Speed

Warning: do not try this at home!

Guy Martin, the world's favourite motorcycle racer and lorry mechanic loves pushing the boundaries of speed in search of a buzz. He claims that nothing can match the adrenaline rush he gets when racing on public roads around the Isle of Man TT course at 200mph. Or can it? Guy is about to find out.

Tying in with the Channel 4 television series, Speed is the inside track to the terrifying, flat-out challenges in which Guy experiences extreme physics and learns about the science of speed. He'll find out what makes things go really fast by taking part in a range of thrilling experiments, such as slipstreaming a racing driver to ride a bicycle at 100mph using pedal power alone, or seeing if a specially engineered transit van can out-accelerate an F1 racing car. As Guy himself would say, 'SPOT ON!'

GUY MARTIN is a British motorcycle racer and mechanic. Born in 1981, he followed in his father's footsteps by racing bikes, and in 2011 starred in the cult documentary film Closer to the Edge about the TT Races on the Isle of Man. Passionate about maintaining the legacy of the Industrial Revolution's hard grafters, he has previously made a documentary series with North One Television -- one for the BBC, called The Boat that Guy Built and last year's How Britain Worked which aired on Channel 4.