So here we are then; the sixth and final programme in this series of Top Gear has been filmed and is currently receiving the expert attentions of our crack editing team before bursting out of your television set on Sunday evening.
At the risk of sounding immodest, it’s quite a show too. Richard finally gets to drive his childhood supercar heroes, the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40, before handing them over to our tame racing driver for two extremely memorable Stig laps.
Jeremy takes on one of our biggest challenges to date as he races the new Jaguar XJ against the sun, nay the Lord God himself, while James is in Houston to celebrate the moon buggy and test NASA’s very latest space exploration vehicle.
And as if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got one of the most explosive and enthralling interviews you’ve ever seen on the programme as Lord John Prescott drives the Reasonably Priced Car on the track and faces the searing heat of Clarksonian indignation in the studio. As big-hitting heavyweight bouts go, this is up there with Ali versus Foreman. The Rumble In The Dunsfold, if you will.
And that, I’m afraid, is it for this series. For what it’s worth, we’re quietly proud of the last six shows. Yes, the news seemed to be getting ever more smutty and yes, we appreciate that you still don’t know or care who Amber Heard is. But during this series we’ve also solved Britain’s economic crisis, revealed the unsavoury side of used cars, vanquished the Aussies in a car-based Ashes, discovered the many delights of Albania, and crowned a new king of the celebrity lap board.
Many of you have asked why, discounting the Middle East special and the Christmas show that aired in December, this series was just six shows strong. Well, we’re primarily funded by the licence fee and our pockets are not as deep as you might think, especially since the BBC has had to tighten its belt in recent years. With that in mind, we’ve plumped for a ‘quality not quantity’ philosophy to ensure the look and the scope of the show isn’t compromised.
The presenters and the rest of the Top Gear team are always keen to read your comments so please keep ’em coming between now and when we return in the summer. Don’t forget to visit this website on Sunday evening for more exclusive behind-the-scenes video content, hopefully NOT involving Mr Andy Wilman’s underpants.
Meanwhile, here’s a hint at what’s to come on Sunday. Seconds out…
Open Car Bar
What do you think?
deb1952 commented on this article
Sunday March 13, 2011 at 4:09 pm
I really enjoy the show. I haven’t had anything make me laugh so hard in years, but Mr. Clarkson dirogatory comments about Americans are disconcerting. They have so many people in the US, Canada and Mexico as fans and when he talks about about Americans he is including every one of them. How can you put down a whole continent, nation, etc? He may lose viewership and that would be a shame since it is such a good show.
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Jug commented on this article
Sunday March 13, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Watching latest and last episode now of Top Gear ……………
STILL NO SIGN OF THAT BIG RED TRUCK SMASHING INTO THINGS . . . .
Does anyone know why they have not shown it?
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Anonymous commented on this article
Wednesday March 16, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Car owners! You might like the Race My Car application on facebook. You can show off your car and challenge anyone for a battle. http://apps.facebook.com/ race_my_car
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One-Eyed-Jacks commented on this article
Monday March 21, 2011 at 6:22 pm
fqlynx commented on this article
Friday February 25, 2011 at 1:10 pm
What!! Who doesn’t care who Amber Heard is?
Are you kidding me, superhot, bi-sexual, car loving, gun tooting hotty like Amber?! Best interview ever!
In whos mind is she is not hot?!
And yeah @ ‘ss’ the series is far too short!
I agree with everything you said except the bi-sexual part. What a waste
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Rusty Jonson commented on this article
Thursday March 31, 2011 at 12:00 pm
WHY ON GODS’ GREEN EARTH did you get rid of the British humor, the entity of the show, the three amigos, the whole reason why people watched…?????? And then you go and replace them with three boring-ass sod-offs like Tanner Foust and the other two sods-offs???????????????? ?? WOW !!! Big mistake, the show wants the Britts !!!!!!!!!!!! The show NEEDS the three amigos !!!!!!! The show IS those three funnymen !!!!!!!! (and the Shtig, OF COURSE!!!) BRING THEM BACK!! BRING THEM BACK !!! BRING THEM BACK !!!! BRING THEM BACK !!!!!! etc etc etc etc etc etc
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robertcarlson commented on this article
Thursday March 31, 2011 at 8:49 pm
please review the jaguar turbine electric super car and compare with the french electric super car.
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Georgeee commented on this article
Friday April 1, 2011 at 12:10 pm
lol
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andyeaton commented on this article
Sunday April 24, 2011 at 11:21 pm
when is the next series of topgear im getting bored now with the repeats
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Shubhampetrol commented on this article
Thursday April 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I am somehow inclined to think that Aston is only good for making beautiful looking cars and grand tourers , but quite bad at making sports cars .
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tabercrombie1 commented on this article
Friday June 3, 2011 at 9:32 pm
i totaly love the show guys especially the bugati vs. cessna 182 that was epic in so many ways i was laughing the hole time XD
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barbecueweasel commented on this article
Thursday June 16, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Why is it that they have never test drove a Toyota Supra or any challenges with one it there it is a nice little Japanese sports car, i would like to see it on the show
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Ketil commented on this article
Monday July 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm
i like TopGear wery much, i was on the TopGear show in oslo also. I had a bronze ticket. I like the show, it was wery cool.
at the end of the show i yelled: Good night clarkson!! Good night Hamster!!
i also have one dvd with TopGear
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jojo commented on this article
Friday September 30, 2011 at 4:35 pm
the British TopGear is still available on BBC, the US version sucks, and deb1952
if derogatory comments about Americans is disconcerting, we all need to learn to laugh at ourselves, to me that is one of the better parts of the show…..
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