Top Gear Australia’s new presenters—Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati—will be breaking the ice on set this July when filming of their debut eight-part series kicks off. In a recent interview with UK staple The Times, Matt Campbell, SBS head of content, claims the Aussies won’t be outdone when it comes to the type of stunts and races we’ve come to expect from the Top Gear UK crew.
“I think some of the sequences that we have in mind will make Clarkson, Hammond and May quite jealous,” he says. “They haven’t got the diverse range of terrain that we have in Australia to muck around in.”
Andy Wilman, Top Gear UK executive producer, has confidence in the chemistry of the Australian trio, “Cox is the mature anchor. The other two are TV virgins, more or less, but I think Australians will like them. They feel like normal guys who have been pulled off the street and put in front of a camera. They are not presenters. They both love their cars and they’ve both got good humour.”
Clarkson has already started the sledging, “In the whole of human history, Norway’s only contributions have been the paperclip and the cheese slicer. Only Australia has achieved less, with the rotary washing line.”
You can read The Times article in full HERE.