The Stig confirmed?

stender · Aug 22, 2010

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...-star-The-Stig-unmasked-company-accounts.html

charlie · Aug 22, 2010

seems the story is pretty universal so probably is
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/22/top-gear-bbc-stig-memoirs

i dont know how they keep this a secret
and at the end of the series i'd imagine this is tatical from the beeb.
this is the second stig - apparently the first wore black . . . pink next time??

mat · Aug 22, 2010

Is it just me or does it seem to be a different person every month from all the threads and media I see about it

BREWSTERS · Aug 25, 2010

This is the original Stig

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11083602

crabfoot · Sep 2, 2010

The beeb have comfirmed it is Collins ...

GreyWing · Sep 2, 2010

crabfoot said:
The beeb have comfirmed it is Collins ...

Was, down the job centre I feel. Wonder what the next one will be like, there will be a twist to it.

Retired_member41 · Sep 2, 2010

I think he should have stayed quiet, he was probably well paid, and knew the idea was best as a secret.

Top Gear should get him on as a guest, let him do a lap, and then, show a new stig, beating his time by a mile!

Or alternatively, go back to dozens of guests and record them saying he had severe odour problems, make him a proper stig

philipp · Sep 2, 2010

crabfoot said:
The beeb have comfirmed it is Collins ...

Got a source for that? As far as I can see they're neither confirming nor denying it.

P.

crabfoot · Sep 2, 2010

It was mentioned on BBC news. Sod the www, listen to the wireless.

LOL tell a PhilipP it is 186 000 miles to the moon, he believes you.
Tell him that paint is wet or a surface is hot, he has to touch it ...

doodlebug · Sep 2, 2010

GreyWing said:
Was, down the job centre I feel. Wonder what the next one will be like, there will be a twist to it.

There won't be a next one, the BBC have said they are scrapping the character and it's probably to kill off the buzz so Ben won't cash in has much has he could have done if they kept the character.

Caz said:
I think he should have stayed quiet, he was probably well paid, and knew the idea was best as a secret.

I reckon he has had a good amount of cash from the BBC and now wants to earn lots more with his auto-biography plus being the stig will look very good on his CV, he is stuntman aswell as the stig.

He lives near me somewhere so I am hoping he will do book signings near by, if he does I will get 4 signed copies and sell them on Ebay

and yes I know he is a Yank but he lives over here.

philipp · Sep 2, 2010

crabfoot said:
It was mentioned on BBC news. Sod the www, listen to the wireless.

It was probably a mistake by the the radio presenter (that's what we call the wireless nowadays), or you may have misheard. Officially the BBC still isn't confirming or denying it

P.

doodlebug · Sep 2, 2010

philipp said:
It was probably a mistake by the the radio presenter (that's what we call the wireless nowadays), or you may have misheard. Officially the BBC still isn't confirming or denying it

P.

They don't need to confirm it, he was filmed walking out of the high court.

philipp · Sep 2, 2010

doodlebug said:
They don't need to confirm it, he was filmed walking out of the high court.

Thanks doodlebug, I saw that earlier, was just interested in the official line from the Beeb.

Cheers,

P.

charlie · Sep 2, 2010

i think it strange they (stigs) want to go public - i dont really see why anyone would be interested in reading a book about the stig??

ok hes one of the most popular characters on TV but its because of his anonymity, i dont want to know where he holidays or what ex big brother star he met in a nightclub.
I'm sure he'd be better off taking the beebs money for another 5 years - even when not filming they must pay him a retainer and something to keep stum.

doodlebug · Sep 2, 2010

Charlie,the book's not about the Stig, it's about Ben Collins, he was the Stig, an American race car driver, a stuntman and James bonds' body double in a Bond film plus other things.

Tip* don't punch your laptop when it freezes, you will end up with a sunken keyboard resulting in you having to hit the space bar hard for it to work as I am no finding out

retired_member12 · Sep 2, 2010

doodlebug said:
Charlie,the book's not about the Stig, it's about Ben Collins, he was the Stig, an American race car driver, a stuntman and James bonds' body double in a Bond film plus other things...

ex-SAS too from all accounts.

To be honest, I suspect he was thinking of leaving anyway, thus why it's OK for him to 'out' himself. He'd know the book and/or a Court case would have put paid to his Stig career, so he had nothing to lose.

charlie · Sep 2, 2010

doodlebug said:
Charlie,the book's not about the Stig, it's about Ben Collins, he was the Stig, an American race car driver, a stuntman and James bonds' body double in a Bond film plus other things.

NEVER HEARD OF HIM

why would i wanna read about him?

doodlebug · Sep 2, 2010

charlie said:
NEVER HEARD OF HIM why would i wanna read about him?

You never heard of him because he was a secret ;-)

He sounds quite interesting to me, done some unusual stuff, I won't read it though, I tend not to read books.