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Well, there you go. A V16 Rolls Royce Phantom (who knew?), Jeremy driving Jaguar XKR-S ‘sports brogue’ and some face-distorting cornering in a Nissan GT-R. And let’s not forget the boys’ fiery attempt at improving Britain’s railways.
So what did you think? Our leader Andy Wilman thought the internet might not like this one – so let us know your thoughts in the handy box below as usual.
We’re sure there’ll be one man that’s pleased with this week’s show: Rowan Atkinson’s pedalling skills have cemented the Northern Comedian hegemony at the top of our Star in a Reasonably Priced Car leader board (he was born in Durham, you know). We reckon it will be a while before that one’s beaten, and it couldn’t have gone to a man more able to make boring car words sound hilarious.
So, before you put finger to keyboard, here’s your regular Sunday night behind-the-scenes action. This week it’s a goodie as James heads out to Dunsfold to see if the launch control in a GT-R is all Jeremy cracked it up to be:
Thanks for watching and see you all next week, when we’ll have more from Rowan Atkinson on the site.
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What do you think?
Anonymous commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:01 pm
You are f**ing genious!
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Dylan16 commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Great show tonight boys thoroughly entertaining & cant wait for next week
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unadith commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:07 pm
OMG What a great show!! Those trains were really fun. Maybe cars on train tracks is really something for the future, make a railway of every motorway and you’d never have an accident, well maybe… The boys are on to something:)
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Midge commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Rowan Atkinson – “Petrol Pump”! LMAO!
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LukeSi commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:10 pm
To be honest compared to last week,
it was crap.
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ctrl alt del commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Absolutley FRIKIN hilarious! Well done everyone at TG for a fantastic episode!
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janklaren commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Forget Barnum & Bailey, this is The Greatest Show On Earth!!
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MikeWasHere commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:12 pm
It was good until the fire at the end, too predictable. Everything else was just brilliant Top Gear at it’s best xD
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Carmann Geehah commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:15 pm
My God…you would be hard pressed to find a Party Political Broadcast more boring than that drivel.
What a car show.
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SoCoolLikeYou commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Amazing, sports train I want one.. now.
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rustymx5 commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:16 pm
It was fairly good. Jeremy was a little hard on the Jag XKR-S though and the GTR, although astonishing, doesn’t stir my soul in the same way…
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SueP commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:16 pm
brilliant show. loved it. And I wish i’d known that you had been recording near me- i’d have gone to watch.
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CourtRoom commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Fantastic. Been a while since I generally laughed and enjoyed a Top Gear episode – probably back when they did the Bolivia Special.
I’m hoping they continue the Car Train stuff but in epic proportions (like the old school Place-X to Place-Y Epic Adventure, each of them with their own car train).
GTR; Rowan Atkinson; Car Trains – what more do you want?!
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Anonymous commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Brilliant stuff with Rowan. More please!
Rest of it was okay-ish, GT-R was nice, so was the Jag but sports trains and caravan trains? Well… not so sure. Still enjoyed it however.
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Ape F commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:17 pm
P.S I think you’ll find ‘rubber bung’ is the funniest word : )
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Mancunian Lass commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Good show tonight guys, I liked the Jaguar XKRS and the Nissan GT-R. The SITRPC segment was a bit cringeworthy as was the train segment but I didn’t switch off.
Cheerio.
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Anonymous commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Sports Train FTW !! Great stuff !
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Bob commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:19 pm
That has to be one of the best episodes, well done guys. A fabulous car feature, a brill train feature and probably the funniest star in a reasonably priced car. I wonder what Mr Beans lap time would be in his mini!!!
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Anonymous commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Absolute genius as always from the TD crew!!!! Can’t wait for next week!!
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u love it commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:20 pm
brill . . . smile on my face all the way through as usual . . . anyone saying it was crap isnt a top gear fan at all . . .they are cocks . . thankyou
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roni commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:20 pm
This is rapidly becoming one of your best series to date. There is a enough mixture to please all camps and this household hasnt stopped laughing from the show tonight yet.
Only grip why oh why are you bringing Cowell back next week.. he is old news
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Stribo commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Excellent show, haven’t laughed so much since JC kept rolling the Reliant Robin, a couple of series back. 5 star chaps.
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VB commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:21 pm
What a surprise. Chip pan + caravan = Fire. *sigh*
Otherwise good and a car-nut guest is always fine.
Just let’s have more of the boys cocking about and less “oh ho ho fire and poo are funny” scripted guff.
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GeorgeB commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:21 pm
a fantastic fun episode! I also loved the first 3 episodes. At first when I heard you say this episode would be more for 12 year olds I was afraid of silly jokes all the time, but the episode turned out great!
The train videos, the GTR, truly magnificent!
I’m glad this series is great again, last 2-3 seasons were cheesy, but Top Gear is Top Gear again!
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Leo commented on this article
Sunday July 17, 2011 at 9:22 pm
i get turned off when jeremy repeats jokes. better editing there folks.
I thought the jag review was a bit boring, I wonder if you guys shoudl start taking certain cars out to the city.
atckinson was genius.
the train was fantastic, but somehow I wanted to see more interaction with the passegners…. or perhaps some pretty girls or something.
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