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Tom
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That is stunning, the fact they managed to propel a Reliant Robin a few thousand feet over Otterburn (I recognise it :D ) with solid booster rockets, how could Clarkson take the mic out of that?
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Out of curiosity, what is Top Gear's budget? How do they find the money to do all these things?

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Lp640 tomorrow can not wait to see that one
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Has anyone seen the clip of Hammster's crash? I have yet to lay eyes on it.

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Phoenix wrote:Has anyone seen the clip of Hammster's crash? I have yet to lay eyes on it.
It was shown in the first episode of this current series.
Tom wrote: So, hopefully, BBC will allow YT to carry clips of Top Gear
BBC are introducing their own online streaming TV service later this year which would kind of be in competition with YT.

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There's 60+ classic clips from all the seasons of Top Gear here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/

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f1.redbaron
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the Stig having a hard time driving a tractor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFOomXq0SI

:D :D :D

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Out of curiosity, what is Top Gear's budget? How do they find the money to do all these things?
lol, well, the supercars I think are usually just lent to them by the manufacturers.

I think the story behind the reasonably priced car is that the BBC is not allowed to make a single purchase of more than £10,000

how the funding works for their super projects I don't really know though

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Good news...Top Gear is now officially on YouTube:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6411017.stm
Excerpts from Top Gear, The Mighty Boosh and nature programmes presented by David Attenborough are top candidates for this channel.
OK, it's not the entire episodes, but I'm still happy.

BBC Worldwide Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bbcworldwide

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JimmyK,

I've heard that BBC doesn't spend much money on these shows, but something doesn't add up. Surely that the Reliant Robin project must've cost more than 10,000 pounds. The price they would have to pay for anything from the metal detectors, and model airplanes, to the actual manufacturing of the real rocket with 8000lbs of thrust, etc. must've been pretty high.

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But turning the robin into a rocket isn't ONE expense...technically. :lol:

I guess that's how they can afford to do these strange and expensive projects. None of their expenses is over £10,000 (EACH). Its all about bending the rules...just like bending wings on an F1 car, or using wheel covers to improve the aerodynamics...(of the brake cooling assembly in order to extract more hot air) :wink: :lol:
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I suspect they sponsored a % of the finance of the rocket and part of the deal was to allow them to attach any kind of 'shuttle' .