Jeremy Clarkson tours Belgium & the Netherlands in his E-Type Jag | Meets the Neighbours FULL Eps
In this series, produced by Chrysalis Entertainment in 2002, which later became part of the production company that makes Fifth Gear, Jeremy Clarkson drives a 1960s Jaguar E-Type around six European countries to discover just how different their lifestyles are to those in Britain, and whether the reality matches the stereotypical perception of each country. In this episode, Jeremy finds out why Belgians don't like being Belgian and why the brothel culture in the Netherlands is drowning in regulation. Make sure you're subscribed to be the first to see the other episodes.
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This is great stuff! But shame on you for ousting Tiff Needell!
thank you so much
could not agree more. i want to be john wayne
Got BREXIT DONE
What is the name of that song that's playing when Jeremy checks out the prostitute wanna know the same it the song that's playing
Amazed that he managed to do an entire documentary on The Netherlands without complaining about cyclists.
Bicycles didn't exist in the UK in 2002. During a big Underground strike BBC breakfast compared 3 alternatives : car, bus or walk, but cycling was not a perceived option then.. Nowadays in Holland he 'd be foaming with rage ! 😬
bicycle racing is even more of a thing in Belgium, so as a Belgian, I'm incredibly surprised
😂😂😂😂😂 your right🖖😂
Because there is nothing to complain about. Bikes have separate lanes mostly. Bicycles literally improve the infrastructure for cars too. It’s one of the best countries for drivers actually. kzhead.info/sun/l5yLgqlqqXatZ6M/bejne.html
They edited it out haha
MY GOD as a Dutch person I was so happy that the Belgian penguin man was a French speaking Belgian😂😂
hahahaha wat een wappie is dat zeg
@@ultimateearrapechannel31 dacht dat vlaamse erg waren maar dit is ander niveau
hahahaha was wel grappig
@@jdj8168 In correct Nederlands: “Ik dacht dat Vlamingen erg waren…” Graag gedaan, met de groeten van een Vlaming.
Why? I don't see your point, I'm from Brussels and why are you so happy about it? Ik moet vragen
As a Belgian, this is hilarious and pure childhood nostalgy.
True
Was dat Jaap Pijpen?
@@Lingkxs.83 Jep
Koetje kak in't juste vak!
"Nostalgy" Lmfao.
I love how this with clarkson is getting more views then the regular fifth gear
I mean, this is Jeremy Clarkson we are talking about after all.
@@jrm1007 lol
Because I am in my early 20s and I want human beings with stupid opinions and flaws and personality to make crass jokes about EVERYONE and make me laugh and "educate" me I don't want your calculated robotic checklist content.
*than
"We cant sum up Holland. Some of its chocolate sprinkles, some of its golden showers" - Only Jeremy Clarkson 🤣😂
Netherlands* not holland
@@derpkinggaming1773 Havent watched the video, have you? 35:38
@@hugovinicius2068 Still its wrong its Netherlands its like calling all of the US Washington and not US
@@derpkinggaming1773 But i am quoting.
@@ninadganore dont mind this person, hes just so caught up in his local province that he gets offended if someone says holland. Since it’s technically just 2 provinces. And his example of calling the whole of the us Washington is dumb aswell. Because we call it america a lot, instead of the the United States of America. And no one complains about that
Look at the amount of views. Old Clarkson still more entertaining than most modern stuff.
dude most modern stuff is just racist women whining about white people and men lol
not sure what your point is? his new shows get way more views
Modern stuff goes woke. Except for some
Its just occurred to me that the professional offence taking we seem to be suffering under at the moment is an American export we didn’t ask for and weren’t ready for. The world was so much nicer when we were all laughing together, at each other and ourselves.
Nail on head!
There are more people like you complaining than the people you're complaining about.
Thanks. I bloody hope so. If a bunch of rowdy immature thuggish children with no idea of consequence started misbehaving and wrecking something you valued like your lawn I hope you’d be complaining too. We like a kind generous thoughtful world in which people are working toward making things better so we’ll continue complaining until you start behaving yourselves.
@@andylane7142 What a drama queen, "wrecking something you value"
@@sekhmet7774 Yeh, you are probably right, With the US closer to civil war than its been in centuries and the UK voluntarily trashing itself for no gain. The last 10 years have been great. Just remember when China comes and eats our lunch dinner and supper from under our noses, there were people who were advocating for sense.
You have to admit -- even if you're not a gearhead -- that is one spectacularly beautiful car.
jeremy is an icon, marvelous writing, i laughed so muchh, Belgium is hilarious, maaann, thank you for uploading this..
have you read his books?
Me
@@borregoayudando1481 i haven't read any of his literature, which would you recommend?
@@mr.hernandezdrives Born to be Riled was my favorite that I could find at my public library. You might be able to find a wider selection through libgen if you have an ereader
I bet many miss the old Belgium. Has this country been overrun with immigrants and gone woke?
I think I was seven or eight years old the first time I met a Dutch person in the south of France. I fucking love the Dutch. They’re so unique as a race. They’re just so funny and have this outlook on the world that nobody else has. Really nice people. If you never met a Dutch person you’re missing out in life.
Oh so I am funny now
@@luuxdraijer3484 go get your shine box 😂😂😂
We're not a race. We're a nationality.
@@taand4725 well my friend, if that’s the worst accidental faux pas I make today I’ll take it.
my name jeff
Excellent, please keep them coming. I don't know how I ever missed them when they were first released. ✌️🇬🇧
Maar hoe
The playing of the song: "We are all very worried about you" for that penguin guy segment was a great moment in human history!! As a huge fan of Fun Lovin' Criminals and someone who has lived in Belgium, plus being bewildered by that penguin guy: brilliant! I never though I'd hear that song used in anything mainstream, nor being used in this sense.
His whole "penguin thing" made him somewhat famous in Belgium and France but the dude was actually just a poor lunatic with a heavy drinking problem.
@@AxLWake And a Terrible Sardine Habit... Worse ways to go...?
@@greatestytcommentator That's maatjeshering, not sardines. You will often see the Dutch eating them exactly like this in front of street kiosks selling fish, surprised to see a French speaking Belgian doing it.
I remember him coming in the news when he died. He was indeed somewhat famous and came in several programs. I think there was a bit on him in the show called 'Afrit 9' .
@@euhmrest in peace penguin man
Wow 9:36 Clarkson carried the tradition of 'back to the.....' Back to the studio. Back to the tent. I've finally found where that very important line came from Clarkson is BBC
My alltime favourite presenter! So witty. Too bad we haven't seen much of his series/footage in the Netherlands. Thank God for KZhead.
Iedereen had toch BBC??
@@mmartijn78 Het kwam ook altijd gewoon op Veronica.
What an amazing world we used to have. I will be for ever grateful that I got to live the 90's and 00'.
I'm Belgian, and i loved every moment of this video! Thank you for the share!
Is the Penguin man still around?
@@trentweston8306 unfortunately, Alfred David died some Years ago. Meet him long Time ago. He was funny Guy!
@@HerbeVerteee oh that's sad I wonder if he's in a zoo or living wild someplace. 🤔 He must have been a fascinating person, how long was he the penguin man for?
Haha, Frank "Jacob" (Jacobs) is now a car reviewer for Autoweek :)
Brilliant, I've never seen this. It's Jeremy at his best.
I saw the Birdie Tweeting bit on something else. Don't remember the rest.. brilliant
Iam 30 now and i hate the time we living in , people nowadays are fucking zombies not having fun at all ! Its so refreshing to see this young clarkson bringing joy to us simpler times but the greatest ❤️
Thank the heavens for all the dull competitions that aren't ugly noisy affairs. They bring peace into this world.
sanctimonious clown!
Yeah, I thought those were awesome. Literally just excuses for people to come together and socialize.
Watching this is like a breath of fresh air - only thing is they could never predict the crap that is come….
True, but the downfall had just started. 9/11 just happened and that was the start of wars, refugees, and a negative mood everywhere.
I have never seen this classics before and lately, im starting to enjoy it. Its both educational and hilarious at the same time plus with Jeremy being himself, its really worth watching
It’s true about the Belgian Road Lighting . I remember as a truck driver coming from Belgium into France at Valenciennes and for the first km on the French side I thought my headlights weren’t working ..
Oh, yeah. I used to drive regularly from France to Germany, and crossing the border at Aachen always was an experience lol. You went from coasting along at 120 on well lit if bumpy roads to people suddenly accelerating to 180 on a slick road into the darkness.
I’m from the UK and have travelled through Belgium many times but can’t wait to actually have a holiday there this autumn as my partner used to live there and says it has the best food beer and chocolate in the world.
Go to the Ardennes. Beautiful surrounding, especially in the autumn period.
This is actually a pretty good program I love the speed camera destruction
We have a lot of those things in the Netherlands.
Unfortunately the alarm systems for speed cameras are forbidden now.
That was done to the camera in my village in Somerset - priceless!
@@alexvdveldeNow we have an app that alerts you of speed camera's- flitsmeister.
I dont know what I like more, Jeremy's jeans shirt, the fact that those sports events likely were the most exciting thing that happened in Belgium that day, or the completely accurate, serious and non-biased reporting on the cultural divisions and ridiculous regulations in the Netherlands. Or the inclusion of Golden Earring. And the subversive tactics of our wonderful police force hiding in bushes to write people speeding tickets. God I love this video.
Belgium was great but Holland had me crying of laughter 🤣🤣
*The Netherlands
@@pinut187 *Tri-State City🤡
@@pinut187 Hollanda now!
@@nr.169 The Amsterdam Tri City state you meant? It's all German, D-Mark was always the Euro monetary system!
@@pinut187 don’t mind this guy, another crybaby.
Shame these episodes had pieces cut out, but still happy to watch them again, thanks for the re-upload! 👍
I'd love to have been on a meeting where they decided to do this. Because somebody must have stood up and said "I know, let's show a cow relieving itself". And instead of throwing pens at him, everyone else must have gone "Cow... good idea..."
"Throwing Pens"!!?? LOL 😆
The Pen is NOT Mightier than the Turd!
Allegro or Marina 🤷🏻♂️
i understood that reference
I'd love to have been in a meeting where they decided to do this, because somebody must have stood up and said "I know, let's see how many times these birds sing." And instead of going "Oh come on, don't be so boring, why can't we have them race or something?" everyone else must have said "Singing... Good idea."
I love the traffic camera part! Thank you for the uploads.
isn't it great to watch life more than 20 years ago? People lived happily, betting on cows position to have a dump, whilst having a beer.
probably still doing it lol
@@MrJeepCanada Europe has changed so much in these 20 years it really is a shame
@@tomjaap2933 the american disease
@@tomjaap2933 it's the colonists that mess everything up. And their enablers. We HAVE to remove them both, with a cold heart.
I don't think Belgium has changed that much
Where the hell did this come from? This is fantastic!
No. It sucks lol. But we still watch it because it's on the internet.
It is from a wonderful place...... called the PAST.
@@barsaf9989 It's actually fantastic
From the very recent past.
@@greatestytcommentator A differnt country that is
Jeremy is the greatest TV reporter ever
Haven't seen this in forever. Thanks so much for uploading this.
Watched these epic series years ego. Simply brilliant.
The Tuftuf club. Totally forgotten about them. The guy in the bar and the Radar signs guy are somewhat famous. Bar guy is an comedian, who is on tv all the time. Tuftufclub guy is a tv presenter now.
thank you so much for uploading this!!!!
wonderful to see this. thank you so much for posting :)
Amazing! I could watch all day it's that entertaining/informative. :)
these videos are so enjoying to watch better than top gear itself i find
The Tuf-Tuf Club are the angels we never knew we needed
This programme is probably the most exciting thing to have happened to Belgium.
Offends everybody from anywhere, yet speaks several foreign languages. Jeremy's the best!
He doesn't OFFEND people. He says the truth, and then someone TAKES offense. Without notice or consent, WHILE presuming they have moral arbiter's license applicable worldwide. Taking offense at someone not actually trying to hurt you, is presumptuous and actively coercive. Please stop normalising it, it's a yank defect in reasoning to assume all the world exists to amuse and obey you.
@@InservioLetum maybe, but the Falklands 82 number plates were a bit too much :))
drinking beers and feeding whole fish to a grown man.....good way to spend the day.
grown man? u mean penguin right?
OMFG this was incredible TV. It took me a while to lose the puritanical worry about offence and relax back to when the world was more fun but WOW its so refreshing and funny. When we’re all making fun of one another everything works so much better. IMHO.
These are gold I’d not heard of this before! Thank you!
Damn those Belgians are MAD!! Please do more of these shows 🙏These were great 👍🏼
I don't know if you noticed but when Clarkson was making his conclusion statement the visuals we are seeing, especially the sped up effect, is an inspiration to Fifth Gear's opening theme. The visual style is somewhat bridged from this to 5th Gear's opening sequence in season 1
30:19 i like how they kept the link so anyone that saw that at the time could just type in the link on the internet and find the picture they used 😂
"At the time"? So you looked up that link for research purposes and found out it doesn't exist anymore?
@@user-hr2zy7ct8h why not lmao
No matter what you think of Jeremy Clarkson, you have to admit that he is a fantastic journalist.
This is the best episode of the series!
I'm so glad this gem made it to the wide public again after all this time. A real postcard for our proud nation
This video with Clarkson seems to do better then any video of 5th Gear on this channel!
Actually putting into perspective for me how huge that moby album was for 1999.... Awesome show!
Thank you for the video!
22 years someone identified as a penguin and look where we are now
After this I hugely admire the Belgians.
You shouldn't. Did you realize this was shot in 2018 ?
2001, you can tell by people on the streets. It's very mixed population now.
@@ltmcolen it wasn't shot in 2018 and even if it were, so what?
@@ltmcolen No it Was NOT shot in 2018.. You haven't thought that through have you?
@@mrm1885 so, I still admire the Belgians, even if their nation and all of Europe is being given away and lost forever.
Awesome! Keep these coming plz
I didn't know this series existed 😳 its great!
its 20 years and now Jeremy still hasnt told us what shaving Sax is!
You know the Dutch pronounce 's' like 'sh'. This is a hint for you
Sure, haven't you heard about this; "Er shchreed een shnip over 't shchip, die shneed met zijn bek 't shpek van 't shpit. Wie zag er ooit een shnip shchrijden en met zijn bek 't shpek van 't shpit shnijden, zoalsh deze shnip deed, die over het shchip shchreed en met zijn bek 't shpek van 't shpit shneed." I sure haven't heard a Dutch person ever talk like this... You probably mean the Germans, who can't pronounce the "sch" in Dutch words and names, so they pronounce it as "sh". ;)
It's simply the act of shaving the partner's genitals. Had a former boss who did that to his hookers.
@@greathey1234 Only in Amsterdam they do
@@warmartdiecast The clip was filmed in Amsterdam
I honestly haven’t laughed so wholesomely in years. Bring back the naughties.
Loved this series.
Thanks for this, it is brilliant. I can not view the next episode, it is set to private.
Classic Jeremy!! I never knew he did this kind of show. Awesome! 🤣🤣🤣
You should check out jeremy clarksons documentaries they're actuallly good!
This is probably from the 1990s. Wim Kok, Prime-Minister from1994 to 2002, did indeed go camping for his holiday. I don't see Balkenende and Rutte do so though.
Filmed in 2001, broadcast 2002.
I really never watched TV in 2002. Glad it has been put on yt. Clarkson is very good at this
The music in this episode is absolutely banging
Haha, this video made me even prouder to be a Belgian. Hilarious
And not a penguin.
"All our cows are quite mad, you know?" Very underrated
keep them coming!!
More of these old ones please!
When I was a kid we had a dutch nanny. I remember we couldnt wait till she got back every time she visited Holland cause we knew she brought chocolate sprinkles.
Clarkson had to love this an e-type and paid trip across Europe yes please.
Thx u so much for this video want to see more jeremy clarkson videos
Cool, nice to watch, decent quality
That is one beaut of an E-Type he is driving!
Had an absolute laugh watching this, I am from Sint-Niklaas (Saint-Nicholas) myself and had an absolute chuckle when suddenly I saw you talking about my little town :D Although I have no idea if that pipe smoking club still exists today, the pipe and tobacco museum still does though :D
Very enjoyable, cheers 5th Gear.
When the E type lost oil pressure and water in the 1st series, I thought the head gasket may have gone? Lovely retro Jags as the Renault dealership. I used to have Daimlers. Still really miss one of them. More temperamental and high maintenance, the older they are, usually.
As always Jeremy's hilarious 😅
I am surprised Jeremy didn't go to Spa-Franchamps when in Belgium - and praise that. There's also the great beers and cuisine of that country.
Because it is not supposed to be an actual, accurate travel video, it is stopped to be funny. Clarkson never worked much about accuracy
@@justforever96 Just surprised he didn't go to Spa-Franchamps, as he did go to Nurburgring in the episode about Germany.
Thank God for Clarkson
This was sadly cut out, because there was also a segment where at the beginning of when Clarkson arrived to Holland, he explored XXX shops for quite some time.
Love you Clarkson! Top Gear is in my Top 3 favorite shows of all time. Top Gear, Simpsons, and saving number 3 because I hope something worth while comes out in my lifetime
Brilliant! just the right amount of dry brit humour to cheer the soul
Tragically, I was but a baby when these released, so I'm grateful that you've chosen to upload them.
Awesome Sir Jeremy Clarkson 👊🏻
Nice episode :) I will take the chocolate sprinkles idea with me. Edit: Oh interesting, Germany will be for the next episode.
I'm marrying my Belgian gf and intend to live there, it's actually a really cool place..... And this is bloody hilarious 😂... Not sure my gf would agree however.... ! Classic Jezza
you're getting married????? r.i.p.
I LOVE Belgium.... the bits I saw on holiday anyway.
Don't move there, the income taxes are horrendous.
My mom is Dutch and my dad Belgian. My mom always says, think twice before marrying a Belgian. hahaha. They love eachother to dead, but my dad is an intelligent mess, who doesn't seems to grow up and my mom super organized. My dad can't drive, he thinks he's a rally pilot and trafic signs are just street decoration. My mom always complains about how Belgians drive. He's the best dad i can wish for. When other woman look at my dad, my mom gets super jealous,. My parents are so hilarious. 😂😂
17:20 one of the legendary moment of Clarkson
With the opening strains of Moby's Play wafting over the scene of the glorious E-type's arrival, I am recalled to the masterful music direction that Top Gear enjoyed for most of its early seasons, and I wonder, was this some friend or associate of Clarkson's which accompanied him through multiple projects?
There's something mildly Keith Floyd-ish about this in parts. Great.
I am Dutch, and even after having seen this 20 years old movie, I can tell you: I still don't know what shaving sex is.
@@peteralexander3791 Why you should bring your own razor blade then? I guess you shave each other or something like that.
Love it great kontent 🤘
This is gold! 😂
Hi Jeremy, indeed the Jag E is a beautiful car, even after all those years!
🤣 i laughed at that
WOW, he has Hair Hope the Boys return SOON. Need more.
Thanks!
Amazing amazin show 👍👍👍