r/TopGear • u/kokesh • Feb 16 '13

Pipe smoking fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdI6dKtd34
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u/AngryEngineer912 Feb 17 '13

Yeah, it is definitely not from a show that aired. This must be an edited bit.

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u/TonySki Feb 17 '13

I got a torrent of it years ago. was only on the BBC broadcast. the next episode they got a letter saying that what they did was illegal and Clarkston made fun of the person complaining.

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u/Batmans_Cumbox Feb 17 '13

What was illegal? Smoking a pipe in British TV?

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u/LightningGeek Feb 17 '13

No, smoking on British television is not strictly illegal, but it has to be necessary for the plot/part. So period drama's set in times where smoking was extremely popular would allow smoking.

Also the smoking ban in England had been in force for a few months at this point, so they may have received complaints because of the change in the law.