Hello CT. My name is Richard Porter and I was the script editor on Top Gear. Ask me anything.

After working on the show for 13 years, 22 series and 175 programmes, there’s quite a lot I can tell you about Top Gear. I know whose idea it was to get a dog, I was there when we got threatened by drug barons in Bolivia, I can give you the real story of that Porsche number plate.

After working on the show for 13 years, 22 series and 175 programmes, there’s quite a lot I can tell you about Top Gear. I know whose idea it was to get a dog, I was there when we got threatened by drug barons in Bolivia, I can give you the real story of that Porsche number plate. I’ve put all these things in my new book, but you can ask me about them anyway. Or something else. Up to you. I’m here all night. Try the soup in a basket.

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Josh Quigley

Can I get an autograph?

10/28/2015 - 19:58 |
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Depends who you want it from.

10/28/2015 - 20:04 |
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Fouad Louis

how much does an average top gear episode costs?

10/28/2015 - 19:58 |
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I think the technical term was ‘shitloads’.

10/28/2015 - 20:04 |
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Jake Orr

Who’s the funniest person off camera (between Clarkson, James, and Hammond)?

10/28/2015 - 19:58 |
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That’s very tricky. They’re all extremely funny. Jeremy tells good stories, Richard is good at one-liners, James has the most absurd sense of humour. And then you put them together and you get extra funny.

10/28/2015 - 20:04 |
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Anonymous

Since I’m not sure if this is fake or not:
What are you gonna do now with your life?

10/28/2015 - 19:58 |
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Richard Porter

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Oh this is real, my friend. At least I hope so, otherwise I’m having a very vivid hallucination.

10/28/2015 - 20:02 |
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It'sThatDamnGingerAgain

What do you plan on doing since Top Gear is no more?

10/28/2015 - 19:58 |
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Gardening, tapestry, prostitution.

10/28/2015 - 20:01 |
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VOZZ

What was worse, the drug dealers in Bolivia, the nationalists in Argentina or the ultra right wing people in America that chased you?

10/28/2015 - 19:59 |
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Richard Porter

In reply to by VOZZ

I wasn’t there for the Argentina thing but it sounded very scary. Although, for quiet and simmering menace, you can’t beat a Bolivia drug lord.

10/28/2015 - 20:01 |
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Smoothos

Are you going to be the script editor for the new show?

10/28/2015 - 19:59 |
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Haven’t decided yet. They’ve asked, which is nice, but so have the other lot.

10/28/2015 - 20:00 |
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Eviin

Who came up with the idea for TG dog and what happened to the dog?

10/28/2015 - 20:00 |
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Eviin

In reply to by Eviin

Also will we see the rest of series 22?

10/28/2015 - 20:12 |
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Richard Porter

In reply to by Eviin

It was James’s idea but she was Richard’s dog and she still lives with him and his family.

10/28/2015 - 20:14 |
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Nicholas Meehan

How much of Top Gear was actually scripted and how much was ad-lib?

10/28/2015 - 20:01 |
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Very hard to say but many things people thought were scripted were ad libs and vice versa. A heady blend of the two, usually.

10/28/2015 - 20:14 |
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Fouad Louis

what are the 2 facts that the Stig knows about ducks?

10/28/2015 - 20:02 |
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You might recall, the Stig knows two facts about ducks and both of them are wrong. As follows;

  • Thinks they are insects
  • Believes they can taste colours
10/28/2015 - 20:10 |
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