Enstone: will TG move here?
BBC motoring programme Top Gear (TG) could be in trouble, according to a story in yesterday's Telegraph. At the heart of the problem is the noise and pollution caused by one J Clarkson and crew at Dunsfold Aerodrome where TG is currently located and filmed.
The problem is that Dunsfold is to be redeveloped, so the programme will have to move, with its favoured option being the airfield at Enstone, which just happens to be close to Clarkson's Cotswolds home.
However, local villagers aren't keen on the racket that'll be created, and TG doesn't yet have an alternative. Since planning permission for the kinds of usage that TG will put an airfield to takes some eight weeks, and the next series is due to start filming in May, timing is tight.
Is this the end for the JC show?