Apparently one of the reasons Oliver is being restored is that he will be appearing in a new TV series.

Practical Classics features editor, Matthew Jones, who has been working closely with Mr Hammond to restore the car, said that once it had been repainted and “tweaked” it would once again find television fame in a new series.
He said: “We’ve had to do the job very quickly because it’s going to be involved in a new television production with Richard Hammond.
“I’m not sure of all the finer details but apparently the show centres around the car and we have to have it ready for filming on July 14.

Full article on Newbury Today and there’s a discussion thread on our forums.

The segments of last Sunday’s news that didn’t make it to airing are now available on TopGear.com.

TopGear.com has put up 3 videos of outtakes and other content that didn’t make it into last Sunday’s episode. They’re short, but well worth watching. They give a glimpse into what goes on while filming an episode.

• Watch Evo vs. Impreza outtakes
• Watch RS6 vs. skier outtakes
• Watch CLK Black outtakes

As always, our forums have the details of this Sunday’s episode for those who want to spoil it.

Better late than never, some group called “COUNCiL” has finally put out a rip.

And to all the people who bitched and moaned earlier about the rip being late: if you don’t like this site, then go somewhere else. No one is forcing you to come here and visit this site which I and many other people invest much of our time and money into.

Ugh, seems the Scene either missed Top Gear (unlikely I assume as Top Gear is an incredibly popular show) or something went wrong during the recoding as there’s been no sign of a release.

We’ll keep an eye out for it though. Hopefully they come through soon.

Meanwhile, feel free to hang out on our forums or our IRC channel if you’re bored, but just please don’t start asking for a rip. As said above, one hasn’t been put out yet that we can use.

Andy defends Top Gear Stuntman in his latest blog post:

[...] and Top Gear stuntman gets his second outing.

Now let me just dwell on him for a second. People watched him last week, and we knew what would happen - nobody got the point of him.

But stick with him, because hopefully he gets funnier with repetition. Think back to the Fast Show - Jessie’s diets or Unlucky Alf only got funny after they did the same thing 20 times.

I remember during the first series of Top Gear in 2002, the crashing sound of uncomprehending silence from the audience as we introduced the Stig. And now, where would we all be without that lovely backward speedy fellow?

TopGear.com has put up the uncut version of last Sunday’s news segment featuring content that didn’t make it into the airing. It’s around 5 minutes long and can be viewed right here.

Wondering what will be on this Sunday’s Top Gear? We have full details on our forums for those wishing to know.

I had a little bit of trouble making the torrent as it’s been 6 months since I’ve had to do it, but all should be well now. Enjoy your Top Gear episode.