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Top Gear to recreate The Italian Job

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will race through the sewers in Minis -but not in Turin.

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italianjobTop Gear is set to recreate the legendary getaway scene made famous in the movie The Italian Job.

But they will do it in the sewers of Belfast.

A spokesperson for the BBC show said Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hoped to film the race through the city’s new six-mile sewer network in the coming weeks.

After all their crazy stunts, this will be the first time they have raced underground.

In the original 1969 film a gang led by Charlie Croker, played by Michael Caine, hatch a plan to steal gold destined for banks in Turin before making their getaway in three Minis. It was remade in 2003 (pictured) starring Mark Wahlberg.

The idea emerged from a proposal to promote the £100m Belfast Sewers Project.

Source: BBC

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  2. I enjoyed the remake, and not just because it had Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham in it *sighs* Can’t wait to see Clarkson, Hammond and May racing around in minis.

  4. @craig Leno’s appearance will be on the series final 13×07 in just over a week on Aug 02. This weeks EP will have Brian Johnson as the SIARPC. Have to say, this series so far has been enjoyable. It’ll be interesting to see what that T-Rex seen in the series teaser will do to The Stig.

  6. I’ve been following the UK series, (since SBS is not bothering yet) and didn’t realize it was so close to the end already. Can’t wait to see this though. Hey when is Leno going to be on?

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