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MUSC4EVER
Got some TG related presents yesterday, two books, one is Clarkson's latest which he releases every year and one by the script-writer on the show for the last 12 years Richard Porter called 'And That Bombshell', which is a behind the scenes book and the Top Gear Greatest Hits DVD, which I started watching last night...

Also that A-Z of Top Gear show is on tonight, 8pm BBC2...
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I wonder what Jason Dawe is doing these days, he must be a bit peeved he has been totally written out of the TG history. They don't show that series on Dave and he's never mentioned in any history, including the one tonight. Poor Jason.
 
Samus
I wonder what Jason Dawe is doing these days, he must be a bit peeved he has been totally written out of the TG history. They don't show that series on Dave and he's never mentioned in any history, including the one tonight. Poor Jason.
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Yeah I found that annoying, they glossed over the whole birth of that era of TG, how the previous 'boring' one ended, where the new presenters came from and as you said the early days with Jason Dawe . I also haven't ever seen an episode on Dave from that early on.

All in all it wasn't all that well put together IMO, it felt like one of those horrid '50 shocking celeb moments, or the nations top 10 something's or the best 100 gadgets of all time' etc etc... type programs with random guests they seemly plucked out of the phone book. Poorly produced like some Xmas filler programme.

Top Gear deserved a better send off and I'm sure part 2 won't be any better. They have not gone into anything like the detail I thought they would do. I thought it would be more like a BBC 4 documentary some of which are excellent. Also the whole A/Z thing had no cohesion, sometimes they were referring to a single event and other times it was TG in general... again lazy production.

ProjectWHaT
Will it air in America?
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I'm certain it will at some point. It's the last thing the BBC can sell with Clarkson in it for good money! :lol:
 
MUSC4EVER
Show last night was alright but nothing special...
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Horribly made IMO. They tried to make a serious documentary about Top Gear, an idea that was destined to fail from the beginning. And then Jon Bishop tried to be funny while narrating it... which just doesn't work :lol:

BBC really is trying to milk all the money they can from the trio.
 
So I was watching The November Man earlier today and I realised that if they ever make a film adaptation of Top Gear, then Pierce Brosnan should play the role of Jeremy Clarkson. Age really hasn't been kind to the Brozzer ...
 
Famine
This is likely to be somewhere between 86% and 98% bollocks, but...

Top Gear crisis for Chris Evans (set AdBlockers to kill, pluck, stuff and cook).
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The Sun website has to be one of the slowest, spammiest, script infested, ad filled things on the net!

Regardless of how much is truth their is in these stories doing the rounds I have a feeling this show is going to tank regardless. If it's too PC is will be too boring for the loyal audience and if it's not exciting enough I won't attract a new one either. Just having Evans there has already kinda put me off.

It will end up being a mediocre car show with viewing figures just enough to keep it on the air but the gravy train for the franchise is surely derailed for good.
 
I'm pretty indifferent about Evans but I don't think he'll make it dull, he does have a history of doing things differently although that is usually under C4, not the BBC.
 
Robin.
Tonight....

James explores the logistics of the gravy making industry,
Hammond gets a caravan stuck on a level crossing,
And I learn to drive a freight train....
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Tonight ...

James misplaces a freight train,
Hammond nearly drowns in gravy,
And I do health and safety paperwork.
 
mister dog
Apparently Chris Evans can't drive and talk at the same time :D:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...w-Gear-struggling-talk-camera-drive-time.html
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Just a few more tidbits from a japolnik article.

  • [*]Evans apparently crashed a brand new Jaguar tester on his first time around the famed Top Gear track. Ouch.
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    [*]The show “has had to become a lot more PC following the Clarkson row,” which will likely disappoint fans of Top Gear’s edgy humor but shouldn’t surprise anyone considering how much trouble it was always in before.

    [*]Evans, called a “control freak,” is at odds with producers; he wants total ownership over the show like longtime producer Andy Wilman had but the BBC says there’s too much at stake for a show worth “more than £50 million a year” in merchandising, live events and other revenue sources.

    [*]The BBC wants Evans to give up his radio work to focus on Top Gear, and Evans hasn’t been willing to do that. Evans also apparently isn’t very good at pre-recorded videos, which is all Top Gear is.

    [*]The production team apparently “doesn’t know anything about cars,” leading the Top Gear magazine staff to be brought in to suggest ideas. That is... um, worrisome.

    [*]The mainstream public isn’t as excited about Coulthard, Schmitz and Harris as we are: “The appointments came after big names including Zoë Ball, Jodie Kidd and Suzi Perry had all been linked to the revamped show before they ruled themselves out.”
    [*]The story says Evans wants them because they’re relative unknowns outside the car world, and he wants to stay the star of the show.
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I can't say if any of its true, as even the article says it's source is rather dodgey. But it doesn't sound far fetched to me.

EDIT: It seems less and less dodgey rereading the previous posts on this page and find this is the third post pretty much saying the same thing. Chris Evans is going to be the downfall of Top Gear.........





.........and Jaguar test cars.
 
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:lol: Oh man. The BBC had a hill to climb to be able to make the reboot better than the Clarkson, Hammond and May era, but with all these stories coming out, it's not a hill they need to climb, it's more like Mount Everest.

But seriously, why and how do you sign up for a car show if you can't talk and drive. Mind boggling. What a sorry state to see Top Gear in...
 
That show will suck so bad. I doubt they'll finish broadcasting the season. :lol:

Starts on Beeb1. Ends on Beeb Entertainment in the middle of the night.
 
Assuming Clarkson Hammond and May's new show still incorporates an anonymous racing driver which gets introduced by Clarkson saying ludicrous things, there isn't a shortage of events to choose from regarding a Chris Evans Top Gear...

*Clarkson voice* Some say that if he got a job as a presenter on a major motoring show, he wouldn't crash on the first day of filming...
 
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I see it, but it sounds like hiring Evans was a mistake. They would have been better off hiring someone with more of a background in presenting car programming, like Chris Harris or Noel Edmonds. :lol:
 
Roger the Horse
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I see it, but it sounds like hiring Evans was a mistake. They would have been better off hiring someone with more of a background in presenting car programming, like Chris Harris or Noel Edmonds. :lol:
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But the rumour is that Harris we'll be there co-hosting. At least it's something... In fact I'm fond of the rumoured cast

I'l happily give the New New Top Gear a shot. Evans will have it's opportunity, most likely he will blow it, but proven otherwise, I'll keep my slim faith. We'll see.
 

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