Bangers & Classics

In this week's episode, David gets the rubber ear from a noted motoring journo, James owns up to having once owned a Princess, and there's valuable (it says here) advice for anyone thinking of buying an insurance write-off. The aforementioned Princess travels (probably on the back of a breakdown truck) to the HQ of the Banger or Classic Inquisition, confusion reigns over this week's challenge, the lads select their favourite muscle cars, and a motor industry figure with an impossibly superb moniker gets a mention. 

This week's episode features cleaning tips from David (no, it's not 'get someone else to do it'), a big garage bill for James, and a difference of opinions on Banger or Classic. Elsewhere, a couple of cheap to buy V8s are spotted, the lads consider whether or not they should become the new Starsky & Hutch (James decides he'd rather pair up with Glynis Barber), and a salesman struggles with a Citroën Pluriel's roof.

In this week's episode, David is on hand to dispense more marriage guidance tips, James reminisces about an Amazon (not the distribution company nor the archaic Volvo), and Charlie Watts is remembered. An attempted amphibious vehicle challenge hits a snag, so the lads decide to seek out Unimogs instead; the Vauxhall Cavalier appears before the Banger or Classic jury; pop songs in motoring commercials are (over) analysed, James waxes lyrical about the Suzuki Jimny, and David somehow refrains from dropping a broken piano on an MX5...

And so to the 27th episode of Bangers & Classics which, we regret to say, is not being presented by Martin Freeman and Duncan Bannatyne. Also not appearing are The KLF, Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. On the plus side (it says here), the Austin Maestro's fate is decided in 'Banger or Classic', the lads each go in search of a classic hot hatch, with predictable results, before deciding on which film car to accept from an anonymous (but sadly fictional) benefactor, and David takes his life in his hands by relating a story about his other half. Oh, and there's something for motorsport fans too...

In this week's episode of Bangers & Classics, James spots a Unimog that may or may not belong to Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson, David wonders if there's a link between Nick Straker and UFO, and tribute is paid to Graham Robson. The Volvo 480 ES faces its moment of truth in front of the Banger or Classic jury – will it be on the receiving end of a clogging or will its pop-up lights come to the rescue? The Lada Niva is compared to the Range Rover, its erstwhile rival in (cold) war and peace, and remakes are discussed: will the lads come around to the manufacturers' way of thinking or is it the case that even Crayford Engineering couldn't convert them...

The lads conduct the draw for the prize winners and then talk a bit about punk rock. 

In this, the 25th edition of Bangers & Classics (a fact somehow overlooked by the lads when recording it...), David eyes a life on the boating pond waves, James's ancestral pile is infested by Morgans, British Leyland manage to mess things up on the other side of the world, and classic American station wagons are discussed, which gives James the chance to dust off his favourite book. Oh, and the Peugeot 405 strides into the Banger or Classic courtroom, but will the lads notice its presence?

Four cars/countries left. Who will play whom for a spot in the final. James Ruppert makes the all-important draw. 

In this supersized edition of Bangers & Classics, David celebrates an anniversary, James digs out his water wings, and a handily-placed time machine takes the lads back to the 1970s where, before being evicted from the decade, they take a close look at motoring in the 70s and 'persuade' the Rover SD1 to appear before the banger or classic Grand Jury. They then nip across to Cape Canaveral to explain why so many astronauts drove Corvettes and take their usual haphazard look at car manufacturers who didn't just make cars...

In the latest episode of Bangers & Classics, James worries about a shark attack on his bank account, David spots a Viper, and a Beagle lunches on an Imp. Elsewhere, the lads look at the cars from the Bond films, discover just how BL managed to shift so many Metros, and try to figure out if buying a Cappuccino is a Smart move or whether you'd do better to put your money in Bonds. The draw for the European Classic Nations Cup is made (will England avoid Germany?), and the BMW Z3 rolls off the set of Goldeneye and into the Banger or Classic courtroom.