Exclusive! Autoblog rides in The Sweeney car chase

The Jaguar's 5.0 litre engine is spinning at 5000 rpm, but we are doing 3 mph. Over the next 10 minutes, the engine speed barely changes, but our velocity oscillates between zero and 50 mph with the frequency of a graphic equaliser playing thrash metal.

Welcome to the car chase from The Sweeney. This isn't the footage you will see in the film, but a re-enactment using the same drivers, the same cars and the same stunts – so pretty close then (and rather more convincing than the attempt made by a certain TV programme). The venue is Chris Evans' CarFest at Laverstoke Farm in Hampshire, with a single lane road lined with straw bales.