It was. An agreement was made by the producers, cast and BBC when the episode was made that the episode should 'disappear' after it was shown. Even in the show, Richard says "Let's never mention this again."I take it that it was Hammond's crash that stopped them reshowing S9E1. Surely in like Dave reruns, that could be the section they cut out to fit and breaks in for the 1 hour episode.
One of my childhood heroes. It had my eyes watering watching Eddie's eyes light up through the tribute but I didn't need the reminder about the unbelievably stupid stunt that ended it all.The segment with Eddie Kidd was absolutely devastating. It was definitely one of the best documentary pieces TG/TGT have ever done.
There doesn't seem to be anything about it in the news, and it does seem like something that would be in a tabloid newspaper. Since they're still in the Television Centre it may be to do with COVID still, but I don't know. It would be sad to say goodbye to the test track. I'd love all of the lap times to be put on the TG website to look at.Has something happened with Dunsfield? They hardly use it anymore and they still present the show from Television Centre, Do they not have the lease for the Track anymore?
I don't think Freddie is that good as a presenter, he's fine in the challenges but I don't feel he's that used to presenting on camera. Chris Evans was easier to watch (and that's not sarcasm; I thought his reviews were generally quite good). I'm glad to see the test track back, although it's looking as tatty as it did in Series 22, and possibly worse. I hope the test track won't go away, but I guess that's out of the BBC's control.Quite an enjoyable show tonight, I liked the expedition to Iceland with some staggering scenery and shots and two completely different cars, I also thought Chris and Paddy were good as a two, shame Fred had to self isolate literally the day before filming though.
The Corvette test was perfectly fine but I don't think I will ever get used to Andrew Flintoff doing car reviews for Top Gear, however following the conversation about Dunsfield and the track they actually had the Corvette put a lap in on the track with the Stig (who looked quite skinny!) Must be the first time in at least two years, they also brought the power lap times board back...
I'm not really a fan of New Top Gear anymore (I much preferred the Matt LeBlanc years), but that race was a lot of fun - reminded me of watching Cars when I was a kid.Rather enjoyed the first episodes of series 32, you could tell all three were having fun especially at the end. Pretty good way to start it off.