{"id":385296,"date":"2020-09-10T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=368414"},"modified":"2024-02-12T01:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T01:29:25","slug":"top-gear-will-still-be-filmed-with-a-live-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/top-gear-will-still-be-filmed-with-a-live-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear Will Still Be Filmed With A Live Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top Gear, that weird and wonky little motoring show from somewhere smack dab in the middle of England, will still be filmed with a live audience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But,&#8221; we hear you saying, &#8220;how is that possible with social distancing and the coronavirus pandemic?!&#8221; Fear not, Top Gear tweeted out their quite ingenious solution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lights\ud83d\udea6camera \ud83d\udcf8 action \ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p>Brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TopGear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TopGear<\/a>, coming soon with a socially distanced twist. Yep, the audience are still here, and we\u2019re still at Dunsfold. Just outside, hoping that for once the British weather commits to the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Coming soon to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCOne<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCiPlayer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rEoTN6q9yd\">pic.twitter.com\/rEoTN6q9yd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Top Gear (@BBC_TopGear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC_TopGear\/status\/1303714601159327745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The solution? Taking an age-old American idea, the drive-in cinema, and turning it into a drive-in audience! And, because of the history of the Top Gear Live! tours, they already have a stage and setup ready!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ehe5f-0XkAA40t7.jpg\" alt=\"Top Gear\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the excellent Chris Harris, joined this season by Paddy McGuiness and Andrew Flintoff, the &#8220;live studio&#8221; segments will instead be filmed outside on the grass of the Dunsfold Aerodrome.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ehe5gpwX0AEsiNX.jpg\" alt=\"Top Gear\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2731\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Dunsfold Aerodrome may not be a familiar name, but it&#8217;s the area that holds the Top Gear lazy-figure-8 test track, as well as all the production offices, garages, and other Top Gear necessities.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing we hope is that the unique British weather decides to cooperate on filming days. Of course, knowing Top Gear, they&#8217;d probably spin a bit of rain into some joke about a car or the quality of a review segment!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ehe5fdTXsAczUtT.jpg\" alt=\"Top Gear\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Richard Hammond said nearly a decade and a half ago while he was one of the hosts: &#8220;American power, safely in British hands.&#8221; We approve of using the drive-in idea to make the quirky little motoring show go on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Gear, that weird and wonky little motoring show from somewhere smack dab in the middle of England, will still be filmed with a live audience. &#8220;But,&#8221; we hear you saying, &#8220;how is that possible with social distancing and the coronavirus pandemic?!&#8221; Fear not, Top Gear tweeted out their quite ingenious solution. Lights\ud83d\udea6camera \ud83d\udcf8 action \ud83c\udfac Brand new #TopGear, coming soon with a socially distanced twist. Yep, the audience are still here, and we\u2019re still at Dunsfold. 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