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They've been to the North Pole in a Toyota pick-up truck, crossed the channel in a home-made amphibious car and even knocked up a V8-powered food blender. But sometimes - just sometimes - Top Gear goes wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong.

Fresh news this week as filming for the new series took a sinister and dramatic twist when 'Captain Slow' managed to escape disaster. The team were filming a typically Top Gear-esque stunt as James took to the skies in an airship - which had a caravan attached to the bottom.

Instead of landing in a nearby cricket field, strong winds caused the airship and caravan to smash into trees and hedges half a mile away.

This is merely the latest instalment in the long-running 'what-could-possibly-go-wrong?' saga, with chief stars Clarkson, Hammond, May and even The Stig making appearances.

Even the usually unflappable and Michael Schumacher-shaped Stig has crashed - but you'll have to click on the slideshow to find out how…

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