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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Are you going to amazon with them?
Are the other hosts cars really a surprise to them or do they know before what the others have?
What happens to the cars after a challenge/road trip is done and filmed?
What would have happened if Rick Ross were to be a star in a reasonably priced car?
How much of Top Gear was scripted and how much was improvised?
were jeremy, rhichard and james the same on stage than off stage?
In the episode where they had to make a minivan convertible, what caused it to catch fire in the car wash?
Have you ever driven the Top Gear track? What car? Is it as fun as it looks?
Could you put forward the suggestion of running a Top Gear track day where people can bring their own cars down and do 5 timed laps of the circuit for a set price? (1 at a time obviously) with a limited number per day?
Just to see what the quickest thing around would be…
Do you still wear Next ties?