TOPGEAR UK Christmas Special 2011

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Re: TOPGEAR UK Christmas Special 2011

#21 Post by OneCarefulOwner »

My PVR has decided to schedule next week's repeat for me; I think I'll tell it not to bother.
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#22 Post by EricTheRed »

jpsh120 wrote:I think James May should make more of his own programmes as I quite like his stuff.
Yes but unfortunately he always seems to insist on including that complete pratt Oz Clarke in just about everything he does!!!! :(
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#23 Post by karlsgazelle »

EricTheRed wrote:
jpsh120 wrote:I think James May should make more of his own programmes as I quite like his stuff.
Yes but unfortunately he always seems to insist on including that complete pratt Oz Clarke in just about everything he does!!!! :(
Might that be because Oz Clarke is his "best friend"? ;)
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Re: TOPGEAR UK Christmas Special 2011

#24 Post by TerryG »

They do seem to be in lots of things together but I think Sarah Frater would stop them getting too close ;)
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#25 Post by JPB »

Nah, she'd probably hold the camera.......
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#26 Post by rich. »

i love tg! but i watched it & was very disappointed.. should be called top gear embarrasment & not special
still cant work our how hammond pulled the wings off his mini.. the winch was attached to the front panel by the look of it..
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#27 Post by mach1rob »

It was obviously staged Rich, look at how clean the join to the A panel is when he cable ties the front end back on! I expect the seams were cut, then loosely stuck back on for dramatic effect.
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