Got back from a meeting on Monday with the production company (North One, Birmingham) for Fifth Gear. It felt great to be back in a room with VBH (www.butler-henderson.com), Plato (twitter.com/jasonplato), Uncle Needell (twitter.com/tiff_tv) and a large platter of fig rolls.
The new series is pencilled to air on Five from May 6th but that could change. For you foreign fans who keep emailed or Twittering to ask when it comes to your country, keep eyes peeled for it on Discovery channel after in June time. Oh, and it’s called Fifth Gear because in the UK it transmits on channel Five. Don’t read into it any further than that – we’re not prejudice against six speed gearboxes, or indeed 7-spd, 8-spd (Lexus), Porsche’s PDK or old motors with 4-spd manuals. You can’t please everyone…