TG Live: Day Three

Onwards with the weekend, and by and large the show is running without any major hitches. Car Football (England Vs South Africa) is proving especially popular with the local audience whose constant chanting (and boo’ing) is driving the two teams to ever further daring deeds.

After thinking the little Chevy Sparks near indestructible after their incredible pluckiness on the field, Hammond and Sasha both wrote their cars off in one almighty collision. It seemed to the Mole, who wasn’t that far away, that neither man considered braking as they both roared towards a loose, bouncing ball in the midfield. Locals have asked the Mole if the games of car footy are choreographed, but the Mole struggles to believe any of the chaotic carnage that occurs every game could possibly be ‘organised’.

Continuing the crashing theme, which is pronounced on the Top Gear Live tour, Hammond almost came a cropper on his tiny monkey bike during his Evel Kinevel jump, landing so hard he burst his front tyre. He almost looked heroic as he bravely rode on and slid to a dramatic halt covered in bits of broken bus and flapping rubber. Sadly the South Africans have so far failed to achieve a fast time around the TG interactive test track, with the last eight shows languishing mid-table. With a country so keen on sport and so ultra competitive, this hasn’t gone down well, and though the Mole wouldn’t be quoted on it, he’d suggest they simple aren’t shouting loud enough!

With only two shows left in South Africa, script meetings for TGL Australia are in full swing, and the search for clips of Jonnie Wilkinson scoring the winning drop kick against Australia is on. Once the last show is complete, the crew will descend upon the set, vehicles and costumes and start the exhausting process of packing everything into our waiting 747.

Next stop for the Mole: Australia!

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