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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How close did the show come to ending after Richards dragster crash and was there ever a replacement considered if he couldn’t do the show any more?
I was stood near to you in the studio once. Jeremy stopped talking mid link and yelled ‘I need Porter!’ I suspect that he (they) still do. Go on - you know you want to!
Taki Inoue or Yuji Ide, which ex-F1 driver is worse?
What’s Troy Queef’s favourite car of 2015?
Did Jeremy really just hit his BMW Estate engine with a hammer to get it working in the Africa Special?
What’s the story behind the idea of using Schumacher as The Stig? How did you guys pull it off?
I have a question. Have you done alsom script for TG show in countryes? I am talking about the Czech Republic one. Because I’ve seen just a few vids from there and it was hillarious. And also, don’t you kniw, if they are going to do the same thing now?
In Argentina was the situation intentional? or really bad coincidence? Also did it really get as dangerous as it seemed?
Was the sound editor eventually fired? (all the Youtube videos of older episodes, you couldn’t hear a world James, Richard or Jeremy was saying due to the music being way too loud)
When Richard reviewed the 959 and the F40, was it staged that both cars broke down when Stig was going to take them round the track?