Guy Martin

Guy Martin: Proper Jobs is a four-part series commissioned for U&Dave and free streaming service, U.No stranger to trying new things,Guy Martin's Proper Jobs will see the motorcycle racer, truck fitter, part-time farmer, enthusiastic engineer and sometime television presenter, attempt a variety of different roles that involve a lot of hard graft, no shortage of skill and that perhaps don't get the recognition they deserve.Guy's not thinking about sitting behind a desk writing monthly highlights or sending a load of emails back and forth here though. No, he wants to get stuck in doing some of the most demanding jobs in the UK.Guy will fully immerse himself in his new role and undergo all the essential training, live with his co-workers, and by doing so, learn more about the people who do these jobs day in, day out.The former motorcycle racer will be able to see for himself the local and cultural significance these jobs have today and may have had in the past.

Guy Martin trains with the Royal Marines, to see if he is tough enough to become a soldier in one of the harshest environments on earth, at Camp Viking, 200 miles above the Arctic Circle.

Guy Martin investigates how Britain makes its power and why it costs so much

Guy Martin transforms iconic road vehicles into thoroughbred racing machines to pit against the best.

Truck mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin goes on an off-beat 2500-mile journey around Japan to find out how it really works.

Guy Martin sets off to explore the biggest country in the world, in his own unorthodox fashion.

Guy's adventure will take him from the biggest city you've never heard of - Chongqing with its major motorcycle producing industry, via the stench of the world's largest public loo, to the pinnacle of industrial tourism: the Three Gorges Dam. This colossal biggest hydroelectric power station shifts so much water it is claimed to slow the rotation of the Earth.

Guy Martin sets off on a 1000-mile motorbike trip, exploring a rarely-seen side of modern India as he heads to one of the world's maddest bike races

Motorcycle racer and lorry mechanic Guy Martin enjoys attempting to push the boundaries of speed in search of a trying to get a buzz. He takes part in different four-speed based challenges, exploring the boundaries of physics and finding out about the science of speed.

The show sees Guy Martin celebrating the workers of the Industrial Revolution by getting stuck into six of the country's biggest restoration projects, as he helps to bring some of the 19th Century's most impressive engineering achievements back to life.