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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Behind the sences (We saw the 918 on Richards Twitter) what was fastest around the test track? 918, P1 or LaFerrari?
DO YOU EVEN LIFT BROOO !?!
What’s the thing you’re most proud and least proud of during your time as Top Gear’s script editor?
Mazda MX-5, Yes or No?
What’s your all time favourite car?
was scene with rednecks on gas station scripted or not?
Did the three build the kit car (caterham) themselves oder was there a group of mechanics behind the camera?
what’s your favourite car and what do you drive? :)
What was the most expensive thing broken during filming?
Was really Ferrari 250 GTO the only car for which BBC couldn’t afford insurance?