Good lord - I can understand the Beeb being all mysterious about who the stig is, but why on earth Joe Public would be coy about saying who the driver is if they really know - I must be missing the point entirely....wtf does it matter (she says with the benefit of copious quantities of wine).

Because the guys who have been the Stig are not supposed to admit to it, but I think we've discussed the options at length before anyway haven't we? I'm not sure anyone's being coy!
Neil Cunningham
Heiki Kovil ....(however you spell it!) for the Renault F1
Ben Collins
Darren Turner
Perry McCarthy (who allegedly was in for the Britcar 24 hours)
There are more names that I've forgotten and I'm sure many more that I don't know of - there really are a number of drivers who get drafted in for the occasion.