Richard Porter (Sniff Petrol) | Top Gear Script Writer, Journalist and Author

Richard Porter (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/sniff_petrol'>@sniff_petrol</a>) is the man behind the satirical blog "Sniff Petrol", writer of many automotive books, Evo columnist, script writer for Top Gear / The Grand Tour and much more. <br/><br/>Watch the video podcast here: <a href='https://youtu.be/EQRZ1wrjjz4'>https://youtu.be/EQRZ1wrjjz4</a><br/><br/>Follow Richard on Twitter: <br/><a href='https://twitter.com/sniffpetrol'>https://twitter.com/sniffpetrol</a><br/>The Smith & Sniff Podcast: <br/><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smith-and-sniff/id1507539214'>https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smith-and-sniff/id1507539214</a> <br/>Sniff Petrol:<br/><a href='https://sniffpetrol.com/'>https://sniffpetrol.com/</a><br/><br/>Support The Podcast:<br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/sammoores'>https://www.patreon.com/sammoores</a><br/><a href='https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint'>https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint</a><br/><br/>Hope you enjoy the Podcast.<br/><br/>Cheers, Sam <br/><br/>Show Notes:<br/><br/>00:00:00 = Intro and bio<br/>00:04:50 = Starting Sniff Petrol<br/>00:12:56 = How did you get into writing?<br/>00:31:30 = The best way to enjoy a car is from another car.<br/>00:34:50 = The 997.2 RS<br/>00:44:07 = Quiet start and Italian politicians<br/>00:46:13 = Getting a job on Top Gear<br/>00:57:03 = Writing TV scripts and why Clarkson is so good<br/>01:03:23 = Refining scripts and hours and hours of Top Gear footage<br/>01:10:15= Smith & Sniff<br/>01:16:16= Are you on set when they film an episode?<br/>01:19:30 = Have you had some particularly hairy moments on set?<br/>01:23:29 = The license plate saga<br/>01:28:30 = Was the move over time to appeal to a wider audience intentional?<br/>01:34:01 = Were you involved in The Grand Tour from the beginning?<br/>01:42:22 = The Medium Sized Book Of Boring Car Trivia and self publishing<br/>01:53:45 = 5 Questions<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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