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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Was there any cars that were supposed to be on the show but never ended up going on?
Which of the trio would deviate from the script most often?
Did Top Gear ever thought of filming a special in Singapore? Or any reason why they didn’t ?
Did you actually script some fights/arguments or was it real all the time?
Will you script the next show of the trio or produce it/…?
On issue 260 of Top Gear magazine,page 25, it is said that you know everything there is to know about cars,how true is this statement?
Favorite car review?
How many car makers complained about your show, that you said their cars were … how to say.. trash? :D I mean Top Gear was doing it quite often :D
What happened to the cool wall? I always loved that one and it hadn’t been featured in the last seasons.
Is James May so slow and has Fiat Panda?