New Series Of Top Gear!

[sparkystav]

Just a reminder for anyone that has forgotten!

The new series of Top Gear, BBC2, Sunday 8pm!

"Ladies and gentleman, start your engines - Top Gear is back, and trust us, it’s been worth the wait.

On this week’s show Richard Hammond makes his triumphant return and talks us through his 288mph jet car shunt.

Jeremy drives Jaguar’s supercharged XKR, and compares it with its Aston Martin stablemate.

Jamie Oliver returns for another go at being a star in a reasonably priced car. But can he knock rival celebrity caterer Gordon Ramsay off the top spot?

And the presenters decide that the appalling state of British roads has become too much to bear, so they decide to take matters into their own hands and resurface a stretch of road themselves."

BBC

[Kazi]

Looking forward to this! Not so keen on Jamie Oliver mind, cant really stand him.

[Anees]

CAN'T WAIT! :D

[Parthiban]

CAN'T WAIT! :D

Ditto, topgear, then 2 hours of 24, awesome TV! :D

[aido]

The new series of 24 is awesome, especially ep 4!

[lee_iceman]

The new series of 24 is awesome, especially ep 4!

He he, BANG :o

Just watched the 5th, very good.

Can't wait for Top Gear. Sounds like a good show, except for the celeb

[P4UL T]

Thanks fella, I didnt realise, just set a reminder

[Brettster]

Bumped for anyone who might have missed this

[chips229]

Hi,

It was Great to see Topgear back on the tele.

Heres to the Hamster back as himself B)

[Anees]

Great Episode! Glad to have the 3 big kids back again. :)

Clarkson's motivation speeches were hilarious!

For some reason I wasn't too keen on that Jag....

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

Soooo - it was a blistered tyre that caused the accident. Mind, you it was turning, all blistered for quiet a while before it popped - poor old Hammond.

Surely they should have spotted that before he went out again :0

[Ellz]

Well someones gotta get the blame for it this popped up on yahoo this morning

The owner of the jet car involved in a high-speed crash which nearly claimed the life of Richard Hammond appears on Monday to lay the blame for the accident on the Top Gear presenter.

Dramatic footage of the crash clearly showed the car's right front tyre shredded following a blowout as Hammond tore down an airfield runway at speeds approaching 300mph.

He appeared to lose control of the dragster, which veered off the runway on to the grass before overturning.

But on Sunday's Sun newspaper, Colin Fallows suggested Hammond was to some extent to blame for the crash by "failing to adhere to the briefing".

He said: "Mr Hammond had a puncture and carried on with the tyre deflated", adding that Hammond "stood on the brakes" after the blowout.

He said: "Once these cars are in motion you don't touch the brakes. You stay on the prescribed line and should always be aware of the unexpected.

"By failing to adhere to the briefing, what would have been a controllable incident ended in a major accident."

The BBC and Mr Fallows' firm, Primetime Landspeed Engineering, may be prosecuted for failing to take due care, the paper said.

On Sunday night dramatic footage of the 288mph crash was shown for the first time.

Aired on Top Gear's first show of the new series, it revealed the 36-year-old's miraculous escape when he crashed while filming a stunt for the programme in September.

[GWilso]

It was an ACCIDENT

It should all put it to bed insted of passing blame back and fourth after all you don't see the Hamster trying to blame anyone

[Ellz]

It was an ACCIDENT

It should all put it to bed insted of passing blame back and fourth after all you don't see the Hamster trying to blame anyone

Indeed but all the H+S ppl will be asking why it went wrong etc so theres always someone who will take the fall, obviously the owner doesnt want to so shifting blame to others.

All we can do is be thankful that it has ended this way instead of him being dead or disabled, hes a very lucky man

[P4UL T]

I had to go out and missed it :(

Anyone know when it is repeated?

Thanks

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

It was an ACCIDENT

It should all put it to bed insted of passing blame back and fourth after all you don't see the Hamster trying to blame anyone

He may have been advised not to, especially if there is any futher legal thing to happen.

Naahh, lets keep trying to blame someone -

I reckon he ran over a Hedgehog which blistered the tyre - maybe we should blame the hedgehog

[Noel]

I blame that " pig faced racist who is a waste of organs and blood"....

how does he get away with it ...

[aido]

There's a torrent here

[sparkystav]

I had to go out and missed it :(

Anyone know when it is repeated?

Thanks

It's repeated Wednesday at 7pm on BBC2!

Hope that helps

[P4UL T]

Cheers guys

[Unregistered_User]

Brill episode fired off the new series.

JC with most humorous comments (i.e: comment about J.G. - oh how I laughed)

That crash was spectacular as well and he was exceptionally lucky...

Jamie