So the first studio recording of the brand new series of Top Gear is, as television people say, ‘in the can’. Because announcing that something is ‘on the hard drive’ or ‘all on the digital tape’ doesn’t sound as romantic.
What you may not know about the TG studio is that when the programme is off air the whole set is dismantled and put into storage so that the building can be used as an aircraft hangar again.
With this in mind, the production team is always hugely relieved when they turn up for the first recording to find the indestructible Hilux back on its plinth, the stage is back in the middle of the floor and all the many lighting rigs re-hung from the ceiling. As for the Cool Wall, that’s carefully photographed in detail before being taken apart so that when it’s put back together all the cars can be reattached in exactly the places Jeremy and Richard last put them when they were having a big argument in front of it.
Thankfully, all of these things were in their rightful places yesterday and the show went without a hitch. Granted, it took the presenters one or two attempts more than normal to get the opening link just right but after that they were on fine form, as was this week’s guest, Hulk, Munich and Black Hawk Down legend Eric Bana.
You can always tell the really sound people amongst TG guests by how much they hang around after their interview. Sienna Miller did. Jay Kay did. Steve Coogan did. Stephen Fry did the first time he was on and was frightfully apologetic that he couldn’t second time round because he had a pressing engagement back in London. You get the picture.
Suffice to say that the Top Gear team thinks Bana is a bloody good bloke because he was there until the end, watching the rest of the show and then enjoying some of the aftershow Terrible Buffet in the production office.
In fact, he was still there talking diffs, carbs and the higher language of muscle cars with Hammond when most people were making their excuses and leaving. So yes, he’s a great guest and proper, proper petrolhead for what everyone hopes will be an amazing opening show.
However, The Mole has to share with you what was LITERALLY the most amazing thing about yesterday’s recording and it happened some miles from the studio, on the way home.
Sitting at a roundabout behind a Mercedes E500 and a Porsche 911 Carrera S – powerful cars both – it was hard to ignore a black Fiat Panda containing none other than TV’s James May which had drawn alongside them.
The roundabout cleared and Captain Slow made an uncharacteristically brisk leap away from the line, straight onto the knuckle whiteningly tight slip road that feeds into the A3.
The Porsche tried to pull out to get around a dithering Volkswagen ahead, the Mercedes clinging to its tail, but before either could make a move James had seized the advantage, taking the OUTSIDE LINE around all three cars and disappearing into the distance.
There can be only one conclusion. There is a keen and remarkably fast driver with a black Fiat Panda in the Guildford area and he looks a lot like James May.
Top Gear is back on TV on November 15.
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Whyelle commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Has anyone from anywhere outside the UK noticed that the count down works to 9pm on Sunday which ever country they are in
According to the countdown on the home page, the show starts in 50 minutes which will be 9pm WST
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the fake stig commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 1:22 pm
wooh hoo! top gear’s back and it will (hopefully) be the best series to date. but can they beat that mighty 10th series in 2007 with series 14. That story about james in in his panda is funny, just shows you that you don’t need a big supercar, but which would you choose to have? a fiat panda or a ferrari, i know which one i would choose…
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You're not Serious? commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@ #110 and #114
1) a person wearing a black curly wig? The closest any of the guys have had to that was Clarkson about two decades ago…
2) They have never made any secret of the fact that some of the pick up shots are done after the fact… why are you surprised after 14 seasons?
At any given time the show has (I think) at least 3 film crews out and about getting shots for the show
With the races especially they always do one as a ‘real time run’ on board shots and some chase car/crew van shots to get the real outcome, but then they go back and do pick ups to get the more ‘artsy’ shots after the event.
Pick up shots are one of the biggest staples in any non live televisual event… it’s just part of the craft… If second unit needs to be done when the guys are off getting the next round of first unit stuff, then I say good on them!
It doesn’t make our viewing enjoyment any less. The only shots that would be 2nd unit would be the wide shots where it doesn’t matter if you can see the drivers face or not…
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Kappa commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Some fresh Top Gear and Rugger all in one weekend! And next weekend again… The missus will not be pleased.
Will this season finally see them on the Panzerringstrasse in Bergen-Hohne? I’m gettting bored with the annual visit to the Nürnburgring and that German bint.
Hear that gents? Panzerringstrasse: Over 40 miles (65 Km) of asphalt and concrete with no roadmarkings, traffic signs, or traffic lights for that matter. Its a wide tanktrack with a sometimes negative cant! You really have to take a look.
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Bring back 5th Gear commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Sorry, but the last series was repetitive and boring at times… Maybe time for a rest perhaps?
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ppe 3 commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 4:28 pm
how couid you stand that ****
that did that sun ofa*****
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ppe 3 commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 4:35 pm
my dream caris the bmw m6 and the corrvet Zr1
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DeannoMcKeever commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Actualy cant wait for the new series…..
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Richard Hammond commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Its almost here Top Gear Fans
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HIFUNGO commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm
TOP GEAR WICKED!!!!
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HIFUNGO commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 6:15 pm
THE STIG IS NOT MICHAEL SCHUMACHER!!!
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TG 4eva commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Can’t wait for my Top Gear fix!
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said said said said commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 8:20 pm
not long to go now…
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Capp# commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Oh god, i though that Eric was a new presenter for a minute.. Thank god! Would’ve ruined everything, didn’t realize it was E.Bana.
Anyways, great show.
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parsons19 commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I have been ill over the past week….
But today I was cheered up with Top Gear magazine, with my free Duel DVD which I watched, and Top Gear TV tonight. But the others in my household would rather watch I’m a celebrity so now I have to wait until wednesday to watch Top Gear!!!
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Amitiel commented on this article
Sunday November 15, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Go James go!! I can only assume that when his frustration gets high enough, it suppresses his ‘slow mode’.. and you get a sort of schizophrenia-like effect..
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koko commented on this article
Monday November 16, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I’m from Bulgaria and I was thinking that Bulgarian roads are the worst in the whole EU, but I was wrong i have never see roads as bad as that in Romania….good job guys!!!! I’m so happy you are back
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Gitsa commented on this article
Tuesday November 17, 2009 at 10:08 am
There was a comment about a Bugatti driven into a swamp somewhere in USA
What will you about this driver? happened a week ago here in Bulgaria. Destroyed the beautifull Ferrari in a tractor
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For koko commented on this article
Tuesday November 17, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Believe me: in Bulgaria the roads are worst than in Romania my friend!
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marilyn commented on this article
Thursday November 19, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Please please help, my boyfriend is driving me
mad, he want’s to know where James May gets his floral shirts. Can anybody tell me please.
many many thanks marilyn
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Dee commented on this article
Monday November 23, 2009 at 2:33 pm
im so glad that TOP GEAR is back i think that the bbc should just giv all there funding 2 running this show there’s nothing else on tv that even come’s close so thank’s guy’s 4 another cracking show plz keep them coming i also think that LOTUS are prob the best car producer out their ???????
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Dean commented on this article
Tuesday November 24, 2009 at 2:59 pm
For anyone that doesn’t know Doppelkupplungsgetriebe means Double-clutch transition.
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anncherrytree commented on this article
Friday November 27, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Having just watched the first two programmes of the new series.Its time these children grew up. Their driving shows no respect for the cars they drive,sets an extremely bad example to young drivers and bears no relationship any more to the cars the average person can afford.
The programme shows three very spoilt presenters wasting licence payers money to satisfy their own egos
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