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Emergency Driving on Top Gear

2nd March 2020 @ 6:06am – by North West Ambulance
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Emergency driving is put to the test in special Top Gear episode

Three North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedics featured on BBC Two's Top Gear this Sunday night as part of a special emergency services episode.

Cheshire-based Paramedics, Christopher Evans and Dave Stubbs and Senior Paramedic Team Leader, Steph Smith, were filmed in December representing the ambulance service as part of a 'blues and twos challenge' fighting it out in a series of driving contests in a bid to be crowned the winners against teams representing the fire and police.

Joining presenters Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and the legendary 'stig', the three car buffs spent the day at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey where the competition took place before a second day of filming in the studio.

The experienced clinicians are highly trained in emergency driving, accustomed to difficult conditions but this was a whole new challengenfor them.

The winning team, announced during Sunday's episode, was presented with the coveted trophy and named 'the quickest emergency service in the country'.

Christopher said: 'We all had a fantastic experience. From start to finish, it was the best day ever. We had so much fun and the banter between the emergency services was brilliant, we never stopped smiling.

'Myself and Dave have been friends for years, both bonding over our love of motorsports and with Steph being a big car lover too, we were a brilliant team.

'We've had to keep it under wraps for a long time so it's great to finally be able to tell people. My friends and colleagues can't quite believe it.

'The three of us were all together again on Sunday watch ing the episode

The episode was aired on BBC Two on Sunday 1 March at 8pm.

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