Jeremy Clarkson's the Greatest Raid of All - the FULL documentary | North One

I’ve only known Jeremy Clarkson for Top Gear and his automotive journalism, but I must say he makes a bloody good history narrator!

Sam Beattie is my great grandfather. Its nice to have this documentary to remember a man i never got to meet.

That’s wasn’t just a job for Clarkson. He really put his heart and soul in the narration. He is the one producers should turn to if they want someone with genuine passion.

I wish Jeremy made more of these documentaries in a series

“How to tackle a bloke with your bare hands: knock him out, spoil his prospects & pinch his weapon ... and his gold watch too, if he’s got one!” LMAO

British humor, "Well there we are, four minutes late."

"I'm sure the youth of today would do the same as we did. I'm sure they would..."
is the saddest sentence of the whole documentary.
Thank you for your service Sir.

Some years ago I was at Flambards in Cornwall looking at a diorama of the Campbeltown smashed into the dry dock gate. A man in a wheelchair was pushed to the same diorama so I move to one side to allow him to get closer. "That was my boat" he said. He then proceeded to tell the story, his story of the St Nazair raid. I do not know his name, he never gave it, but the emotion and the detail of his account was incredible. By the time he had finished, some dozen of so grown men had listened to this incredible man and looking around there was not a dry eye to be seen. Thinking about it gives me goosebumps; he pointed to some of the buildings and named those killed and wounded at each one. The date of my visit was March 28th, he made the trip that day each year to remember his fallen friends, as he could not do this anywhere else.

Clarksons documentary is indeed very good, but listening to that humble elderly man was in another class.

"Dont hang about here, its decidedly unhealthy." As bombs were going off on the deck. What a legend.

UK: Can you lend us a destroyer?
US: Sure, but we want it back in the same condition it is in.
UK: Understood

In 1983 I was a village policeman in Southsea when I met a humble quiet man living in a council house who had been a commando on this raid. I befriended him and after two years he confided in me that he had been on this raid. He gave me a penguin book of the raid with a picture of him wounded on the raid. 30 years later when I retired I went to St Nazairre to pay my respects to him and all those on the raid. It was emotional . This short film narrated by Clarkson tells the story well. The bravery is in another league. I stood on top of the U boat harbour and thought about what they had done . Amazing guys. God bless them . Clark sons ex wife’s father held the V.C. Some people are so brave yet humble .

Jeremy's talents are just unreal. He's a sensational broadcaster.

My father was one of the assault troops on this raid, Gdsman H C Lloyd 6 troop 2 Commando. I'm enormously proud of him. He & his comrades, many of whom I met in later years, were some very special characters.

I’m a 70 year old American Army medic vet. I’m impressed.....very damn impressed. Amazing, my cousins, the Brits!

So honoured to find this documentary. My Grandfather was on motorboat 262. He was a Sapper, Royal Engineer commando no 3. He was captured after this raid and spent rest of war as a POW. I often think of how he must have felt not being able to communicate back home for such a long time, although eventually letters written by him reached my Grandma. Training was brutal, it was a suicide mission, no one expected to come home. I wished he was here to answer questions, but (in his strong geordie accent) he would have told me not to talk about it. We should all be grateful for every single man who went, who didnt leave and who survived this mission.

5 Commandos made it to Spain? I mean THAT is the documentary I want to watch!!!!!!

Mr Clarkson was made for narrating this historic stuff. This is the second one of this kind that he has done.

When I was 16 I built an Airfix model of the Cambelltown and read about the bravery of those brave men. I am 72 and still remember that clearly . Thanks to Jeremy for this documenary. Mike from Oz

Jeremy Clarkson has presented this event with national pride. I have watched this a dozen times from time to time. A few times more for sure. The entourage to this production, also needs a top notch tribute. A brilliantly produced documentary. Respect to our fallen and survivors.

Us Americans love the Brits. Thank you guys for still being our friends.