Star in a reasonably dangerous fire

Posted by Paul Regan at 3:03 pm on Monday October 5, 2009

Clarkson and the celebsWitness, for the first time anywhere on the internet (well, anywhere, actually) the latest of Jeremy’s explosive telly stunts.

These exclusive pictures give us a glimpse of what happened when Clarkson tried to settle one of the great mysteries of our time – who is the fastest off-roading celebrity?

It’s a feature for his new DVD Clarkson: Duel, which has already placed the Stig in Puerto Banus and forced JC to drive a Jag XKR in flippers.

Mitsubishi ShogunThis time, there’s more fire. The set-up starts with Jeremy, pop singer bloke Ronan Keating, newsreader Kate Silverton and rugby player Matt Dawson drawing straws for a selection of secondhand 4×4s, including a Mitsubishi Shogun and a bright orange Lada Niva.

Once the cars are allocated, they are rigged with explosives and a timed detonator, forcing each celebrity to lap an off-road course before the car explodes. They either cross the line, bail or get fried.

We can’t give away the result, but can show you these, er, explosive pictures of the Shogun during the timed run.

Bang.All will be revealed later this week in a TopGear.com-exclusive video preview of the DVD, which is pre-orderable now on Amazon.

The one clue we do have is a member of the film crew overhearing Jeremy saying ‘the only decent car here is that old Shogun’. Given Jeremy’s overwhelming desire to win any of the Top Gear challenges the boys do on the telly, we can bet it was him that went up in smoke…

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  1. AccuraUK said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:14 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Haha, looks awesome

  2. number one fan said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:20 pm Link to comment Report comment

    peases put vid on website

  3. coolerdude44 said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm Link to comment Report comment

    lol obviously fake, although i’d love to see the headline in The Guardian, “Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Killed Kate Silverston”

  4. dan said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:51 pm Link to comment Report comment

    isnt there a defender there as well

  5. bent bob said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:53 pm Link to comment Report comment

    let ronan keatering burn!

  6. number one fan said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 4:18 pm Link to comment Report comment

    looks milairiose 7

  7. Bobs said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 4:53 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Ha ha videos are needed!

  8. Minimality said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 5:27 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I think the word “RC” was lost somewhere.

  9. J4KE said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 7:03 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Jezza’s last words: “No! icam make it, ican win this” ‘BOOM’

  10. Anyone else... said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 7:22 pm Link to comment Report comment

    …bored of TopGear spin off DVDs with a million explosions and no actual love of cars? No? Just me then.

  11. Richy1995 said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 8:03 pm Link to comment Report comment

    You can trust the top gear team to be up to their usual tricks of crazy challenges that we all love. Wonder if top gear have ever tested a mcClaren F1 and if they have, what was it’s lap time? Look forward to the new series.

  12. mr. best said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 3:18 am Link to comment Report comment

    top gear is awesome, LOL im so awesome… i should be on top gear…

  13. MR V8 said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 8:33 am Link to comment Report comment

    i wish i could be on topgear.

  14. Aston Martijn said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 9:29 am Link to comment Report comment

    little bit over the top

  15. garrydb7 said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 9:40 am Link to comment Report comment

    Clarkson dvd? – usual explosions, usal predictable endings, usualcrap music, usual cars…zzzzzzzzzz Must be getting near Christmas.

  16. NorwegianFan said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 10:09 am Link to comment Report comment

    TopGear should arrange trackdays. I bet they would get huge money from that. Every single dad in the UK would try to show their son that he’s “better” than the Stig :D :D

  17. Swissy said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 2:17 pm Link to comment Report comment

    No, J4KE, Jeremy’s last word was: POOOWWWWERR!!

  18. foxy rocket 101 said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 3:49 pm Link to comment Report comment

    i find that top gear is going overboard with explosions and crazy stunts… make it a show for car enthusiasts again not just a pointless, action filled, entertainment show!

  19. dan man said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 3:53 pm Link to comment Report comment

    i can’t wate

  20. Vas1 said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 4:23 pm Link to comment Report comment

    please put up the video.. a really neat comparo here!!!

  21. Yoggie said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 6:58 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Hope they didn’t blow up the Defender!

  22. danny fxx said...
    Tuesday October 6, 2009 at 7:06 pm Link to comment Report comment

    looks like total insanity!

  23. Emdee said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 2:01 pm Link to comment Report comment

    this is the best explosion …………… in the world

  24. Klasco said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 2:14 pm Link to comment Report comment

    i hope there is a Toyota Hilux in this or a Landcrusier

  25. Kong said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 2:19 pm Link to comment Report comment

    “pre-orderable”

    Illiterate oaf.

  26. boffin said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 3:42 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Kill Kate? Clarkson would have a very high pitched voice after the savage removal of his balls

  27. W4NN4BE! said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 4:13 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I wish I was there to take pics!! That explosion on is amazing!!!!!
    I would go all arty-farty on you all, but I dont think you would care!

  28. outlawiceman said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 5:26 pm Link to comment Report comment

    why the hell in this day and age i still can not watch the videos outside of the uk but i can get sky not leglly but can still get it.
    it suck`s big time..

  29. fry said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 5:58 pm Link to comment Report comment

    you can never get bored of TopGear i would love to go on the show to see how small hammond is

  30. Z4Wifeswapper said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Fitting that Jeremy chose the Shogun, they are called Pajero in other parts of the world… which amusingly means, um, ’self abuser’ in Spanish.

  31. schumigirl1956 said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 9:22 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I prefer watching Michael Schumacher as The Stig on Top Gear i find him awesome driving, i think he would put on a good show if Michael Schumacher was a stuntman.

  32. topserge said...
    Saturday October 10, 2009 at 2:19 am Link to comment Report comment

    hello, I´m Sergio Segura from Mexico City, is amazing how every day the number of mexican people are watching your show, i can tell you tha I have peterol in my veins, for me Top Gear in for sure the most creative car show, please consider to contact me in order to give you info of Mexican car heritage such as Carrera Panamericana and so..
    thank so much
    ssv

  33. karthick said...
    Saturday October 10, 2009 at 2:50 am Link to comment Report comment

    pls put sum vids

  34. GG said...
    Saturday October 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yay!!!!! Such a laugh!!!!! By the way fry, hammond is 5ft 7inches. i got bored and googled it and compared loads of different results. LOL!!!!!!!

  35. madtaffy said...
    Sunday October 11, 2009 at 2:37 am Link to comment Report comment

    Clarkson has being doing these back then vhs now dvd ’s since 1995 and has released one every year since, watched a old one other day 1996 unleashed on cars and one of the funniest things was his hair lmfao sooo fuuunnyy!

    Go on clarky w00t w00t to a dvd for 2009 i say, always entertaining even if not mostly about cars and just blowing things up who bloody cares hey……… out Nov 2nd

  36. Shovle said...
    Sunday October 11, 2009 at 10:56 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yay another clarkson dvd to the collection got every 1 since 1995 lol.

    Cant wait to the new series:D

  37. Davida Burgo said...
    Monday October 12, 2009 at 4:44 am Link to comment Report comment

    I can’t believe a stunt this dangerous can be attempted within the United Kingdom. Someone could have got seriously killed or hurt. Hopefully it was Jeremy! He never cares for the wellbeing of the many celebrity guests that make his shows and DVD’s what they are.

  38. Roberto Stephen said...
    Monday October 12, 2009 at 4:55 am Link to comment Report comment

    I totally agree with Davida – what a smart and sensible man!

  39. arrr potato said...
    Monday October 12, 2009 at 5:43 pm Link to comment Report comment

    There’s a script to watch videos outside the UK.

    Great for someone in America like me :D

  40. tobytiopper said...
    Monday October 12, 2009 at 10:59 pm Link to comment Report comment

    GUYS WHEN ARE YOU BACK ON AGAIN GETTING WITHDRAWL SYSTEMS

    HELP ME

  41. hammonds mini me said...
    Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 12:21 pm Link to comment Report comment

    hurry up guy am borred every sunday night now

  42. star001 said...
    Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 5:59 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Tell BBCAmerica to hurry up and show these current shows…last current show I saw was “Isle of Man” with the blue and white unbrellas…what’s up with that?!

  43. greatorex!! said...
    Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 10:11 pm Link to comment Report comment

    JC Couldn’t you of used politicians instead of celebs!!you could of had brown and tony in a Snatch land rover!!! Cameron in a rang rover and many more suiting there political status.

  44. stuntman said...
    Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 9:00 pm Link to comment Report comment

    xmas would not be the same without a clarkson dvd

  45. st001DreamPoliceGirl said...
    Friday October 16, 2009 at 6:29 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I want to drive an unreasonably priced car or truck on an unreasonable track in unreasonable weather and curse unreasonably while at it…..can I….can I?

  46. car said...
    Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 4:29 pm Link to comment Report comment

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  47. kia-ora said...
    Friday October 23, 2009 at 12:50 pm Link to comment Report comment

    blib o crib ‘hic’ argh donk ha! ha!

    cool

  48. The one who knows said...
    Saturday October 24, 2009 at 11:02 am Link to comment Report comment

    You see…you can’t have a proper fire without marshmellows.

  49. Corra said...
    Monday October 26, 2009 at 8:07 am Link to comment Report comment

    the guys saying top gear is going overboard ,and giving comments about the show that fans shouldnt be giving… obviously you are not real fans , so what are you doing here?

  50. ubersmurf said...
    Monday October 26, 2009 at 6:51 pm Link to comment Report comment

    i think it’s awesome too

  51. ngodangquan said...
    Thursday October 29, 2009 at 11:25 am Link to comment Report comment

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    plus my blog here! see the doctor

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  52. LP670-4SV said...
    Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8:28 pm Link to comment Report comment

    When does it come out???

  53. MERC CL500 said...
    Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8:30 pm Link to comment Report comment

    YEA WHEN?

  54. RED NSX said...
    Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8:32 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I WANT IT BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please?

  55. Jezza said...
    Sunday November 8, 2009 at 10:57 am Link to comment Report comment

    “Sadly,I got killed in that blast……but now I’m better….” LOL

  56. Hamster said...
    Sunday November 8, 2009 at 10:58 am Link to comment Report comment

    I wish the second part of your comment didnt exist

  57. Jezza said...
    Sunday November 8, 2009 at 10:59 am Link to comment Report comment

    Too bad for you you “little” “hairy” rat!!!

  58. LJ Stevens said...
    Monday November 16, 2009 at 2:08 pm Link to comment Report comment

    My comment has nothing to do with the article to which it is appended. So, those expecting continuity are about to be disappointed. Nonetheless, it is, I believe, a relevant comment for those of us live who outside the UK and must, therefore, rely on the internet for our TopGear fix. For convenience sake, I have chosen a question-answer-reason format.

    Question: when is TopGear like a cheap date with a tease?

    Answer: When it promises more than it delivers.

    Reason: A cheap date with a tease gets you all excited and stops the fun before you’re finished. TopGear gets you all excited about a video series … and then leaves one or more crucial clips “unavailable at the moment.”

    Result: Frustration!!!!

    In other words, please, Please, PLEASE let me see ALL of a series at one time. I will respect you in the morning. I will even be back to see more. I promise. I have to. I can’t see TopGear any other way than through your internet feeds. And the last thing I want when getting my TopGear fix is to be left wondering what happened next. …

    LJS

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