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Old 14-12-2006, 02:30 PM   #1
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Default Top Gear's Hammond is back on set

Here you go guys Hammond is back on set after four months.
Sorry if it's a repost.

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Old 14-12-2006, 02:41 PM   #2
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That is great news!

Looking forward to seeing him again along with the rest of team on Top Gear.
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Old 14-12-2006, 03:02 PM   #3
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woohoo, good to see him back.
can't wait till its back on SBS.
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Old 14-12-2006, 03:13 PM   #4
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That's great news. What a miraculous recovery. Can't wait to see new Top Gear.
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Old 14-12-2006, 03:18 PM   #5
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Its back on january 28th.

http://www.finalgear.com/

Don't bother with SBS.....they show old ones. Use the site above to download the latest ones.
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Old 14-12-2006, 03:24 PM   #6
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Its back on january 28th.

http://www.finalgear.com/

Don't bother with SBS.....they show old ones. Use the site above to download the latest ones.
Yeah, I download them. It's an awesome show.
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Old 14-12-2006, 03:27 PM   #7
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best car show that i watch every week, have they renamed the show, it says final gear now :
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Old 14-12-2006, 05:06 PM   #8
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finalgear is the name of the site that caters for fans of fifth gear and top gear,it is a quite a good community to. i download all the episodes from there and read the reviews etc on each episode to know if its worth downloading(which it always is) . dont even bother with watching sbs they show 2 seasons behind england but on finalgear they usually have it available for download the next day after its shown in uk :1syellow1
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Old 14-12-2006, 05:17 PM   #9
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That is great news, Go the Hampster!
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Old 14-12-2006, 05:30 PM   #10
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Great news. I will look forward to seeing it on TV soon.
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Old 14-12-2006, 08:38 PM   #11
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Excellent news! The Hampster is an excellent presenter. Funny little bugger too.
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Old 14-12-2006, 08:43 PM   #12
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Old 15-12-2006, 12:52 AM   #13
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Excellent news!!!
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Old 15-12-2006, 03:55 AM   #14
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Unbelievable. Lucky he slipped under the dash instead of into it.
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Old 15-12-2006, 03:39 PM   #15
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Excellent news! The Hampster is an excellent presenter. Funny little bugger too.
I agree glad he came through it all ok
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Old 15-12-2006, 04:38 PM   #16
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What an amazing recovery to come back from something like that. It wouldn't be quite the same without him joining in on the banter between him, May, and Clarkson. The new season of Top Gear can't come fast enough!
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Old 18-12-2006, 12:42 AM   #17
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fantastic news, show would not be worth watching without him.

Can't wait for the new season ;)
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Old 18-12-2006, 08:50 AM   #18
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Good news for the little guy.
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Old 18-12-2006, 11:54 AM   #19
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Awesome news!!

He's a great presenter.
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Old 18-12-2006, 12:15 PM   #20
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Very awesome news.
I wonder if they will show the footage of the crash. I heard somewhere that Hammond wanted to show the footage.
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Old 18-12-2006, 08:19 PM   #21
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Yeah can't wait.... beeen watching all the old episodes I ve downloaded to keep sane. Tried watching 5th gear but it's rubbish compared to Top Gear
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Old 19-12-2006, 02:11 AM   #22
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Reading the latest Blueprint magazine it says that FPV will be playing ads during the breaks of top gear on SBS.
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Old 20-01-2007, 11:21 AM   #23
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look out for the film of the accident when Top Gear returns to BBC Two on Sunday January 28. Don't miss it
I cant wait to see that monday sometime
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Old 20-01-2007, 01:15 PM   #24
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I read in the paper last week that Clarkson plans on playing the footage of the accident on one episode due to demand...
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Old 29-01-2007, 06:43 PM   #25
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Here's the video I found on Youtube- Richard Hammond Crash Footage
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Old 29-01-2007, 07:16 PM   #26
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Kind of ironic some of the things he says before the crash, like what could happen

Had to laugh at Clarkson when he said it's the fastest crash in Britain, but it wont be recognised as he has to do it in the other direction too lol
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Old 29-01-2007, 07:42 PM   #27
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Yeh he was on yesterday on top gear with the first episode of the 9th season.
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Old 29-01-2007, 07:53 PM   #28
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Here's the full interview with Johnathon Ross- Over 9 minutes
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Old 29-01-2007, 07:58 PM   #29
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been looking EVERYWHERE for that stack!! AWESOME!
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Old 29-01-2007, 08:41 PM   #30
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just started watching Mon 29th Jan Show.Bloody repeat already!!!!!!
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