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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Okay, I’ll bite, was the number plate deliberate?
was the Falkland license plate on the Porsche 928 really a coincidence or was it on purpose?
Is Jeremy just as funny off camera as he is on camera?
Did you get to drive many of the cars on the show??
what was your favorite episode of top gear?
What do you drive?
I know this will probably be quite lengthy and depend on what sort of film you were making, but I’m always intrigued about what the process is when coming up with an idea and putting it into practice.
What one film (aside from the hypercar trio) did you desperately want to make, but it didn’t work out?
who was your favourite of the trio to work with script wise? any reasons as to why?
Did you really make explod that cow in australia?
Are you still dating the American chick you mentioned in your book?