Top Gear's Stig

[Acathla]

How about a Top Gear special where they kill him off, identify him and destroy any chances that he will make serious $$$ from the book sale.

Does it really matter who it is? Maybe time for a new one?

[Kymmy]

Dead or not he's gonna make money from the book sales anyway.. First book published will have his real name plastered over the media so no-one is going to buy is based on finding out who he is..

[Kymmy]

Well Ben collins won and the BBC lost, worst kept secret ever

[haydnwalker]

Thats a pitty...I wonder if they will just get a new stig or can the idea completely

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Well Ben collins won and the BBC lost, worst kept secret ever

I read an article in a paper over the weekend which said something like "The BBC are in court this week to prevent book revealing Ben Collins is the Stig"

I thought what's the point in going to court now?

[Rob]

They either appoint a new Stig, or introduce a new presenter with racing driver pedigree. It won't be quite the same "joke" with a named presenter. Perhaps Ruben's Baraccelo, since he did better than the Stig at the last outing

What is clear to me is that Ben Collins won't have a role to play anymore.

[haydnwalker]

I was wondering about a new presenter...I always thought the point of the Stig as opposed to another racing driver presenter, was 5 have Vicki Butler-Henderson, and the BBC wanted to do something different.

[Hom3r]

So what "accident" will the Stig have, and what colour will his suit be?

I don't think another presenter will be a good idea, who would you have?

I can only think on two petrol headed babes, Vicki Butler-Henderson & Suzi Perry, both work for 5 & VBH does five gear, and would SP be aloud to work for the BBC?

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Quote from TG James May

"Obviously I'm now going to have to take some legal action of my own, because I have been the Stig for the past seven years, and I don't know who this bloke is, who's mincing around in the High Court pretending it's him."

[Niles Crane]

Whatever this story is, has it ****ed off Jeremy Clarkson in any way? I'd like to know, as it would really brighten my day if it has.

[vanman]

The driver revealed to be The Stig from BBC's Top Gear is a former specialist SAS driving instructor who trained servicemen in the art of 'high-speed escape and evade tactics'.

Ben Collins was unmasked yesterday when he won the right to publish his autobiography after seven years as Top Gear's mysterious driving expert

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Collins, 35, was part of the renowned 23 SAS, the regiment of highly-trained reservists, where he acted as a driving instructor, having previously trained in hand-to-hand combat.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0yNsFrLoD

[chris9991]

Wonder if Jeremy Clarkson will quit writing for The Sunday Times and The Sun as News International are the ones publishing the book

[Osem]

I don't care who the Stig is but I wish Jeremy Clarkson would adopt his style of communication.

[vanman]

Ben Collins 'sacked' as the Stig says Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson

BRITISH racing driver Ben Collins has been "sacked" from his TV role after revealing he is the mystery driver known as the Stig, presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...#ixzz0yyQhIsfa

oh dear poor old stig

[Kymmy]

As I said in post #23 the stig's contract was such that he was automatically fired on the purposeful or accidental revealing of his true identity

[Paul M]

Which presumably he was well aware of, so doent care.

Pretty much like I dont care really