DOCSLIB.ORG

{DOWNLOAD} LEGO House: James Mays Toy Stories

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
{DOWNLOAD} LEGO House: James Mays Toy Stories LEGO HOUSE: JAMES MAYS TOY STORIES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK James May | 96 pages | 07 Sep 2010 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781844861187 | English | London, United Kingdom James May's toy LEGO house. As a child, May wondered if you could build a real house from Lego something that many will have asked themselves and now he attempts it for real, using millions of Lego bricks. Furthermore, he has to live in the house for 24 hours, so needs furniture, fixtures and fittings. The project has more than just amusement value as there are engineering benefits, with one of his advisors learning the proper way to create tensile strength in Lego - it does, after all, have to support his weight and doesn't naturally lend itself to making girders. The poor interior designer who agreed to help is almost driven to distraction by her constant attempts to make a suitable chair that won't break. The idea of James May's Toy Stories was to get kids out of their bedrooms and learn to enjoy toys from yesteryear that are still available and, it seems from these six shows, that he succeeded. One of the deleted scenes is a quite nice piece with Peter Snow, who has a large model railway in his attic. They talk about model trains and toys in general and how they can compete with computer games. The interview is brief but does contain some interesting information with May talking about the inspiration for the project and specific interviews. The Picture A sharp widescreen picture, as you would expect for something still being broadcast on TV. The episodes are very well filmed and edited, cutting between the different locations to show the progress. The Scalextric race is really well put together and using Tiff Needell to follow the action and relay it back to May really adds a sense of urgency and excitement. The Sound The Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack is very clear with a good variety of modern popular music playing in the background. There are English HoH subtitles which are well written and error free. Final Thoughts James May is a wonderful TV presenter who is extremely passionate about these toys and throws himself headfirst into these projects. His narration is funny and well delivered, and his interpersonal skills are very amusing. He also has a knack for public speaking which adds to the show's charm. As someone who grew up on the cusp of the computer revolution, I spent a lot of time building Airfix models and playing with Scalextric and Lego, so I know why May has such a love for these toys. This website needs Javascript to function properly. It might be sort of usable without it, but don't hold your breath! Seriously, you need a browser running Javascript! It looks totally pants right now, like, totally. About This Item. Other Reviews, etc. Places to Buy. Other Images. Related Items. DVD Waveriders. DVD Dead Set. Blu-ray Heroes: Season 3. DVD Heroes: Season 3. Related Articles. James May continues his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys by using them on a scale never seen before. This week James tries to make a garden entirely out of Plasticine and then enter it at the Chelsea Flower Show. He persuades thousands of members of the British public to help make the thousands of Plasticine flowers. James May continues his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys when he uses them on a scale never before seen. This week James joins forces with Edwina Currie to build a full size bridge from nothing but Meccano. Top engineers pitch incredible designs, but the project soon careers out of control when the Meccano does not arrive. This week, he attempts to build the biggest Scalextric track in the world, nearly three miles long. With hundreds of volunteers, he wants to build it on the site of Britain's oldest grand prix track - at Brooklands in Surrey. James attempts to build the longest ever model railway track - a whopping ten miles long. He builds it in Devon, linking two towns, Barnstaple and Bideford, who last had a train service over 40 years ago. Thousands of people turn out to help, but how will James' childhood model train cope in the pouring rain, with leaves on the line and every bit of mud in the way? James concludes his quest to show just what is possible with old fashioned toys by using them on a scale never seen before. He attempts his biggest, most ambitious challenge of them all: building a full-size house out of Lego. With thousands of people and over three million Lego bricks, James attempts to do what no-one has ever managed, to build a two story house out of this colourful toy. Learn more. - Review - James May's Toy Stories Prime Video uses cookies to provide services to you, including authentication, preserving settings, and delivering content. Other Amazon sites may use cookies for additional purposes. To learn more about how Amazon uses cookies, please see Amazon Cookies Notice. This title may not be available to watch from your location. Go to amazon. James May is on a mission: to get kids away from their video games, to drag parents off their backsides and get them all playing together again. Using some of the world's best loved toys, James puts generations of families at the heart of some ludicrously ambitious adventures and extraordinary feats of engineering that fire the imagination and remind us of the joys of doing things together. This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location. Add to Watchlist. By clicking play, you agree to our Terms of Use. Episodes 6 Sort by Episode number Newest episodes Available to watch. Audio languages. James May is out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize challenges. From full size Lego houses to bridges made completely of Meccano, he shows just what they are capable of. This week, James takes model aeroplanes to a whole new level when he tries to make a full size spitfire out of Airfix. Where to Watch. My News Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorite shows - Start Now. Popular Shows 1. The Bachelorette 2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 3. The Voice 4. Donald Trump Rally 5. Aurora Teagarden 6. Popular Movies 1. Sexy Beast 2. Hocus Pocus 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Halloween 5. Halloweentown 6. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Popular Celebrities 1. Tyler Perry 2. June Squibb 3. Prime Video: James May's Toy Stories The team of volunteers, joined by Oz Clarke and the German founders of Miniatur Wunderland , find themselves with the task of setting up ten miles of model track, and ensuring five different model trains - including May's very own s-vintage model of the Flying Scotsman , and the prototype of Hornby's Class "Javelin" model - can complete the journey between the towns. The project is soon deemed a failure, when each train slowly breaks down in succession across the day of the challenge, due to extensive overworking of their model motor component. The series was nominated in the Features category of the British Academy Television Awards , but lost out to the eventual winner, Masterchef: The Professionals. James May released a book in conjunction with the series, through Conway Publishing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. British television series. Some of the projects undertaken by the programme - a life-size model of an Airfix Spitire, complete with a model pilot based on May; a life-size Plasticine garden for the Chelsea Flower Show ; and a life-size Meccano motorcycle used on the Isle of Man TT circuit. Retrieved 20 October Retrieved 5 August Retrieved 6 August Plum Picture. Retrieved 6 October Institution of Structural Engineers. Retrieved 8 August Royal Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 28 November Retrieved 25 November Archived from the original on 6 December Retrieved 4 October Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July Octagon Shopping Centre. East Staffordshire Borough Council. March Retrieved 5 February BBC News. Retrieved 21 September Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September Retrieved 6 November The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September Archived from the original on 7 July University of Liverpool. Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 4 March Retrieved 25 October Sky News. London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September Retrieved 20 August The Telegraph. Programme listing. Archived from the original on 14 June Retrieved 7 June Official BBC Site. Retrieved 15 December Motorbike Times. Retrieved 3 June Categories : James May British television series debuts British television series endings s British documentary television series s British documentary television series British television series debuts BBC television documentaries Documentary television series about technology. Hidden categories: Pages containing links to subscription-only content Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from December Use British English from October Pages using infobox television with editor parameter Pages using infobox television with unknown empty parameters Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December BBC programme template using Wikidata Commons category link is on Wikidata. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. When Legoland pulled out "due to the costs and logistics of moving and rebuilding the house", the website of Top Gear - also presented by May - set up a page on the Facebook website to try to find a buyer for the house.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Host on 'Worst Year'
    7 Ts&Cs apply Iceland give huge discount Claire King health: Craig Revel Horwood Kate Middleton pregnant Jenny Ryan: ‘The cat is out to emergency service Emmerdale star's health: ‘It was getting with twins on royal tour in the bag’ The Chase quizzer workers - find… diagnosis ‘I was worse’ Strictly… Pakistan?… announces… Jeremy Clarkson: ‘Wanted to top myself’ Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host on 'worst year' JEREMY CLARKSON - who fronts ITV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - shared his thoughts on a recent study which claimed 1978 was the “worst year” in British history. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Jeremy criticises the contestant Earlier this week, researchers from Warwick University claimed people of Britain were at their most unhappy in 1978. The latter year and the first two months of 1979 are best remembered for the Winter of Discontent, where strikes took place and caused various disruptions. ADVERTISING 1/6 Jeremy Clarkson (/search?s=jeremy+clarkson) shared his thoughts on the study as he recalled his first year of working during the strikes. PROMOTED STORY 4x4 Magazine: the SsangYong Musso is a quantum leap forward (SsangYong UK)(https://www.ssangyonggb.co.uk/press/first-drive-ssangyong-musso/56483&utm-source=outbrain&utm- medium=musso&utm-campaign=native&utm-content=4x4-magazine?obOrigUrl=true) In his column with The Sun newspaper, he wrote: “It’s been claimed that 1978 was the worst year in British history. RELATED ARTICLES Jeremy Clarkson sports slimmer waistline with girlfriend Lisa Jeremy Clarkson: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host on his Hogan weight loss (/celebrity-news/1191860/Jeremy-Clarkson-weight-loss-girlfriend- (/celebrity-news/1192773/Jeremy-Clarkson-weight-loss-health- Lisa-Hogan-pictures-The-Grand-Tour-latest-news) Who-Wants-To-Be-A-Millionaire-age-ITV-Twitter-news) “I was going to argue with this.
    [Show full text]
  • Television Academy Awards
    2019 Primetime Emmy® Awards Ballot Outstanding Comedy Series A.P. Bio Abby's After Life American Housewife American Vandal Arrested Development Atypical Ballers Barry Better Things The Big Bang Theory The Bisexual Black Monday black-ish Bless This Mess Boomerang Broad City Brockmire Brooklyn Nine-Nine Camping Casual Catastrophe Champaign ILL Cobra Kai The Conners The Cool Kids Corporate Crashing Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Dead To Me Detroiters Easy Fam Fleabag Forever Fresh Off The Boat Friends From College Future Man Get Shorty GLOW The Goldbergs The Good Place Grace And Frankie grown-ish The Guest Book Happy! High Maintenance Huge In France I’m Sorry Insatiable Insecure It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jane The Virgin Kidding The Kids Are Alright The Kominsky Method Last Man Standing The Last O.G. Life In Pieces Loudermilk Lunatics Man With A Plan The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Modern Family Mom Mr Inbetween Murphy Brown The Neighborhood No Activity Now Apocalypse On My Block One Day At A Time The Other Two PEN15 Queen America Ramy The Ranch Rel Russian Doll Sally4Ever Santa Clarita Diet Schitt's Creek Schooled Shameless She's Gotta Have It Shrill Sideswiped Single Parents SMILF Speechless Splitting Up Together Stan Against Evil Superstore Tacoma FD The Tick Trial & Error Turn Up Charlie Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep Vida Wayne Weird City What We Do in the Shadows Will & Grace You Me Her You're the Worst Young Sheldon Younger End of Category Outstanding Drama Series The Affair All American American Gods American Horror Story: Apocalypse American Soul Arrow Berlin Station Better Call Saul Billions Black Lightning Black Summer The Blacklist Blindspot Blue Bloods Bodyguard The Bold Type Bosch Bull Chambers Charmed The Chi Chicago Fire Chicago Med Chicago P.D.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ship 2014/2015
    A more unusual focus in your magazine this College St Anne’s year: architecture and the engineering skills that make our modern buildings possible. The start of our new building made this an obvious choice, but from there we go on to look at engineering as a career and at the failures and University of Oxford follies of megaprojects around the world. Not that we are without the usual literary content, this year even wider in range and more honoured by awards than ever. And, as always, thanks to the generosity and skills of our contributors, St Anne’s College Record a variety of content and experience that we hope will entertain, inspire – and at times maybe shock you. My thanks to the many people who made this issue possible, in particular Kate Davy, without whose support it could not happen. Hope you enjoy it – and keep the ideas coming; we need 2014 – 2015 them! - Number 104 - The Ship Annual Publication of the St Anne’s Society 2014 – 2015 The Ship St Anne’s College 2014 – 2015 Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6HS UK The Ship +44 (0) 1865 274800 [email protected] 2014 – 2015 www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk St Anne’s College St Anne’s College Alumnae log-in area Development Office Contacts: Lost alumnae Register for the log-in area of our website Over the years the College has lost touch (available at https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac. Jules Foster with some of our alumnae. We would very uk/st-annes) to connect with other alumnae, Director of Development much like to re-establish contact, and receive our latest news and updates, and +44 (0)1865 284536 invite them back to our events and send send in your latest news and updates.
    [Show full text]
  • Contents Theresa May - the Prime Minister
    Contents Theresa May - The Prime Minister .......................................................................................................... 5 Nancy Astor - The first female Member of Parliament to take her seat ................................................ 6 Anne Jenkin - Co-founder Women 2 Win ............................................................................................... 7 Margaret Thatcher – Britain’s first woman Prime Minister .................................................................... 8 Penny Mordaunt – First woman Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defence ... 9 Lucy Baldwin - Midwifery and safer birth campaigner ......................................................................... 10 Hazel Byford – Conservative Women’s Organisation Chairman 1990 - 1993....................................... 11 Emmeline Pankhurst – Leader of the British Suffragette Movement .................................................. 12 Andrea Leadsom – Leader of House of Commons ................................................................................ 13 Florence Horsbrugh - First woman to move the Address in reply to the King's Speech ...................... 14 Helen Whately – Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party ............................................................. 15 Gillian Shephard – Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers ............................................... 16 Dorothy Brant – Suffragette who brought women into Conservative Associations ...........................
    [Show full text]
  • A Second Season of James May's Travelogue Will Film in the U.S. And
    A Second Season of James May’s Travelogue Will Film in the U.S. and Launch on Amazon Prime Video Next Year August 26, 2021 James May: Our Man in the USA will be produced by Plum Pictures and New Entity and will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories LONDON, UK, 26 August 2021 – Following the success of Our Man in Japan, James May: Our Man in the USA will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in 2022 in over 240 countries and territories. James will set off on an epic 4,000-mile fact-finding mission across the United States of America; a land of mountains and bayous, skyscrapers and deserts, a collision of a myriad viewpoints, cultures, and lifestyles. Journeying from Cape Cod to Seattle, via New York, Detroit, Nashville, New Orleans, Houston, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and LA, he’ll put the disappointment of 1776 behind him as he immerses himself completely in the real American way of life to discover its true flavour [sic]. “I’m setting off with two objectives: To go West, like the settlers and prospectors of old, and not get fat on American breakfasts in the process,” said James May. “As a man brought up (raised) on U.S. cop shows and Hollywood films, I still believe that everything in America must be better; from the size of their fridges to the uncanny alignment of their teeth. But is it?” “Exhilarating as James exploring his own kitchen is, we are thrilled to be getting Our Man back on the road for another adventure,” said Dan Grabiner, Head of UK Originals, Amazon Studios.
    [Show full text]
  • Investigation Into the the Accident of Richard Hammond
    Investigation into the accident of Richard Hammond Accident involving RICHARD HAMMOND (RH) On 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 At Elvington Airfield, Halifax Way, Elvington YO41 4AU SUMMARY 1. The BBC Top Gear programme production team had arranged for Richard Hammond (RH) to drive Primetime Land Speed Engineering’s Vampire jet car at Elvington Airfield, near York, on Wednesday 20th September 2006. Vampire, driven by Colin Fallows (CF), was the current holder of the Outright British Land Speed record at 300.3 mph. 2. Runs were to be carried out in only one direction along a pre-set course on the Elvington runway. Vampire’s speed was to be recorded using GPS satellite telemetry. The intention was to record the maximum speed, not to measure an average speed over a measured course, and for RH to describe how it felt. 3. During the Wednesday morning RH was instructed how to drive Vampire by Primetime’s principals, Mark Newby (MN) and CF. Starting at about 1 p.m., he completed a series of 6 runs with increasing jet power and at increasing speed. The jet afterburner was used on runs 4 to 6, but runs 4 and 5 were intentionally aborted early. 4. The 6th run took place at just before 5 p.m. and a maximum speed of 314 mph was achieved. This speed was not disclosed to RH. 5. Although the shoot was scheduled to end at 5 p.m., it was decided to apply for an extension to 5:30 p.m. to allow for one final run to secure more TV footage of Vampire running with the after burner lit.
    [Show full text]
  • Hog Chains and Mark Twains: a Study of Labor History, Archaeology, and Industrial Ethnography of the Steamboat Era of the Monongahela Valley 1811-1950
    Michigan Technological University Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open Reports 2014 HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950 Marc Nicholas Henshaw Michigan Technological University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, and the United States History Commons Copyright 2014 Marc Nicholas Henshaw Recommended Citation Henshaw, Marc Nicholas, "HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950", Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2014. https://doi.org/10.37099/mtu.dc.etds/790 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, and the United States History Commons HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950 By Marc Nicholas Henshaw A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In Industrial Heritage and Archeology MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 2014 This dissertation has been approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Industrial Heritage and Archeology Department of Social Sciences Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Susan Martin Committee Member: Dr. Hugh Gorman Committee Member: Dr. Carol MacLennan Committee Member: Dr. John Nass Department Chair: Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • And Critical Realism: the Role of Contradiction in Social Movement Activism 241
    Durham E-Theses Against Morality: A Critical Realist Examination of a History of Western Sexual Normativity. An Appeal for Emancipation and Explanation through Emergentist Social Science BROCK, THOMAS,GEORGE,JAMES How to cite: BROCK, THOMAS,GEORGE,JAMES (2012) Against Morality: A Critical Realist Examination of a History of Western Sexual Normativity. An Appeal for Emancipation and Explanation through Emergentist Social Science, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3430/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 1 Abstract A model of reality derived from critical realism and historical sociology provides a sufficient account of Christian sexual morality and shows that powerful human agents are responsible for the normative regulation of non-procreative forms of sexual activity in the West. If we are to understand the sui generis powers of human agents, sociology must engage with a model of reality which adequately conceptualises an entwining synchronic and diachronic realm.
    [Show full text]
  • A Taste of Currie
    order of the day. Compromise usually means someone giving way. And the balance of power was very much on the A Taste side of the big unions. Not the little unions, and not the little man. Again that's an example where Margaret has realised that reforming the trade un- of Currie ions was terrifically popular. She's said the state can't do every- Edwina Currie is one of the new breed of thing. The state shouldn't do every- thing. The state should do as little as Thatcherite Tories, and one of the most possible. If the central planning system controversial. Beatrix Campbell interviewed doesn't work then there is broadly only one other alternative which is the her for Marxism Today market system. And Margaret's breath- taking audacity was to say, 'let's see if the market works'. She plugged into the rise of a new body of theoretical work by people like Hayek. How far were you interested in it, how far do you feel that it describes you? Well, the theories were around for a long time. I've no idea what Margaret's own reading has been. What's yours been? Well, at university my economics read- Edwina Currie was born in Liverpool in 1946. Her father was a shopkeeper. She ing list was much the same as it had was a councillor in Birmingham from 1975-1986. In 1983 she was elected been in the 1930s. And I rebelled rather Conservative MP for South Derbyshire, and was recently appointed junior health against all that stuff, the trade cycle, minister.
    [Show full text]
  • Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse Linked to Westminster: Investigation Report
    Allegations child sexual of abuse Westminster to linked Allegations of child sexual abuse linked to Westminster Investigation Report Investigation Investigation Report February 2020 February 2020 2020 Allegations of child sexual abuse linked to Westminster Investigation Report February 2020 A report of the Inquiry Panel Professor Alexis Jay OBE Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE Ivor Frank Drusilla Sharpling CBE © Crown copyright 2020 The text of this document (this excludes, where present, the Royal Arms and all departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided that it is reproduced accurately and not in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the document title specified. Where third‑party material has been identified, permission from the respective copyright holder must be sought. Any enquiries related to this publication should be sent to us at [email protected] or Freepost IICSA INDEPENDENT INQUIRY. This publication is available at https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports CCS1219768174 02/20 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled‑fibre content minimum. Printed in the UK by the APS Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The following corrections were made to this version of the report on 29 May 2020: Page vii, paragraph 3: was amended to read ‘hand over the same documents’. Page 159 in Annex 1: profession removed, amended to read David Ford Campbell-Chalmers Contents Executive Summary v Part A: Introduction 1 A.1: Background
    [Show full text]
  • The Brewery in the Driver's Seat for Amazon Prime's Launch of the Grand
    The Brewery THE BREWERY IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT FOR AMAZON PRIME’S LAUNCH OF THE GRAND TOUR SEASON THREE. The Brewery played host to a spectacular event to mark the launch of Amazon Prime’s third series of The Grand Tour. Page 3 The Brewery What we did Back for its third series, the popular Amazon original programme, The Grand Tour, sees the popular comedic trio, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May join forces to globe-trot and test drive a host of vehicles. The Brewery opened its doors to a host of VIP guests, journalists and other members of the press, as well as several lucky fans who were competition winners and invited to the launch. A total of 400 guests focked to The Brewery during the evening of the 15th January 2019, all keen to catch a glimpse of the popular presenters and enjoy “Thank you so much to you and the launch party carefully created for them with all your wonderful team at The precision planning by The Brewery’s expert team. Brewery, we loved working with you, you were all brilliant!” Managing Agency, Jubba Page 4 Page 5 The Brewery How we did it: Arrival Our eye-catching 18th century cobbled courtyard was used for the arrival of each of the show presenters. Fans and press photographers waited eagerly to catch a glimpse as each presenter drove a car into the courtyard, with a dedicated space cordoned off for the crowd to easily capture those all-important photos. Page 6 Page 7 The Brewery How we did it: The room transformation Taking full advantage of one of our largest, guests were served tasty grab food and most popular and show-stopping event popular pub beverages and were given the spaces, The Porter Tun, we split the space chance to meet the presenters and play the into two areas for the launch event.
    [Show full text]
  • It's a Go for Jeremy, James and the Stig As They Gear Up
    IT’S A GO FOR JEREMY, JAMES AND THE STIG AS THEY GEAR UP FOR DURBAN Top Gear Presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May along with their infamous tame racing driver The Stig, will once again burn rubber on the tar tracks of Moses Mabhida Stadium from June 15-16, 2013, during Durban’s second Top Gear Festival powered by Shell V- Power. Having just wrapped up Top Gear Live in Moscow and Sydney, and with events in Amsterdam and Antwerp still to come before they hit the streets of Durban in June, the team is raring to put on yet another world-class Top Gear Festival of explosive motoring entertainment for South African fans. This year, Jeremy, James and The Stig will also be joined by two-time Formula 1 Champion Mika Häkkinen, along with a host of other celebrity guest drivers that will be joining the street circuit festivities in ‘the warmest place to be’. As always, South Africa ranks high on the list of Top Gear’s best territories to visit and Durban’s balmy weather last June has Clarkson and May excited about their impending return – check out what they have to say about this year’s Festival at www.topgearfestival.co.za - link. This year’s Festival will deliver another epic event featuring four sensational live stadium performances. Audiences can rest assured that the renowned Top Gear Live Stunt Driving Team and The Stig are preparing to take it to the next level of dare-devil driving exhilaration as they thrill and showcase their unique tricks, toys and acts of motoring precision.
    [Show full text]