Clarkson recounts Top Gear’s escape from Argentina, ‘thousands chased crew’
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“Our local fixers advised that we stop filming immediately, leave the cars on the gradients and go to a nearby hotel.” – Jeremy Clarkson
I’m a big Top Gear fan. I’ve seen every episode, aside from the very first season, before James May joined the show, and that’s only because those particular episodes are virtually impossible to find. As a longtime fan of the show, I’ve come to terms with its loose relationship with reality and its utter lack of political correctness.
Considering that, I wasn’t surprised by last week’s story about the show being chased out of Argentina, simply because, deep down, I expect nothing less than for Clarkson, Hammond and May to antagonize any country that’s lost a war with the UK. I suspected things in this particular case were being blown out of proportion, and that it was simply a ploy for good television, of which TG’s Christmas Specials always seem to deliver (India aside). After all, this is a show that’s never shied away from manufacturing entertaining TV.
Based on Clarkson’s telling in last weekend’s Sunday Times column, though, this latest fiasco was anything but staged. Scroll down below for the rest of the story.
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