Top Gear admits faking road scene involving £5.6m Ferrari

Top Gear deliberately staged a traffic jam scene for its last episode.

16:54 24 April 2014

BBC motoring magazine series Top Gear has admitted to deliberately staging a traffic jam scene for its last episode where viewers saw presenter James May drive a £5.6m Ferrari California Spider on the public road. 

 

On one scene, May was seen being forced to reverse on a tight road after being hemmed in by three cars with learner plates. 

 

A BBC spokesperson said that the scene was "a light-hearted take on the perils of driving one of the rarest and most valuable cars on the road."

He added: "It is not a documentary.”

 

BBC also said that the last episode will see a group of school children running towards the car which was not planned. 

 

Meanwhile, nobody has complained to Ofcom about the fake scenes and the traffic it caused. 

 

At the time, a BBC spokesperson said: "As an entertainment programme, Top Gear prides itself on making silly films that don't pretend to represent real life.

 

"Any suggestion it deliberately misled viewers is patently ludicrous."