Bedford Driving Lessons

TOP Gear has raced its way into the record books – with the mega-popular show now broadcast in more than 100 countries to a staggering 350million petrolheads. Riding roughshod across critics – and there are many – the programme has made stars of its three presenters and fuelled a whole new interest in cars. Top Gear is also the most illegally-downloaded show on the planet and a new world tour, which starts this month, sees hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travelling from London to South Africa and Australia. But what is it that makes the show so successful? One answer must be Clarkson, Hammond and May. They never shy away from a crazy stunt and always speak their mind – both of which have landed them in hot water. Hammond’s 2006 crash in a 314mph Vampire turbojet made headlines for weeks as the nation waited to find out if he would survive or be left brain-damaged. Thankfully the presenter – dubbed Hamster – pulled through and is now back on Top Gear duty. Clarkson, 49, has caused controversy with his remarks such as calling Gordon Brown a “one-eyed Scottish idiot” and insisting a woman presenter would be a “disaster” on Top Gear. More