Classic Motor Cars, that makes Callums Jaguar MK II, is now part of five TV Shows.

Five major TV programmes have featured Classic Motor Cars of Bridgnorth (CMC), one of the country’s leading restoration companies, in recent months.

The programmes include Cars That Rock with AC/DC front-man Brian Johnson, Fifth Gear, Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car, which is a new Channel 4 documentary on the iconic Lightweight produced by Arrow Media, a special on pensions on ITV News and BBC One’s Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Peter Neumark, Chairman of CMC, said: “These are important accolades for CMC. We now seem to be a major port of call for directors and producers who want to film classic cars and their restorations, particularly when it comes to classic Jaguars.”

CMC’s Lindner Nocker Lightweight will appear in 'Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car', a 1x60 minute doc presented by classic car fanatic Mark Evans, which airs on Thursday 28th May at 9pm on Channel 4. The programme gains exclusive access to Jaguar, following the creation of what is arguably the world’s most exclusive car. Only twelve Lightweights were produced in 1963, but eighteen were originally planned. Now the remaining six are being recreated by Jaguar from scratch with precision engineering.

The Lindner Nocker is the fifth of the twelve original Lightweights built by Jaguar. After a massive accident in 1964 at Montlhéry, it was impounded and locked away for many years. The mangled original body was thought to be unrepairable, but CMC took on the challenge of restoring it in 2007 and unveiled it to the world four years later, winning the prestigious ‘Restoration of the Year’ Award at the 2011 International Historic Motoring Awards.

Nick Goldthorp, Managing Director at CMC, said: “This was one of the most challenging projects we have ever undertaken. It took us over 7000 hours to restore it, spending 5000 hours on the body alone and saving 90% of the original body.”

He added: “Arrow Media, commissioned by Channel 4, spent a day at Bridgnorth filming before they joined us at the Ty Croes race circuit on Anglesey the following day, where we had the Lindner Nocker on track for the first time in 50 years. It was a historic moment and we are looking forward to watching it on the screen.”

Other recent activity includes the second series of Cars That Rock, which aired on Thursday 16th April at 9pm on Quest. In this series, Brian Johnson gets to indulge his passion for all things automotive and Episode One saw him explore what makes the Jaguar brand so special by taking a look at its illustrious heritage.

In his travels he met Norman Dewis, a 94 year-old Jaguar legend, who helped develop some of the marque’s most celebrated race cars. He was seduced by one of the very first E-type’s, which has been restored by CMC in 2000. He made a pit stop at CMC’s headquarters from where he took for a spin a Coombs Mark 2, a modified version of the iconic model that was also restored by the company.

Nick said: “It was a great experience to show Brian around our facilities and exciting as well. Some of our engineers are AC/DC fans and had to look twice to believe what they were seeing.”

CMC’s new facilities, award winning restorations and special projects have also featured in British motoring TV series Fifth Gear with presenter Jonny Smith, a special programme on pensions on ITV News with Hagerty Insurance and BBC One’s Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is with Phil Serrel and Kate Bliss.

The Fifth Gear episode aired in early March and looked at the ultimate British getaway car of the 1960’s, the Jaguar Mark 2, and a brand new version of it. For this, Jonny Smith partnered with Jaguar’s Design Director Ian Callum for a staged bank robbery getaway and in their escape they switched from a standard Mark 2 to a “different” car, the Mark 2 by Callum.

The Mark 2 by Callum is an exciting joint project between Ian Callum and CMC, which saw them redesign and reengineer a Mark 2 for Ian’s personal use. With Ian's permission, CMC are producing a limited edition of just eleven more cars that are available for sale and have already attracted interest from around the world.

The ITV piece featured an interview with Marcus Atkinson of Hagerty Insurance discussing classic cars as an investment, especially at a time when a lot of people across the UK will get financial freedom with the new pension rule changes being introduced on April 6th.

The BBC One show featured presenters and old friends Phil Serrell and Kate Bliss venturing to an auction in Gloucestershire. A confessed petrol-head, Phil ended up buying two racing timers, which he then sold to the chairman of CMC.