Posted by The Moleat 11:40 am on Friday July 10, 2009
One of the most brutal parts of the weekly process that makes a new Top Gear pop onto your Sunday night TV screen is the honing and re-writing of the script on a Tuesday. Ideas get typed up and then, just as quickly, they get deleted, whether it’s to save time or simply because they [...]
Posted by Sam Philipat 2:28 pm on Wednesday July 8, 2009
Good news if you’re planning a Friday night in: we’re told by secret telly elves (and the listings guide) that James May is appearing on Jonathan Ross this Friday at 10.35pm on BBC One.
Posted by Paul Reganat 9:31 am on Wednesday July 8, 2009
A quick update from the Top Gear studio today, where rehearsals are now well underway and fastest-man-on-Earth Usain Bolt is out on the track in our reasonably priced car.
Posted by Paul Reganat 8:40 pm on Sunday July 5, 2009
Not sure there’s anyone left on the internet that hasn’t seen the inspiration for James’s Ken Block film on this week’s show, but in case that person is you:
Posted by The Moleat 7:55 pm on Sunday July 5, 2009
Since a certain oh-no-the-caravan’s-on-fire moment a few series ago, some black-hearted and cynical commentators have suggested that everything on Top Gear is in some way contrived and fake.
Posted by The Moleat 2:18 pm on Friday July 3, 2009
So, the weekend is nearly upon us and that means it’s almost time for another new Top Gear to stave off that Sunday evening feeling of Oh God, tomorrow I’ve got to return to work / school / international spying and playboyism.
You’ve probably already read the proper preview for this week’s show but here, in [...]
Posted by The Moleat 11:23 am on Thursday July 2, 2009
Tuesday’s Top Gear writing day was going rather swimmingly. Everyone was in a splendid mood and the script was coming together nicely. Buoyed by the high levels of bon and, quite possibly, homie, Jeremy was just making a small tweak to the main studio script on the screen when his face froze in a rictus [...]
Posted by Paul Reganat 11:06 am on Thursday July 2, 2009
There was a moment during filming in the studio yesterday where Jeremy asked everyone in the audience whether they’d seen Ken Block’s Gymkhana on YouTube. There were a few blank faces.
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