Top gear

[Dutchgirl]

the stig used to be perry mccarthy (ex f1 driver) but it isn't any more......

could be a different bloke every week really couldn't it!!!
we wouldn't know!

reckon it could still be an ex f1 driver though......johnny herbert?? damon hill???

I would love it to be Damon, but he is to tall. The Stig is not that tall.

[Abigail]

The current Stig is white. I saw a bit of his neck when they were filming the 24hr race show. It definately wasn't his fireproof head cover thing.

I'm gutted that the series has ended I hope it returns in March/April

[Abigail]

Comedian Omid Djalili has claimed that Top Gear's The Stig is F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.

The identity of The Stig, who races in the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car feature on the show, has never been revealed by producers.

However, Djalili claims he has worked out that Hamilton must be the driver by questioning the show's bosses when he guested on the show.

"Do I know who The Stig is? Yes!" Djalili told Nuts. "When I was on Top Gear around two years ago, I asked the The Stig how old he was and he said, 'I'm 21' - the same age Lewis Hamilton would've been two years ago.

"And when I asked the producers who The Stig is, they said, 'All you need to know is that, in about two years' time you'll hear a lot about the person who plays him.

"They'll deny it of course because they're sworn to secrecy. I think it's part of the contract. But I'm telling you, it's Lewis Hamilton!"

[pookie1968uk]

BBC motoring programme Top Gear is to be turned into a live "theatre experience".

Top Gear Live will travel across 15 countries over the next 18 months. Jeremy Clarkson, 47, is taking part, and James May, 45, and Richard Hammond, 38, are also expected to sign up.

The Top Gear stars will receive a fee for their appearances, expected to be mostly on the British leg of the tour. The fee will be paid for by BBC Worldwide and not from the licence fee.

Local presenters of the programme are expected to front the show abroad, with some input from their British counterparts.

Money from ticket sales will be ploughed back into BBC programming through BBC Worldwide, which sells BBC output abroad.

BBC Worldwide said the show will "incorporate the drama of film and theatre with the thrills and spills of stunts and special effects".

The show will travel to Earls Court in London and Birmingham's NEC later this year.

Adam Waddell, managing director of Top Gear, BBC Worldwide, said: "Taking Top Gear Live on tour is tremendously exciting and ties in perfectly with our plans to reach out to audiences around the globe."

[Abigail]

Are these shows going to be televised so those that don't have tickets can watch?

[pookie1968uk]

i think they are a theatre production as oppose to their tv shows.

[Abigail]

According to Jeremy's Time column TG is returning on the 22nd June.

Last paragraph:

Top Gear is back on your screens in three weeks.

[thestud2k7]

great news roll on 22nd of june

[Siobhan]

great news roll on 22nd of june

I am going to miss 2 weeks no fair...

[Abigail]

great news roll on 22nd of june

I am going to miss 2 weeks no fair...

I go on holiday on the 21st so I'll miss two weeks too.