The new hosts were clearly out of their comfort zone during early episodes, with the BBC forced to use a laughter soundtrack to cover up the frequent awkward silences when jokes fell flat.
The BBC was quick to deny this after eagle-eyed fans on social media pointed out the sounds of hysterical laughter, even when the audience was completely deadpan.
To do this, they devised a set of tests based on various historical scenarios. Numerous scenes were scripted in this episode but the one we are concerned with is the civil war segment, when the hosts pointed out that pickup trucks often used as weapons platforms during civil unrest.
To test this, they competed against each other by aiming at targets while driving around an abandoned village. During Season 14, Hammond, May, and Clarkson bought cheap four-wheel-drive vehicles and attempted to drive to Chile via a road famous for its narrow, winding path and sheer drop-offs. One of the most dramatic moments of this episode occurred when Clarkson met a car traveling in the opposite direction on one of the narrowest sections, with the edge of the cliff crumbling underneath his wheels.
A Top Gear cameramen revealed that the scene was scripted. The crumbling rocks were filmed after the scene due to the different camera angles they wanted to use. When The Grand Tour first launched, it really struggled to find its feet and carve out its own identity. From the second episode in Series 1, we see the hosts take a departure from their proven formula of doing stunts and reviewing cars.
Instead, they travelled to Jordan to try and join the Special Forces. In one scene, Jeremy Clarkson doubts the weapons they are using fire live rounds and aims at a car to demonstrate, shredding it in the process. One of the crew members has since revealed that there was no way the show's producers were going to let the hosts anywhere near real action so the scene was done by a real Special Forces soldier who was kept off camera.
The Vietnam episode was one of the best episodes produced. Watching the trio battle with chaotic South East Asian traffic as they traveled the length of Vietnam by motorcycle was hilarious. At the start of the journey, in Da Lat, upon learning that they could only afford to buy motorcycles for the journey, Jeremy Clarkson confessed that he had never ridden one in his life and struggled to get it to start, stop, and travel in a straight line.
The problem is that back in the s, a much younger Clarkson used to host a show called Clarkson's Motorworld, where he was seen riding a motorcycle in Vietnam with no such issues and he also rode a Ducati around the Monaco GP circuit. During Top Gear, there were accusations cast that the hosts did little of the driving themselves and that has since been proven by people who worked on the show. However, eagle-eyed viewers of Episode 8 in Series 2 would have noticed one shot where Hammond looked a bit out of sorts.
However, Hammond had his second major car accident before Season 2 commenced and the producers and the show's insurance company limited how much driving he could do on the show. To overcome this, they had a special mask made while a stunt driver performed most of the driving in the open-top sports car.
One of Top Gear 's most famous scenes was when Jeremy Clarkson drove a three-wheeled Reliant Robin that rolled over onto its side whenever he attempted to turn a corner. Clarkson later revealed in an interview that he asked the Top Gear mechanics to alter the car so the Robin would roll over much more easily.
The Car Park Racing segment was lauded as being the best segment in The Grand Tour 's history, with many calling for it to be a regular episode on the show. Hammond and May made their way to Dunstable and pitted employees from two different companies against each other in a premade race course in the office buildings car park; they even held time trials to find the fastest two drivers.
The segment was entertaining but we noticed that the employees, Steve from Sales and Nick from Accounts, look remarkably like professional stunt drivers Niki Faulkner and Maruo Calo. One catch, there is a list of rules celebrities need to follow when they make their appearance.
Some rules include making the audience laugh using preapproved jokes, swearing is taboo, and no interview do-overs. Those who are lucky enough to be a part of the studio audience, find out very quickly that there are behind the scenes rules they must follow. Some are there to keep the filming running smoothly, and some are to add to the entertainment factor of the show.
There is the usual no talking and you must laugh at the jokes. And no recording within the studio for audience members. And an FYI for audience members - you must remain standing and recording can take up to six hours. In the earlier episodes of Top Gear, even before Richard Hammond's horrific high-speed crash, there was a Health and Safety Officer in attendance at episode planning meetings.
The Health and Safety Officer would decide if episodes contained stunts and if a stunt coordinator was required on site. There has been some uproar from the construction industry about a more recent Top Gear episode with a backhoe digging competition.
After digging was complete, one of the presenters jumped into the holes which were unshored and leaving him at risk if there was a collapse. Top Gear had the famous faces of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond at the forefront as the presenters of the show from The impression to viewers was that the show was impromptu and their conversations were off the cuff.
In reality, there was, and still are, a team of talented writers and a script editor that worked behind the scenes preparing a script for the presenters to follow. Viewers are all familiar with the white-suited Stig, whom we never see the identity of as he tests cars around Top Gear's track.
Interestingly, the original Stig wore a black suit and was on the series from He apparently met his demise in after driving a car off the end of an aircraft carrier. This made way for the white Stig character in They typically make an appearance when Top Gear ventures outside of the United Kingdom, or there is a special event. All of the Top Gear presenters, or hosts, get to test drive every car imaginable as part of their job on the show.
It would seem a slight possibility that manufacturers would allow the hosts to keep the cars they are test driving. After all, it could be seen as advertising for their product. Unfortunately for them, they do not. The BBC rules and regulations do not allow this to happen. It is one way to try to keep an unbiased opinion on the cars being tested.
Another star, of the non-human variety, in the Top Gear show, was the test track itself. For almost twenty years, the 1. There had been rumors and movement to close the track, tear it up, and redevelop the area to make way for 1, homes. The last word was that motions had been passed to go ahead with the plan. Since Top Gear is apparently scripted, writers and the presenters have to really watch what is said and how it is said. There have been many occasions over the history of the show that not the best choice of words was made.
Jeremy Clarkson's motormouth may have got him into trouble over the years, whether slightly implying that lorry drivers kill prostitutes or subtly referring to a car as a bit ginger beer. But one thing he's not done, for all his tomfoolery, high-speed and daredevilry, is clock up points on his licence.
That's right, Jeremy Clarkson has a clean licence. It's like finding out Mick Jagger's a virgin, isn't it? Top Gear's come a long way from those dark, dismal days when the Beeb pulled the plug on it. So far, in fact, that as well as countless awards and a devoted worldwide audience the waiting list to get in and see the filming of the show is now somewhere in the region of one to two years. That's about the same time frame as it'd take Jimmy Carr to get round the track again.
The height difference between Clarkson and Hammond is obviously a bit of a running gag - but do you know the total distance between the fellow Yorkshiremen? You do now - an impressive nine inches. One incident that took the wind of the lads' sails was Richard Hammond's terrifying high-speed smash while travelling at nearly mph in a Dragster.
Are you tired of playing air-guitar to the theme tune while wondering 'what is this song, and how can I obtain more of it, perhaps on some sort of portable device? The seven minute instrumental, from their album Brothers and Sisters, was a hit for the group in Top Gear initially used part of the original recording, but has since recorded its own version.
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