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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Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized Clarksons or 1 Clarkson-sized duck?
Was working with the trio just as fun as it looks on TV? & What was it like to work with the crew as well?
When during a Challenge they have to “tune” their car, did they do it by themselves ?
Did you ever drive the TG track ? If so in what car and what was your best time ?
Were car reviews scripted? Obviously they spent longer in the cars than what we saw but was there a sit down required to hash out what could and couldn’t be said? I would think you have to keep the manufacturers happy.
Do you think that Jeremy Clarkson getting fired saga was the best thing that ever happened to the Trio? Because it sounds like the beginning rather than an end. ( ° ʖ °)
How much money did you ‘blow’ on blowing up/wrecking cars?
So tell us about the Porsche numberplate. Was it just a joke? Or did TG really buy it with that plate?
As it’s, somehow, not been asked yet; the Porsche…whats the real story with the number plate??
Was it Clarkson that coined the now-famous “And on that bombshell” outro?