Speed with Guy Martin

Name: Speed with Guy Martin
Released: 2013-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Shaun Dooley, Guy Martin

TV Show · Documentary

Motorcycle racer and mechanic Guy Martin undertakes a series of speed-based challenges, exploring the boundaries of physics and learning about the science of speed feature piece in every episode.

2013 · 47m

Starring Shaun Dooley, Guy Martin

Director James Woodroffe

EPISODE 1

Britain's Fastest Cyclist

Motorcycle racer Guy Martin recruits an unlikely team made to try and break the British record for outright speed on a bicycle - an incredible 110mph.
EPISODE 2

Hydroplaning Bike

Motorbike racer and mechanic Guy Martin tries to set the world record for riding a motorcycle on the surface of water. Will Newton's Third Law of Motion enable him to skim across Bala Lake?
EPISODE 3

Human Powered Aircraft

Guy is on a mission to do the seemingly impossible: fly using muscle power alone. He wants to build the world's fastest human powered aircraft - a plane without an engine that Guy will cycle.
EPISODE 4

World's Fastest Toboggan

Motorbike racer and mechanic Guy Martin sets out to break the record for the world's fastest gravity powered sled, plummeting down the new Pista Riberal speed ski slope in the Pyrenees.
EPISODE 1

Tandem

Motorcycle racer and mechanic Guy Martin takes on a challenge to see how far it is possible for two people to cycle during 24 hours of non-stop pedalling. Using a custom made recumbent trike designed by Mike Burrows, Guy teams up with solo mountain bike racer Jason Miles, to break a challenging world record.
EPISODE 2

Pikes Peak

Motorcycle racer and mechanic Guy Martin visits the USA, where he hopes to win at one of America's oldest races: the Pikes Peak international Hill Climb. Guy uses his own motorcycle, customized specifically for the task, to take on this high-speed hill climb challenge.