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Series 8 of Top Gear, a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two during 2006, consisting of eight episodes that were aired between 7 May and 30 July; because of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the series took a month-long hiatus between its fifth and sixth episodes.
Foyers (Scottish Gaelic: Foithir, meaning "shelving slope") [1] is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland, [2] lying on the east shore of Loch Ness. The village is situated on the B852, part of the Military Road built by General George Wade , 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Fort Augustus .
The Stig is a character from the British motoring television show Top Gear.Created by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, with the running joke that nobody knows who or what is inside the Stig's racing suit.
The most Westerly point in Britain is in fact Ardnamurchan Point in Scotland. Meanwhile, Hammond takes a look at his childhood heroes the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40 , May gets to drive the Space Exploration Vehicle from NASA , and John Prescott arrives in a chorus of boos as he sees how he fared in the reasonably priced car.
LeBlanc departed the show following the twenty-sixth series in 2019, [5] and was replaced by new hosts Paddy McGuiness and Freddie Flintoff for the twenty-seventh series later that year. [ 6 ] The following is a list of episodes, listed in order of their original UK air date along with featured cars, challenges, and guests.
The Falls of Foyers (Scottish Gaelic: Eas na Smùide, meaning the smoking falls) are two waterfalls on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Highland, Scotland. They are located on the lower portion of the River Foyers, and consist of the upper falls, with a drop of 46 feet (14 m) and the lower falls, which drop 98 feet (30 m).
On 20 June 2009, the day before Series 13 was to premiere, Jeremy Clarkson announced in his newspaper column that the Stig would be showing his face on the first episode of the new series, [2] claiming that the Stig was "fed up with newspapers speculating that he's a photocopier salesman from Bolton, or lives in a pebble-dashed house in Bristol ...
There's a big race across London, as the presenters see which is the quickest way to get across the city towards London City Airport - May is supporting the car with the Mercedes-Benz GL500, Hammond produces a sweat as he pedals a specialized Sirrus Limited carbon fibre bicycle, Clarkson takes to the Thames in a Cougar powerboat, and The Stig ...