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a flatbed truck, is labeled with the factual title, "Top Ground Gear Force". This minor detail is
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not explained throughout the show and may be a simple mistake or an intentional joke. In his book,
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And on That Bombshell, Richard Porter (Top Gears script editor) explained that the original name
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was in fact "Top Garden Gear Ground Force" but the word "garden" was removed since it is not found
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in either show's title.
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Synopsis
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The Top Gear team of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond decided, for Sport Relief, to
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impersonate and belittle the show Ground Force, and provide a garden makeover to the garden of one
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of Britain's sporting legends, namely Steve Redgrave. Helping them was a team of "Foreign
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Nationals", and on hand to provide advice on Redgrave's tastes was his wife, Ann Redgrave, who was
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erroneously addressed and referred to as "Lady Ann" rather than the proper "Lady Redgrave".
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As the team's only 'country bumpkin', Hammond decided to designate himself as the team leader.
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However, his plan to build a 'river of gravel' failed to impress Clarkson and May, who wanted to
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include a water feature and a shed, respectively. Clarkson also noted that Hammond's river of
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gravel would pass through one of Redgrave's flowerbeds, which would be particularly difficult to
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remove. Hammond demonstrates that it is easy to simply dig up each flower with a trowel, Clarkson
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declares it would take too long, and instead reveals his unique method for removing the flowers
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using a shotgun. Unimpressed, Hammond sends Clarkson and May to a Garden Centre to pick up
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supplies. Deciding to go ahead with his plans to create a 'river of gravel', Hammond uses a small
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Caterpillar digger to dig a trench in the garden. Meanwhile, Clarkson and May arrive back with
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their desired equipment, only to destroy the push bike of one of Redgrave's children as they pull
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into his drive. As May starts work on his shed, Clarkson enlists the help of the Poles to start
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work on his greenhouse. Meanwhile, unable to control his digger, Hammond crashes it into the
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trench, leaving it immobile. In an attempt to rectify the situation, he hires a much larger digger
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to pull the smaller one out of the hole, but due to the digger being extremely heavy, it results in
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him leaving numerous caterpillar track marks all over the remainder of the garden lawn. Meanwhile,
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May has just completed work on his shed.
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Hammond decides to leave both Caterpillars, and instead moves on to his next project - building a
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round-the-tree seat to be placed at the end of his 'river of gravel'. However, Clarkson quickly
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points out that despite the seat being complete, Hammond has no way of placing it around the tree,
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as it has been constructed as a sole piece. Clarkson offers to help Hammond by attempting to prune
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the tree with his shotgun, allowing the seat to be lifted and then dropped from the top of the
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tree. However, his gun misfires, and instead blasts a massive hole through the side of May's shed.
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Meanwhile, Hammond hires a 14-ton crane to lift his seat high enough to slip it over the tree.
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However, the crane is too heavy, and instead sinks into the lawn, leaving massive holes in it.
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However, he finds that the crane itself is long enough to still do the job, but his inexperience
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means that instead of lifting the seat, he moves it sideways, crashing it into and destroying May's
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shed. May is extremely angry, but Clarkson appears amused by the situation. May starts upon
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rebuilding the shed, and with the help of the Poles, the shed is quickly reinstated. He begins by
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labeling where each of the tools in the shed should go, alphabetically ordering the books on the
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bookshelf, and placing up pictures that he believes will remind Redgrave of his glory days.
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Meanwhile, Clarkson has the tricky job of removing a rockery in order to build his water feature.
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He decides to use a homemade bomb to complete the job quickly. The bomb is successful, destroying
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the rockery in one clean sweep - but the blast is so powerful that the energy manages to blow all
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of the windows and one of the walls out of May's rebuilt shed, leaving him angrier than ever. May
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subsequently emerges from the shed and asks Clarkson what time the programme will air. After being
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informed it was going to air after the watershed, he exclaims at Clarkson, 'you're a fuc-'; at
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which point, the episode cuts to the next scene.
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With Hammond at a loose end after the failure of both his 'river of gravel' and his tree seat, he
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begins to wander aimlessly. Meanwhile, Clarkson has ordered some cement to pave over the parts of
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the lawn which were destroyed by Hammond's giant digger and 14-ton crane. However, despite his
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estimations, he orders too little, and only a small portion of the lawn is covered. At this point,
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The Salvation Army brass band arrive to provide entertainment for the team, but their appearance is
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cut short when Hammond gets stuck in Clarkson's undried cement, and their musical accompaniment
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drives Clarkson insane, leading him to bend one of their trombones in half and ask them to leave.
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With Hammond having ruined Clarkson's cement by leaving footprints in it, Clarkson moves on to his
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next project - erecting some rugby posts, despite being told that none of Redgrave's family plays
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rugby. With May having successfully rebuilt his shed again, it's not long before disaster strikes
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again when Clarkson and the Poles drop the rugby posts, and they fall directly on May's shed,
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destroying part of the roof and one of the side walls. By this point, May is fuming, and he screams
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at Clarkson to apologize while pointing a two-by-four at him. After being successfully rescued from
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the cement, Hammond has moved on to his last project, a turbo-charged barbecue system, which allows
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the user to cook varieties of meat in under five minutes, using a jet engine to rotate the meat and
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cook it. Clarkson and May are impressed until the blades begin to rotate too fast, and the chicken
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is flung off the rotisserie. May and Clarkson are amused by the situation, as all of Hammond's
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projects so far - the tree seat, river of gravel and barbecue - have all failed, while both May's
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shed, after being resurrected three times, and Clarkson's greenhouse, have both been successful.
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However, May's amusement is short-lived when the fire from the barbecue burns out of control and
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manages to set fire to his once again newly rebuilt shed. Fuming, he attempts to put the fire out
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before it can take hold, but when Clarkson takes hold of the fire extinguisher, May is forced to
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watch his shed burn.
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In the midst of this latest calamity, the team suddenly receives word that Redgrave is now pulling
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into the drive. Despite two abandoned Caterpillar diggers, an abandoned crane, a burning shed, a
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ruined lawn and a destructive barbecue, the team are forced to go ahead and unveil the garden to
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Redgrave. At first, Redgrave is upset at the destruction of his garden, and storms inside his
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house, leaving the Poles to run away, with Clarkson proclaiming they can 'sense the mood'. Clarkson
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and May initially attempt to blame the entire debacle on Hammond, but eventually, after Clarkson
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talking to him privately, Redgrave's mood lightens. Despite all of Hammond and May's projects being
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failures, Clarkson manages to unveil his proudly built greenhouse and his turbo-charged water
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feature. Redgrave is slightly impressed until Clarkson activates the water feature. The gush of
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water is so powerful that it manages to blast the top of the water feature off, sending gallons of
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water flying up into the air, and the broken half of the water feature crashing down through the
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greenhouse, smashing all of the windows and destroying some of the wooden structure.
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Ratings
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On its first showing in the UK on BBC Two, the programme obtained 4.5 million viewers which equated
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to a 22% audience share for its timeslot between 10pm and 10.40pm. The programme was part of the
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Sport Relief fundraising evening. The Sport Relief programmes preceding it on BBC One between 7pm
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and 10pm averaged 6.2 million viewers (28% audience share) and the Sport Relief programmes on BBC
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One between 10.50pm and 1am averaged 2.6 million viewers (29% audience share).
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References External links
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Group Gear Force, Top 2008 British television series debuts BBC Television shows
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Gardening in the United Kingdom Comic Relief
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8 Diagrams is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released December 11,
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2007, on SRC/Universal Motown Records. The album was released three years after the death of Ol'
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Dirty Bastard, and six years after the group's previous LP Iron Flag.
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Upon its release, 8 Diagrams debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200, and number 9 on the Top
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R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with 68,000 copies sold in the first week. It has sold 202,000 copies in
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the United States as of April 2014. The album received generally favorable reviews from most music
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critics, and earned greater praise than the group's previous album Iron Flag, based on an aggregate
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score of 73/100 from Metacritic.