{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e32557d2-0b08-4fd1-8997-5f9649901294/61bb17407a449e00122a8908?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Richard Porter aka SNIFF PETROL","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba293e1a8cbe6cd93cf298/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>This week on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Shore are joined by script editor and author Richard Porter.</p><p><br></p><p>Richard Porter is perhaps most famously known as the scriptwriter for Clarkson, Hammond and May for BBC Top Gear and Amazon's The Grand Tour. More controversially, he was a secret satirist for the automotive world through his mysterious yet frankly brilliant website - SNIFFPETROL.com - a website that ultimately granted his career in the TV world.</p><p><br></p><p>In this chat, Richard unearths the early days of his career with the most fantastic tangents and anecdotes... including a story about being filmed by John Bentley in a mobile phone shop in the late 1990s. Later we hear some incredible stories through the timeline of his work with Clarkson, Hammond and May.</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch with the show via email - podcast@drivenchat.com or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!</p>","author_name":"Paramex Digital"}