Anyone ever attend the filming of a Top Gear UK episode?

Haven't done it but heard the waiting list for tickets is something like 3 yrs. I think it would be worth the wait though.

 

wow!

I have always wanted to go to a show as well.

 

This is from 2006
"Currently, there are 190,000 people on the waiting list for tickets to see Top Gear. And with space for only 500 a week, it would take 19 years to accommodate them all."

http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2006/02/stories/01/3.html

According to autoblog, by 2008 the wait had grown to 21 years.

 

seems it would be worth it to raise ticket prices, and use a much bigger studio.

 

I have been on the show twice, both occasions I have been there with cars that have appeared on the show, this allows you different wrist bands which allow you in during filming rehearsals and the lunch, the Stig actually ate dinner with a balaclava on!!

Interaction was great, Clarkson was extremely forthcoming on both occasions with his thoughts on the cars he had tested and simple chit chat, also signed numerous copies of the magazine for us to take home.
Hammond was also very friendly, showed great interest in chatting with us and telling us about his car collection.

The filming was far funnier than the screened show, if only they could leave in all the swearing and goofs, it was hilarious! Waiting list is enormous as stated earlier. Good luck!

 

there is a user on gtr.co.uk that as far as i can remember,got tickets to every show they do near enough! he did sell a pair ages back,i could find out if he has any tickets soon? and get his contact details for him?

think they sold for £500 in the end

 

Maybe try Top Gear Live, not the same, but I read that it is somewhat similar.

http://live.topgear.com/when-a-where

 

The first car was a Citroën C2 'ICE' show car we built, centre seat conversion, one off paint job inside and out, it was stationary in the studio yet the lighting guys still managed to take 2 chunks out of the interior paint work after setting up lights to illuminate Richard in the interior.

The second time was with the Gumpert Apollo, a good friend of mine owns the car. They blew a rear driveshaft on the car by doing a number of full blown standing starts 'for the camera' luckily they had already done the hot laps to get the record at the time. This gave 3 days before the cars debut at Goodwood FOS for a new driveshaft to be sent from Germany, this was fitted at Goodwood the night before it ran up the Goodwood hill.

There are numerous tales of cars being damaged and not taken care of on the show.