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[#20011]
Written by: johnim [04/03/07, 16:54] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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that was fast thanks to all involved |
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[#20013]
Written by: karmaimage [04/03/07, 17:11] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Very quick indeed. Thanks all  |
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[#20014]
Written by: kekkonen [04/03/07, 17:13] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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this was faster up than clarksons knob last week. thanks! |
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[#20015]
Written by: vibe666 [04/03/07, 17:18] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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last of the series tho according to them.  must have been a lack of material after hamsters crash. |
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[#20016]
Written by: mcfly [04/03/07, 17:42] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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[#20017]
Written by: zzzozzzo [04/03/07, 17:43] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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So maybe there's nothing wrong with the quality of this release (don't know) |
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[#20018]
Written by: mcfly [04/03/07, 18:00] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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You mean last episode of this season - or the last season of Top Gear in general? |
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[#20020]
Written by: DonPulpito [04/03/07, 18:11] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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| It's the last of this season, but a season is called a series in British english. | ||||||||
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[#20021]
Written by: MrMacMan [04/03/07, 18:34] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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[#20025]
Written by: mazzgr [04/03/07, 19:24] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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episodes per series/season. Some programs can have just 1 series broadcast in a year, where as others like TopGear can have 2 or 3 per year. |
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[#20026]
Written by: cvp [04/03/07, 19:31] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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last in the series. the BBC 2 announcer said, after the show, a new series would start in the summer. so only a few months to wait... |
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[#20035]
Written by: Shaded Spriter [04/03/07, 20:42] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Next friday (16th) is Comic relief so you only have to wait 11/12 more days for a special episode. |
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[#20037]
Written by: projal147 [04/03/07, 20:47] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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actually Top Gear airs twice a year, two seasons(series), and typically in the past has had 10 episodes per season, so 20 episodes total in a year. This current season/series was cut short due to Hammonds accident. The season/series was slated to start at the end of December 2006. Also for a while now the BBC has been trying to cancel the show but the HUGE popularity of the show has dwarfed any action by the BBC. |
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[#20048]
Written by: zzzozzzo [04/03/07, 21:52] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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[#20141]
Written by: Nem [05/03/07, 04:02] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Yes this was the last episode in the series. Jeremy said the series would be back in the summer (UK). I watched this episode last night as it aired, great laugh and one of the best and funniest I've seen. Well worth the d/l. Well done to Jeremy, Richard, and James. I will be counting the weeks until the next series (10) sometime in the summer. If like me, you want to keep the TopGear series on disc (back-up) I use the following software to make a high quality copy to DVD. 1. WinAVIVideo Converter v7.7: (file format Avi (700Mb Approx) to DVD (2.97Gb approx)) 2. DVDFab Platinum v3.0.7.0: (burn DVD file to DVD disc (1)) If anyone wants links (only) to obtain this software (free), someone shout-up and I will post the external links here. These files are hosted by Rapidshare.com. For those that are fan's of TopGear and/or Fifth Gear and have not visisted this site before, I suggest you do for loads of info, etc. finalgear.com Episode Information: Top Gear - Season 9, Episode 6 - 2007.03.04 In this episode: * Jeremy, Richard, and James make limos out of cars available in the UK and put them through a series of hilarious tests. * Richard drives the Ford Mustang Shelby 500 and compares it to his 1960’s Ford Mustang. * Star in a reasonably priced car: Actress Billie Piper. Trivia for: "Top Gear" (1978)-( 2007) * In 2001 due to falling ratings, the BBC chose to axe the show. Channel 5 then decided to revive the show with the then current presenters (Quentin Willson, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Tiff Needell). Because BBC owns the name rights, the show had to be renamed 5th Gear. The show was only revived because Jeremy Clarkson was considered to be the most popular presenter of them all and many people had considered his absence to be the cause of the demise of the show * During a "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment with Lionel Richie, a wheel broke off as his Suzuki Liana was approaching one of the fastest parts of the course. Richie managed to keep the car under control and got another go at his fastest lap (something which is not normally allowed). The sequence was aired in the UK as part of the show (complete with an embarrassed Jeremy Clarkson), but appears not to have been in the US where an edited version of the show is screened. * The show has a number of Suzuki Liana's for use in the celebrity race segment, entitled "Star in a reasonably priced car". The Liana was chosen because it is quite a decent spec of equipment for a car under 10,000 pounds. Originally they were going to use a Hyundai, but Hyundai refused to help them out - prompting the first episode of the show to be advertised as "containing no Hyundais". The Lianas have appeared in various disguises; sporting flames for Rock Singer Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, and an Indian tissue box for 'Sanjeev Baskhar' . There are several Lianas in case one breaks during the show. To date, David Soul is the only celebrity to have broken all of the available Lianas during filming. * Currently (Sept 05) the fastest time around the Top Gear track is 1 min 18.9 seconds by a Maserati MC12. However there have been faster laps which are not included on the board because they have not been performed by road cars. The laps are: Aston Martin DBR9 (the racing version of the DB9 GT car) 1 min 8.6 secs, Renault Formula 1 racing car 59.0 seconds (in the wet) and a BAe Sea Harrier Fighter jet which did the track in 31.2 seconds despite taking the final two corners "somewhere over Kent". * The show is famous for its humorous features. These have included o TV Chef Jamie Oliver making a tossed salad in the back of his Porsche-engined camper van whilst it was being raced around the test track by The Stig. o Car Darts when James May and Richard Hammond were launching cars by compressed air into a quarry and onto a target (which was made juicier by the addition of a caravan in the bullseye). o Russian Roulette when Hammond and May worked for Taxibike and gave comments on the cars they drove their clients home in. o The Toyota Hilux where they attempted to see what it would take to break one of these trucks (it was parked in the sea for a full tidal cycle, set on fire and finally put on top of a tower block that was subsequently demolished) - despite their best efforts the thing still started and moved. o The use of a Boeing 747 at full thrust against a Citroen 2CV and various abuses against caravans. * The show has close links with the UK military who have, among other things; tried to target a Range Rover Sport with a Challenger 2 tank; proved that a Hughes Apache attack helicopter cannot get a missile lock on a Lotus Exige; driving a Mercedes SLK and a Porsche Boxster through an Irish Guard sniper-filled abandoned town to see how many times they could hit the driver; set the fastest ever lap of the test track using a Royal Navy BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 (0.31 sec); and launched Stig One to his 'death' from the deck of HMS Ark Royal during a drag race between a stripped & nitrous-modified Jaguar XJS and a Sea Harrier. * The revamped 2002 series onwards is filmed at the former BAe Systems site at Dunsfold aerodrome * The famous last corner in the Top Gear (revamped version) track is called "Gambon corner". It is named after actor Michael Gambon who drove a Suzuki Liana (as part of the "Reasonably priced car" challenge) and nearly flipped over at the last corner. Since then, Jerermy Clarkson dubbed the last corner as "Gambon corner". * Winners of Reasonably Priced car challenge: 2002: Jay Kay 2003: Jodie Kidd (who beat Jay Kay's time) 2004: Simon Cowell (who beat Jodie Kidd's time) 2005: Jimmy Carr (who beat Jimmy Carr's time) 2005: Ellen MacArther * The test driver, The Stig, never speaks a word and his face has never been seen (it being always hidden behind a tinted visor). * For the first two seasons, The Stig was Perry McCarthy, a former Formula One driver as well as a test driver for three F1 teams. A new Stig took over from McCarthy after the original Stig's "demise" at the beginning of Season 3. On the 18 March 2006 the former Stig, Perry McCarthy, revealed that currently there is no one single test driver, but multiple test drivers who masquerade as the Stig; he said this when he appeared at a Palmer Sport activity day in Bedfordshire, UK. Rumours have it that one of the new Stigs is Damon Hill and occasionally Colin McRae. And in January 2006, the Daily Express claimed that the identity of The Stig is former Formula 1 driver Julian Bailey. Thanks to imdb.com for the trivia information |
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