Vicki Butler-Henderson on the Lotus Elise, working on Top Gear and car tv vs YouTube | TGS
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Top Gear, Fifth Gear over overall car TV legend Vicki Butler-Henderson takes to the live stage at the 2026 PistonHeads Annual Service.Celebrating 30 years of the Elise, VBH tells us about how she became a motoring journalist, her move to TV and just how game-changing Hethel’s little sports was when it arrived on the scene in 1996. She also talks about her most bizarre moments on TV, the rise of car YouTube channels and the time she went head-to-head with some of the world’s greatest racing drivers.🏎️ Sell your car on PistonHeads auctions: https://www.pistonheads.com/sell/auctionsFOLLOW US: 🗣 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pistonheads 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pistonheads 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/pistonheads
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