Highlights of Series 8 of this BAFTA-winning show include a car versus a jet-powered kayak race in Iceland, three self-built cars assembled in the futile hope that they will work on water, Richard racing the RAF’s freefall parachute display team in Cyprus, our car football champions playing a team from Brazil, and the presenters holidaying in their most-despised vehicle (the caravan). Series 8 also features chef Gordon Ramsay, Formula One legend Sir Jackie Stewart and world champion Jenson Button, and actors Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Moulin Rouge), Sir Michael Gambon (Gosford Park, Harry Potter), Brian Cox (X2, The Bourne Identity) and Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, Tristram Shandy, I’m Alan Partridge).