Top Gear TV s29, ep2: 200mph supercars and the WALL OF DEATH

In episode two of Top Gear series 29...

INSURANCE WRITE-OFFS ON THE WALL OF DEATH

Convinced they’ve found a way of bagging performance cars on the cheap, the presenters each buy a sporty insurance write-off for £6000. After a trio of challenges at the Top Gear Test Track – including the inaugural game of Car Park Musical Chairs – they’re ordered to make their cars road legal, and report to Alexandra Palace, where the Top Gear producers have constructed a monstrous Wall of Death. After conquering their very real fear, the big question is, who can drive fastest on its vertical face?

THE 200MPH CLUB

In the late Eighties and early Nineties, a handful of extraordinary supercars achieved what was previously thought impossible, by smashing past 200 miles an hour. To celebrate this glorious era, the presenters each choose a 200mph legend – Chris the Ferrari F40, Paddy the Lamborghini Diablo, and Freddie the Jaguar XJ220 – for a northern road trip, before Freddie attempts to break the 200mph barrier in his old Jag. However, things don’t quite go to plan...

Click through for a gallery of images from episode two, and don't forget to tune in Sunday 11 Oct, 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.