BBC confirms Top Gear is filming this season in HD
By Richard Lawler 
posted Sep 22nd 2009 1:28PM
posted Sep 22nd 2009 1:28PM
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Some say that he's too fast from HD!
...and that if he was shown in HD, all you would see is a single pixel. All we know is he's called The Stig!
Some say, that he's too complex to be shown in HD, and that if you were to try to film him in HD, the cameras would explode... :)
-Taylor
Wow, I can't wait...I really hope that this makes it to the US cable networks (other than BBC America) and\or iTunes in HD and fast!
Cool, really good news! Can't wait to see it!!
Now we'll actually be able to see the hot air emit from Jeremy when he speaks.
Top Gear may be one of the absolutely BEST produced TV shows ever...cannot understand why not in HD so far!!
Great news
Becuase of a lack of HD in the UK? Just a guess.
WOOOOOOO!!! Finally! Now to make space on my hard drive for some really big torrent files.
Wait, it was not already in HD? The torrents I downloaded of it sure looked to be HD.
Nope. Only one episode, the North Pole Special, was filmed in HD. The rest are SD rips.
The Stig is Michael Shumacher I thought...
Some say that in order to protect his identity, The Stig is impossible to film in HD!
All I know is that I can't wait until November..
YES, finally.
The Stig was revealed on a British TV show, he removed the helmet, did an interview, etc.
Too lazy to Google, check YouTube.
yeah sure and you believe the interweb too ;-)
@awsomo2000
Here, you can decide for yourself if you believe it or not!
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=the+stig+revealed
Either way, they are brilliant in creating and maintaining the aura around this character
That was a joke. He was there to drive the Ferrari they were testing, since Ferrari only lets the owners drive that car, so they did a little joke where he was the stig. They partially do it because too many people were getting nosy about who the Stig really was, and they wanted to add some confusion.
-Taylor
HELLZ YEAH! Nov 15th cannot get here any faster. Now we can finally see if Richards teeth are whitened or not!
By the time BBC America actually brings episodes over, we'll be looking for 3D. C'mon BBCA, show the current season instead of 4 years ago.
Urgh. 1Password got me there.
What I meant to say was: "What the hell? They're 'bringing back' The Nine, but only on DirectTV? Dammit, ABC!"
Beat me to it.
Stupid 1Password.
Hey U-Verse, still waiting
I hope discovery hd theater gets the HD version of Top Gear. That would be cool.
This show is unquestionably the very best show on British television and it is about time that it was showcased in HD.
The awesome cars, superb slo-mo camera work, lavish backdrops, screeching audio and always appropriate music (often by Hybrid, my favourite band!) was wasted in SD and finally they are doing it right...I could never understand why not as they have the time and infrastructure to do it (pre-recorded show, space, large studio etc.)
I always had a sneaky suspicion that this was due to the BBC not wanting to lose BBC2 viewers to BBCHD if they simulcast the show on Sunday nights. I wouldn't be surprised to see the regular SD broadcast shown on BBC2 at 8pm (GMT) and the HD broadcast on BBCHD at 9pm. Most of us 'gearheads' would watch both and they would retain their market share...
Either way, roll on the 'cocking about' in HD in November!
I'll be able to watch it in HD when Dish Network wakes the F up and makes BBCA an HD channel.