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11th August 2007, 11:30 PM #31
There was more than one, The Stig.
Cliff.
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14th August 2007, 01:49 AM #32New Member
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Are you thinking of Perry McCarthy?
The Stig - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig
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16th August 2007, 01:07 AM #33Senior Member
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I've just returned to the UK for a bit (20 years in Oz) and Top gear was the main reason I came back.
No I lie it was for the Archers............
Anyway to my dismay Top gear seems to be on holiday at the moment, they do play re runs but they are so old I even saw them in Australia !
Dave
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16th August 2007, 08:51 AM #34Still learning ..
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Archers forever
Dave, you shouldn't 'dis' The Archers, I have listened for the last 30 years both while in the UK and now online in Aus ! I suppose it reminds me of my childhood growing up on a farm in what was then semi rural SE Essex.
Top Gear is also must watch TV.
As I get older the more I think that I agree with the views on that BBC series "Grumpy Old Men".
Mike
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16th August 2007, 05:35 PM #35
The links above, ie. the 747 one by wheelin and the Bugati Veyron by Fat are corkers
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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16th August 2007, 07:03 PM #36Senior Member
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Ah but I'm not mike, I may even beat you in the time stakes 43 now started age 5 ish, I am such a tragic that I even did a webpage http://www.dbcourt.co.uk/Movies/the_archers.html
Honestly that Brian Aldridge! and will Will find a new love?..........
Cheers
Dave
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24th August 2007, 12:04 AM #37GOLD MEMBER
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I have most of the episodes on my computer, this is reputedly the most pirated show in the world and all episodes are available on line. I reckon the funniest....well they are all so funny even my wife watches it. One of the first I saw had Clarkson drive up in a Maserati Bi-Turbo, he got out, did a spiel on how he hated the thing and dropped a steel skip on it from a crane, exit one flat Bi-Turbo. Did you see the one when they jumped the double decker bus? or drove the Rolls into the swimming pool, the latest is they drove to the North Pole in late model Hi-Luxes. This special must be the reason for the lateness of the new seaon as it took a long time to do. The new season starts in October on the Beeb.
CHRIS
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24th August 2007, 01:43 AM #38
I want one of those HIluxes, they are awsome. )
It has become my favourite episode now.____________________________
Craig
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24th August 2007, 10:42 AM #39
No more Top Gear last show the other night
not to worry Ray gets e-mail of latest signed up too get news letter
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24th August 2007, 10:45 AM #40I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
My Other Toys
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9th September 2007, 02:20 PM #41
Mising Top Gear check out their Frankfurt review and some of the wierd and cool looking machines
http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2202/?mainp
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12th September 2007, 09:31 AM #42
Hammond does it again
Top Gear host has another crash
Hammond suffered serious brain injuries in last year's crash
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was involved in another car accident at the weekend - less than a year after nearly losing his life in a 288mph crash. The 37-year-old skidded off the track during a 24-hour Le Mans-style race at Silverstone on Saturday, the BBC said.
The host was not injured and continued the race once his vehicle - a BMW 330 DTi Sport - was repaired.
Hammond has downplayed the incident, dismissing his second crash in 12 months as "a bit of a collision".
"Reports of my shunt this weekend have been greatly exaggerated," he continued.
Jeremy and I did not enjoy a 'comforting' hug. I would rather be hugged by a threshing machine
Richard Hammond
"During one of my driving stints, a much faster car tried to overtake and there was a bit of a collision. It was nobody's fault.
"I managed to limp the car to the side of the track and wait for a truck to take me back to the pits, where it was quickly fixed."
Hammond and fellow presenters James May, Jeremy Clarkson and masked driver "The Stig" had been taking turns at racing the £100,000 car.
"During the race, at night, Richard was driving and another car shunted him off the track," said the BBC's spokesman.
"Richard wasn't hurt at all but the car was damaged. It was taken back to the pits and repaired before Richard carried on with the race."
Complete recovery
Hammond also denied reports that Clarkson had given him "a 'comforting' hug".
"I would rather be hugged by a threshing machine and he would rather hug a chainsaw," he joked.
He was sharing the driving with his co-hosts Clarkson and May
Last September Hammond crashed while driving a jet-powered car at speeds up to 300mph at Elvington airfield, near York.
He was airlifted to hospital where he was treated for swelling to the brain and bruising, but eventually made a complete recovery.
The Health and Safety Executive identified failings by the BBC over the crash but found no grounds for prosecution.
Hammond has since taken part in another high-speed stunt for the BBC show, driving a Bugatti Veyron as it raced a Typhoon fighter jet at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
A BBC spokesman said this weekend's incident was not comparable to last year's accident.
The race, he said, was "a public event any amateur could enter".
"Normal safety procedures were in place," he added.
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12th September 2007, 05:49 PM #43Senior Member
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interesting that, I haven't heard a whisper about it in the main stream media here. From the article you would assume it was headline news.
Richard Hammond is presenting a series on the air rescue team that picked him off the ground after his big wreck. It's showing on the BBC daily at the moment.
It's pretty good TV really following the accident victims during and after the accident.
Cheers
Dave
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12th September 2007, 08:34 PM #44Senior Member
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I'm not sure if this one has been posted here, but for those who missed it try,
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejd6HFO-kps"]YouTube - Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear Car Shooting![/ame]
Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear Car Shooting!
Cheers
Bill
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23rd October 2007, 08:59 AM #45
long & winding roads
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