Top Gear 13, episode 3: live recording

Here’s James May visually representing how well he and the rest of the crew feel the studio show is going. Otherwise known as a smile.

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The stand-in car-double Merc SL from earlier has been replaced for the recording by a much more flash, one-of-only-eight-in-the-country SL Blacks. But who does it belong to? And what are those girls laughing at?

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Jeremy stands, cup o’ tea in hand, waiting to read out how the SL Black did around the track, as piloted by Stig. Er, the Stig. Um, Barbara Windsor. Does anyone know?

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You can see on the presenters’ faces that one of them has said something that they possibly shouldn’t. Who looks the most guilty?

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If you read our blog post on this week’s show you’ll know Jeremy, Richard and James set off to find the UK’s best small car. Here is Jeremy, Richard and James and here, er, are some of the small cars

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A classic defensive body language stance is struck by Hammond and May, so you can only imagine what Clarkson's baiting them with...

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Michael McIntyre. Even his face without words is funny enough, so wait until you hear what comes out of that mouth.

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McIntyre moves towards the edge of his seat, as Jeremy prepares to tell him how he did around the track. Top, middle, or bottom? Watch the show on Sunday at 8pm on BBC Two to find out.

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