Neither incident appears anywhere near as serious as the one 11 years ago that left Hammond with life-threatening head injuries and brain damage following a mph crash while filming a Top Gear stunt. The presenter was in a coma for a fortnight but left hospital after five weeks and eventually made a full recovery. The number of viewers each episode has attracted has not been made public by Amazon, with even the presenters saying they were none the wiser.
For the next 18 months, the accident had a series of knock-on effects which affected production of the show as a whole:. In September , a year after the accident, Andy Wilman revealed that James May was the original presenter intended for the ill-fated segment, but was delegated to Hammond following schedule conflicts. It stands to reason that a similar prospective accident would have resulted in May being decapitated, due to his taller height. However, it would also be unlikely that he would have gone for an extra run in the car, in which Hammond had the accident.
While being carried to the helicopter, Hammond thought that this was part of the show and continued talking about the car. He would not remember this upon regaining lucidity. Top Gear Wiki Explore. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? There is something of the bully about his behaviour onscreen. And not just there. In , the BBC suspended him from Top Gear after he was found to have punched producer Oisin Tymon following a disagreement about catering.
Is the version of Clarkson in The Grand Tour the real man? Television does that. It makes you a bit fatter and it exaggerates your character. I am an overly enthusiastic Brummie who sometimes overreaches himself and crashes. James does move a bit more slowly. Jeremy is very boisterous.
But we are a bit caricatured. Whatever you think of Clarkson or of the series, that definitely showed loyalty. Mind you, the budget for The Grand Tour is said to be staggering.
Were they ever tempted to set Clarkson loose? And I wanted to do that show. Top Gear, of course, continued. The BBC owned the name and was not going to cull a cash cow. It still attracts respectable ratings, but, fronted by the likes of Matt Le Blanc , Andrew Flintoff and Chris Evans , it has never regained its post-millennial buzz. Has Hammond watched it? So I watch what we do all the time and we are still doing it. It is worth pondering the bizarre prehistory of Top Gear.
The title began way back in as a consumer show in which presenters such as Angela Rippon and Noel Edmonds soberly tested Hillman Imps in the quieter streets of West Hampstead. Series 14, Episode 5. Whilst driving the Porsche Turbo cabriolet at high speeds of the track, Jeremy was unfortunate enough to have a bee lodge itself in his nostril. Series 15, Episode 4. James was thrown to the ground and suffered concussion after hitting his head on a rock.
Series 16, Episode 2. The Top Gear trio were forced to man horses and ride to the next town after their trucks ran out of fuel in Burma. Richard promptly fell off and had to be taken to hospital. Series 21, Episode 6. Another horse related incident — this time James cracked 3 ribs whilst trying to get on his horse.
Patagonia Special, Part 2. Would you like some Pussy? Richard Hammond also hit his head on the camera in the Porsche Panamera when they were racing against the Royal Mail. What about when James got shot with a paintball gun ,in the crotch, by Clarkson and Hammond in the limo challenge?
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