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Archive for the ‘Top Gear’ Category

November 16th, 2012

Top Gear and Bond 50

Top Gear Bond 50

Ellis O’Brien © BBC Worldwide 2012

Regular viewers of Top Gear would have seen the 50 Years of Bond Cars special this week, but if you’re a more casual follower of Top Gear than of the James Bond franchise, then you may have missed it. Not to worry, BBC Canada will re-run the special Saturday, November 17, at 9pm ET, and BBC America will re-run it this Monday, November 19, at 7pm ET/PT. With a generous allotment of footage from past films and Skyfall, Richard Hammond presents his favorite Bond cars and interviews Daniel Craig and Roger Moore about their favorites. Both are surprising choices. Goldfinger director Guy Hamilton and a former Stig who trains Bond stunt drivers add their insights as well. But it wouldn’t be Top Gear without those don’t-try-this-at-home stunts. One is a marginally successful attempt to bring an invisible car into the real world, and the other puts the Lotus Excel to the submarine test.  We’re pursuing a bit more of the star interview footage for the DVD, planned for March 2013.

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November 11th, 2011

Top Gear 17, or Richard Hammond the Lionheart

Top Gear 17

Behind that tinted windshield is Richard Hammond, testing the durability of the 10-ton Marauder in conditions typical to South Africa. Meanwhile Clarkson celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Jaguar E-type, with a party checklist that includes live music, classic fighter planes and a group of Royal Marines. In James May’s challenge (evocative of the minis-in-the-ice-rink sequence famously cut from The Italian Job), the latest Mini rally car pits its reputation in a downhill race with gold medal winning British Olympian Amy Williams on her skeleton sled. And that’s just Episode One of Top Gear 17. Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car include rock legend Alice Cooper, LiveAid’s Bob Geldof, Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder, Mr. Bean), who is very much a racing enthusiast in private life. Special Features include extra chats and laps plus a sample episode from the American version of Top Gear. Look for Top Gear 17 to arrive on DVD and Blu-ray before Spring 2012.

Doctor Who fan alert! BBC America is looking for talking heads to appear in its next Doctor Who Special, The Best of the Christmas Specials, set to premiere on December 24th. This is an exclusive, can’t-miss chance to be featured on-air in the program alongside the musings of celebrity Whovians.

First, check out this video:

Then, grab your camera and record your wittiest, most festive answers to the any of the Christmassy questions listed below – and submit it as a response video on YouTube! Your video might just appear in the “Doctor Who: Best of the Christmas Specials” show on BBC America, or online.

  • Would you rather go sleigh riding with a Dalek or make snow angels with an Ood?
  • Would you rather ride with Santa in his sleigh or The Doctor in his TARDIS?
  • Would you rather find yourself under mistletoe with a Weeping Angel or The Silence?
  • Would you rather spend Christmas traveling with the Doctor or relaxing at home with Amy and Rory?
  • Would you rather eat fish fingers and custard or a traditional Christmas dinner?
  • Would you rather see Santa Claus come down your chimney or the Doctor land in your yard?
  • Would you rather find a Sonic Screwdriver in your stocking or a TARDIS under your Christmas tree?

The deadline is November 23rd.  Click here for full instructions on how to submit a video response on YouTube.

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June 10th, 2011

More Clarkson DVDs are coming!

Top Gear 16

Purchasers of Clarkson: Heaven and Hell will know what we’re talking about. Some years ago Top Gear guru Jeremy Clarkson decided to go it alone in exclusive-to-DVD specials timed to the holiday season, and British shopping behavior has never been the same. We have a number of DVDs to catch up on, so we plan to roll out these specials in North America two at a time at the nice price of $9.96.

Supercar Showdown chronicles Clarkson’s far flung quest – from Spain via Strasbourg to Swindon — for the ultimate supercar, and presents his unique point of view from behind the wheel of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, even the 252 mph Bugatti Veyron.

Duel, on the other hand, tackles the kind of questions which arise only in the mind of Clarkson:

“Which car makes the most smoke while going sideways – a Lamborghini Murcielago SuperVeloce or a Vauxhall VXRB Bathurst S?”

“Can the Stig drift a car while wearing wellies? Can I corner in flippers?”

“What will hit the ground first from 150 feet up…a penny or a Ford Scorpio?”

“Can a man with a rubbish car get it home using no fuel at all…just a catapult?”

The cars, the challenges, the wacky stunts and delivering on the catchphrase “everything else explodes” have made giving the gift of Clarkson a holiday tradition.

Before the summer is through, Top Gear 16, the season that premiered on BBC America last February, will arrive on standard and Blu-ray DVD. (The photo is from the precision driving routine in BMW 325i convertibles.) The discs will include Road Trip specials from the Middle East and the USA (well, actually, the Blue Ridge Parkway and a run up the East Coast to New York).

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May 6th, 2011

Made-in-the USA Top Gear

Top Gear

When the US version of Top Gear was being launched last November on The History Channel, we admit that we were skeptical. The success rate among reformatted TV series is lower than anyone cares to admit, and the question that came up most often was, “Which one of the hosts is supposed to be the next Clarkson?” Is it comedian Adam Ferrara (Rescue Me, Ugly Betty)? Or the champion race driver Tanner Foust? Or racing analyst Rutledge Wood? Happily, the three have built a dynamic of their own over the premiere season, and are returning in new season on The History Channel later this year.

Many of the stunts in Top Gear: Season 1 DVD have a peculiarly American flavor, such as a moonshine run along an actual Prohibition route in the Deep South, and the challenge between the Dodge Viper and the Cobra helicopter is some of the most exciting television we’ve seen this season. The 7.5-hour DVD (coming out July 19th) also includes the popular “Big Stars in a Small Car” segments with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Lost actor Dominic Monahan (Hetty Wainthropp Investigates), Modern Family’s Ty Burrell, musician Kid Rock, Avatar star Michelle Rodriguez and skateboard legend and game designer Tony Hawk.

DOCTOR WHO FAN ALERT: Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, The Diary of a Nobody) is guest-starring as a 17th century pirate in this week’s Doctor Who episode “The Curse of the Black Spot” at 9pm ET on Saturday, May 7th.

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December 22nd, 2010

Here’s to 2011!

I don’t know how you are feeling by this time of the year but we’re beat! 2010 was a busy year, filled with successful new launches like Sherlock, Luther, and Life, but we certainly felt like we were all working twice as hard just to stay in place. As it quiets down I thought I’d take a look at the slate we’ve put together next year and share just a few of the things we’re looking forward to sharing with you in the upcoming year:

(1)    Human Planet.  For the first time our Natural History Unit has turned its world class cameramen and story tellers on the most successful animal on the planet—Humans.  What I’ve seen so far looks great!

(2)    More Sherlock!  ‘Nuff said.

(3)    Hamlet at Elsinore.  This much requested version stars Christopher Plummer in the title role.  Sir Michael Caine mentioned at a recent screening we attended that this was the best Hamlet he ever saw (he was also in it) and he wished it would come to DVD.  Your wish, Sir Michael, is our command.  There is also a new Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart, which is airing now in the UK.

(4)    More Primeval!  More MI-5!  More Being Human!  I’m getting a bit overexcited here, aren’t I?

(5)   And finally, our first BD releases of Top Gear (Series 14 and 15).

I don’t want to spoil all our surprises—we’ll have over a 100 new titles next year—but since we’re taking the next week off, we wanted to give you this exciting dose of DVD news to start off what we hope will be a great New Year!

Happy Holidays!

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July 1st, 2010

Top Gear 13’s explosive new DVD

Top Gear

As a new season (their fifteenth!) of Top Gear kicks off in Britain, James May says: “The keen observer will see a subtle change this series, a slight retreat from the Last of the Summer Wine tomfoolery.” Whoa, now! Isn’t that why we watch it? Usually it’s Clarkson who makes the outrageous statements to the press so we’ll just have to wait and see.  In the meantime, our feeble attempt over at BBC Video to keep up with the broadcasts sees us releasing Seasons 13 this fall and hopefully 14 early next year, BEFORE 15 airs on BBC America.  But we’ve been foiled before. The good news on the DVD front is that starting with Season 13, we’ve got our mitts on some exclusive special features.

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