“Top
Gear fans have a fun treat in store
with
The Big Book Of Top Gear,
crammed full of trivia and spoof
features — in fact, all the elements of
the show (and more!) that make it
so popular, in one irresistible package...”
EVER WANTED TO GET CLOSER TO TOP GEAR? Now you can with The Big
Book Of Top Gear that tells you everything about the programme from turning
your home into the Top Gear Production Office through to a breakdown
of the Top Gear track and the answers to all the questions about Top
Gear you always wanted to ask.
BBC2's niche-interest Top Gear is terrific family entertainment with
viewing figures regularly hitting over six million. Top Gear fans love
the programme as it hits all the right spots: the unashamed petrol-head need
for speed; a bit of Boys' Own adventure and special features based around each
presenter along with essential automotive stats and details for the hardcore
motoring nuts, etc, etc.
The Top Gear phenomenon now comes in a full colour hardback book that
reflects the three presenters' collective and infectious enthusiasm for all
things automotive. The on-screen dynamic between ultra-competitive Clarkson,
painstakingly pedantic May and the 'in-betweenie' Hammond is television gold
and the book is sure to appeal to Top Gear's many admirers.
The Big Book Of Top Gear is wittily written, has the most amazing spoof
features, is illustrated with interesting and amusing photographs and looks
like a superior comic book crossed with a trivia magazine — perfect for
Top Gear fans and blooming marvellous!
Enhancing such entertaining sections as Pages Of Power and Muscle
Car Meltdown is terrific dialogue: "What use is packing more power than
God when the militant efficiency of the Swiss railway network is getting in
the way?" (Jeremy held up at a train crossing while on his way to take part
in the Top Gear Challenge Bugatti vs Plane); and "Jeremy unleashes his
plan to beat Japanese speed cameras… thanks to Clarksonian cunning, Bill Oddie
is going to take the rap…" (Jeremy uses a Bill Oddie mask to foil cameras in
Top GearChallenge Great Train Race).
Check out the section called Top GearDoesn't Do Bumper Stickers.
One sticker is placed upside down and states "If you can read this then something
has gone badly wrong…" And read about how Top Gear would improve Formula
One — er, perhaps not!
Two spoofs — Bigglesmay Flies Off (very over-the-top!) and a pseudo-romantic
story Love In A Time Of Rust — are simply brilliant, as is The
Stig Through History, starting with 1066 and a deft touch-up of the original
Bayeaux tapestry along with some rather intriguing period photographs (did you
know The Stig was one of The Beatles or that he was a supporter of JFK? Neither
did I!!!).
And there you have it. Jeremy Clarks-on-the-ball; James May (or may not!) turn
out to be an accomplished chef and Richard possibly preferring Hamm-ond-eggs!
So if you've ever wished your favourite Top Gear television show was
a bit smaller, made out of paper and didn't whiz around quite so frantically
— here it is: The Big Book Of Top Gear, just like Top Gear
on the telly but in a book!
•
The
Big Book Of Top Gear is out now in hardback, published by BBC Books on 13
October (2008) at an RRP of £12.99. Tip: Great for Christmas presents!
"The Big Book Of Top Gear is wittily written, has the most amazing spoof
features, is illustrated with interesting and amusing photographs and looks
like a superior comic book crossed with a trivia magazine — perfect for
Top Gear fans and blooming marvellous!" — MotorBar
“Top
Gear fans have a fun treat in