The Road As A Canvas

1. Not so Captain Slow - So the second show of the new series has burst onto your screens and, compared to last week’s show, it hasn’t - fingers crossed - upset anyone. Unless lots of people have decided to complain that it was unusually about cars for once. But the biggest shock about Sunday’s Top Gear wasn’t the lack of complaints, [...]
   
   
   
2. Not so Captain Slow - So the second show of the new series has burst onto your screens and, compared to last week’s show, it hasn’t - fingers crossed - upset anyone. Unless lots of people have decided to complain that it was unusually about cars for once. But the biggest shock about Sunday’s Top Gear wasn’t the lack of complaints, [...]
   
   
   
3. For sale: Challenger, one careful owner - So the second show of the new series has burst onto your screens and, compared to last week’s show, it hasn’t - fingers crossed - upset anyone. Unless lots of people have decided to complain that it was unusually about cars for once. But what, you might be wondering, has happened to the Dodge Challenger that [...]
   
   
   
4. Brawl in the USA - Did you see our post on Wednesday from the telly studio? If so, you’ll already know from our behind-the-scenes spying roughly what your Sunday night will be like. TG exec producer Andy Wilman tells The Mole it’ll be a slightly more grown-up affair than last week’s show - so not aimed at seven-year-olds, but maybe 10-year-olds [...]
   
   
   
5. Will he break it? - We’re trackside for Episode Two in the new series of Top Gear, and Will Young has just recovered a heroic slide around an increasingly damp Gambon Corner with a proper bit of opposite lock. Well, he’s quicker in the wet than Timo Glock at least… Thing is, just before the former Pop Idol winner jumped into the [...]
   
   
   
6. Top Gear take two - It was filming day at the Top Gear studio for Sunday’s show today  - and after earwigging the rehearsals this morning (and yesterday’s run through in the TG office) it looks like a corker. The bulk of the show is given up to an epic road trip from San Francisco to Utah, with Richard, Jeremy and [...]
   
   
   
7. Hammond in RT - In other Hammond news, he’s on the front cover of this week’s Radio Times, with Gene Hunt, talking about what they’re both doing together for Children in Need. Hunt’s apparently handing Hammond the keys to that awesome Audi Quattro, which will certainly be worth watching on Friday November 14, BBC One from 7pm. Talking of the Radio [...]
   
   
   
8. Hammond’s Wipeout - Richard Hammond has landed his own show, prime time, on Saturday nights next year, and it looks like it’s going to be pretty mental. It’s called Total Wipeout and is based on the US show Wipeout which first aired in June: Anyway, they’re filming eight, hour long episodes on the BBC’s newly built assault course in [...]
   
   
   
9. James on air today - Simon Mayo must be a Top Gear fan. After getting Richard in to talk about, let’s be honest, his new book, James May takes his turn today (UPDATE: that was yesterday, Nov 3rd, so you can see him here…): We just spoke to the Five Live show producers and apparently he’s on just after 3pm, probably [...]
   
   
   
10. So that was episode one - So that’s the first show in the new series done then. What do you think? The best thing about this new Transmission blog is you now have a direct line to us - including Jeremy and the boys - so let us know your opinion. Post away then, and we’ll pitch in with the chat. And [...]
    
    
    
11. Last night nerves - As they say in the world of entertainment, ‘that’s a wrap’. Well, nearly. Tonight is the last night of Top Gear Live in London. But dry those tears, TG fans, and perk yourselves up. The show is going global, starting in sunny Birmingham on 13 November. After that, it’s going properly abroad, with shows in [...]
    
    
    
12. Day two at TG Live - So day two of Top Gear Live is over. And we were there to see it - cos it’s our show, obviously. Anyway, the curtain went down for a second night, Stig wandered backstage with his Scalextric and the boys went to the pub, to make today’s show even better. And if you’ve got tickets for [...]
    
    
    
13. TG Live: first night - So Top Gear live kicked off last night at Earl’s Court in London - the first show in a world tour with all the swagger of a stadium rock band, but more cars. After a suitably dramatic pyrotechnic build up and a bit of cocking about backstage, Jeremy was first into the arena - sideways in [...]
    
    
    
14. Sundays are back! - It’s a busy one this week for the telly boys - aside from that gong last night, there’s tonight’s Top Gear Live opener and, of course, Sunday’s first-in-the-new-series show. Yep, we’re back on Sunday at 8pm on BBC Two - giving you just enough time to cook some tea after the big F1 finale in Brazil. [...]
    
    
    
15. We won a telly award - The telly boys won a National Television Award earlier tonight for the most popular factual TV show. Jeremy, Richard and James couldn’t be there - cos they were down at the Top Gear test track filming the first episode of the new series - so they sent an emissary instead. The Stig. Stig handed over a [...]
    
    
    

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