We’ve finished filming: more on the Top Gear Christmas double bill

As you’ve probably gathered by now, the world’s favourite programme about three silly men falling over and setting fire to things returns to your television this coming Tuesday for the first of two Christmas specials.

The second follows on Boxing Day, or as American viewers would call it, ‘What the hell is Boxing Day, you Limey freaks? Are you talking about December 26th?’

In order for this to happen, the regular TG retinue of presenters, producers, researchers, directors, cameramen, sound recordists, lighting experts, fluffers, followers and hair wranglers converged on our studio last Wednesday for what proved to be a very successful recording session. If also a slightly chilly one. And when I say ‘cold’ I really mean ‘freezing’, and instead of ‘slightly’ I really mean ‘sodding’.

The first of our two Christmas shows contains a monster three-part US road trip that starts with America’s greatest driving road and ends with a race through New York, taking in a track day, a (mostly) comprehensible NASCAR history lesson, and a small selection of handguns along the way. Chuck in a lively canter through some Christmas gift ideas and ace film director Danny Boyle as the star in the Reasonably Priced Car and you’ve got a mighty fine way to take your mind off all those news stories about TRAVEL CHAOS and endless bloody songs with sleigh bells in them.

Then, once you’ve made it past Christmas, you’ve got the full majesty of the Middle East special. You might have seen the trailer for this, but trust me when I say that there is much, much more to come in the 75-minute show itself including Jeremy walking on water, Richard experiencing some severe problems with his bottom, and James making a Bible story out of a BMW automatic gearbox.

And come back to TopGear.com very soon for more from our increasingly hairy and hollow-eyed leader Andy Wilman.

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