The Stig : the untold story / Simon du Beaumarche.
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TextPublisher: London : BBC Books, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Description: viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849905800Subject(s): Top Gear (Television program) -- Humor | Television personalities -- Great Britain | Automobile racing drivers -- Great Britain -- HumorDDC classification: 791.4572 Summary: The Stig is known to millions as Top Gear's tame racing driver, famed for his skillful driving and his legendary reluctance to speak. Yet almost nothing is known about the man behind the visor. Where did he come from? What is his motivation? Did he really once punch a horse to the ground? Simon du Beaumarche has devoted over two years to getting inside that trademark white helmet. He has pursued The Stig sometimes literally in a relentless quest to unearth the truth and now, at last, his findings can be revealed. Through extensive research and in-depth interviews with celebrities, motorsport experts and Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, du Beaumarche has built up an unprecedented picture of what lies beneath the white suit.Summary: TV Series.Summary: Humour.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 791.4572 DUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111056140385 |
Originally published: 2012.
Includes index.
The Stig is known to millions as Top Gear's tame racing driver, famed for his skillful driving and his legendary reluctance to speak. Yet almost nothing is known about the man behind the visor. Where did he come from? What is his motivation? Did he really once punch a horse to the ground? Simon du Beaumarche has devoted over two years to getting inside that trademark white helmet. He has pursued The Stig sometimes literally in a relentless quest to unearth the truth and now, at last, his findings can be revealed. Through extensive research and in-depth interviews with celebrities, motorsport experts and Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, du Beaumarche has built up an unprecedented picture of what lies beneath the white suit.
TV Series.
Humour.
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