The boys are back!
This years guests include Kiefer Sutherland, Luke Evans, Hugh Bonneville, and Dominic Cooper.
So, weve replaced him.
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It wasnt ready in time for show one.
Now, guests actually do come on and they do compete against one another.
So, its fun.
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Its a better show.
Theres no question its a better show.
So, yeah, Im pretty proud of it.
you might CGI whatever you want.
you’re able to space going on if you want.
So, we just thought, Lets just keep that there.
That gives us more time in the year to actually make better film.
It was a no-brainer for us.
If you spent most of the year in the hospital, as we have, we needed that time.
This year, you guys hit several bumps in the road with your pneumonia.
How was it filming the show while being sick?I was the last one.
So between us, weve been out of action for quite some time this year.
How far did that set you guys behind schedule?Well, its not convenient.
Put it like this: The Christmas special isnt yet filmed, and wont be until January.
Thats the only real [setback].
The season is two weeks late to air, which is remarkable.
This season you guys went to Croatia, Switzerland, Mozambique, Dubai.
Which one was your favorite location?Mozambique without a doubt.
Thats a lovely country.
Filming in southern Africa Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, any of those countries is heaven.
They simply dont understand what you mean by health and safety.
you’re free to do anything you like.
I love southern Africa, so filming there is a joy.
Now, fingers crossed well be able to go film in Zimbabwe next year now that thats become available.
But then, I would say Colorado was really exciting.
Mixing trees, low friction surfaces, and gravity is a really dangerous combination.
But, we all lived.
What cars did you drive down the slope?Three old Jaguars.
Not ideal and not modified in any way.
They were simply three old Jaguars.
It was really a film about [how] Jaguars arent as unreliable as everybody says they are.
So little things like that, but I quite like moving sheep in the back of the shot.
It gives the show a human feel.
It turns out you might actually get bored watching Richard Hammond fall off a motorcycle.
Were you working with motorcycles in Mozambique?He was.
I had a pick-up truck, James had a Mercedes, and Richard had a motorcycle.
We each chose what we thought was the best solution to the problem wed given ourselves.
Hammond thought it would be a motorcycle…in the wet season.
Okay, each to his own.
And, old people arent funny.
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