The story surrounding the Stig continues. The former Stig Ben Collins revealed his identity as the Stig over the past months and became co-host of Fifth Gear – a competitor of Top Gear.
As ironic as it sounds, another Fifth Gear host, Tiff Needell, has replaced Collins as the Stig on Top Gear for the time being. Needell returns to the show after a 9-year absence to teach Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle through his paces on the track in a segment called Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
A Top Gear spokesman said that Tiff may not be the long-term replacement for Stig. They needed someone to teach Danny Boyle how to drive the track, which would normally be Stig. Tiff, being an old friend of the show, offered to help out.
Needell, 59, co-presented Top Gear from 1987 until it was cancelled in 2001.
[Via Mirror]
Wow, that is seriously interesting! Had no idea Top Gear was ever canceled
Yeah it was canceled. But they came back in 2002 more powerfull than ever. And they still got it! Ain’t they?
Come on.. Why do you have to know his identity? I think it was funnier not knowing who Stig was.
Ok well the title is quite misleading because if you saw s15e07 which aired last week you would know that they had Tiff merely to instruct the star in a reasonably priced car, NOT as the new stig. In the most recent episode which is s16e01 which aired yesterday in the UK at the end it was revealed they will be having a brand new stig ( a baby born in a manger of all things lol)
That was definitely Tiff on today (23/1/2011)’s [i]Top Gear[/i]…Just watch him ‘feather’ the steering wheel from hand to hand, while racing the Ariel Atom V8