt2851
      @attilarischt2851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That's good enough

    • @SpiderPigggg
      @SpiderPigggg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      there are organized trips to Chernobyl by travel companies from Kiev to exclusion zone, apparenlty you can even volunteer for a price to cleanup Pripyat

  • @supernalboot
    @supernalboot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    the best part about this whole episode is at 7:30. The drone flying above the buildings. Want to know why the shot is so fuzzy? Well, it isn't. What you see in that shot is radiation. This is by far the craziest thing TopGear has ever done I reckon and it just settles in how massive this disaster really was

    • @lanczenbela890
      @lanczenbela890 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i don't think thats radiation. what it most likely is is the small camera sensor doesn't do that well in low light.

    • @SASMADBRUV7
      @SASMADBRUV7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@lanczenbela890 Im pretty sure it's thing about how cameras will get incredibly fuzzy if there is extreme radiation in the area

    • @lanczenbela890
      @lanczenbela890 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SASMADBRUV7 they will get fuzzy but it has to be a lot of radiation. i don't think where they flying there was enough radiation to affect the sensor.

  • @karma4859
    @karma4859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love the mood when they enter the exclusion zone. And as the Geiger counter begins to click, that tension goes up extremely high. Then when they got to the remains of the reactor, going by the buildings and that playground… wow.
    What a car show.

  • @tachanka8837
    @tachanka8837 7 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Legend says he's still waiting for help.

    • @tachanka8837
      @tachanka8837 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Clorox Bleach What are you doing here Bleach ? xd

    • @HKHellcat
      @HKHellcat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      That's why they stopped Top Gear, they lost him in chernobyl

    • @FLAME4564
      @FLAME4564 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LOL xD hahahahahahh I highly doubt that since the radiation levels at the time are much slightly lower so he was able to make it out of Chernobyl but not without getting a small exposure to radiation.

    • @josephbrazington3900
      @josephbrazington3900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tachanka only you mighty lord will know your LMG controls all of time and space

    • @thecrazyman2740
      @thecrazyman2740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The lord and saviour Tachanka is waiting with him though

  • @TheRobak333
    @TheRobak333 9 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    I wish i could go there. This place looks amazing :D It's actually pretty safe there right now. Radiation is of course higher but you must stay there for days or even weeks to get the dangerous amount of radiation.

    • @stipe9520
      @stipe9520 9 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Me too, it would be so interesting!

    • @antonkukoba3378
      @antonkukoba3378 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      just come to Ukraine, there are a lot of such tours from Kiev.

    • @antonkukoba3378
      @antonkukoba3378 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ***** well actually the only thing that makes Chernobyl special is radiation. Actually there are a lot of abandoned military cities which look pretty much the same. That's why the guy reacted that way

    • @February54
      @February54 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well, you have until June of next year. That's when the arc is supposed to be finished and cover the reactor forever.

    • @QurttoRco
      @QurttoRco 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Anton Kukoba Top advice is not like Ukraine is a war zone or something

  • @benusmaximus3601
    @benusmaximus3601 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The winter fog, the desolation, the Geiger counter ticks and the sound effects - all come together to make this one of the creepiest and memorable moments in Top Gear history...

  • @phantomcorsair8476
    @phantomcorsair8476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    4:31 Can someone tell me what soundtrack this is. I believe that it is from STALKER but I can't find it.

  • @MrSteakandChips
    @MrSteakandChips 6 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    3:37 - Me in a maths exam

  • @RedCard94
    @RedCard94 9 ปีที่แล้ว +859

    Of course James chose, none other than, a DACIA SANDERO!!!

    • @netrioter
      @netrioter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      it did a great job considering...lol

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      GREAT NEWS EVERYONE.
      Everyone reads this in a James May voice

    • @justinh290
      @justinh290 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      MrTURBOJOHN or professor farnsworth

    • @orlandogrimaldi7500
      @orlandogrimaldi7500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I own the new Dacia Sandero Facelift of 2017. This car is great.

    • @michellecanning7948
      @michellecanning7948 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Red Card I

  • @deskmat9874
    @deskmat9874 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love how this video just ends when he says 'It's gone' and the film crew proceeds to drive off, abandoning him in a radioactive wasteland

  • @Owiko7
    @Owiko7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    6:43 "Gemini" by Boards of Canada if anyone is wondering

  • @MrFiendyBob
    @MrFiendyBob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    If they drove a bit more to the West they wouldve seen Zachaev Lose His Arm

    • @sv916gtv7
      @sv916gtv7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Smurphy this is the most underrated comment ever

    • @galil_6863
      @galil_6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Zachaev needed a Volkswagen Scirocco diesel.
      "The brand new Scirocco diesel, for the people who value their arms"

    • @oper8rdrifto417
      @oper8rdrifto417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i see what you did there

    • @smurphy2146
      @smurphy2146 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A wee bit of name communism here I see

    • @MrFiendyBob
      @MrFiendyBob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@smurphy2146 INTRUDER ALERT!

  • @indeed7289
    @indeed7289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    Jeremy Clarkson: stops
    Random armed Ukrainians: get out of here stalker

    • @F.ALK_02
      @F.ALK_02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Оружие убрал

    • @themirror8994
      @themirror8994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I said come in! Dont just stand there!

    • @buddycat2757
      @buddycat2757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "What are you Waiting for, Stalker?"

    • @bartdegryse9345
      @bartdegryse9345 ปีที่แล้ว

      this did not age well.

  • @AlkalineGamingHD
    @AlkalineGamingHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    interesting fact: the Ferris wheel is made of metal that has a slight magnetic charge which attracted the radioactive fallout so it registers a little higher than the surrounding area. Also there are truck grave yards there full of trucks broken down and/or decommissioned due to radioactive damage. their wheels and treads have tonnes of little radioactive bits of the core of reactor 4 on them. Super high on the radioactive scale.

  • @richardgadberry8398
    @richardgadberry8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Fun fact: Most of the exclusion zone is safe, apart from the area in and near Reactor 4.

    • @keiztrat
      @keiztrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would LOVE to be able to get a permit to explain the remains of Chernobyl's reactor incident

  • @kistibor2342
    @kistibor2342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4044

    Which petrolhead watching this after HBO Chernobyl?

  • @communismwithgiggles2515
    @communismwithgiggles2515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    That moment when the Geiger counter went from constant clicking to a constant stream was truly horrifying

  • @brigadier-tc8565
    @brigadier-tc8565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    TH-cam recommendations have a sick sense of humour these days...

  • @rockstar-5934
    @rockstar-5934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just a quick fact. Every single "tick" sound you hear from the Geiger counter is ONE radioactive partial being picked up. ONE!

  • @SuperSilver301
    @SuperSilver301 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1946

    you should use RadAway, IMMEDIATLY

    • @hudsonstedman1901
      @hudsonstedman1901 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha

    • @harzyh8583
      @harzyh8583 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      #fallout3/4

    • @RadeonX0X
      @RadeonX0X 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +SuperSilver301 Pop some RadX first. :>

    • @dustinhedges8065
      @dustinhedges8065 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +SuperSilver301 If only that was real. lets start making fallout chems

    • @wupme
      @wupme 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +SuperSilver301 and Rad-X beforehand!

  • @SaintThiccolas
    @SaintThiccolas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1601

    At 7:32 you can see the iconic hammer and sickle

    • @StopMediaFakery
      @StopMediaFakery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      It's a very Masonic/Saturn symbol. Communism was always just a reflection of the Beehive System we have in the west, all planned by Rome.

    • @SaintThiccolas
      @SaintThiccolas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That’s a great way to put it

    • @hotmojoe2483
      @hotmojoe2483 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      *soviet national anthem plays*

    • @angloempire6935
      @angloempire6935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Succ Lord
      We can comrade*

    • @friendlyneighborhoodskinwalker
      @friendlyneighborhoodskinwalker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Succ Lord *our iconic chisel and sickle

  • @redminute6605
    @redminute6605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Imagine... running out of gas around Chernobyl, those days...

  • @Yagh10
    @Yagh10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks youtube recommendations perfect timing

  • @samcarpenter_
    @samcarpenter_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1513

    I was just a lieutenant back then. Doing some wet work.

    • @foliseferi5327
      @foliseferi5327 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Sam Carpenter these are truly the best comments and replies I've seen on TH-cam

    • @avgnation7924
      @avgnation7924 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Best.Comment.Chain.EVER

    • @santiagomachado7378
      @santiagomachado7378 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      "Thats a bloody convention out there"

    • @Comet5551
      @Comet5551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      “Look at this....50,000 people used to live here....now it’s a ghost town”

    • @sri-kaushalramana437
      @sri-kaushalramana437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agreed

  • @helloyoukante810
    @helloyoukante810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Dyatlov was on 25 kill streak this dude called it in straight away

    • @CoDWiiPS3Gameplay
      @CoDWiiPS3Gameplay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LMFAO amazing comment

    • @ShaneHockey
      @ShaneHockey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh.My.God. Best comment I’ve ever seen, well done mate

  • @crippledcrusader1321
    @crippledcrusader1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I’ve always wanted to go to the exclusion zone, but now I’m even more weary of going because of this scene. I still plan on it in the future, but it’s none the less terrifying, especially with how they didn’t even go that far, and the Geiger counter was already going nuts.

    • @15Redstones
      @15Redstones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Depends on the type of counter they used. A really sensitive one will go nuts even with normal everyday radiation. And even 100x normal is perfectly fine for several days. Most of the Chernobyl zone is only radioactive enough to be problematic with months of exposure. There's a few spots that can be problematic with just hours of exposure, so you usually carry a counter around to detect those and avoid them.
      And with "problematic" I don't mean that you drop dead, but rather a health impact on a similar level as smoking a few cigarettes.

    • @crippledcrusader1321
      @crippledcrusader1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@15Redstones none the less creepy, the whole desolate landscape and the city being abandoned, just feels like our own look into what an apocalypse could look like

    • @e.n.strowd1949
      @e.n.strowd1949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wouldn’t recommend going there now for sure.

    • @crippledcrusader1321
      @crippledcrusader1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@e.n.strowd1949 sadly I agree

    • @bartdegryse9345
      @bartdegryse9345 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      about that

  • @brianselley1745
    @brianselley1745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    7:11 50 thousand people used to live here

  • @Podel
    @Podel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    Music at the end is Gemini - Boards of Canada

    • @Sato_Goth
      @Sato_Goth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so what's the name of the song at 1:53?

    • @MONOPOSTOtm
      @MONOPOSTOtm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      JFLChanneL Midnight Train - Baltic Fleet

    • @lewis261
      @lewis261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      holy shit podel

    • @chriscoates5775
      @chriscoates5775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison from BOC are Gods in the art of music.

    • @LoathingEditor
      @LoathingEditor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cheers Podel!

  • @masashiiino6914
    @masashiiino6914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    6:04 *sends chills down my spine*

    • @mystery6404
      @mystery6404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Masashi Iino same

    • @mandarin1257
      @mandarin1257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's kind of the point. It's called 'dramatic editing'

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mandarin125 of course it is, no need to be a dick about it. Dude was just sayin they did a good job

    • @emergencyresponsevideosand4423
      @emergencyresponsevideosand4423 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

  • @verzekeringsadviseur
    @verzekeringsadviseur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:24 . Over 200 counts per second, not great, not terrible

  • @WellCookedPotatoes
    @WellCookedPotatoes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Who would’ve thought that in just 7 years the Russia military would try the same challenge

    • @themuhammad1
      @themuhammad1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And actually conquer it

    • @ignorantethan656
      @ignorantethan656 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@themuhammad1I wouldn't be so sure about that

    • @themuhammad1
      @themuhammad1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ignorantethan656 yet due to my connections... I am sure

  • @Razar244
    @Razar244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    What's Jeremy so afraid of? It's only 3.6 Roentgen there!

    • @ozmond2600
      @ozmond2600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Not great, not terrible.

    • @AliMurtaza-dj3wn
      @AliMurtaza-dj3wn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ozmond2600 beat me to it

    • @ps2bndled
      @ps2bndled 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Still, could be worse.

    • @dappercrown46
      @dappercrown46 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s actually quite significant

  • @standoffsiren0269
    @standoffsiren0269 9 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    #BringBackClarkson

    • @knightguard1724
      @knightguard1724 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He got fired on 25th of March
      The day a part of BBC Died

    • @henri988
      @henri988 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      .

    • @michaelheeheejackson7255
      @michaelheeheejackson7255 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      knight gaurd on the 25th of March not only Oisin got a punch in the face...

    • @jerryscanas
      @jerryscanas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Grand Tour is better than old Top Gear ever was

  • @reapertalon
    @reapertalon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:02 Clarkson's face is one of terrified awe. In fact all of their faces were that. This scene was genuinely scary

    • @Some_Guy6
      @Some_Guy6 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also, the sarcophagus was not completed and put into place yet. So it was NOT as safe back then.

  • @tsarfox3462
    @tsarfox3462 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What's really interesting is you'll notice the arc that Jeremy was talking about (The massive metal structure that looks kind of like an aircraft hanger at 6:04) is noticeably not over reactor 4 (the one that exploded and caused the disaster). This is because the radiation around the reactor building was so high it wasn't safe for workers to be around. So they built it and then used rails to move it into position after it was done.
    While the Soviets did build their own arc back in the 80s, it was always a temporary measure to quickly put up and later have a more long-term one built. Thankfully the new arc war finished in 2017 and is designed to last 100 years.