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My name is Jonathan Goodwin. I'm a showman with a taste for danger.
No way.
Obsessed with feats of human bravery and physical strength.
(GROANS)
I trained hard to bring the amazing and forgotten techniques
of my heroes in vaudeville to a 21st century audience.
Over the last eight months, I've filmed more than 40 stunts.
I've escaped a padlock to stop myself being dragged over a cliff.
I've supported my weight on the ledge of a skyscraper with just two fingers.
WOMAN: Oh, my God.
I've taken beatings and snakebites.
(GROANS)
I've flipped cars and dodged explosions.
(EXPLOSION)
People have started asking questions about why I do what I do.
How do you go about practising that?
Vaudeville shows haven't been given airtime for decades.
Now I'm bringing them back.
HOST: Well, let's get our final guest out. Jonathan Goodwin is here.
(CHEERING) (APPLAUSE)
I'm working towards my most dangerous escape yet,
in full view of the great British public.
Involves something that's very, very high
and it also involves fire.
MAN: Three, two, one. Fire.
(ALL GASPING)
Whoa!
GOODWIN: My stunt of a lifetime on the London Eye
is a few weeks away yet,
but before I tackle it, I have a handful of stunts still to be filmed.
I found a location in Kent
that's ideal to reinvent a famous and inspirational legend.
I've asked members of the public to watch me
and one of them is in for a shock.
We were just in the pub, having a drink,
and we got approached, they asked if we wanna see something crazy.
So we thought, "Not doing anything today."
And they say, "Then you come down to Chatham, have a look."
Apparently, we're gonna be at the warehouses over there, but the rest I just don't know.
We don't know what was going on today.
We thought because we're at the dockyard,
we thought it might have something to do with water.
No idea whatsoever what to expect.
-Oh, God. -(CHUCKLES)
Uh, thank you for coming, I appreciate it.
This is a crossbow.
It's a precision instrument. They're really deadly.
This one fires at 350 feet per second
and the bolt can go through bulletproof glass.
Who's heard of the legend of William Tell?
ALL: Yeah.
Few of you. Um...
He was, apparently, a Swiss hunter,
an archer who was goaded into making a shot of an apple off his son's head.
And it is a legend, we don't know whether or not it really happened.
But there is another story of a different archer, a British archer,
a guy you probably won't have heard of, named William Cloudeslee,
who also, apparently, made that apple shot
and that story, I believe, is true.
There are just too many things that are really specific that you wouldn't make up.
And one of those specific things
is the distance that he made the shot from
which was, apparently, six score paces,
that's about 120 feet,
which is a very, very long way.
Um, I've been training with crossbows since I was 18 years old.
And today,
I would like to recreate the shot of William Cloudeslee
with one of you trusting me completely.
-Wow. -(ALL CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY)
Who likes apples?
(ALL CHUCKLING)
This is very much a life and death situation
that I'm asking someone to put themselves in.
And I need you to know that I'm 100% confident that I could do this.
We wouldn't be here today if I didn't think that.
Um, so is anybody willing to let me do this?
Anybody willing to put themselves in that situation?
Few of you.
You fools.
(ALL CHUCKLING)
-Um, what's your name? -Lisa.
Are you willing to do this, Lisa?
-I like apples. -You like apples?
-Yeah. -Well, that's awesome.
Then, uh, can I give that to you, Dave.
-Lisa, do you want to step around the barrier... -Yeah.
And, uh, and come with me?
-I love the top. -Thank you.
-It's not a target. Not a target. Not a target. -No, please, no.
Please try not to.
All right, so here is your apple.
So, I'm not gonna ask you to balance it on your head.
-We've made like a little shelf. -Okay.
And I've got a couple of nails.
And they will go...
...underneath.
And hold it in position.
Like that, there.
All right, come and stand here.
Right, now you're going underneath it.
Yeah. Okay, so I need you to trust me.
I do. I trust you.
Okay, good. If there is a second, half a second of doubt
in my mind that this won't go exactly as I plan it,
then I just won't pull the trigger.
Just stay perfectly still, don't move,
and I'll come back in two minutes
-and give you a big hug, all right? -Okay.
I'm going to pace out 120 feet, okay? (EXHALES)
I don't really know how to feel, I've got an apple above my head
and a crossbow is about to shoot at it from quite a distance, so...
I'm feeling nervous, but I'm quite excited at the same time.
Thank you, Dave.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
(EXHALES)
(SNIFFS)
This is very much a life and death situation
that I'm asking someone to put themselves in.
-I love the top. -Thank you.
-It's not a target. Not a target. -No.
I don't really know how to feel, I've got an apple above my head
and a crossbow is about to shoot at it from quite a distance, so...
I'm feeling nervous, but I'm quite excited at the same time.
(LISA BREATHING HEAVILY)
(BLEEP)
(BLEEP)
(APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
LISA: Wow, I was shaking. Never again.
(LAUGHS) That was terrifying.
Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
(GOODWIN CHUCKLES)
Um, take a look.
Oh, my God.
-I'm glad I was here to see it. -Yeah, once in a lifetime.
Once in a lifetime.
You got it. Here you go.
-Here's your apple. -Thank you.
I... I can't even begin to imagine the skill-level that...
To be that distance away and the precision that's involved in it.
Woo! Hey!
Wow. Amazing.
-I was shaking. -What was it like?
(LAUGHS) Terrifying.
I'm glad I did it. That was an adrenalin rush and a half.
-Your mum and dad are gonna kill me. -Yeah.
GOODWIN: Fire will be an important element of my London Eye stunt.
I'm keen to work with it more and understand it.
I believe that pain tolerance is very much a case of mind over matter.
And I've invited two members of the public to help me test my theory.
And what's the most painful thing that you've experienced?
I don't feel like I've ever been in that much pain.
(BOTH LAUGH)
-Not like massive, eh. -You never feel off your bike as a kid or anything?
I've never broken anything. I've never, like, been in hospital.
-And what about you? -I used to, like, roller-skate.
A fall like that hurts a lot, so it's landing on your wrists.
I think they should teach at school, how to... For people...how to fall.
-Falling lessons. -In PE.
School should teach falling lessons.
So I honestly think that the, you know, the sensation of pain is 90% psychological.
And, in actual fact, I can sort of prove it, I think.
Take a match.
In fact I'll have one as well.
Thank you.
What you're gonna do is strike it, and see how long you can hold on to it.
That's good. What I'm gonna do is light mine off yours.
(INHALES)
It hurts. But the secret is not minding that it hurts, you know.
Um. Now here's a question. Did you let it go when it hurt
or did you let it go just before it hurt?
-Just before 'cause... It hurt a bit. -Yeah.
Exactly. And I think
the anticipation of it is worse than the actual thing.
You... I challenge myself with this kind of thing all the time.
Um, in actual fact, I'd love to try this now.
-Can I give you my stopwatch... -You can.
Um, 'cause I've got a lighter, in fact, I've got another one, you can have a go as well.
-Um, there you go. -Thank you.
And put it on the table in front of you.
GOODWIN: Like that. MATTHEW: There?
Okay, you're gonna put your hand,
we're both gonna put our hands like that, start there,
and put it over the flame.
-How high? -You can match my height. Okay?
Yeah, so that the flame is over at your palm.
-All right? -Yep.
And, see how long you can take it.
-MATTHEW: Okay. -All right?
-MATTHEW: Yeah. -Um, and you can... You can time us.
-MEGAN: Okay. -All right? Okay. So let's strike them up.
Strike them up.
All right. Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Three, two, one.
(STOPWATCH BEEPS)
Yeah...
Is that not hot?
-(GROANING) -(MATTHEW LAUGHS)
-How long was that? -Forty-nine.
Yeah, that really hurt.
-Um... -Yeah?
-The hand? -Oh, my gosh!
-Um... -Argh!
Yeah, that really hurt.
-That was insane. -Yeah.
-(LAUGHING) -Bless his little hand.
Three, two, one.
(STOPWATCH BEEPS)
-Oh, my God, that must have hurt so much. -I'm bleeding a bit.
You're such a soldier.
Yeah...
I didn't realise how much it was hurting him.
-Oh, my gosh! -(LAUGHS)
I thought it wasn't gonna burn him, really,
and it really effects his hand and it looks really sore.
MATTHEW: I hope he's all right.
-(GROANING) -(MATTHEW LAUGHS)
The whole reason for doing this project is
to see how far I can push myself,
see what my limits are.
Um, and I probably pushed it too far.
I think I could have gone longer.
Yeah, you could have gone longer?
-No. (CHUCKLING) -No.
But, um... You try now...
(SCREAMING) No. No. Can't do that.
I have the fire phobia.
He is quite comfortable with fire
for whatever crazy reason that is, I don't know.
But I have a heights problem which is...
I mean, in the quarry I couldn't walk out to the edge.
Sort of get dizzy and get a little bit of vertigo
whenever I get near the edge of anything,
you know, super high.
So that makes me nervous.
You know, the stunt coming up.
And that one packs, like, all of my greatest fears,
for me personally, into one nasty stunt.
Probably a couple of weeks away.
So in my mind I'm okay with it.
But as we get closer and closer and it becomes more real,
I'm sure it'll get more stressful for both of us.
GOODWIN: In between our stunt shoots
I've been working with our team to plan our big finale
at the London Eye.
The burning rope is a cause of concern.
Especially when the fuel starts raining down.
-(BEEP) That's still lit. -MAN: Get down towards the ground please.
You should spray it.
The rope is soaked with fuel.
(HISSING)
Last thing that we want to do is get fuel on the London Eye.
Um, 'cause it's just gonna end up being like a massive Catherine wheel.
It's a big problem for us.
But at least we've worked out how long the burning rope could support my weight.
(BLEEP)
Somewhere between 90 and 100 seconds.
But there's still a risk of the burning rope hitting me.
I mean, he's said that it's one of the riskier things that he's planned
or, you know, has done during the show.
So that never fills me with a huge amount of confidence,
'cause if he says it's dangerous
then it's like, you know, really is.
Fire's always a worry, isn't it?
Even so, I cannot allow it to consume my attention.
I must keep up the practice for the stunts left to shoot.
I've always been fascinated by the idea of transforming
sports or hunting equipment into challenges
with which I can test myself.
I've trained long and hard to shoot arrows accurately.
The next step is to test whether I can catch an arrow in flight.
Reaction time is essential.
You know, to be able to see it,
anticipate it and grab it
is really, really difficult.
-(GROANS) -(CHUCKLES)
I'm in California.
And I've invited along a local girl
to give me the ultimate incentive to make that catch.
GOODWIN: All right, Amy, this is Dave.
Dave is many things.
But he's actually an accomplished archer.
Um, he's gonna stop about there.
And you're gonna stop about there.
Just take a seat for me, Amy.
Um...(INHALES DEEPLY)
-AMY: Here? -It's all about reaction times.
Okay. Let's see how we do. You ready, Dave?
-All right. -Okay.
One...
Two...
-Three. -(ARROW WHOOSHING)
(AMY GASPS)
GOODWIN: Thank you, Dave. That was a really good shot.
So you've seen me catch an arrow.
Um, think I can catch two?
Another one, yeah?
Maybe. (LAUGHING)
Um, well then I'll tell you what, uh,
go stand up against the target for me.
-(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY) Okay. -GOODWIN: You'll be fine, I promise.
I've practised this. I'm good at it. Come stand here.
Come stand about there.
All right? Happy there, Dave?
There. Okay.
Try not to shake too much.
-(AMY CHUCKLES) -Puts him off.
I'm ready when you are, Mr Baker.
All right.
Three...
Two...
One.
-(ARROW WHOOSHING) -(AMY GASPS)
(GOODWIN LAUGHING)
Well done.
-Are you okay? -(LAUGHING) Thank you!
AMY: (CHUCKLING) Oh, my God.
My heart is racing so bad.
I thought it was gonna hit me for sure.
Uh...
Uh, my heart's pounding a little bit.
Uh, I didn't think he was gonna catch it.
It's very sharp.
It's dangerously sharp.
It's pretty frightening.
Like, my dad's a hunter. I've never seen anyone catch an arrow.
It's pretty insane.
I mean, they're fast.
He's like Superman.
GOODWIN: Hundred years ago, many people believed
that strongmen and fire eaters were super human.
But much of what they did back then
was a matter of confidence and mental strength.
If you can train your mind to overcome pain
and believe that your body can achieve incredible feats...
Then anything is possible.
What made you feel that you had the confidence, like, to, um,
do a stunt, do a jump off the building?
All that wild stuff like that.
-Well, confidence is only gonna get you so far. -Yeah.
Um, you know, really it's all about training and research, you know,
and hard work.
You know, those are the things that I'm really focusing on.
But there is actually, there is a really interesting, uh, place
where the difference between success and failure
is purely confidence.
-Yeah. -GOODWIN: And that's all.
And I'll show you what I mean.
Um, so if you take, um...
-There's a thing with beer mats, with coasters. -Hmm.
And if you take, um, two,
um, put them together...
-You can make like a fist or a... -Yeah.
An open fist like that.
Put them on top and then
take your little finger, okay, and do this.
-It'll go right through. Okay. -MICHAEL: What...
Now, here's the thing,
is that the difference between success and failure is confidence.
And that's it.
Grab a couple of beer mats yourself. You can have a go.
So do that. Put it on top.
-Uh, great. -(MICHAEL MUTTERS)
Now, here's the thing, right. Is... Keep your finger straight.
And if you believe 100%, your finger will go through.
If there is a seed of doubt
and you think, "Oh, I probably can't do this,"
or "It might hurt," or anything like that...
You won't go through and you'll hurt your finger.
-Little finger... -(VOICES OVERLAPPING)
It's the weakest finger.
GOODWIN: I know, it's purely psychological.
You've just seen me do it. You know it's possible. Okay.
GOODWIN: Believe it. MICHAEL: Just know you can do it.
GOODWIN: Just know you can do it. Believe it.
Hey! He's got it. Have a go.
(LAUGHING) I don't think I'll be able to do it, you know?
I'm too negative already. I'm already too negative.
Do it. Believe it.
Believe it.
See? I don't think I can...
Here's the thing is that you're saying, "I don't think I can do it."
-And the reason that you can't do it... -Yeah?
-Is because you're saying, "I don't think I can do it." -Yeah.
But you did it. And you did really well.
I'm gonna take you out of the hot seat. That was fine.
You can take it further, all right?
Um, can, uh... Sorry to bother you.
Can I just get a can?
Any one that you like is great.
All right.
This is the same thing
-(ISAAC GASPS) -(BOTH LAUGH)
It's exactly the same thing, okay.
Take it in that hand.
Don't use your pinky.
Use your strongest finger. Use your index finger.
-Yeah. -Okay?
Believe it... And pierce it.
My finger's blunt. It's not a sharp object for me to pierce.
-But you still managed to go through that one. -But you went through this.
Your finger's blunt, and yet you believed it and you did it.
Just missed it there.
That's just gonna spill out, you know.
-I know. -GOODWIN: Don't hurt yourself.
-It's not... -Do you honestly think that you can do it?
Because of what I know scientifically,
I don't think my finger can do it.
Whereas, if I remove the scientific part of it, probably yeah.
Because everything has all just to do with the mind.
Do you know what, it's entirely possible.
And I'm gonna show you. I'm gonna do it for you. All right.
Um...
This gentleman's gonna come in here, he's got the weird camera.
Everything around that part is a light.
And the reason that he needs that is
because the camera shoots high speed.
Which means slow motion, okay.
So, uh, so that we can see all of this and every detail of it, okay.
MICHAEL: Do you want us to move back or...
-GOODWIN: You're all right where you are. -Yeah?
That guy's gonna get wet.
(ALL CHUCKLING)
Uh, if I make this.
This is the same thing.
You have to believe it, you have to be confident...
-MICHAEL: Positive. -...and it'll work.
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Whoa! (LAUGHING)
Whoa!
Whoa!
This is so baffling.
-I don't know how you've managed to... -That, as I said,
you know, look, if you actually look at this, (CLEARS THROAT)
it's really thin. It's actually thinner than these are.
Um, and so,
if you hit it hard enough and you believe it and you do it
and you don't pull that... That, uh, that punch,
-that stab... -Yeah.
Then you can do this. You can actually take it further.
-Further than a can? -Further than a can.
So here's my question,
uh, did either of you drive here?
-Yeah, I... -You did?
-Yeah. -Okay.
Because it is possible...
Uh, I think...
To do a car window.
And I'd love to try.
Can we do it?
-My car window? -Yeah, your car window.
And if I'm successful then obviously
we'll pay to have it repaired.
We'll have it repaired right here tonight.
-Are you... -It's a car window.
Like, it's not thin. The glass is...
It's not thin. And you're right.
It is really hard.
And I don't know whether I'm gonna be able to do it
but, I wanna have a go.
Are you up for it?
-Yeah. Yeah, okay. -You sure?
Well, you think you'll actually be able to do it?
All right, let's go.
Whose car is this?
Come stand... Come stand here.
If it works then that's gonna look really cool.
The difference between success and failure
is purely confidence.
I'll show you what I mean.
Whoa! (LAUGHING)
You can actually take it further.
Did either of you drive here?
Yeah, I...
Because it is possible...
Uh, I think...
To do a car window.
And I'd love to try.
All right, so, um...
Which one's yours?
-This one here. -This one?
All right. Okay.
Um...
The thing is, it's...
I think it's impossible to do it with the window fully up.
Uh, so, can you just, uh, jump in and lower it?
-Just a couple of inches. -Okay.
I just need a little bit of flex and then I think we can do this.
Okay, yeah.
Perfect. That's great. That's all I need.
Wicked. All right that's great.
So, um...
Uh, I think the other thing is we need...
Some more space would be really great.
Uh, whose car is this?
-MAN: It's mine. -This one's yours?
Can we move it, mate? It's Marco's.
GOODWIN: Uh, get this out of the way, we got a bit of space.
(CAR STARTS)
GOODWIN: Thank you. All right.
Come stand... Come stand here.
Uh, little bit further around.
Yeah, you're gonna be safe there, I think.
-Um... -MAN: Can a fencer move in, please?
So that high speed camera, we're gonna put inside the car.
-Okay. -Um, and so, if it works
-then it... That's gonna look really cool. -(ISAAC LAUGHING)
GOODWIN: Um...
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
-(GRUNTS) -(LAUGHS)
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
(LAUGHING)
-Oh, yeah. -You're joking.
This is my car. It's not like it's rigged.
-This is... This is my car. -MICHAEL: Yeah, exactly.
My window's gone by two fingers, how you gonna explain that?
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Look at this.
He smashed the glass.
Oh, my God, that's just...
Even if you threw a rock at it, you know, sometimes the window actually...
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
I am totally blown away. Blown away. (CHUCKLES)
Totally blown away. I...
I believe anything...
Like, there's no doubt now.
GOODWIN: Everything I attempt has an element of risk attached.
And I always try to plan for this.
But it wasn't always the case.
He had, um, an aerial slide made,
which went over a equally home-made swimming pool
made out of sheets of steel.
Highly hazardous for aerial sliding into a pool made of metal.
Um, but things like that he would do and not worry.
So, he wasn't too worried about hurting himself even then.
I think he just got on and did it if it was fun.
GOODWIN: There is a major difference between my younger self and now.
I prepare carefully for every stunt
in order to avoid accidents.
Knowing this, my family still worry about me.
Let's face it, people watch because
they kind of want the stunt to go wrong.
If you go to, like, a country fair or something
and, um, you see someone doing jumps on a motorbike,
you kind of want the person to fall off and hurt themselves,
although you're really hoping that they don't.
But when it is your brother
it's, it is actually a really weird feeling.
GOODWIN: With all the training I've been doing over the last few months
I feel like I'm in the best shape I've ever been.
That means I'm in a good place to attempt a vaudeville act
made famous by one of my all time heroes.
One of my biggest heroes was a guy called, um, George Hackenschmidt.
And he was, uh, he was a wrestler.
He wasn't particularly massive.
But the thing about Hackenschmidt was that
he had really, really trained his finger strength
and his grip strength,
um, to the point where he could tear a penny in half with his fingers.
It's incredible, isn't it? You know. It's insane.
It's sort of something that I really aspire to. I can't do it yet.
And it's actually not an easy thing to do and it takes a long time.
But there are exercises that I'll show you.
The idea is to snap a pencil between your fingers which...
You know, that doesn't sound very hard, but there are some rules.
So what you have to do is, uh, go like that,
and put it in between your fingers like that.
And so, by pushing down with this one
and pushing up with the other two,
you have to try and snap the pencil.
Okay, it's hard.
It's not as easy as it sounds.
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
You can do it. There are techniques that, I'm saying,
that you can use to sort of train this stuff.
Was... Did any... Did you get anywhere?
-No. -Nowhere at all.
Yeah. (LAUGHS) Don't hurt yourself.
But take that home.
Practice it at your own leisure.
Um, there is something else I can show you.
Have either of you got a key I can borrow?
-Yeah. -Like a door key would be great, actually.
Oh, well.
-That's... That's really thick. -MICHELLE: It's thick.
Um, but I'll give it a go. Um... Okay.
-(EXHALES) Have you got a duplicate of this? -Yeah.
So if I damage this key it's okay?
-Yeah. -You sure?
-Yeah. -Okay.
Not gonna be locked out of your apartment or anything?
-No. -Okay, fine.
(EXHALES FORCEFULLY)
(HUFFS)
We got it. (LAUGHING)
That really hurt.
-Um, but there you go. Uh... -Wow.
-Sorry that is a bit ruined. -(LAUGHING)
That's pretty cool though.
Whew! I'm slightly light-headed.
Yeah, you can see that it's...
-Is it starting to tear? -Yeah.
Awesome.
That's the beginning of tearing a penny.
-All right. Cheers. -Cheers.
-Cheers. -To George Hackenschmidt.
How did he even train?
I don't even know... Would he just... You think he just
does pencil things and, you know,
just tries every day and then...
-It seems like it took him a lot of effort. -Yeah.
Maybe I'll keep these as a memento, you know.
It took effort but it didn't seem to hurt him at all.
That is amazing.
GOODWIN: I'm nearing the end of this series.
And I have one more challenge to face.
KEITH: Yeah, I understand that, um, the show will culminate
in a big, um, stunt or event.
I... I'm not part of it. I don't know what it's gonna be.
RUTH: Well, I have had hints that he's going to do something in London.
And to be honest, I don't want to know. Um...
I'm hoping that you will keep him safe.
There's an awful lot of different factors
that are involved in what I'm about to do,
uh, which means that there's lots of things that can go wrong.
We haven't done a single test where it's burnt through at exactly at the same time.
Um, so, as much as you can plan
you're always going into it with unknowns
and that's what makes it scary and also what makes it exciting.
He's definitely got a set of balls for doing that. Definitely.
MAN: (BEEP) He's on fire, guys. He's on fire.
-(ALL GASPING) -Whoa!
(BELL TOLLS)
It's coming up to 5:00 in the morning.
Um, and, uh, obviously, we're standing under the London Eye.
Um, and it's really rather intimidating.
I will be strapped in to a straitjacket
and hung upside down on a rope
that's suspended from a London Eye capsule.
The rope will be set on fire.
I must escape from the straitjacket,
grab the rescue line and clip myself on to it.
Before that burning rope breaks.
In the burn tests the rope broke at around 100 seconds.
If I don't make it to the rescue line in that time,
my audience of local Londoners may regret their early start.
-GOODWIN: Morning, guys. -ALL: Morning.
How you doing?
Thank you for getting up so early. I appreciate it.
The way that rope is ignited is very important.
It's, um, laced with fuel.
And there is a small explosive charge in the rope.
And I need one of you to be responsible
for pressing the button that sets off that charge and lighting the rope.
You look like a responsible chap, what's your name?
-Kevin. -Kevin.
Would you press the button for me, Kevin?
-Yeah, go on then. -That's great. Thank you.
Um, and you, sir, what's your name?
-Ben. -Ben.
-Fancy coming up in the London Eye with me? -I'd love to.
GOODWIN: See you guys in a bit.
ALL: Good luck.
-You're gonna come with me. -Okay.
-Ben, right? -Yeah.
Okay, we'll walk this way, Ben.
-Is he gonna get out in time? -WOMAN: Yeah.
It can't take that long to burn through a rope.
That's gonna... He's gonna have to be really quick, isn't he?
This being the last one just makes me...
Just makes me a little extra nervous.
I just wanna get this one over with, so we can just relax a little bit.
KEVIN: Right, what I've been asked to do is, basically, using this device,
is to set off an explosive charge in the rope
that's gonna be holding Jon from the London Eye.
To set fire to it.
Um, and then I hope I'm not responsible
for dropping him head first into the Thames.
This is the straitjacket, uh, Ben.
Uh, if you wanna just hold it there and there.
Yep.
My arms go in here.
Just make sure all of the buckles are as tight as you can make them.
-BEN: There you go. -Stellar job.
Thank you, Ben.
All right, uh...
Good luck.
MAN: Everyone ready to go?
-GOODWIN: Yep. -Get him up.
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
It's, uh, looking pretty scary at the moment.
I think it's madness. (LAUGHING)
I think it's gonna be a hard thing to do.
But I think he's gonna nail it. The guy's a legend.
-I'm really scared. -Yeah, pretty nervous.
Yeah.
MAN: Ignite in ten...
Nine...
Eight...
Seven...
Six...
Five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
One...
Fire.
(AIR HORN BLOWS)
MAN: The rope is burning.
(GOODWIN GRUNTING)
Come on.
Come on.
(BEEP) What's that?
(GOODWIN GRUNTING)
MAN: (BEEP) He's on fire, guys. He's is on fire.
-(ALL GASPING) -Whoa!
(ALL CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
MAN: Rescue line in. Rescue line in. He's not safe.
Put the fire out right now.
GOODWIN: I'm okay, guys. I'm okay.
MAN: Come on.
Bring him in, please. Bring him in.
(ALL GASPING)
MAN: Is he all right? Is he all right? MAN2: He's safe.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
***-squeakingly close. I think would be the way I would put it.
Unbelievable to see it this close.
Just a man dangling from a burning rope.
It's just...
I don't know. I am lost for words.
I really think the guy is crackers but I admire him tremendously.
When the straitjacket set on fire I was absolutely terrified.
Instead of panicking he just managed to get out,
let go of it, and you saw it drop into the water.
And you're thinking this is crazy.
It's just absolutely crazy.
You've gotta be mad to do that.
He's definitely got a set of balls for doing that. Definitely.
-I'm glad you're safe. -I'm all right.
-Yeah. -This is, uh, Ben.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
-Hi. -Is she asleep?
-She's asleep. -Aww.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
And let's do a big global mark.
Globally.
The series has been a load of fun.
You like him.
It's been the biggest project that I've ever been involved with.
It's been incredibly hard work.
And I'm really pleased that I got through it in one piece.
And I've loved every second of it.
-Oh, boy. (LAUGHING) -Perfect.
That's the next stunt right there.
That's how... That's how she feels about it.
Whoo!
When he's gotten a little bit of rest
we're gonna get ramped up to do this again.