EXCLUSIVE First look at Guy Martin's new show Our Guy in Vietnam as he stumbles across an unexpected US bomb while filming adventure travel series
Guy Martin stumbles across an unexpected US bomb while searching for some explosives in his new adventure series Our Guy in Vietnam.
The new programme is set to our our screens on Channel 4 this Sunday (June 1 2025).
The show's synopsis reads: 'On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Guy Martin gets on his bike to explore Vietnam's past, present and future.'
In an exclusive first look clip, obtained by MailOnline, the former motorcycle racer turned documentary maker, 43, keeps his cool after finding a deadly device.
Guy says to the camera: 'Yeah what we have found... a BLU24B.
'They call it an antipersonnel cluster bomb.
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'The soul goal of that is just to kill people.'
While pointing in the distance, he adds: 'There's one here. There's one over there. I found one over there.
'A bomber has come over head this way or that way, 50 odd year ago, dumped a load and that is one of these!'
He adds: 'The only way to deal with this is to have a controlled explosion. So fuse in there, bag it up with loads of sandbags...
'Boom!'
The star can be seen helping put sand in green bags.
The voiceover explains: 'Today they will be exploding two bombs while the detonation cord is laid out to a safe distance of 250 meters away.
'The explosives charged is readied and the rest of the team warn the locals to clear the area.'
Guy and one of the team stand from afar and get to flick the switch.
They tell him: 'You have to press this button and keep holding it until the red light comes on.
'Then I will count down from 10 to zero. Then at zero you press this button.'
Guy makes it clear that he understands and puts his thumb up.
After counting down, the star presses the button and the bombs explode.
A shocked Guy confesses: 'We weren't expecting that, were we?!'
Fans don't have long to wait until the show hits our screens.
Guy recently took to Instagram to give an insight into what fans can expect from the series.
He wrote on his profile: 'On the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Guy explores the past, present and future of Vietnam, to see how the country is still dealing with the effects of the controversial conflict, and how it is planning a high-tech future.
'In the first episode, Guy charts the history of the war by riding his motorcycle down the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail, visiting a Huey helicopter graveyard at an abandoned American combat base, making his own version of the lethal weapon napalm, and coming face to face with a live cluster bomb left over from the war – which he then helps detonate in a controlled explosion.'
Fans rushed to the comments section to share their excitement, with one saying: 'Two of my favorite things. Guy and Vietnam.'
'Banging can't think of a better combo Guy and Nam, what a place love it there.'
'Something actually worth watching on the TV.'
Watch Our Guy in Vietnam on Channel 4 at 9:00pm this Sunday (1 June 2025).
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