{"id":13531,"date":"2021-11-16T16:08:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13531"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:08:50","slug":"top-gear-is-back-with-motoring-mayhem-this-november-on-bbc-brit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/16\/top-gear-is-back-with-motoring-mayhem-this-november-on-bbc-brit\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear Is Back With Motoring Mayhem This November On BBC Brit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness are back behind the wheel and are getting more competitive than ever in an all-new series of Top Gear, which will air on BBC Brit (DStv channel 120) from Thursday 25 November at 8PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s motoring mayhem of every flavour, as the team battle a trio of F1 drivers in a Silverstone shoot-out, celebrate legendary rider Eddie Kidd OBE with a motorbike stunt spectacular, and test the newest, fastest supercars on sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, they tackle the wilds of Iceland in some (utterly unsuitable) British \u2018classics\u2019, head to Cornwall in some (utterly unsuitable) bargains for new drivers, and reinvent the great British camping holiday with the help of three new electric cars and three very small caravans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See what adventures lay ahead in the upcoming season below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EPISODE ONE \u2013 Thursday 25 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOP GEAR AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Track specials. They\u2019re some of the most exciting cars on the planet. Road-going sports cars made faster and sharper, all to make you feel like a hero around a race circuit. Armed with some of the latest, most potent track-special offerings from McLaren, Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo, the presenters headed out to see how they\u2019d fare at the ultimate<\/em> track day: the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone. And against a trio of the fastest drivers on the planet: F1\u2019s Sebastian Vettel, Lando Norris and Antonio Giovinazzi. No pressure, lads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A TRIBUTE TO EDDIE KIDD OBE
Eddie Kidd OBE was one of the greatest bikers of them all \u2013 an impossibly talented, impossibly handsome stunt rider who performed death-defying feats. But a crash in 1996 ended Eddie\u2019s riding career, leaving him with life-changing injuries. Top Gear pays tribute to this British legend in the only way Top Gear knows how: with Paddy McGuinness, wearing leathers, leaping through a ring of fire. Plus some rather more talented bikers leaping over trophy trucks in one of the most spectacular stunt shows you\u2019ll ever see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE TWO \u2013 Thursday 2 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELECTRIC CARAVANNING
Caravans. Though they\u2019re a very practical holidaying option \u2013 especially in these pandemical times \u2013 they do suffer an image problem. A bit basic, a bit beige, a bit\u2026 boring. What better way, then, to spruce up caravanning\u2019s image, than with a sports caravan road trip? The presenters each chose their favourite small, perfectly formed \u2018micro-caravan\u2019 to team with a state-of-the-art electric car, and set off for a peaceful getaway in the beautiful wilds of Northumberland. A peaceful getaway that somehow ended up including a Zorb-ball hillclimb\u2026 and a chilli-eating \u2018hot lap\u2019 challenge. Obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LET\u2019S GO STO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even by Lamborghini\u2019s always-ridiculous standards, the Huracan STO is truly ridiculous: a \u00a3250,000, bellowing lump of wings, fins and silly yellow stickers. But under the wings, fins and silly yellow stickers, is there a serious sports car lurking? Chris Harris selflessly commandeers Silverstone in search of answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE THREE \u2013 Thursday 9 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A VERY BRITISH EXPEDITION
With the world finally, slowly emerging from collective house arrest, it felt time for a big international Top Gear expedition. And there was only one place for it: Iceland. Partly because of Iceland\u2019s extraordinary, rugged landscape. But also because it was basically the only place we could go without having to quarantine for a month on arrival. So, with destination set, the presenters each picked a second-hand, broadly unsuitable British car, and struck out to conquer Iceland\u2019s wild interior. Oh, and take part in a few traditional Icelandic activities \u2013 sand drag racing, car parasailing and strongman contests \u2013 and at least one definitely-not-traditional Icelandic activity: racing against the Stig and a monstrous off-road truck to the rim of\u00a0a volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRED\u2019S LITTLE RED CORVETTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American sports cars. Great fun on Route 66, but truth is they don\u2019t make a whole lot of sense in the UK. Too big, too unrefined, steering wheel always inexplicably on the wrong side. But now there\u2019s a new Chevrolet Corvette, with lots of clever new technology and, crucially, its steering wheel in the correct place. Is it, at last, an American sports car that makes sense in the UK? Top Gear\u2019s aficionado of Americana, Freddie Flintoff Jnr III, takes to the track to find out\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE FOUR \u2013 Thursday 16 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


ASTON MARTIN VICTOR
There are supercars, and then there are supercars<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Even in the rarefied world of very expensive, very impractical exotics, the Aston Martin Victor is something special: a one-off, 800-horsepower, \u00a34,000,000 lump of seething menace that pays tribute to Aston\u2019s maddest offerings of the Eighties. Clearly there was only one man to tame this beast. But Stig was busy, so Paddy manfully stepped into the breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FREDDIE FLINTOFF, LEARNER DRIVER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freddie Flintoff: he\u2019s been a cricketer, a boxer, he\u2019s even tackled musical theatre. But now it\u2019s time for Fred to face his most terrifying challenge yet: to become a\u00a0true racing driver. Can Fred get up to speed, and get his race licence, in time to team up with Chris Harris for a top-tier endurance race?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DELOREAN
The DMC DeLorean turns 40 this year. One of the most recognisable cars in history, the stainless steel, gull-winged icon immortalised in Back To The Future also boasts of the strangest life stories of any car: a story even Hollywood might have dismissed as too far-fetched. Chris delves into a wild world of FBI stings, supermodels, drug deals and time travel\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EPISODE FIVE \u2013 Thursday 30 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLD CARS FOR NEW DRIVERS
You\u2019ve just passed your driving test. Congratulations. Now you need to spend a small fortune buying, and insuring, a very boring city car. A Vauxhall Corsa, something like that. Worthy, but dull. But what if there\u2019s another, more exciting, way? Freddie, Chris and Paddy set out to buy interesting, cheap cars for new drivers, before putting them to the test on a road trip to the glorious Cornish coast. A trip involving quarry-racing, paint-bombs, and playing \u2018driving instructor\u2019 to a trio of newly-qualified 17-year-olds around a hair-raising obstacle race\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE ORIGINAL SUPERCAR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every modern supercar \u2013 McLaren, Ferrari, Pagani, Koenigsegg, you name it \u2013 owes its existence to one trailblazing machine. The 1966 Lamborghini Miura. Chris Harris charts the incredible history of the original, jaw-dropping supercar: a car born, naturally, of a feud between two angry Italian businessmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep up to date with all the exciting shows on BBC Brit by following<\/a> @BBCBritAfrica<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness are back behind the wheel and are getting more competitive than ever in an all-new series of Top Gear, which will air on BBC Brit (DStv channel 120) from Thursday 25 November at 8PM. There\u2019s motoring mayhem of every flavour, as the team battle a trio of F1… Continue reading Top Gear Is Back With Motoring Mayhem This November On BBC Brit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-13531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-bbc-brit","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}