Top Gear bosses are reportedly going to have to double Richard Hammond’s pay if they want to keep him on the show.
The TV presenter reportedly wants to up his pay from between £10,000 and £15,000 per show to £30,000. Read More »
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Top Gear To Do Live Tour!
March 13, 2008 – 11:29 pm
BBC motoring TV show, and its seriously famous presenters are to take thwe whole production on a live theatre tour later this year.
Top Gear Live will travel across 15 countries over the next 18 months. Presenter Jeremy Clarkson, 47, is taking part, and James May, 45, and Richard Hammond, 38, are also expected to sign up.
Local presenters of the programme are expected to front the show abroad, with some input from their British counterparts.
BBC Worldwide said the show will “incorporate the drama of film and theatre with the thrills and spills of stunts and special effects”.
Adam Waddell, managing director of Top Gear, BBC Worldwide, said: “Taking Top Gear Live on tour is tremendously exciting and ties in perfectly with our plans to reach out to audiences around the globe.” Read More »
Watch Top Gear Ground Force For Sport Relief!!!
March 12, 2008 – 10:23 pm
Woohoooo Top Gear is back but not as you know it!
In aid of the BBC’s Sports Relief the Top Gear team embark on makeover madness and give one sporting hero the surprise of his life.
They’ll be taking over the top celebrity sportsman’s garden for the day to create a zero-maintenance lawn, install a water-feature and make it a garden to remember!
All this and loads of crashes and explosions…..what else could a girl want!
Jeremy Clarkson May Be Prosecuted Over Mobile Phone Usage
March 12, 2008 – 1:41 pm
We told you yesterday that a couple had presented some of the tabloids with pictures of Top Gear host, Jeremy Clarkson allegedly using his mobile phone whilst driving at 70 mph.
The Thames Valley police have taken action on the allegations and have made a statement saying that they may bring charges against the outspoken Sun columnist.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: “We have been handed the photograph and we will be looking at it with a view to a possible prosecution.
“If we have got evidence we think could be supported in court, we will take action.”
Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson Caught On Mobile Phone At 70MPH!
March 11, 2008 – 1:51 pm
A couple have come forward and admitted to the Daily Mirror that they have a shot of Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, driving his car at 70mph, while chatting on his mobile phone.
Adam Blake, 22, told the newspaper:
“We could not believe that we’d caught him out. I used to watch him every week on Top Gear and he was always banging on about the new driving laws.
“My girlfriend saw he was on his mobile. She grabbed hers and took a picture of him.”
A Mirror reporter confronted Clarkson with the shot, he replied:
“Er, that isn’t a phone.”
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Top Gear Boys Hit Japan
February 2, 2008 – 11:54 am
The three Top Gear guys have got to some of the best travelled in the UK. Every month it seems we read another story about some far off corner of the globe which they are planning to visit.
This time the boys are planning a trip to Japan for the hit BBC Two TV show.
Jeremy told The Sun: “We’ve never been there but I’ve always wanted to go. Let’s face it, they’re not short of cars for us to play with.”
The team, including James May and Richard Hammond, hope to fly out next month to film.
Top Gear Team Visit Troops In Afghanistan
December 15, 2007 – 11:22 am
Top Gear presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are flying out to Afghanistan to cheer up some of the British troops stationed there.
An insider told The Sun: “Jeremy and the guys are hugely proud of Our Boys so they thought it would be a great idea to go over there and surprise them. Read More »
Top Gear: Boys Take On Endurance Race At Silverstone!
December 9, 2007 – 9:44 pm
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May enter Britcar 24, a 24-hour endurance race at Silverstone, in what turns out to be one of their toughest challenges to date.
James also tries the new Fiat 500 on the mean streets of Budapest and the Ferrari 430 Scuderia hammers around the test track.
Sunday 9 December
8.00-9.00pm BBC TWO
Lewis Hamilton gets into Top Gear
December 1, 2007 – 1:41 pm
Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton pays his first visit to Top Gear this Sunday (2 December) to appear on the BBC Two show.
Driving the Suzuki Liana round the test track at the Top Gear studios, he then has a chat with Jeremy in the studio, where he talks about his first season … and the thrill of crashing!
“It’s quite exciting when you’re flying towards a barrier head first … especially when you hit the gravel trap and you get some air. It’s pretty cool … I had a really good one this year at the beginning of the season.
“The team worked very hard to get two brand new cars out for the first test, so there’s me and Fernando testing and I shunted it in Valencia at 180 mph backwards into a wall, and I remember going over the gravel backwards thinking ‘OK – this is going to hurt’, and bracing myself, and I put my head back, and it was actually quite a nice shunt. Read More »
Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson Drives Worlds Smallest Car
October 28, 2007 – 7:11 pm
Top Gear fans will be amused this week to see car fanatic Jeremey Clarkson trying to squeeze himself into the world’s smallest car, The Peel.
Richard Hammond also invents motor-home racing and the Ferrari goes to the test track.
Catch the show tonight on BBC Two at 8PM
