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Top Ground Gear Force (or TGGF for short) was a one-off TV special featuring the Top Gear presenters. It was produced for Sport Relief 2009 which Hammond was presenting. TGGF involved the Top Gear presenters mimicking the gardening show Ground Force and doing up an unsuspecting person's backyard. The 'lucky' recipient of their makeover was Sir Steve Redgrave. The presenters had also hired some Poles to help them.

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Richard's digger

Richard's digger on its side.

Jeremy TGGG

Jeremy next to his water fountain pump

James' Shed on fire

James' shed on fire.

Richard Hammond was appointed the team leader being the only one from the countryside (And drew the plans since he went to art college). He failed to impress Jeremy and James though with his garden plans as they both insisted there should be a water feature and a shed respectively.

They wasted an hour, talking about the plants as Clarkson would shoot some with a shotgun instead of using a trowel. Clarkson and May were then sent to a garden shop to pick up the supplies they needed whilst Hammond dug a long 'river' with a mini digger. Once Clarkson and May had returned, with Clarkson running over one of Redgrave's children's bike, Clarkson makes Hammond wear a hi-vis vest, claiming it'll keep him healthy and safe, and goes on to complain to May, who is organizing his tools so he can build the shed, to hurry up before shooting his tape measure.

While Hammond and May were busy with their duties, Clarkson shows that he will have a giant water pump for his water feature while behind him, Hammond had crashed his mini digger into a ditch that he had created. Unable to get it out, Hammond was forced to hire a bigger digger to pull it out. This plan failed though and only resulted with big digger tracks all through the garden. Clarkson soon ordered some concrete to cover a large portion of the garden, as well as the tracks, because he gets hay fever (And Hammond asked Lady Redgrave earlier if Steve, herself or any of their family members get hay fever, which she simply answers 'No'). Unfortunately, they only had enough for one part.

Choosing to deal with the issue later, May, Clarkson and Hammond inspect a tree seat done by the Poles, but now have trouble getting it over and around a tree as it was too tall. When it became too dangerous when Clarkson shoots the branches off, shattering a window at James' shed in the process, they hire a crane and Hammond attempted to hoist the seat up and over the tree. However, the crane was too heavy and begun to sink into the lawn and because of his inexperience with cranes, Hammond accidentally flung the seat into May's shed (this destroyed the shed and wooden seat) which Clarkson laughs at.

5 hours had now passed, and all they did was dig a trench, crash a digger, knock over May's shed, concreted half the lawn, ruined the other half with Caterpillar tracks, broke a seat, shot some flowers, and wounded one of the Poles (who somehow caught fire). May managed to fix his shed, but Clarkson then decided to remove a rock garden with a bomb as it was 'too much effort'. As he spoke, he had to tell some trumpeters, sent from Salvation Army, to stop for a little so he can explain what he was doing. The explosion sent bits of rock into May's shed destroying it for the third time. He was upset about this, cursing at Clarkson about the bloody shed before asking what time they are on and if they're beyond the water shed before telling Clarkson, 'You're a fu....'.

Meanwhile, Hammond had become stuck in the concrete, and Clarkson forced the trumpeters to leave when they annoyed him more and when Clarkson destroyed one of their instruments. Clarkson eventually pulled Hammond out and some rugby posts that Clarkson had ordered arrived, and he and the Poles assembled it, but Lady Redgrave informed Hammond that Steve (neither herself or any of their family members) doesn't play rugby. But, whilst hoisting it up they accidentally dropped it onto May's shed, destroying it for the fourth time.

Meanwhile, Hammond had been working on his barbecue system which used a jet engine to cook the meat. As he demonstrated this to May and Clarkson however, the chicken was flung off the blades as it was spinning too fast and the flames from the engine set May's shed on fire, and he and Clarkson fight over a fire extinguisher, which made Clarkson 'accidentally' spray at Hammond's groin. At this point, Redgrave arrived home and was unimpressed by their 'result,' causing the Poles to flee. Clarkson went inside and apologizes about the backyard, but Redgrave later saw the funny side of it however. Clarkson then showed off his water feature, which ends badly with the top of it coming off and landing in the greenhouse.

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