Who’s a celebrity/politician/guest you were made aware of from Top Gear or TGT?
  • 60 points Savings_Bedroom_2732

    The Vice President of Botswana.

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    5 points Swissarmyspoon

    Crossing it in cars? Cool! In those cars? ......oh.

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    2 points flyingshrimp51

    Literally the best entrance of any guest!

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  • 35 points Swissarmyspoon

    Anthony Joshua

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    11 points lifegoeson2702

    Top lad, even more so now that he absolutely humiliated & obliterated Jake Paul

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    7 points _D0llyy

    One of my fav guests

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    5 points TheBeardiestGinger

    Was coming here to say this. Great guy (from that interview at least) and loved to see him on a more casual side before the recent fight.

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  • 24 points s6cedar

    Seasick Steve

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    8 points PM_ME_YOUR_GREENERY

    So odd to have never heard of a popular American musician, who's popular in the UK.

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    13 points s6cedar

    I live in the eastern United States and I had never heard his name until I saw him on Top Gear.

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  • 18 points CaptainGreyBeard72

    Jimmy Carr

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    1 points QuaggaSwagger

    How did I miss Jimmy on TG???

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    8 points CaptainGreyBeard72

    He was on twice, series 5 episode 4 and series 20 I think episode 1

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    7 points PostModernHippy

    The worst driver they'd ever had and the luckiest man alive.

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  • 15 points darthfracas

    Honestly, too many to name.

    The two that immediately come to mind are UK politicians that Jeremy made fun of at one point who then came on, Stephen Ladyman and John Prescott. I remember both having some views that were the opposite of what a car would like. Prescott’s appearance always stands out to me for how he kept getting up and looking out at the audience like it was a session of Parliament, while Jeremy stood towering behind him.

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    4 points lifegoeson2702

    Absolutely hilarious, like it was a public meeting

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  • 15 points No_Doubt_About_That

    Amy Macdonald

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    8 points Professional_Ring_95

    Second this, loved how non-famous it felt as well as how genuinely big a car fan she was

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    1 points Aken42

    Didn't know who she was and now im a fan of her music. Perfect for a calm morning.

    Also, her "oh no" on the show was super cute. She's a huge car fan.

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  • 12 points Bot_Fly_Bot

    As a US resident, I wasn’t really aware of the UK comedy scene, but when I got into Taskmaster I knew Johnny Vegas and Sanjeev Bhaskar from their appearances on TG.

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  • 10 points Tyler5280

    Sabine Schmitz RIP

    Got me into endurance racing, made a pilgrimage to the ‘ring and everything.

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  • 10 points MathematicianNo8055

    First time I heard of Boris Johnson was when he was first elected mayor of London and he was on TG. Actually a pretty entertaining guest.

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  • 7 points jkrkoti

    Belinda Carlisle

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    8 points mrhonda

    Sadly, James doesn't like Belinda Carlisle.

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    1 points jkrkoti

    Oh no! Anyway

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  • 8 points EmbarrassedPipe4957

    Boutros Boutros-Ghali,Thought he was some saying the fast show made up

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    1 points mrsprucemoose

    Buono Estente!

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  • 7 points stewieatb

    Jay Kay.

    Kristen Scott-Thomas.

    Seasick Steve.

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  • 5 points Wiener-of-the-State

    Will Young

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  • 3 points Cheesypoooof

    Sea Sick Steve

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  • 8 points docweston

    Lewis Hamilton

    I'd never even watched anything from Formula 1 before. Hamilton came on and set the top lap. Not long after, someone else came on and beat his time. That couldn't be allowed, so Lewis came back and set the top lap again! That's when I got interested in F1. And I was a fan on Hamilton until Max showed up. It wasn't Max that changed my mind about Lewis. It was how Max would beat Lewis, and then you'd have to hear Lewis whining about it for 3 days after. That put me off of Lewis Hamilton. These days, I'm not a fan of anyone. I just like casually watching when I can. I like racing the Formula cars on iRacing more than watching.

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    3 points christinhainan

    Lewis never whined after losing to max. Did you even follow AD21? He famously had to keep quiet for days and showed composure after how the championship was stolen for him.

    Get your facts straight please.

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    1 points Snus_Goes_Brrrr

    r/lewishamilton is leaking

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    2 points christinhainan

    More like r/formula1. I am not a huge LH fan and hence not biased.

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  • 3 points NouveauJacques

    Nicolae Ceausescu when they drove through Romania and went down the rabbit hole of how crazy of a dictator he was.

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  • 6 points monkeybawz

    Prince Harry's Dad

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  • 2 points panadwithonesugar

    Sir Ranulph Feinnes interview had some of the most awe-inspiring yet shocking stories I've ever heard, I bought his book based on that interview alone.

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  • 1 points Ace7405

    Ed Miliband

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  • 1 points saki828

    Anthony Joshua. I saw a promo of the fight a month ago and that name sounded familiar. The Google machine confirmed. I've watched that fight so many times now.

    J.K. I've been a fan of Jamiroquai for the longest. I started watching TG and they kept going on about this J.K. fellow. Googled him and my mind was blown lol.

    TG/TGT really put me on to a lot of celebrities.

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  • 1 points James_E_King

    Gregory Porter

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  • 1 points AngkorBosh

    Amber Heard is the only one. I wish I hadn't.

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