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

Richard Porter (@sniff_petrol) 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. Watch the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/EQRZ1wrjjz4 Follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sniffpetrol The Smith & Sniff Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smith-and-sniff/id1507539214 Sniff Petrol: https://sniffpetrol.com/ Support The Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/sammoores https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint Hope you enjoy the Podcast. Cheers, Sam  Show Notes: 00:00:00 = Intro and bio 00:04:50 = Starting Sniff Petrol 00:12:56 = How did you get into writing? 00:31:30 = The best way to enjoy a car is from another car. 00:34:50 = The 997.2 RS 00:44:07 = Quiet start and Italian politicians 00:46:13 = Getting a job on Top Gear 00:57:03 = Writing TV scripts and why Clarkson is so good 01:03:23 = Refining scripts and hours and hours of Top Gear footage 01:10:15= Smith & Sniff 01:16:16= Are you on set when they film an episode? 01:19:30 = Have you had some particularly hairy moments on set? 01:23:29 = The license plate saga 01:28:30 = Was the move over time to appeal to a wider audience intentional? 01:34:01 = Were you involved in The Grand Tour from the beginning? 01:42:22 = The Medium Sized Book Of Boring Car Trivia and self publishing 01:53:45 = 5 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices