“[To obtain each week's footage, Greenlight producers David Beynon or Chris Shaw make the long trek from the Isle of Man, where Greenlight is located, to the U.S., a journey of normally 10-12 hours.] The Isle is a one-hour flight from London, ... and then we fly to the race, shoot practice, qualifying and race footage, then get back to the Isle as quickly as possible to edit material for that week's show.”
Chris Shaw
“The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct”
Star Trek
“Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't”
Stephen Leacock
“This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, Th”
William Shakespeare
“A major rugby tour by the British Isles to New Zealand is a cross between a medieval crusade and a prep school outing.”
John Hopkins
“Storied of old in high immortal verse / Of dire chimeras and enchanted isles, / And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell.”
John Milton
“Edward VIII replaced his fly buttons with a zip, a revolutionary move; and his Fair Isle pullovers, shorts and Windsor knots were considered by some to foreshadow the end of Empire.”
Angus McGill
