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.
Comments
what’s your favorite TG special?
About Stig’s accident in the koegnisegg.. was it real?:) Also when you guys were in Romania.. the accident of the lambo and that dacia Or the truck that hit May’s Dacia.. were they real?:)
Do u like my my-5 miata
I do!
will you miss top gear? do you think something will come back to life?
Is it true Clarkson knows about nothing about car engines and how they work?
i hope not….
He probably knew more than he let on, but he liked pretending otherwise, mostly to annoy James.
Where can I buy your book? Sounds like an interesting read!
It’s in all good bookshops and online retailers now.*
Rotary vs piston engine?
I’ll have to say piston. I know, I know, but I hate checking the oil.
Why wasn’t there an episode dedicated strictly to JDM? A lot of us would’ve loved to see them drifting around in a 240sx or a Trueno.
Only if we could have had a Glanza.
When they are on specials did they really sleep in tents ?
Yes, a great deal of the time. It was miserable. In Bolivia I took to sleeping in the Hilux crew car until Jeremy ‘borrowed’ it and drove it into a river.
Have the Morris Marina Owners club stopped the death threats now TG has finished up? Who are you going to piss off the most next ?
Yes, I think the Marina people are okay now. Also, it’s autumn and damp outside. They’re all hiding from their understeer.