Top Gear 29-11-09

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Mr Sheen

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Monday 30th November 2009
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Did anyone else notice when they showed the caravan stunt, Richard in his Lamborghini drove past St.Neots power station and then next he was in Suffolk - amazing, a time travelling Lambo!






blade7

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217 months

Monday 30th November 2009
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Mr Sheen said:
Did anyone else notice when they showed the caravan stunt, Richard in his Lamborghini drove past St.Neots power station and then next he was in Suffolk - amazing, a time travelling Lambo!



Yes I thought it was the Tesco roundabout, if hamster had popped into the nearby used car lot they would perhaps have offered him £2k for the Lambo bandit

Thurbs

2,780 posts

223 months

Monday 30th November 2009
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The airship never went anywhere near Kent, Suffolk or the other places they mentioned.

It went from Cardington Airship Hangers straight to the pre-arranged arrival at Eltisley Village green.

DailyWail said:
BBC film crew frantically raced to the scene to check whether James May and the rest of the crew were injured.

They were unable to reach the airship but a helicopter filming the stunt gave them the all clear.

Emergency services were on stand-by but were not needed.

The stunt was believed to be the end of a race between James May in an airship and co-presenter Richard Hammond in a Lamborghini.

But the fading light and windy weather meant filming had to be called off and the stunt, for a programme in November, could not be repeated.

"I was walking through the village and suddenly this giant airship appeared carrying a caravan, it was a very strange sight," said Peter Clarke, 37, from Eltisley.

"I understand they were planning to land on the village cricket green in the middle of a match.

"All the cricketers were there dressed in their whites waiting for it to appear, but it started drifting off in the wrong direction.

"I think the film crew were a bit fed up as they'd been hanging around the village all day waiting for the wind to drop so they could film."

It is not the first time a stunt has gone wrong on Top Gear. Presenter Richard Hammond suffered serious injuries in 2006 after a risky car stunt went wrong.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1217148/Another-Top-Gear-stunt-hits-skids-caravan-attached-airship-crashes-field-near-busy-road.html

Stig

11,818 posts

285 months

Monday 30th November 2009
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Are you implying that Top Gear's producers deliberately distorted real events to make 'telly'.

Surely not.... wink

Forthright MC

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284 months

Monday 30th November 2009
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Mr Sheen said:
Did anyone else notice when they showed the caravan stunt, Richard in his Lamborghini drove past St.Neots power station and then next he was in Suffolk - amazing, a time travelling Lambo!

yes

caught me by surprise too! biggrin

ben

2,344 posts

248 months

Monday 30th November 2009
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You think...?

I noticed that the AC vents on the dash kept opening and closing....

GTIR

24,741 posts

267 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Anyone see that episode where they had the Alfa's behind the pub?
Not sure if it was mentioned before but it was Babraham village off the A11.

I saw three "Healthcare logistics" trucks rolling by who are based in Sawston.