Sinclair C5 with Sinclair claiming that he had found "very big" levels of interest. Hoover were sufficiently persuaded to allow Sinclair to divert 10 of their employees to modify C5s for overseas export. The bid to sell the C5 abroad failed; the Dutch National Transport Service told Sinclair that the C5 was not suitable for Dutch roads without improvements to its braking system, the addition of more reflectors, and the inclusion of the High-Vis Mast as part of the basic package. Most of the other ten countries that Sinclair inquired of demanded similar changes. The C5's reputation received a further battering when
Clive James 4 and fronted the BBC's "Review of the Year" programmes in the late 1980s ("Clive James on the '80s") and 1990s ("Clive James on the '90s"), which formed part of the channel's New Year's Eve celebrations. In the mid-1980s, James featured in a travel programme called "Clive James in..." (beginning with "Clive James in Las Vegas") for LWT (now ITV) and later switched to BBC, where he continued producing travel programmes, this time called "Clive James' Postcard from..." (beginning with "Clive James' Postcard from Miami") – these also eventually transferred to ITV. He was also one of the original team