I am beginning to think that Richard Hammond has a death wish. That or he is the most incredibly accident prone man around.
Just three years ago, the Top Gear presenter suffered brain damage after crashing a dragster racing car at almost 300 miles per hour. Yesterday he was involved in a four car pile up, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to his £110,000 Morgan AeroMax.
Jeremy Clarkson is said to have been told off by BBC bosses for mocking Gordon Brown for the second time.
The Daily Mail reported that Clarkson was warming up the Top Gear audience when he said “I get into trouble talking about Gordon Brown, he is a silly c***.”
Just months ago Clarkson called Brown a “one-eyed Scottish idiot” during a press conference in Australia.
Sunday night saw Top Gear make TV history, as they revealed the identity of their mysterious test driver.
As he removed his iconic white helmet ‘The Stig’ turned out to be racing legend Michael Schumacher, though many people are still sceptical and believe the whole thing to be a hoax.
What do you think? The Stig is Michael Schumacher, true or false?
A report has claimed that computer games, TV programmes and Hollywood films are encouraging drivers to flaunt speed limits and drive dangerously in the UK.
The report from Co-operative Insurance claimed that movie chase scenes and programmes such as Top Gear have built up a “cachet of excitement and glamour around speeding”,
A statement on behalf of Top Gear said: “To say that Top Gear is all about fast cars, is devoted to speeding and targets a younger audience is simply not true.”
Top Gear presenters, Jermey Clarkson and Richard Hammond sure do like to play it close to the edge. Hammond suffered from brain injury during a car crash for the TV show just a few years ago and now the pair had yet another close call, this time in a helicopter.
On Friday they had just taken off and were 400ft over Auckland Harbour in New Zealand on Friday when a seagull flew into a rotor blade of their vehicle.
The Telegraph have reported that the mysterious Top Gear test driver The Stig has been ‘outed’ as professional stuntman and Le Mans racing driver Ben Collins.
The Stig has been an integral part of the BBC’s Top Gear for years and the identity of of the white suited driver has been a closely guarded secret, but it appears that Collins let the cat out of the bag to staff at a gallery in Bristol.
Ben, who’s previously competed in many prestigious races such as Formula Three, Le Mans, NASCAR and GT, made the slip up when he asked staff to help him with a limited-edition print of The Stig. Read more & comment »
The BBC has announced what goodies it has in store for us this Christmas, and they include bumper editions of all our favourites!
Blackadder returns for a one-off documentary entitled Blackadder Rides Again and popular drama Lark Rise To Candleford returns for a second series, with a feature-length Christmas special followed by 11 new episodes.
David Tennant stars as The Doctor in a very special edition of Doctor Who. The Next Doctor also stars David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan and the Cybermen!
In EastEnders, there’s an explosive Christmas cracker in store for the Mitchells when a shock revelation rocks the Queen Vic. Dot receives a surprise visitor when Nick Cotton returns to the Square uttering the immortal words, “Merry Christmas, Ma”. Has the notorious villain really reformed himself this time? Find out in what promises to be a sensational Walford Christmas.
According to reports in The Sun today, the Top Gear team have been secretly taking the mickey out of Strictly Come Dancing, in Morse code.
The jibes were broadcast last week in Morse code dot-dash-beeps which were dubbed over the soundtrack of the show. As the show’s mystery racing driver, The Stig, raced round a track in a Lamborghini, the message was tapped out, “Strictly Come Dancing is crap”. Another message spelled out, “I love cheese”.
Top Gear presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have thundered across London’s Tower Bridge on a huge tank to launch their new world tour.
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”. Read more & comment »
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 & comment »
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 & comment »
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!
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.”
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.”
Read more & comment »
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.
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