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December 2009

Donnington Brewery featured on Top Gear

Eagled-eyed viewers of the popular BBC motoring programme Top Gear on Sunday 20 December will have noticed Donnington Brewery used for location filming.

The Brewery welcomed presenter Richard Hammond, who filmed a scene where he painted a Pagani Zonda sports car parked beside the lake - Top Gear's take on John Constable's famous The Hay Wain.

In Mr Hammond's words: "Poetry in paint"!

The episode is currently available to see on the BBCi player. Series 14, episode 5, approx 24mins in.

BBC iplayer - Top Gear

Top Gear at Donnington Brewery

Richard Hammond painting the Top Gear 'Hay Wain' at Donnington Brewery

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