Top Gear Review
I absolutely love watching the Top Gear 2002 series, I find that the presenters – Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to be very funny. They bring a sense of fun and liveliness to the world of car presenting and are definetely not boring. I would love to have their job and test drive all the cars. Apparently the programme has approximately 350 million viewers worldwide – how awesome is that! I think it is a great show and their take on the car world is very interesting and they do a lot of interesting interviews and car challenges on Top Gear.
Here are a few quotes from The Internet Movie Database website, if you want to see more then click on the link:
Jeremy Clarkson: For me, the best supercar is the Ford GT. I like it so much, I actually bought this one twice.
Richard Hammond: You bought it twice because it kept breaking down and you sent it back!
Richard Hammond: I am not moonlighting as the editor of a gay magazine!
Jeremy Clarkson: [about TVR Tuscan 2] You see, my wife loves this car. She loves the noise and the vibrations and the sense of danger and the way that when you over-rev it, the whole dash lights up like a baboon’s backside. Richard Hammond on the other hand, he pretty much hates it. He says its too difficult and too complicated and that all the stitching in here looks like the kind of stitching you find when someone’s tried to mend their own shoes.
The Stig
The Stig joined Top Gear in 2002, and was given his name after Jeremy noted that new pupils at his alma mater, Repton School, were named ‘Stig’. Introduced as a ‘tame’ racing driver, The Stig was originally clad in black, and was later revealed to be former Formula One driver Perry McCarthy.
Black Stig appeared in the first two series of Top Gear, but he was ‘killed off’ after driving a Jaguar off the deck of HMS Invincible and into the sea. Following his predecessor’s fictional demise, White Stig was introduced.
Other Stigs have made an appearance on the show. In episode 3 of series 9, when the boys drove across the U.S.A., the Stig’s American Cousin joined them for a spin around a racetrack. And when the intrepid threesome journeyed across Botswana in episode 4 of series 10, his African cousin turned up clad in trainers, a loincloth and his omnipresent white helmet.
If you would like more information regarding The Stig then go to this website BBC Knowledge – The Stig.
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List of Topgear Episodes. If you would like more information about Top Gear or it’s presenters then click on any of these links Topgear, Bhati, The Internet Movie Database, British TV Suite, Blue-bird Electric, TV Tropes and Top Gear Show.
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