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What’s to come
I’m sorry it’s my first scribble session for this run, because I do like a blog, but it has literally been horrible getting this series together. After the summer run we all split to do stuff, which...
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Our ‘Nam special
Vietnam is all wrapped up with a ribbon round it and is now sitting under the huge Christmas telly tree, waiting to be unwrapped on Sunday 28th, at 8pm. I hope everyone’s too pissed or fat to move off...
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Top year?
2008 has actually been our first year since Richard’s accident that we’ve done a normal run of two series, and personally I think the Summer run was patchy – didn’t find its feet until the Shit Alfas...
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Here come the girls?
I was going to write about how the new series is getting on, but that’ll have to wait, because Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, obviously completely happy with the way the economy is going, has...
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Top Gear 13: the countdown begins
It’s Back! The Waiting is Over! This Summer’s Blockbuster is Here! Be Afraid… etc etc. The reason I’m borrowing so many tired and tested one liners from your local multiplex foyer is quite simple: I’m...
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Series 14: it’s, er, late
Greeting readers. It’s about midnight, and I’ve just got in from the edit. Tonight I’ve been working on the track film for show 1, which this time is helmed by James in a couple of massively...
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New series: the detail
If you’ve read the Mole’s thingy, you’ll doubtless know how the record of show one went, and may I say I concur with the ‘Bana is a good bloke‘ verdict. Not only did he stay, but he stayed and drank...
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Series 14: where we’re at
There are still three shows to transmit, but they’re all shot and cut now – we’re just tidying up the South America special – so it feels like a good time to reflect on the run. Personally I’ll be glad...
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A big, fat Christmas treat
As I write we are in, yes you guessed it, the edit, just finishing the sound mix and the grade on the South America programme. Obviously you guys will be the judges, but we love it and we’re quite...
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Scrapping a family friend?
Hello TopGearers. Been a while since we last spoke but that’s about to change, as we’re busy working on the new series and doubtless you’ll want to know what we’re up to. In the meantime, I’d like to...
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Show 1: the details
Anybody read the papers this week? You may have come across a few choice headlines: ‘TopGear gets serious’, ‘Angry BBC bosses order TopGear to tone down crazy stunts’, ‘TopGear headed for scrapheap –...
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The Stig. He’s ours
Doubtless you’ll have read that the BBC and the book publishing people, HarperCollins, are now in a big legal battle over HarperCollins’ wish to publish an autobiography of the person who wears the...
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National Television Awards: message to all TG fans
Greetings. This is a quick message as we’re busy filming for the Christmas series, and I’ll be back with more about that later, but in the meantime I’d like to deal with a bit of housekeeping. You may...
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Tesla vs Top Gear: Andy Wilman on our current legal action
You may know that Tesla has issued a writ against Top Gear for defamation and malicious falsehood over the road test that we broadcast of the Tesla Roadster in December 2008. The normal procedure for...
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Disabled bay parking: an apology
We have received complaints following the electric car film on Sunday about the presenters parking in disabled bays during the filming, and much of the anger has been aimed at Jeremy and James. I’d...
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Electric cars: charges answered
I’d like to put a few facts straight regarding a story in today’s Times about our recent road test of two electric cars, the Nissan Leaf and the Peugeot Ion, which was shown on Sunday’s programme. The...
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Andy Wilman on the Africa special (plus your post-show discussion)
A brief silence has descended on the Top Gear edit suite. On Friday night the last bits of the sound mix were completed, grading was tweaked, a shot was shortened here and there, the traditional...
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Andy Wilman on why Clarkson, Hammond and May should be Director General
I know this seems a bit late to wade into the whole BBC Director General hoo-ha that kicked off a while back, but I’ve been busy on Top Gear. Now however, with the series over, I’d like to share my...
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Top Gear in Argentina: what really happened
A message for viewers from Top Gear boss Andy Wilman on the whole number plate escapade If you follow Top Gear in any way, shape or form, you won’t have missed the hoo-hah that’s kicked off following...
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