Monday, January 24, 2011

Series 16, episode 1: pictures from live filming

Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording

We're back! And the big news wasn't Jeremy conducting a Very Sensible Road Test of the Skoda Yeti, or Richard Hammond racing against gravity, or even James failing to destroy his face via the medium of V8. No, you will probably have noticed all three were sporting BRAND NEW HAIRCUTS.
Still, aside from this follicular change, the show was a historic one, with two lap records being smashed, both by the Face Destroyer and by a quite funny Liverpudlian...
The episode is now on the BBC iPlayer if you're in the UK. If you're not, or you just want more, click on for this week's behind-the-scenes pics from the show...
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
He's back! And he's barely out of his training Huggies! The new Stig does what he was born (very recently) to do, setting an astonishing lap time in the Ariel Atom V8
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording

You there, behind Jeremy, in the glasses and black jacket: what on earth are you looking at?
If you're reading this, please get in touch and let us know what is more interesting than £150,000 worth of mobile plastic surgery apparatus.
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Jeremy sketches out what his face looked like before he took a ride in the original Ariel Atom
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
"By the way, you're out of soap in the gents"
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
The cee'd's steering wheel-mounted audio controls proved too tempting a distraction
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
"Tom Cruise? My a***"
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Cee'd nearly lost its apostrophe after Bishop got his hands on it
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
"Forget my driving, have you seen my dancing?"
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
"I'm funny how? I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Imaginary juggling competition was difficult to judge
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
"It's been emotional"
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
The only sight in the world that can make Tom Cruise cry
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Man in Glasses now looks lightly petrified
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Porsche's new patented ‘invisible-lightweight-unobtanium' alloy wheels a popular option
Top Gear 16, episode 1: live recording
Enjoyed it? Hop over to our TG telly blog and let us know what you thought of our first episode, and catch some exclusive behind-the-scenes videos from the presenters...